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Audrey Heath honours Lax Gibuu spirit through beading
November 30, 2023By: Anna Kazi, Peak Associate Nestled in the unceded and traditional territories of the Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Stó:lō, Qayqayt and Stz’uminus Peoples resides the beautiful Lax Gibuu beadwork created by Audrey Heath. Heath comes from the Gitxsan Nation in Northern British Columbia and holds “various European ancestries, such as French and Scottish.” As a fourth-year student at SFU completing a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in communication and Indigenous studies, she also works at the SFU Indigenous Student Centre as Indigenous student life coordinator. When not studying or working at SFU, Heath creates one-of-a-kind Indigenous beadwork jewellery on her…
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Broadway Across Canada’s Hadestown masterfully delivers its cyclical love story
November 28, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief You might know the Greek myth of Orpheus: the talented musician who journeys to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld. Hades promises Orpheus he can have Eurydice only if he walks out of the underworld…
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$33,000 for lentils, rice, and resilience for Palestine
November 28, 2023By: Brigitte Buck, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of genocide. Cuisine changes, evolves, and is constantly reinvented. The same goes for people, cultures, politics, and perhaps even history. Often, we can gain something positive from change, but not always. While…
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The Lebanese Burger Mafia is a breakthrough in Arab Canadian cinema
November 22, 2023By: Omar Nsouli Living in Calgary for most of my life, I would often go on road trips to Edmonton with my family for long weekends to get a change of scenery. Midway between both cities is Red Deer, a…
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Red Carpet Chats: VAFF showcases outstanding Asian talent for the 27th year
November 22, 2023By: C Icart, Humour Editor The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) just wrapped up its 27th edition. VAFF aims to showcase and support films from Asian Canadians and Asian diasporic communities. This year, audiences were spoiled with options, as the…
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Local artisans to support this holiday season
November 20, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Amanda Ruth Beads Amanda is a member of Swan River First Nation in Alberta, and on top of running her business, is a social worker who works with Indigenous children in foster care. A variety…
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Media to uplift Palestinian narratives
November 20, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide, violence, and war. Editor’s note: this article was updated on November 24, 2023, to re-word instances of naming the Palestinian genocide a “conflict.” The word “conflict” assigns equal blame to…
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Director Tunku Mona Riza and VAFF bring a true rain town to Vancouver
November 16, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer With a seemingly endless supply of rain, many people refer to our city as Raincouver — but there’s another place across the globe that has claimed the title of “Rain Town.” Taiping, Malaysia, is endearingly…
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Music Monday: Asian women in indie
November 9, 2023By: Tian Davidson, SFU Student As someone who doesn’t stick to one genre when it comes to music, something I’ve noticed is in the indie scene, Asian women don’t typically get the spotlight, despite the fact that there are so…
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Mexican Gothic reimagines colonial horror stories
November 9, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of eugenics and colonialism. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia will leave you unsettled, frightened, and absolutely horrified. Just thinking about it sends a chill down my spine. Halloween may be over,…
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