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Wet’suwet’en Student Walkout draws crowd of around 100 to Convocation Mall

News March 9, 2020

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Students gathered in Convocation Mall on the afternoon of March 4 to listen to Indigenous speakers, singers, and drummers during a Student Walkout in support of the Wet’suwet’en nation.  As the Walkout’s media advisory described, “The nation-wide student walkout is a peaceful, decentralized action of solidarity. Students across the country stand firmly in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and will continue to do so until their demands have been fully met. Our academic institutions are complicit in this violent violation of Wet’suwet’en sovereignty. Many institutions have declined to make a statement, and maintain Foundation and…

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Students block Gaglardi in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

News March 9, 2020

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Following a rally in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation at Convocation Mall, a group of Indigenous and settler students marched down Burnaby Mountain to block part of the intersection at Gaglardi Way and University Drive East.…

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SFU’s student-run Indigenous film festival Skoden aims to further crucial conversations

Arts March 7, 2020

by Kim Regala, Staff Writer Editor’s note: Kim Regala is involved in SIFF’s organization through CA 334.  Here to celebrate and feature the works of Canadian-based Indigenous filmmakers is the Skoden Indigenous Film Festival (SIFF). Skoden, which is Indigenous slang…

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Spotlight: CCO SFU

Arts March 6, 2020

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Rotunda groups will be offered space in the new Student Union Building

News March 2, 2020

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor At their Wednesday, February 26 Board meeting, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors resolved to enter into formal agreements that offer the Rotunda groups space…

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Check out these artsy events coming to a campus near you

Arts March 2, 2020

by Kim Regala, Staff Writer This is How Distant I Am: A Workshop Interstecting the Works of Helen Cho, Theresa Hak Kyun Cha’s “Dictee,” and the Self Abolished through the Wreckage of Context Wednesday, March 4 | 6 p.m.– 8…

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Students informed of SFU community data security breach

News March 2, 2020

By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor A security breach caused SFU’s Chief Information Officer Mark Roman to send out an email to SFU students on the morning of March 2, 2020. According to the email, all SFU community members who joined…

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SFU Burnaby needs an emergency medical technician on site before another tragedy occurs

Opinions February 29, 2020

By: Kim Regala, Staff Writer You’re sitting in lecture when a student in your class starts experiencing shortness of breath. Campus Security is alerted right away, but when they arrive, it’s clear that they are not entirely trained for the situation.…

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Books to break out after reading break

Arts February 24, 2020

by Juztin Bello, Rodolfo Boskovic, Nicole Magas, Lubaba Mahmud, Zoe Vedova Book: Hero by Perry Moore Submitted by: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor [caption id="attachment_113393" align="alignnone" width="200"] Photo: Goodreads[/caption] Alright, picture this: Marvel, but gay.  This winning combination of superheroes and homosexuality…

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Allowing the RCMP to recruit on campus undermines reconciliation efforts

Opinions February 23, 2020

By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Anyone who’s wandered past the BIG Fair or the Mini BIG Fair at SFU may have seen a booth set up for the RCMP. Some have already realized the hypocrisy that goes into having the RCMP…

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