Save Old Growth
SFSS Council protests student facing deportation
January 23, 2023Editor's note: Previously, The Peak reported Zain Haq "has been in hiding." This is not the case, and Haq was released by CSBA a few months ago. The piece has been updated to correct this. By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer The Peak attended the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council meeting on January 11. The highlights from the meeting include an SFU student facing deportation and preparation for the students’ federal lobby trip. SFU Student Facing Deportation Zain Haq is a third-year international student at SFU studying history. Haq is the co-founder of the Save Old Growth campaign and after a series…
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Save Old Growth interrupts classes at SFU and UBC to raise awareness for their initiative
April 1, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Since the beginning of March, Save Old Growth has been interrupting classes at SFU and UBC once a week to raise awareness for their environmental activism campaign. The campaign aims to stop old-growth logging in…
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Zain Haq and Save Old Growth block Trans-Canada Highway to protect old growth trees
January 31, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Activists from Save Old Growth blocked traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway on January 10, 2022. According to their press release, their sole demand is for old-growth logging to cease immediately in the province of BC.…
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