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Despair and devotion: a review of Fairy Creek
July 15, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer The year is 2025, and the world is in chaos: marked by economic instability, growing authoritarianism, ecological collapse, and an ongoing global erosion of human rights. In this moment, Fairy Creek arrives not just as a documentary but as an urgent cultural intervention and a powerful reminder that resistance is still alive. Like water seeping through stone, it moves steadily. Shaping. Persisting. Refusing to disappear. Directed by Jen Muranetz, this powerful film tells the story of Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek valley), one of the last remaining old-growth forests on Vancouver Island. In what became the largest…
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Non-violent and non-physical forms of protests
March 20, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Gwangju, Tiananmen, Sidi Bouzid, Yangon, Bangkok, and Kyiv — these are just some places that have exemplified the efforts of ordinary people in their fight against authoritarian governments. In protests like these, citizens face…
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Canada’s women’s soccer team still fighting for equality
March 24, 2023By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Any young woman who grew up playing sports knows that getting society to take you, your teammates, and your competitors seriously remains an uphill battle. The plight of women’s soccer in Canada is no stranger…
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Fridays for Future Vancouver hosts TMX Rally
March 23, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Editor's note: Article is updated to reflect that the rallies are hosted by Fridays for Future Vancouver. Fridays for Future Vancouver— a youth-led climate activist group — is hosting a weekly rally at the Trans Mountain…
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Andrew Petter, amongst others, provide statements in solidarity against racism
June 15, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor and Paige Riding, News Writer SFU President Andrew Petter has released a statement on SFU’s stance against racism. “The events of recent days add further urgency to this cause. Racism has no place in…
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Black Lives Matter protests held in Vancouver
June 15, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Photos: Kim Regala While the Black Lives Matter movement continues in the United States and around the world, Vancouver citizens have also taken to the streets in the form of anti-racism protests. Two stationary…
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Political Corner: You can’t understand the Wet’suwet’en protests without knowing their history
February 22, 2020By: Miriam Abel and Weichun Kua, SFU Students Many Indigenous land defenders and their allies are outraged by the recent invasion of the Wet’suwet’en territory by the RCMP. Despite the fact that all protesters were unarmed and repeatedly said they were…
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The protests in Chile are yet another example of civil unrest due to rising inequality
November 15, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate It seems that the entire world is protesting right now. From Lebanon to Catalonia and Iraq to Pakistan, protests seemed to constantly erupt throughout October. One of the most prominent protests to emerge is the one…
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Hong Kong students need to have a safe platform to express their views
September 1, 2019By: Tommy, SFU Alum Where can we, Hongkongers, speak? In early August, a group of Hong Kong students created a “Lennon Wall” of solidarity on the message board outside of the Bennett Library. They hoped to provide a platform for others…
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The Hong Kong government needs to remember that its first priority is its own people
June 29, 2019By: Tommy, SFU Alumni Editor's note: The author's name has been redacted from this article. Recently in Hong Kong, there were massive protests against the government’s proposal to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, also known as the extradition law. This…
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