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Understanding the Rohingya genocide, heritage, and the path forward, from a Rohingya Canadian
June 7, 2026Content warning: mentions of sexual violence. While the turn of 2026 triggered widespread 2016 nostalgia, this period was, rather, a harrowing reminder of genocide and ongoing struggle for the Rohingya community, the world’s largest stateless ethnic group. In late 2016, Myanmar’s national military began its intensified ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous Rohingya population, forcing nearly one million Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh. Today, many remain there, at the largest, most densely-populated refugee camp in the world. While humanitarian aid is unreliable, confined residents have developed informal economies to achieve basic needs, like food, shelter, and education. Many others seek status, livelihood,…
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SFU needs to level the playing field for refugee students
April 5, 2021SFU Student Services recently announced they are increasing their efforts around admission inclusion and accessibility for refugee students. While the initiative is still in its early stages, concerns around the difficulty of the current admission process and lack of situation-specific…
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World News Beat
July 13, 2018Filipino soldiers battle with Islamic State supporters for control of town Mechanized units of the Philippines Army drove pro-Islamic State Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) supporters out of the southern Philippines town of Maguindanao into the countryside. The militant group…
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World News Beat
July 12, 2017GERMANY – Hamburg hosts the G20 Summit The G20 summit kicked off in the German port city of Hamburg last week as leaders of global economic powerhouses were expected to discuss issues on trade, climate, conflict zones, and migration. Huge…
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