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SFU350 hosts The Intersectional Environmentalist book tour
May 27, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer On May 11, 2022, SFU350 hosted a virtual book tour to promote Leah Thomas’ new book, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet. Thomas is the founder of Intersectional Environmentalist, an organisation that seeks to highlight the often overlooked overlap of racism and climate change. Thomas, a writer based in California, describes herself as an eco-communicator. Her book highlights the racism and privilege present in mainstream environmentalism and the interconnected systems that harm both minorities and the planet. Thomas discusses how aspects such as age, race, ability, spirituality,…
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SFSS holds meeting to discuss impeachment of three Council members
May 27, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer Editor’s note: This article was updated on May 27, 2022 to clarify that only one Councillor was impeached. Originally, it was stated that all three censured Council members were impeached. The article also has been…
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Gabe Liosis and Corbett Gildersleve reflect on their year as SFSS president
May 27, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer The SFSS has elected their new executive board, revealing the new SFSS president, Helen Sofia Pahou. The Peak conducted an interview with former SFSS president Gabe Liosis and former acting president and vice-president internal &…
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Forget owning a house, just build your own!
May 26, 2022By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Peak Associate Victoria, BC — In light of the housing affordability crisis, policymakers from the Government of Canada pulled a bit of a Marie Antoinette by coming up with a subsidised chainsaw training program for young Canadians.…
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Political Corner: The quieter, systemic ways Canada puts up barriers to abortion
May 25, 2022By Kelly Chia, Humour Editor On May 2, POLITICO released a leaked draft majority opinion revealing the US Supreme Court had provisionally voted in favour of overturning Roe v. Wade. By striking down the landmark case, the Court will delegate…
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Masking the data: Whether people like it or not, we’re still in a pandemic
May 23, 2022By Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer It may seem like we’re far removed from the nationwide lockdown in March 2020, which sequestered people to their homes (minus the occasional run to the store for the bare essentials), but we’re not out…
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The Darkest Timeline: Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse right now?
May 17, 2022By Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer The multiverse. It’s understandably on everyone’s lips right now. When it seems like our own reality is becoming increasingly nightmarish, we want to check-in on an alternate self to see who has it worse. Simply…
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Reconciliation on campus: Land acknowledgments at the start of classes are still performative
May 17, 2022By Maya Beninteso, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of graphic violence towards Indigenous peoples As another semester dawns upon us, it means enduring another semester of empty words and abysmal attempts at reconciliation. The use of land acknowledgments, whether at…
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SFU’s parking lots, ranked
May 16, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Peak Associate and Parking Expert Central Parkade 42069/10. This lot will never let me down. My ride or die. My homie. My bae. Live, love, laugh, Central Parkade. I can always find a spot and it’s right in…
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A final farewell from basketball seniors Jordan Lyons and Julian Roche
April 7, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor On March 2, seniors Julian Roche and Jordan Lyons competed in their last college basketball game. SFU lost in overtime to Alaska Fairbanks in the Greater Northwest Athletic Conference quarterfinals by a score of 91–83,…
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