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Meet Angela Sterritt: SFU Library’s 2023 non-fiction writer in residence
January 18, 2023By: Anna Kazi, SFU Student SFU recently welcomed Angela Sterritt, writer and “award-winning investigative journalist” as their 2023 writer in residence. Sterritt is part of the Gitanmaax community of the Gitxsan Nation and Bell Island Newfoundland. With over a decade of experience covering powerful stories, Sterritt is releasing her first book, Unbroken, this May. It is “part memoir and part investigative into the missing and murdered Indigenous women.” Sterritt began writing about her experiences while completing her William Southam Journalism Fellowship at the University of Toronto. “When you’re writing about your trauma, you have to be ready, and only you…
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Eternity Martis is SFU’s 2022 Non-Fiction Writer in Residence
February 23, 2022By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate On January 20, 2022, the SFU Library and SFU Public Square hosted a virtual reading and Q&A event with award-winning authors and journalists, Eternity Martis and Kamal Al-Solaylee, to launch the non-fiction Writer-In-Residence program. The program…
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Learn more about SFU’s Media and Maker Commons, a collaborative, hands-on learning environment
February 7, 2022By: Rastko Koprivica, SFU Student If you’re looking to try 3D printing, video and audio recording, laser cutting and engraving, or machine embroidery, there’s a place on campus that may interest you — the Media and Maker Commons. Located in SFU’s…
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un/settled exhibit prompts students to create thought-provoking book display on Black artistry and solidarity
January 31, 2022By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor un/settled was a 240 foot installation celebrating Black womanhood, produced by Chantal Gibson and Dr. Otoniya J. Okot Bitek at the SFU Belzberg Library. Although it is no longer on display, the impact…
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SFU’s special collections acquires rare 16ᵗʰ century book
January 25, 2022By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer The Wosk-McDonald Aldine collection in the SFU Library recently welcomed a new addition to its shelves. The collection, established in 1995, acquired the complete edition of letters from St. Catherine of Siena, a patron saint of…
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A list of perks university students can get in Canada
May 24, 2021by Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Now that I’m in the last portion of my degree, I find there are many services that SFU provides that I didn’t know about as a first-year student. I wanted to compile some of the…
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SFYou: Get the buzz on Professor Mark L. Winston
September 25, 2020By Kelly Chia, Peak Associate Name: Mark L. Winston Pronouns: He/him/his Departmental Affiliation: Biological Sciences and the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue Hometown: South Euclid, Ohio Current Occupation: Professor and Senior Fellow Fun Fact: Mark was once the president…
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Andrew Petter, amongst others, provide statements in solidarity against racism
June 15, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor and Paige Riding, News Writer SFU President Andrew Petter has released a statement on SFU’s stance against racism. “The events of recent days add further urgency to this cause. Racism has no place in…
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SFU’s “Sharing of Textbook PDFs Fact Sheet” fails to consider students’ constraints
May 25, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief I want to preface my crankiness over SFU Library’s “Sharing of Textbook PDFs Fact Sheet” by stating that I understand intellectual property laws. I understand why they’re so important to protect the work of academics and other…
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