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Reconciliation on campus: Land acknowledgments at the start of classes are still performative
May 17, 2022By Maya Beninteso, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of graphic violence towards Indigenous peoples As another semester dawns upon us, it means enduring another semester of empty words and abysmal attempts at reconciliation. The use of land acknowledgments, whether at the beginning or throughout the semester, lacks a key component: action. While important, land acknowledgments are the bare minimum and at the end of the day. In a world where Indigenous peoples lack clean drinking water, continue to end up missing or murdered, were confined and killed in residential schools, and comprise a disproportionate percentage of the foster care system,…
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Top ten ways to cope with the beginning of another semester
May 9, 2022By: Maya Beninteso, Peak Associate Denial What semester? This summer you’ll be tanning blissfully at the beach, laughing at the people signing up for another summer of the same school-related stress and poorly air-conditioned lecture halls. Instead of completing required…
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12 lessons this semester has (almost literally) shoved down my throat
April 3, 20161) Don’t google your symptoms. Ever. Or watch House. And for the love of God, do not do both simultaneously unless you want to end up in the ER at three a.m. with some erroneous phantom disease. 2) If someone hurts your…
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