Sofia Chassomeris
Investing in mail service is a nation-sustaining project
December 18, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Peak Associate Like many of us recently, Canada Post has a money problem: they don’t have enough. On September 25, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ (CUPW) strike resumed in response to a statement by the minister of government transformation, public works and procurement. Minister Joël Lightbound declared that Canada Post would end door-to-door delivery and restructure to sustain itself financially. As a reminder, the strike began in November 2024 and was forced to halt by the government a month later. This pause, along with unresolved negotiations over key bargaining issues, surrounding wages, safe working environment, among…
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Brighter Side: Dough-eyed
November 11, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Peak Associate There are few practices I hold in reverence the way I do the art of bread-making. The smell of yeast, flour, water, and olive oil fills the room like the presence of a loved one…
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“I fucking quit,” announces Mr. Monopoly
April 3, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Interdimensional-Space Traveller Editor’s note: The Pawn obtained this letter via time travel through a portal gun we discovered in our games closet. Dear valued constituents, I write to you at the dawn of the year 3000 to…
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i dream in decay
March 27, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor this body aches for death, a cure? a resolution, like it longs to rest in the muddy embrace of a grave so that the earth may hold me as gently as my tender flesh allows.…
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We must improve our media literacy skills
March 10, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor Media literacy is a person’s ability to critically analyze the media they consume. Media is a form of communication, and what constitutes media varies; books, films, music, and especially the…
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Campus public “safety” doesn’t help students feel safe
January 27, 2025By: Tejas Saini, SFU Student and Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor On a cold evening in my first year, I was studying in the School of Criminology, exhausted after a late tutorial, when a man with an oversized jacket joined me…
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Brighter side: As time goes by
January 22, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor As a girl, I feared the merciless spectre of age. I was taught it would tarnish me — crow’s feet, smile lines, stiff limbs and fingers all blemishes in contribution to decay. But when I…
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The climate’s health is ours
January 15, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor There it is again, that funny feeling. Climate change is causing catastrophic floods, droughts, wildfires, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and extreme temperatures around the world. In seemingly unrelated news, the US just reported the country’s…
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SFU sets Global Institute for Agritech in motion
December 3, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer In early November, SFU established its latest research institute, the Global Institute for Agritech (GIA), to “seek innovative solutions” for agricultural development and food security amid the climate crisis. The GIA aims to “conduct cutting-edge…
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