Sofia Chassomeris
Investing in mail service is a nation-sustaining project
December 18, 2025Like 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 other issues, ultimately led CUPW…
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Brighter Side: Dough-eyed
November 11, 2025There 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 — someone I’ve known since…
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“I fucking quit,” announces Mr. Monopoly
April 3, 2025Editor’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 make a very important announcement.…
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i dream in decay
March 27, 2025this 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. she will unbind my muscles…
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We must improve our media literacy skills
March 10, 2025Media 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 news are common forms of communication. We engage with media…
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Campus public “safety” doesn’t help students feel safe
January 27, 2025On 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 at the table. I didn’t think much of him as…
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Brighter side: As time goes by
January 22, 2025As 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 am watching friends’ faces stretch…
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The climate’s health is ours
January 15, 2025There 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 first death from H5N1 bird…
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SFU sets Global Institute for Agritech in motion
December 3, 2024In 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 research on innovative agritech solutions”…
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