Karissa Ketter

Feb 27, 2024 | the-peak.ca | Karissa Ketter

By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor With ever-increasing concern for our planet, longtime Canadian environmental activist duo David Suzuki and are trying a new way to get people’s attention. They hit the stage February 13–17 to star in What You Won’t Do For Love alongside actors and theatre-makers, Miriam Fernandes and Sturla Alvsvaag. What You Won’t Do For Love is a love story where humans are “not the centre of the story [ . . . ] Nature is,” as Fernandes said in the show.

Jan 24, 2024 | madeinchinajournal.com | Darren Byler |Karissa Ketter

In one of the opening scenes of Surveillance State, Josh Chin and Liza Lin (2022: 41) describe how then Xinjiang party secretary Chen Quanguo tested the response time of local police in front of a market in the Ürümchi Uyghur neighbourhood of Dawan in early 2017. In less than 54 seconds, a team from the nearest People’s Convenience Station responded to a threat alert. But Chen was not satisfied.

Oct 10, 2023 | the-peak.ca | Karissa Ketter

By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Content warning: mentions of missing and murdered Indigenous women and police brutality. On September 25, Gitxsan author and investigative journalist, Angela Sterritt, spoke at SFU for the annual Andrew Mack Memorial Lecture series. Sterritt spoke on the systemic violence Indigenous communities and women face today, as highlighted in her newest book, Unbroken.

Oct 9, 2023 | sfu.ca | Karissa Ketter

By: Karissa Ketter, News EditorEditor’s Note: This article was updated on October 13, to correct the title of the Haíłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Washing Ceremony. Also, to correct that Angela Sterritt investigated the cases of Ramona Wilson and Tina Fontaine in her book. Content warning: mentions of missing and murdered Indigenous women and police brutality. On September 25, Gitxsan author and investigative journalist, Angela Sterritt, spoke at SFU for the annual Andrew Mack Memorial Lecture series.

Mar 20, 2023 | the-peak.ca | Karissa Ketter