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Teach-in event at SFU sheds light on Gaza crisis
November 7, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of violence and genocide. In an effort to provide historical, legal, and humanitarian context to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) at SFU co-organized an online Teach-In event titled “Decolonise Palestine Teach-In: The Legalities and Illegalities of the Occupation of Palestine.” The event was co-hosted by the Third World Approaches to International Law Review, Racialized Academics & Advocates Centering Equity and Solidarity, and the Social Justice Centre at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. It featured a panel of world-leading experts on Palestine, like Nimmi Gowrinathan, the founder and…
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Freedom Square plaque removed and engraved into new tiles
July 13, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor The plaque that once stood in SFU’s Freedom Square, in commemoration of protests that took place in 1967, has now been engraved into the new tiles in Freedom Square with different wording. According to…
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Forum raises concern tank farm poses “catastrophic” risk
July 9, 2018Written by: Cecile Favron, Peak Associate Dozens of concerned citizens gathered to discuss links between the potential for a devastating fire on Burnaby Mountain and the Kinder Morgan tank farm expansion at Simon Fraser University on June 28. “The…
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