No End in Sight to the Humanitarian Crisis Afflicting 80 per cent of Yemen’s Population
News / September 16, 2019
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Out of the 28 million people who live in Yemen, a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, approximately 22 million of them are in need of aid. The United Nations Refugee Agency is calling it “a neglected crisis.” Reportedly, 17 million are going without adequate food, two million have... Continue Reading
After 25 Years at KPU, Music Instructor Don Hlus Has Been Laid Off
News / September 11, 2019
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KPU Music Instructor and Director of Guitar Don Hlus has “regrettably accepted” a full layoff. The layoff comes after a recent suspension of student intake into KPU’s music program, which is impacting the workload of the music faculty. “Regarding my own situation, I don’t anticipate returning to KPU and part of me simply wants to... Continue Reading
Women and Two Spirit Non-Binary Students Denied Access to the Women’s Center by Campus Security
News / September 4, 2019
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On July 18, campus security guards denied students access to the Women’s Center on the Surrey campus. Tawahum Bige, a two spirit non-binary student, Mariah Negrillo-Soor and Ainslie Glass, who are both volunteers for the Women’s Center, and another KPU student, Patricia Naguiat, were all denied entrance. KSA Women’s Representative Amei-lee Laboucan had to intervene... Continue Reading
What Post-Graduate Success Means to KPU Students
News / August 28, 2019
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Whether it’s building a home, finding a community, helping others, or simply being good at what you do, “success” covers such a broad range of things in life that we can often become uncertain of what it means. The Runner asked KPU students what a successful life post-graduation looks like for them. To accomplish this,... Continue Reading
Instructors Express Concern over Accessibility Barriers Within KPU’s Complaint Filing Policy
News / August 22, 2019
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KPU’s policy on filing complaints about instruction, services, employees, or university conduct may be fundamentally inaccessible to vulnerable students, according to two concerned faculty members. Also known as policy AD2, the document lays out a series of principles and procedures that must be followed by anyone using it as a framework to file a complaint.... Continue Reading
Activist Group Sikhs for Justice to March on UN for India Independence Day
News / August 12, 2019
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On India’s Independence Day, which falls on Aug 15, the human rights group Sikhs for Justice will march on the United Nations headquarters in New York to highlight “human rights abuses of Sikhs in [the Indian province of] Punjab by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.” These human rights abuses include the denial of political rights,... Continue Reading
CASA Report Challenges the Idea that Student Voters are Apathetic
News / July 31, 2019
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A report recently released by a non-partisan, not-for-profit group called the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) explores “what motivates 18-25 year olds leading up to the federal election.” The report addresses the myth that young people are too apathetic to go out and vote. One of its first key findings is that, “contrary to... Continue Reading
News Brief: Kwantlen Student Association Manages Internal Data Breach
News / July 29, 2019
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The Runner received an anonymous tip that the Kwantlen Student Association had been “attacked by ransomware” and consequently lost “confidential personnel data” on May 31. However, according to KSA Executive Director Ben Newsom and President David Piraquive, there is no evidence to support that such an attack was made against the association in hopes of... Continue Reading
KPU Bids Farewell to Provost and VP Academic Sal Ferrera
News / July 23, 2019
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After six years of working for the KPU community, KPU Provost and Vice President, Academic Dr. Salvador Ferreras has moved on from the institution. In his place, Dr. Sandy Vanderburgh is now filling the position. Ferreras has been the provost since he was first appointed in 2013. Before that, he served at Vancouver Community College... Continue Reading
KSA Supports CFS Ontario Provincial Court Challenge
News / July 15, 2019
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In late May, the Canadian Federation of Students launched a court challenge in response to the Ontario government’s proposed Student Choice Initiative, a policy which would categorize particular student fees as “non-essential.” The challenge states that the initiative, which is being backed by Ontario’s Minister of Training Colleges and Universities, “improperly and arbitrarily” designates which... Continue Reading
International Students at KPU Speak Out Against Work Hour Limits
News / July 15, 2019
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Jobandeep Singh Sandhu, a mechanical engineering student from India, was driving a truck from Montreal to Toronto in December 2017 when he was pulled over and arrested for exceeding a 20-hour work limit placed on international students. A year and a half later, he faced deportation. A petition was created in an effort to stop... Continue Reading
New Hotline Launched as Part of a National Effort to Combat Human Trafficking
News / July 10, 2019
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Content warning: this article discusses issues related to sexual violence and assault. Reachable at 1-833-900-1010, a Human Trafficking Hotline was launched by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT) in early June. The 24-hour hotline is the first of its kind in Canada, and is available in more than 200 languages and dialects. “The... Continue Reading
Netflix Announces Partnership with Indigenous Film Groups in Canada
News / July 9, 2019
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At the 2019 Banff World Media Festival, Netflix announced a partnership with three Indigenous screen creators: imagineNATIVE, The Indigenous Screen Office, and Wapikoni Mobile. The collaboration is part of a five-year, $25 million fund to help support the “next generation of Canadian creators” in underserved communities, according to Global News. imagineNATIVE will use this partnership... Continue Reading
Facing Potential Bankruptcy, KPIRG Holds 2019 AGM
News / July 5, 2019
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The Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group, an organization formerly funded by KPU students that is dedicated to social and environmental justice, held what may be its last annual general meeting on June 27. Unless the Kwantlen Student Association votes to reinstate the group’s funding in the next few months, KPIRG could be shutting down for... Continue Reading
KPU Senate and Board of Governors Pass Proposal to Reorganize Faculty of Academic and Career Advancement
News / July 4, 2019
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Correction: The Runner regrets errors made in the previous version of this story. The Faculty of Academic and Career Advancement is not being “discontinued” as reported. KPU’s “Board of Governors and Senate passed a recommendation to retain the governance body of the Faculty of Academic and Career Advancement and re-name it as part of a... Continue Reading