affordability
Post-secondary education funding is mishandled
May 18, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Studying in BC is more inaccessible than ever before, especially if you’re an international student. In 2024, federal limitations on study permits led to a 66% drop in permit approvals for international students. In 2023, 456,690 international student permits were granted federally; this number shrunk to just 50,370 for the first nine months of 2025. Post-secondary institutions should never have relied so much on the funding that comes from international students to begin with. Public funding for post-secondary education in BC has dropped 41% since 2000, and doesn’t look to be rising anytime soon —…
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Increase in SFU students sleeping at Burnaby campus
October 7, 2024Editor's note (12/10/24): The Peak reached out to SFU for a statement but didn't receive a response by the publication deadline. We failed to initially include this fact in the article when it was published. By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer…
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Sonia Furstenau meets with SFU350 and SFPIRG
October 6, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor SFU350 and the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) hosted a meet and greet event with BC’s Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau. The conversation was held in the Student Union Building at the Social…
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Beedie’s School of Business affordability guide aims to aid housing in Metro Vancouver
February 12, 2021Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer SFU’s Beedie School of Business and the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) have joined in efforts to develop a guide to affordability in Vancouver. Based on various levels of income, the guide’s objective is to…
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More affordable food options need to be provided to students
September 7, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor The student life isn’t an easy one. Many of us have been in the situation at one time or another where we’re forced to cleverly move money around, just to make sure that all of our…
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BC affordability crisis forcing students to work longer hours
October 11, 2017By: Nathaniel Tok SFU students are finding it harder to pay their bills than their peers across the country, a recent report suggests. The report released by Vancity found that the affordability crisis in the province is forcing BC students…
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Micro housing is a novelty, not a solution
May 25, 2015Throughout the last few days I’ve clicked through countless photos of stylish apartments barely the size of my bedroom. Put simply, I find them fascinating. My interest isn’t solely because I think 200 square foot micro apartments look amazing, being…
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