SFSS approves motion to give departmental student unions permanent space in SUB

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On August 25, SFSS voted for the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) and Society of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) to...

Early federal election called for end of September

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an early federal election for September 20, 2021. This creates one of the shortest election...

SFU opens pop-up vaccine clinics

By: Nancy La, News Editor Following BC’s new health mandates for COVID-19, SFU will be hosting popup vaccine clinics on the Burnaby and Surrey campuses...

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue discusses the criminal justice system in Canada

Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer On June 22, 2021, the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue hosted the fifth instalment of their Doubling...

Indigenous and Black graduate scholarship established for SFU Biology MA program

Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate  Editor's note: Previously, this article attributed the quotation, “However, I had no idea that you could simply ask them for opportunities...

SFSS BDS motion sees support from Palestinian and Jewish students and opposition from Hillel

Written by: Nancy La, Staff Writer This is a developing story that The Peak may cover in future pieces. Find previous reports of the motion...

VP Corbett Gildersleve discusses the roots of the SFSS

Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Editor’s note: Previously, this article stated Gildersleve served on the Board in 2014. It has been corrected to 2015....

The history of pride in Vancouver

Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  Content warning: mentions of homophobia Vancouver’s earliest pride protest was on August 1, 1973, when the Gay Alliance Toward Equality...

Senate Report: July 5, 2021

Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  Elective grading system extension to Spring 2022 Senator Elizabeth Elle brought forth a motion to extend the pilot elective grading...

Ghana set to expand its chocolate-exporting industry

Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate  Ghana is the world’s second-largest producer of cocoa. During a state visit to Switzerland, one of Ghana’s most important...