On March 31, KPU political science instructor Conrad King will be wrapping up this semester’s Arts Speaker Series with his presentation “Governing Complexity: Future-proofing Higher Education Internationalization in Times of Uncertainty.” In collaboration with a team of other researchers looking at Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, King specifically looks at why international students... Continue Reading

Indigenous musicians who may have been struggling to find a record label to help produce their music may finally have somewhere to go. With the creation of Red Music Rising, a new Indigenous-owned and operated record label based in Toronto, more opportunities are now available for Indigenous musicians to release their work and who want... Continue Reading

KPU Wilson School of Design instructor Jessica Bayntun has received a financial award from KPU Teaching and Learning, meant to help Bayntun blend virtual reality into her special topics summer course called “3D futures.” This is a fashion program course, and Bayntun says it looks into “designed futures” and “how technology is integrated in production,... Continue Reading

Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s esteemed social justice film festival, KDocsFF, kicked off March 12 with And Then They Came for Us, a documentary about the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1942. At 8:00 pm, film subjects George Takei and Satsuki Ina, director Abby Ginzberg, and Diana Morita Cole discussed the increased hate against Asian communities... Continue Reading

On March 17, Kwantlen Polytechnic University sociology instructors Dr. Rebecca Yoshizawa and Dr. Ryan Higgitt will give students and faculty a peek into the contemporary, exciting research they have been working on. Yoshizawa will be sharing her research on how trilobites — which are ancient arthropods with thick exoskeletons that fossilize easily — can be... Continue Reading

The brain is the most complex organ in the body, and it is in charge of making decisions that will impact individuals for the rest of their lives. However, just like any other organ, the brain has its flaws and weaknesses that we need to be aware of. The Kwantlen Psychology Society will host a... Continue Reading

St. Patrick’s Day might be on March 17, but that’s not the only thing that’s going extra green this month The Campus Ecochallenge kicked off this month, a free platform where individuals or teams at post-secondary institutions participate in various sustainable actions, earn points, compete with others, and learn about their environmental footprint along the... Continue Reading

The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association has launched the Poetry Phone project, making it available to the public for free. Charles Gauthier, CEO of the DVBIA, led the initiative with a team of 10 local poets and Renee Sarojini Saklikar as the curator. When you dial 1-833-POEMS-4-U (763-6748), you can select from 10 poems to... Continue Reading

For the past 11 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down. At KPU, in-person education at the five bustling campuses was traded for online learning. It’s not just the students and instructors who’ve had to readjust to the new normal, but also KPU’s extracurriculars. Wajeeha Rahman, president of KPU’s Muslim Student Association,... Continue Reading

The month of February is a month set aside by many people in Canada to celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities who, throughout history, have contributed immensely to make Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate, and prosperous nation it is today. As a black woman who immigrated from Nigeria to... Continue Reading

The Vancouver Sun Run will be held from April 18 to 30, where participants can run their 10 kilometres from wherever they like during the 12-day window. Even though the event will be different from the traditional Sun Run, runners and walkers are still encouraged to get out there and set a fitness goal to... Continue Reading

Local abstract artist Deb Chaney was featured at the Thursday Artist Talk Online presented by the Surrey Art Gallery Association on Feb. 4. Thursday Artist Talk Online is a weekly event for local and regional artists to discuss their work and bring more awareness to what’s happening in the community. Since the beginning of the... Continue Reading

Second-year KPU brewing student Emily Comeau has won the first annual Nancy More Award presented by the BC Hospitality Foundation and BC Craft Brewers Guild. The $1,000 award is named after Nancy More, who became the first North American female brewmaster in 1985. More has been a KPU instructor for six years and helped create... Continue Reading

Art is highly emotional. An artist often uses mediums to express the complexity of the human condition in a way that words sometimes fall short. There are few who better encapsulates this than the extremely renowned post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh. Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive Exhibition directors Julien Baron and Annabelle Mauger have curated... Continue Reading