SOCA
SFYou: Get to know SOCA’s new student support coordinator
March 10, 2025Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and concision. Muna Mavhima is the newly-appointed student support coordinator for SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA), a group on campus that creates space and community for Black students. The Peak spoke with Mavhima to learn more about him and the work he does with SOCA. The Peak: Tell me about yourself. Who is Muna? Mavhima: I am an immigrant to Canada, originally from Zimbabwe. I came here in 2011 to study at SFU. I did my undergrad in political science. Then, I got my postgraduate studies, got my…
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SOCA, SFPIRG, and CPSHR screen Black August
March 10, 2025Content warning: mentions of police brutality and homicides. On February 24, SFU Students of African and Caribbean Ancestry (SOCA), Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), and Canada-Phillipines Solidarity for Human Rights (CPSHR) joined together to host a screening of…
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SOCA kicks off Black History Month with ceremony
February 17, 2025Editor’s Note: C Icart, humour editor at The Peak, was a panelist at this event. He was not involved in the production of this article. On February 3, a snowy afternoon on Burnaby Mountain coated the campus in a blanket…
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Eviction to Empowerment discusses lasting impact of student space campaigns at SFU
October 15, 2024On September 18, student-run non-profit Embark Sustainability hosted Eviction to Empowerment, reflecting on a not-to-be-forgotten chapter in recent history at SFU: years of organizing gave independent student societies and equity groups the space they now have in the Student Union…
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Union Street captures Vancouver’s vibrant Black community through history
October 17, 2023Content warning: mentions of systemic racism and displacement. Union Street is a documentary film highlighting Vancouver’s historic Black neighbourhood located in Strathcona. Known colloquially as Hogan’s Alley, it was systemically disrupted and displaced by the City of Vancouver’s construction of…
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SOCA wellness retreat funding rejected by the SFSS
September 5, 2023Editor’s Note: This article was updated on September 8, 2023, to note that the black wellness retreat was not cancelled. At the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) meeting on June 21, the SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA)…
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Application approved to hire 15 Black faculty members at SFU
August 3, 2023On July 18, the BC Human Rights Commissioner endorsed two special approval applications, which gave SFU the approval to hire 15 new Black faculty members. According to the university, this decision is a step toward supporting the Black community at…
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Council readopts agenda to discuss funding of SOCA Black wellness retreat
July 14, 2023Editor’s Note: This article was updated on July 20, 2023, to correct that SOCA’s budget is not $100,000 but rather they receive $65,000 per year from the SFSS. On June 21, The Peak attended the bi-weekly Simon Fraser Student Society…
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SFU Black Caucus and SOCA celebrate 2nd Black Brilliance Graduation
June 19, 2023On June 5, the SFU Black Caucus and Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) held their second Black Brilliance Graduation Celebration. The convocation ceremony honoured and recognized Black students’ achievements from the 2023 graduating class and celebrated the presence…
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Council in conversation with SOCA to provide funding for Black wellness retreat
June 13, 2023Editor’s Note: This article was updated on July 20, 2023, to correct that SOCA’s budget is not $100,000 but rather they receive $65,000 per year from the SFSS. The Peak acknowledges we did not reach out to Emilio Da Silva…
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