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Lack of support for First Nations Studies at SFU, says Senate
February 20, 2018Discussion regarding the current status and role of SFU’s department of First Nations studies (FNS) broke out in the latest SFU Senate meeting on February 5. Single-digit faculty When a motion to approve the action plan for the department resulting from its external review was proposed, senator David Burley began the discussion by commenting that he had noticed in the Dean’s summation and commitment of resources that the faculty consisted of only 3.5 members. “I don’t know if any department in any university on the scale of SFU would have a department of 3.5 members,” he said. Senator Burley…
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A Southside reunion: Coming face to face with one of my queens
February 19, 2018Michelle Obama. Former first lady of the United States. A vision of Black excellence. Beginning as a lawyer and eventually working at the University of Chicago for many years, Mrs. Obama has remained focused on supporting the voices of marginalized…
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SFU marches for missing and murdered Indigenous women
February 19, 2018By: Cecile Favron, Peak Associate SFU students and community members turned out in large numbers for a march to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on February 9. The second-annual event brought together dozens of people to march…
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The Takashi Murakami exhibit shocks and delights Metro Vancouver
February 18, 2018By: Yelin Gemma Lee Takashi Murakami’s The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg exhibition, which is running at the Vancouver Art Gallery from February 3–May 6, is extraordinary. It’s a loud anthem-like calling to all artists of any kind to go…
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Rejected Tinder bio lines
February 14, 2018By: Winona Young Valentine's Day is right around the corner! For any of you unlucky souls still in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hoes Club Band, have no fear! After an extensive trial period of being single for twenty-one years, I have…
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Holly Taylor explains track throwing sports and talks ‘balance’
February 13, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Name: Holly Taylor Year: Freshman (first-year) Hometown: Brantford, Ontario Major: Criminology Sport(s) you play at SFU: Track and field (shot put, hammer throw, weight throw, discus) GPA: 3.3 Part A (Miscellaneous) The Peak: What’s your…
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Must-see events: Black History Month
February 12, 2018By: Alex Bloom Vancouver International Film Festival VIFF will be offering a Black History Month three-ticket pass for $30 that will allow you to see any combination of the following films: Black Cop, Brown Girl Begins, Quest, or Tell Them…
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BC moves to block Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, provinces square off
February 12, 2018British Columbia moved to block the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion through the announcement of its new plan to limit any diluted bitumen, or dilbit, from entering the province via the pipeline. The announcement prompted a domestic trade war…
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The Good, the Alright, and the Just Plain Bad of sex work in media
February 7, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Sex work has been featured openly in the media since at least the 1950s, but we haven’t necessarily gotten better at portraying it in the last seventy or so years. Some shows and movies still feed into…
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Meet Paola Quirós, new co-ordinator of the Women’s Centre
February 7, 2018Fast Facts on Paola Quirós Name: Paola Quirós (pronounced: p ah-OH-l ah) Preferred pronouns: she/her Position: Co-ordinator of the SFSS Women’s Centre since November 2017 Education: BA in Social Communication and Journalism from University of La Sabana in Colombia and…
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