University Briefs

UBC student society refuses support for sexual assault counselling UBC Commerce undergraduate members voted against providing $200,000 to expand sexual assault counselling and education for...

SFU student snaps up international photography award

  An SFU student has made history by becoming the first North American to win the prestigious Eric Hosking Portfolio Award, which honours the best...

Student project documents harassment on TransLink

If you’ve ever had an uncomfortable situation on TransLink and didn’t know what to do, there’s now a website for that. “Harassment on Translink”...

S.F. Brew knows good beer

On Saturday, Oct. 26, S.F. Brew, the Simon Fraser brewing club, met up with brUBC — their cross-town counterpart — at Deep Cove Brewers...

SIX UBC campus assaults believed to be connected

Vancouver — The RCMP are now investigating six reported sexual assaults that occurred on UBC’s campus over the past over the past seven months....

For healthier shellfish, add lime

With oceans quickly acidifying due to carbon dioxide emissions, aquaculture farmers face a serious threat to the health of calcifying sea organisms like crabs,...

SFU: home to Canada’s only civilian hypobaric chamber

SFU is offering certified divers and pilots the opportunity to experience first-hand the effects of nitrogen narcosis and hypoxia, in Canada’s only civilian research...

University Briefs

University of Winnipeg opens Muslim prayer room The University of Winnipeg has recently opened a place for Muslim students to pray. The Masjid, a Muslim...

BC students relaunch No Means No

Wednesday Oct. 16, BC student unions across the province relaunched No Means No, a campaign that aims to end rape on post-secondary campuses. The No...

Former SFSS board members come forward after incident

Last week, The Peak reported SFSS environmental representative Monique Ataei’s allegations of a physical altercation with member services officer Moe Kopahi on Oct. 11...