Afrorack rocks repurposed materials

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Ugandan sound artist Brian Bamanya — better known by his stage name, Afrorack — brought his modular synth performance to...

In case you missed it: 2666 is a telling tale of unresolved violence

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of femicide.  Roberto Bolaño was a novelist, essayist, and poet who later proclaimed he should have been a...

Chinatown screenings bring communities together

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Dimmed neon signs, muted red lamp posts, the Millenium Gate, faded Chinese lettering on fenced panes of glass, and weathered...

La Suprema: a town forgotten

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer As an SFU student, I’m always looking for exciting events to attend near campus. So, on September 5, I found...

How a beloved Palestinian restaurant planted its roots in Vancouver

By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I strolled around the vibrant neighbourhood of Hastings-Sunrise while on my way to meet Tamam...

Disabled drag superstars on Coast Salish territories

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Take a seat, everybody! For The Peak’s Disability Pride Month issue, we’ve compiled a list of disabled drag...

A tour of Rooted: Dining Commons’ inventive Indigenous food menu

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor For National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 21, SFU Dining Commons put the spotlight on Rooted. This...

Indigenous songwriters illuminating ancestral languages

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mentions of colonialism.  Elisapie Prolific Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie’s latest album, Inuktitut, covers ten pop and rock classics translated into ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut)....

Crooked Teeth is a queer Syrian refugee’s reconnection “home”

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Crooked teeth is the young boy who swears he likes women. Crooked teeth are in the mouth of an officer...

We Follow the River plunges into language, loss, and love

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mentions of military violence. Pictured on the cover of We Follow the River are a young woman and man surrounded...