Club Profile: The Association of Latin American Students

By: Petra Chase, Features Editor SFU’s Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) has represented students from the region since the early 2000s. On October 1,...

The Peak’s 60th anniversary: Notable articles from 1965–1995

By: Ella Pendlington, SFU Student and Petra Chase, Features Editor Since 1965, The Peak has brought issues that matter to students to the forefront, investigating...

Why local newspapers still matter

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer I picked up my first copy of The Georgia Straight on a crisp fall afternoon, wandering through the East Vancouver...

Grieving the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Lapu-Lapu Day — a day to celebrate resistance — traces its roots to when Datu Lapu-Lapu defeated Spanish colonial...

The crisis in education isn’t AI — it’s meaning

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer In the age of AI, effort has become optional. As students, we no longer need to flip through textbooks...

When the state kills, who is the enemy?

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer Content warning: Mentions of war, violence, and death. We are often told war can be justified. Our history textbooks glorify...

Can news platforms build trust in a fractured world?

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer We find ourselves in a world where news media thrives on crises. Headlines are designed to scare, intimidate, divide,...

Non-violent and non-physical forms of protests

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Gwangju, Tiananmen, Sidi Bouzid, Yangon, Bangkok, and Kyiv — these are just some places that have exemplified the efforts...

Who’s running and what’s on the ballot?

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Editor’s note: As an independent student society, The Peak Publications Society would financially benefit from the General Fee Motion and...

Stayin’ Alive: The radical origins and legacy of disco

By: Kiana Montakhab, SFU student Not many people know about the politically-charged history of disco. More than just a soundtrack for glittering dance floors and...