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Indigenous and Black graduate scholarship established for SFU Biology MA program
August 10, 2021Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate Editor's note: Previously, this article attributed the quotation, “However, I had no idea that you could simply ask them for opportunities to work in their lab and possibly collaborate on a peer-reviewed publication," to Chavoshi. This was said by Dr. Smith and has been corrected. SFU Science is raising $30,000 to create the first scholarship for Indigenous and Black graduates. $20,485 has been raised so far, and an anonymous donor offered to match all donations up to $15,000. “Western science has a long history of colonialism and racism, which is still prevalent today,” said Ranah Chavoshi,…
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SFU should bring back the food science and nutrition program
July 11, 2020By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate You know what is the most important thing to students? No, I’m not thinking of grades, or even how full the 145 is during rush hour. I am thinking of food. You know, the thing which…
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The truth behind SFU’s “morgue”
November 12, 2018By: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer If you are an SFU student, you have probably heard the rumors regarding a secret morgue hidden within the depths of the mountain. What students have been referring to as the “SFU Morgue” for years is…
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Research Roundup
October 18, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Climate change causes plant community to change in Arctic regions A study has found a relationship between the impact of climate change and the growth of new, taller plants in the Arctic and…
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Competition gives undergraduates opportunity to present research to the SFU community
October 9, 2018rWritten by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Undergraduate students presented their original research findings to colleagues, graduate students, faculty members, and other members of the SFU community during the second annual poster competition of the SFU Science Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ). Around…
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SFU researchers on healthy ageing and effective wildlife conservation
April 4, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Super seniors are not couch potatoes The longest living elderly in Canada generally have parents who live longer than average, but according to Angela Brooks-Wilson, a SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology professor and distinguished scientist at…
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SFU students fail the criteria for life, researchers confirm
April 3, 2018By: Elise Burgert, “Life” Sciences Experimenter Throughout history, scientific consensus has been that the organisms occupying Simon Fraser University, a concrete behemoth sitting atop Burnaby Mountain, were homo sapiens. Recent evidence, however, has unveiled shocking findings. Not only are…
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