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an illustration of a baby blue heron
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Brighter side: Joy and a heron

Peak Web March 4, 2025

By: Elijah Dunham-Jasich, SFU Student I find most of my Burnaby campus joy in myopic fashion. The AQ’s single-paned windows and their accompanying “be heat aware” posters bring me joy. It’s here where the optimism of an architectural vision long-gone meets the cost-cutting necessities of this moment. I chuckle.  I don’t find joy in sitting for hours in heat-(in)efficient bodily discomfort (my hands sweat, and I take notes with a pen and a notebook). However, breaks from this allow me to walk outside and breathe in cold air — a joy in relation to the prior discomfort.  Multiple cold breaths…

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A photo of a cat lining into a dog, both look very young.
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Meet the Pets of The Peak. Part 2

Features July 18, 2023

by: The Peak staff The music lover duo: Buddy and Scooby. Petra, Arts and Culture Editor Our first bird feature! Buddy (blue), who was already named upon adoption, and Scooby (yellow), named after the famous Scooby-Doo, are Petra’s two budgies.…

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Chantal, in character, sits cross-legged in the ocean while Anjalica stands behind them, one arm outstretched protectively
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Wings Over Water makes a splash at the Vancouver Fringe Festival

Arts September 14, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Editor's note: Piece updated to include mention of Wings Over Water's production crew. Performing a show you’ve written, choreographed, and directed with your closest friends sounds like a dream to many. It certainly was for Sarvin…

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