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Study shows the response to COVID-19 in Canada disproportionately affects women
March 26, 2021Written by: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer Women are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to SFU health sciences research associate Dr. Julia Smith. A co-lead on the Gender and COVID-19 Project, Smith has been gathering data since the beginning of the pandemic to inform the policy response to COVID-19. The data revealed that frontline workers — the majority of whom are women — are overwhelmed with their work, mental health, and care work in the home. Smith explained responsibilities such as taking care of children and elders primarily fall on women. She said, “Women are giving up work so…
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International Women’s Day needs to represent more than just cis women
March 6, 2021by Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Every year on March 8 for International Women’s Day, social media platforms are flooded with variants of “go girl” posts, celebrating “strong, powerful, independent women.” While women have every right to celebrate the progression of…
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What happens if the “Local Women in Your Area!” actually find you?
October 26, 2020By: Alex Masse, Peak Associate Would you spend a devastating seven more bucks a month on a new streaming service for a show unavailable on Netflix, or do you risk some harmless little malware and maybe a housecall from the…
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The National Women’s History Museum provides a futuristic way to view the past
May 20, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer I’ll admit it. I'm not really a museum fanatic. Sure, I've been to plenty of them and enjoyed basking in the aura of dusty relics, but I've never been totally excited to go to one.…
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Both SFU basketball teams win in first week of 2020 portion of season
January 13, 2020By: Brandon Braich, Peak Associate Both SFU basketball teams played two GNAC games last weekend to kick off the 2020 portion of their schedules. In an early afternoon start, the SFU Women’s Basketball team won a tightly contested battle against…
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World News Beats
October 26, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Ethiopian cabinet sees equal representation in sexes Women now hold 10 of Ethiopia’s 20 ministerial posts, making it the second African country after Rwanda to have a gender-balanced cabinet. In a Parliamentary speech…
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SFSS president accused of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations
September 7, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor and Amneet Mann, News Editor This article is part of a series discussing the leaked recording provided to The Peak by Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) president Jas Randhawa. The recording documents a…
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Leaked recording reveals turmoil within SFSS over Jas Randhawa’s presidency
August 31, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor and Amneet Mann, News Editor In his email to The Peak, stating that he was under pressure to resign as president of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), Jas Randhawa attached a recording…
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Badass women of SFU
March 7, 2018By Eva Zhu When SFU opened in 1965, only 37% of the student body was made up of women and only 16 of the 126 faculty staff were women (that’s about 12%). As of fall 2014, 13,000 of the 25,000…
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Workshop looks to break through role-playing game stereotypes
November 24, 2017An upcoming workshop for women and LGBATQ+ people is aiming to overcome stereotypes around popular role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) and inform people about the potential of the game. “I think it's powerful for women and queer…
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