Out on Campus reopens its doors and welcomes new coordinator

Earlier this semester, Simon Fraser Student Society’s Out on Campus (OOC) — a centre that provides support services and learning space for LGBTQ+ individuals...

Generation Screwed SFU hosts audit on SFSS spending

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor   On Thursday, March 15, the SFU chapter of Generation Screwed hosted an audit examining SFSS spending, titled “The Sad State...

SFSS reaches agreement with SFU to secure more seating space for students at Surrey campus

After nearly four years of advocacy for more study spots and after-hours space options at the Surrey campus, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)...

SFPIRG launches petition for campus space

In the face of its impending displacement from campus, the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) has launched a petition asking SFU and...

World News Beats

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate    Stephen Hawking dies at age 76 Stephen Hawking, world famous physicist, died peacefully at 76 years of age in the city of Cambridge...

Jas Randhawa is the next SFSS president

This morning, The Peak received the results for the 2018–19 Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors elections from the Independent Electoral Commission...

Is universal basic income an effective social policy?

This year’s “Brave New Work” summit, run by SFU’s Public Square, examined the role that “work” will play in the future. In the talk...

Upwards trends concern SFU researchers

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate    Renter anxiety increasing in Metro Vancouver, say SFU researchers In a step away from the numbers and towards the people involved, SFU researchers...

SFU unveils new high-tech robotic chemical biology research lab

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   SFU has recently opened the new Centre for High Throughput Chemical Biology (cHTCB) facility. Bristling with high-tech automated equipment, the lab...

Board Shorts

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Truc Trat and Muhammad Abid appointed at-large members of the Surrey Campus Committee   Funding approved for two Food Days at...