By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Editor’s note: in a news article published last week titled “CWJ hosts rally to continue pushing for in-house food and cleaning contracts,” we wrote that SFU contracts dining service workers through Chartwells Canada. Chartwells is a subdivision of Compass — the company mentioned in this piece. As the calendar shifts into the new year, the SFU dining and cleaning staff’s push for better pay continues. In late January, UNITE HERE Local 40, the union representing food staff on campus, began negotiating a new contract for its members. SFU contracts dining hall workers through the food…
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By: Roshi Chadha, SFU Student Content Warning: Mentions and descriptions of psychiatric solitary confinement, traumatic experiences, mental health policies, and mistreatment of mental health patients On July 7, SFU department of English hosted X: Psychiatric Solitary Confinement, a live performance…
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By: Roshi Chadha, SFU Student Being from Punjab, Northern India, I have many childhood memories of eating my favourite dish, butter chicken curry, with my parents. This luscious curry, paired with scented jeera rice or naan, always lifted my mood. This…
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