Alison Roach
TSSU sets up picket lines for first days of classes
September 2, 2015This story has been updated as of 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 4. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has announced its intention to set up picket lines at SFU Burnaby during the first two days of classes of the Fall semester. The day of the announcement, the TSSU and SFU had just completed the first of three scheduled days of mediated bargaining, from Wednesday through Friday, in the hopes of reaching a collective agreement, the first bargaining in six weeks. The mediation was overseen by the Labour Relations Board. In a statement sent out to union members and posted on…
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I found my ambition at this newspaper
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2263" align="alignright" width="400"] Photo Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] When I graduated high school, I wasn’t a particularly decisive person. I decided to go straight to post-secondary from high school because I didn’t know what else to do with myself. I…
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Nursery rhymes for nihilists
October 20, 2014The itsy bitsy spider Went up the waterspout. Down came the rain and Washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider bitterly repressed the thought That maybe, just maybe,…
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This week in comics
September 29, 2014The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb) Donkey Parking Lot (Alison Roach + Leah Bjornson) Peers (Leslie Lu)
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Can we stop numbering things, please?
May 20, 2014I was always taught that “hate” is a strong word, and scolded for using it haphazardly. That being said, I really hate listicles. Though you may not have heard the word, your Internet and social media life has definitely been…
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SFU Faculty Association votes to unionize
May 17, 2014SFU faculty members and library staff have officially voted to unionize. The results of the vote, which were made public on Thursday, May 15, showed a majority of staff members are for unionization. Out of the 800 votes cast, 590…
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Staff raise concerns over toxic mould
May 9, 2014Close on the heels of the Graduate Student Society’s (GSS) deferred maintenance campaign, which strove to create awareness around SFU Burnaby’s aging infrastructure, the Teaching and Support Staff Union (TSSU) is calling attention to potentially hazardous toxic mould in Burnaby’s…
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The Peak starts aNUW
March 31, 2014As of a vote by our board of directors last week, The Peak has decided to leave the Canadian University Press (CUP) opting, instead, to join the National University Wire (NUW). If you haven’t been paying attention to the Canadian…
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SFU recognizes outstanding alumni
March 3, 2014Last Wednesday, the SFU Alumni Association celebrated the 2013 Outstanding Alumni Awards with a swanky night at the Four Seasons. The evening featured a sitdown dinner, speeches from university officials and Alumni Association organizers, and honoured four noteworthy SFU ex-pats:…
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Less than paradise
February 17, 2014This reading break, I was lucky enough to have the chance to fly south to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A classic, right? American and Canadian tourists have been escaping their native winters for years by fleeing to warmer climates, chasing tropical…
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