Visiting Author Series: Harsha Walia
SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, CanadaOn Wednesday October 26 from 11am-12:30pm in the SFPIRG Lounge Harsha will be reading from her acclaimed and award-winning book Border & Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism. Harsha Walia is a South Asian activist and writer based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has...
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Release, Reset, Restore: Care-based Office Hours
online - Zoom 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, CanadaAttention all SFU undergrad and grad students! SFPIRG is here to support you! Are you dealing with racism, sexism, or other oppressive/problematic content in the course of your work, organising, or studies? Are you looking for a confidential and supportive space? Are you looking for community with folks who also...
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Critical Vocabularies: Intersectionality
SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, CanadaJoin us for the first in a series of discussions that unpack languages we use in our writing, research, and dialogues of academia! We are thrilled to start the conversation with Julia Lane from the Student Learning Commons and we will be discussing "Intersectionality!" Bring your questions about and experiences...
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SFPIRG Rotunda Library Book Sale
SFU SUBCome out to the SUB Social Stage (across from Blenz) to find your new favourite read or resource! We will have over 2,000 books for sale in topics ranging from poli-sci to the environment to poetry. We will be using funds gained from the sale of the books to update...
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Release, Reset Restore Series
Looking for a community to heal and grow with? Are you dealing with racism, sexism, or other oppressive/problematic content in the course of your work, organising, or studies? Are you looking for a confidential and supportive space? Are you looking for community with folks who also care about social justice?...
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Finding Our Roles in Social Movements
Have you been wanting to be a part of social justice movements? Have you been in social movements for awhile and find you are shifting roles? Join us in the SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 for a workshop and discussion on January 25 from 1-3pm about the many roles that exist...
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Critical Vocabularies: Intersectionality
Join us for a workshop to unpack key languages that we use in our writing, research, and dialogues of academia starting off with a really foundational one: Intersectionality! We are thrilled to co-host this workshop with Julia Lane from the Student Learning Commons. The event will take place on Tuesday January...
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SFPIRG 2023 Annual General Meeting
OnlineJoin SFPIRG for our Annual General Meeting! Every year we gather together as an organisation to think about where we have been and where we are going. This is an opportunity to recognise amazing community work we have supported and led, talk about finances and funding of a non-profit organisation,...
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SFPIRG x SFSS Womens’ Centre Radical Reads: “Abolition.Feminism.Now”
After registering for this event, we ask that you go to the Women's Centre (SUB 2220) any time between 9:00am to 4:00pm to pick up your own copy of Abolition. Feminism. Now. which you will get to keep! Our meeting in the SFPIRG student Lounge (SUB 1410) on March 2nd will be to discuss...
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Rita Wong: “Letters to Our Loved Ones: A Writing Workshop”
SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, CanadaSFPIRG Rotunda Library is excited to announce the next session of our visiting author series with Rita Wong. Rita Wong grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and is the author of three books of poetry, sybil unrest, written with Larissa Lai; forage, and monkeypuzzle as well as co-edited collection downstream: re-imagining water. Wong has won the Asian Canadian...
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