SFU medical school appoints a dean and receives $33.7 million

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On July 9, BC Premier David Eby announced that the new SFU medical school in Surrey will receive another $33.7...

Burnaby Pride Festival held on July 20 at Bonsor Field

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On July 20, the seventh annual Burnaby Pride Festival celebrated the “diversity of our local 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, families, and supporters.”...

Council Chats: The Forum discusses their wishes to collaborate with the SFSS

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On July 10, The Peak attended the bi-weekly Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council meeting via Zoom. The meeting involved...

BC government launches website to protect against bad-faith evictions

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On July 18, the BC government launched a website to “better protect renters from being evicted in bad faith.” When...

SFU research group helps people create air filters for wildfire season

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer The Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS) is a research institute based at SFU Burnaby. They have now...

Advocates demand removal of earnings limit for disabled individuals

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer A coalition of over 50 small business owners, non-profit leaders, and advocates have written an open letter demanding the BC...

Concerns raised regarding recent SFU layoffs

By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor This summer, SFU laid off nearly 100 staff and eliminated positions citing budget concerns. Some of those positions included administrative...

SFU will build an $80 million upgraded supercomputing facility

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer On June 3, SFU announced an $80 million supercomputer upgrade that will improve efficiency, data storage, and performance from its...

Council Chats: Council members begin cutting underspent SFSS budget items

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On June 26, The Peak attended the bi-weekly Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council meeting via Zoom. The meeting involved...

Volunteers prevented from entering CRAB Park amidst street sweeps

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: description of police violence. According to local advocates, “The Vancouver Park Board is creating a daily exclusive ‘work-zone’ around...