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Vancouver’s overdose crisis amidst COVID-19
March 6, 2021Written by: Nancy La, SFU Student As vaccinations become available for Vancouver, the grim battle against COVID-19 begins to look more hopeful. The days of self-isolation now have a clearer finish line, and normalcy is coming closer and closer. Yet in Vancouver, a part of the normalcy we all wish for contains in itself another health crisis — one that faded from the limelight when cases of COVID-19 surged in B.C. Lurking in the background of the pandemic is the overdose crisis that was declared a health crisis by the government in 2016, five years before the pandemic made its…
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Top Ten reasons I’m still not over March 2020 even though March 2021 is here
March 1, 2021By: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Things have just progressively gotten worse One day, it’s just another day in a pandemic where I’m questioning how many Goldfish crackers I’ve eaten in the past week. Next, an ugly dictator is staging a…
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Joining a student union has many benefits
March 1, 2021by Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Starting at SFU was both thrilling and daunting to me. I was excited to make new friends, but wondered how the hell I was supposed to do that in lecture halls with hundreds…
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“Tipsy Taho” podcast promotes Filipino culture and diversity
February 27, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate Editor's note: For clarity, this piece has been modified to acknowledge that utang na loob can have different meanings to different communities. A late-night Zoom call started it all. After Rio Therese Capistrano, Thea Marie…
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Students question lack of diversity among SFU’s top leadership roles
February 24, 2021by Karissa Ketter, News Writer There has been discussion among SFU students online regarding the implementation of white faculty and staff to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) policies. Though President Joy Johnson and Vice-President, Academic and Provost Catherine Dauvergne placed…
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SFU student politics has failed us
February 21, 2021by Justin Smith, SFU Student Despite changes the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to SFU, some things have remained consistent: nonsensical Canvas pages, wallet-crushing tuition, and bullshit student politics. For a university that advertises itself as “one of Canada’s most…
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“A Seat at the Table”: A living exhibition that grows on the stories of Chinese migrants
February 21, 2021By: Kelly Chia, Peak Associate While the first Chinese-Canadian museum in Canada has yet to find a home in BC, A Seat at the Table, its inaugural exhibition, is open to the public in Chinatown’s Hon Hsing building. Founded in…
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What about Blackness?
February 20, 2021Written by: Linda Kanyamuna, SFU Student What about Black Students? “What about Blackness? What about Blackness? What about Blackness?” repeats Bilan Arte, a Black-Muslim feminist and Canadian Labour Congress’ representative for human rights. She was one of three empowering and…
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Dear cis people…
February 15, 2021By: Madeleine Chan, Carter Hemion, and Dev Petrovic By Madeleine Dear cis people, I think we need to have a talk. I’m so glad that you’re comfortable enough in your gender identity that you have the desire to express its…
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SFU gender and health equity researchers discuss sex work inequities during COVID-19
February 15, 2021by Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer SFU assistant professor in the faculty of health sciences, Shira Goldenberg and her research assistant, Jennie Pearson, spoke with The Peak about some of the issues facing sex workers due to COVID-19. This includes sex work…
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