University Briefs

By Graham Cook   Eduflation, the cost of learning The average cost for a domestic student to study at a Canadian university for a year is $6,186,...

CUPE pickets, TSSU withholds grades, SFU silent

Job action escalates as both CUPE and the TSSU attempt to come to a collective agreement with the university By Graham Cook By Alison Roach Photos by...

University Briefs

By Graham Cook   Trinity Western faculty contemplate unionization Faculty members at Trinity Western University have informally approached the Christian Labour Association of Canada to discuss how...

JumpStart helps students create businesses

JumpStart is a portion of Simon Fraser's SEY program By Graham Cook Students from the group Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) at Simon Fraser University, the...

University of Windsor axes convocation prayer after athiest lobbying

The atheist society's concern about the phrase began in 2010 By Darryl Gallinger WINDSOR (CUP) — The prayers of atheists have been answered by the University...

A follow-up on PD measurements

Further questions and answers in the world of prescription eye wear By Mark Konstantinov Photos by Mark Burnham In May of this year The Peak ran an...

SFU Surrey’s mechatronics program graduates first female students

              Women now account for 10 per cent of the program's student body By Alison Roach Photos by Marianne Meadhal, PAMR Cecilien Luo and Parisa Khorsand have become...

Hundreds of workers begin strike action at B.C. universities

              Job action begins for unionized workers across the province By Laura Rodgers Photos by Mark Burnham VANCOUVER (CUP) — Many support and service workers of CUPE (Canadian...

SFU’s Eleanor Li nominated for Vancouver’s Top 24 Under 24

Biomedical engineering student Eleanor Li provides support for fellow women in a male-dominated field   By Amara Janssens Photos by YogaPanda Photography   SFU student, Eleanor Li has been...

B.C. government believes “Hipster is not a real job”

Liberals ad campaign confuses students and political opponents By Emily Olesen   NANAIMO (CUP) — The B.C. government wants to be absolutely clear — “hipster” is not...