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Club Profile: Brazilian Student Association at SFU
October 4, 2026The SFU Brazilian Student Association (BRASA) was established at the beginning of 2025 as a local chapter of the global BRASA network that connects Brazilian university students around the world with academic resources and support. BRASA executives have worked hard over the past two years to establish a community through Brazilian “art, festivities, and Portuguese language.” In an interview with The Peak, executive of events and student outreach João/Joe Cavalcanti Melo Renzi spoke fondly of joining in the music with his tambourine at the club’s first Carnaval party in 2025. Held with the Association of Latin American Students, it is…
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Political Corner: Brazilian president Bolsonaro is an active, frustrating example of authoritarianism
January 13, 2019On January 1, Jair Bolsonaro took office as Brazil’s 38th president, capturing global attention with his hard-right stance, Brazil-first attitude, and infamy for being stabbed at a September campaign rally. Since taking office, Bolsonaro has begun working towards his campaign…
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World News Beats
September 22, 2018Airport in Libya shuts down due to rocket fire In Tripoli, Libya, the city’s sole airport, Matiga airport, closed again amidst rocket fire less than a week after it reopened. The rocket fire did not harm anyone or damage…
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SFU students participate in UN sustainability forum
August 1, 2018Between July 13 and 18, SFU students participated in the United Nations (UN) High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. After being established in 2012, the forum is conducted for eight days annually. The need and goals for…
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Olympic Watch: SFU student Gabriel Ho-Garcia is Rio-ready
July 24, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU will not be without representation at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In the opening ceremonies, keep your eyes peeled for student Gabriel Ho-Garcia, playing men’s field hockey for Team Canada . The Peak caught up with Ho-Garcia after…
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CENTRE STAGE: Touchstone Theatre brings back Late Company; DanceHouse brings Brazil’s Companhia Urbana de Dança to Vancouver
April 9, 2016Late Company Touchstone Theatre March 29–April 2 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre April 5–9 at the Vancity Culture Lab Debora Shaun-Hastings reads a letter aloud to her dinner guests. She describes coming home with her husband, Michael, one evening not…
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