Incoming SFSS President Osob Mohamed looks forward to a year of student activism and positive change

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Newly elected Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) President Osob Mohamed may have started her term in the midst of...

Giovanni HoSang reflects on his year as SFSS President

Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor As the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board switches over for the upcoming school year, it is time to...

Canada announces funding to assist post-secondary students during COVID-19 pandemic

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer On April 22, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) action plan to provide approximately...

Board Shorts: April 29, 2020

Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor SFSS to provide up to $15,000 for SFU Surge Hackathon  The funding will go toward SFU Surge’s first hackathon, which...

How SFU and representatives of the disability community came together to improve the Re-use for Good initiative

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer In the Fall 2019 semester, SFU rolled out the Re-use for Good initiative across its three campuses. The initiative...

Research Roundup: March 2020

By: Paige Riding, News Writer SFU researchers have been contributing to the research efforts related to the COVID-19 virus. The researchers mentioned in this piece...

SFSS to offer $30,000 emergency bursary fund

By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor According to a post by current Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) President Giovanni HoSang on his Facebook page on Wednesday...

Changes to undergraduate withdrawal deadlines and grading practices for the Spring 2020 semester

By: Harvin Bhathal, News Writer Due to the COVID-19 pandemic SFU will be proceeding with an optional pass/fail grading format for the spring 2020 semester.  Further,...

SFSS election candidate accuses other candidates of breaking campaign rules

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor A candidate running for At-Large Representative in the 2020 SFSS elections publicly accused multiple other candidates of breaking...

How faculty and students at SFU are responding to the transition to online classes

By: Harvin Bhathal, News Writer Disclaimer: For the purpose of job security, The Peak has granted anonymity to SFU faculty members who have commented SFU’s transition...