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New photo exhibition at Club Ilia strikes at the heart of the SFU community
October 5, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer In an effort to help foster a strong sense of community on Burnaby Mountain, SFU alumna Jennyfer Chamberland, who works with Club Ilia, has created an ongoing art exhibition in the restaurant, curated from the SFU archives. Chamberland and Tina Blakeman, general manager of Club Ilia, spoke to The Peak about their motivations behind the selected pieces. I met Chamberland and Blakeman at Club Ilia to view the photo exhibition and discuss its origins. Chamberland was deeply motivated to curate pieces that spoke to the SFU community because of her connection to it. Chamberland has…
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SFU can support trans* rights by not conflating free speech and hate speech
October 4, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief I’m so sorry to all my trans*, genderqueer, nonbinary, and queer peers. You shouldn’t have to deal with noted transphobes speaking on your campus. Meanwhile, SFU is claiming neutrality vis-à-vis the “How media bias shapes the gender…
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Out of this world: CJSF’s Fundrive returns for 2019
October 4, 2019By: Andrea Renney, Arts Editor Tucked away in the Rotunda, where the sound of local music can be heard faintly over speakers installed outside its doors, CJSF Radio (90.1 FM) has been serving SFU in various formats since 1974. The…
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Speaking to SFU’s best and brightest: an interview with 2019’s SFU Outstanding Alumni Night awardees
October 4, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer The 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards took place September 20 at the Sheraton Wall Centre. It featured four awardees: Isabel Ge Mahe, Kathleen Hepburn, Hew Choy Leong, and Mark Okerstrom. Peter Akman, 2018’s recipient for Outstanding…
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You’re a student and a citizen: A cheat sheet on when, where, and how students can vote this 2019 election
October 4, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Like a rare meteor that only appears when the Governor General calls — it’s election time in Canada; which means that all your relatives on Facebook are going to start acting up and you, my friend,…
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SFU Hockey riots after pile of dead rats in Residences is prioritized for NCAA accreditation
September 30, 2019Written by Dylan Webb, Sports Editor The NCAA National Committee has released their list of sports programs that will receive NCAA accreditation for the 2019–20 athletics season. Among the notable additions to SFU’s already strong slate of NCAA-competing programs are…
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Phum Viphurit, The Paper Kites, Mt. Joy: Westward Music Festival Round-Up
September 27, 2019Written by: Marco Ovies, Staff Writer Photos by: Kim Regala, Peak Associate Showcasing a wide variety of music genres and performance venues, Westward Music Festival is an annual event in the Vancouver music scene that should not be missed. The…
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Spotlight: Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry
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TRANSMISSIONS is an immersive exploration of futurism and Indigenous languages
September 20, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate Lisa Jackson, an Anishinaabe artist and filmmaker, received much praise (and many awards) when she released her virtual reality film Biidaaban: First Light (2018). Exploring themes of Indigenous futurism, the film immerses viewers into a…
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