Rohingya
The resilience of Rohingya women
November 11, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Tanjila Afrin is currently pursuing a master of arts in international studies at SFU. Before enrolling in the program, Afrin worked as a humanitarian aid worker. With a background in environmental science, she was deployed to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to support safe water hygiene and sanitation services in Rohingya refugee camps. Now at SFU, Afrin’s master’s research project spotlights the structural challenges confronted by Rohingya migrant women under an oppressive environment of displacement, patriarchal dominance, precarious labour, and as unrecognized refugees. The Peak spoke with Afrin to learn more. Who are the Rohingya? The Rohingya…
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Political Corner: Canada’s stance on the Rohingya genocide is all talk
January 14, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In late August 2017, a genocide began against the Rohingya Muslim minority living in Myanmar. The catalyst for the genocide was an alleged terror attack carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army that resulted in…
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World News Beat
September 18, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren ICELAND – Coalition government collapses in the midst of child abuse scandal Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has called a snap election following the loss of its one-seat majority in parliament. Last Friday, the Bright Future party…
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