SFU Public Square
Need to Know, Need to Go: June 21–27
June 21, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate An Anti-Racist Approach to Media Literacy | June 23, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | By donation | Online Join Bakau Consulting, an equity, inclusion, and anti-racism consulting firm based in Vancouver, for an online media workshop. As 70% of the mediascape in Canada is controlled by four companies, this webinar will tackle the question: “How does this shape what we see about the world?” Bakau Consulting will discuss approaching both traditional news and social media using an intersectional lens centred in anti-racism. This includes navigating “biased algorithms, racist conspiracy theories, election interference, and performative online allyship.”…
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Climate research needs to be embedded in social justice, experts say
May 30, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU Public Square held a webinar to platform the voices of climate advocates, researchers, and policy-makers. The event highlighted climate justice and the barriers of embracing equity within policy making. Event moderator Am Johal…
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Dr. Parin Dossa envisions social justice from the margins
February 27, 2021Written by: Emma Jean and Dev Petrovic Content Warning: Discussion of war, islamophobia, racism Living in a Western country in the Global North, it is often difficult to view social justice outside of the walls of our familiar political system.…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: November 16–22
November 16, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Vancouver Podcast Festival | November 18–22 | Online | Free to $5 Presented by DOXA (Vancouver’s documentary festival) and co-sponsored by SFU Woodwards, the Vancouver Podcast Festival is back with virtual content. The festival,…
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SFU’s COVID-19 and the Future of Democracy highlights activism arising from the pandemic
October 2, 2020By Emma Jean, Staff Writer If anything good has emerged from this pandemic, it’s that the cracks in our systems have become more apparent than ever. It might feel easy to make like a turtle and hide until it all…
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SFU public square lecture takes on the idea of a “Brown New World”
July 6, 2018By: Kitty Cheung, SFU Student As a means of exploring the brown perspective, Kamal Al-Solaylee presented the 2018 Milton K. Wong Multiculturalism Lecture titled “It’s a Brown New World. Now What?” on Wednesday, July 27 at the BMO Theatre…
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Is universal basic income an effective social policy?
March 22, 2018This year’s “Brave New Work” summit, run by SFU’s Public Square, examined the role that “work” will play in the future. In the talk Basic Income: Progressive Hopes and Neoliberal Realities, John Clarke, an anti-poverty organizer at the Ontario Coalition…
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