Join the Club: SFU Shockwave

Written and photographed by Jennifer Low, Peak Associate  If you happen to be walking along False Creek near Science World at the right time, you...

The SFU student’s guide to scholarships

By: Jennifer Low, SFU Student Editor’s Note: Make sure to check the scholarships’ official websites for their exact wording, eligibility, and conditions! Good luck getting...

Meme History 101

By: Victoria Lopatka  *Editor’s Note: These memes were taken from the SFU Dank Memes Gang Facebook Group. The Peak does not own these memes, or...

SFU gives me hope

By: Alex Bloom, K.A.U., Gabrielle McLaren, and Nathaniel Tok  Editor’s note: If you were lurking around on the internet a long, long time ago, you...

Fire, smoke, and toxins: Kinder Morgan and emergency preparedness at SFU

By: Cecile Favron, Peak Associate  After Angela Brooks-Wilson became a professor at Simon Fraser University, her family relocated to a neighbourhood just minutes from campus...

SFU’s fair trade story is one of persistence and ongoing battles

By: Alexander Kenny, Peak Associate  Regarding the purpose of fair trade practices, Fairtrade Canada says that “Fair trade is about better prices, decent working conditions...

Are you SFU-ready? 3: Habits to prepare you for your next semester at university

By: Victoria Lopatka, Peak Associate  Nervous for your first term at SFU? Trying to pick up new habits for a different kind of school year?...

Slide into Pride : Your activity guide for Pride 2018

By: Lauren Wallace, SFU Student  From Stonewall to stoned tights, Pride means a lot of things to a whole variety of folks, and if you’re...

Are you SFU-ready? 2: Packing for residences

By: Victoria Lopatka  Whether you’re coming straight from your parents’ house or you’ve rented in Vancouver before, moving into residence can be nerve-racking. Luckily, I’ve...

Adulthood 101: Become a lean, mean, green-living machine

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor  In mid-May, the city of Vancouver announced that, by June 1, 2019, it will ban plastic straws and white styrofoam...