VOL. 182 ISSUE 7
February 17, 2026
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We acknowledge that The Peak’s office is located and our paper is produced, distributed, and read on the Unceded Coast Salish Territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlilwətaɬ (TsleilWaututh), k
əm (Kwikwetlem), q
a:nƛʼən (Kwantlen), qicəy (Katzie), Semiahmoo, and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Peoples. Unceded means that this land was never surrendered, relinquished, or handed over in any way. We recognize that the unceded land that we occupy includes not only the SFU Burnaby campus, but extends to the land occupied by the Vancouver and Surrey campuses as well.
How ICE figures out the language that is useful for them to use on social media is due to tools like Hootsuite that give them the ability to understand what their audience wants.
PREM SYLVESTER
RESEARCHER AND PROJECT CO-LEAD AT THE DIGITAL DEMOCRACIES INSTITUTE
