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SFU announces plans for new pub

Peak Web October 22, 2018

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   October 23, 2018 correction: The original version of this article stated that the committee organized to choose a pub operator, which included representatives from the SFSS, the GSS, and a student from residence, was organized and consulted in the fall 2018 term. This has been corrected to the fall 2017 term.   As early as late November, SFU could be opening a new campus pub. Set to open in the space that Highland Pub used to occupy, the pub, titled The Study Public House, will be operated by Joseph Richard Group (JRG), a…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web October 15, 2018

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   Finances regarding AMS Welcome Back BBQ settled The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) approved a total of  $13,388 to pay for the unsold tickets of the initial release of the Alma Mater Society…

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UPDATED: SFU student alleges university did not provide adequate aid following campus violence incident

Peak Web October 12, 2018

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   Updated on October 13: This article has been edited since its original publication to include comments provided by SFU student Ashley Lee to The Peak.   A Facebook post detailing the campus violence…

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SVSPO brings annual #ConsentMatters campaign to all three SFU campuses

Peak Web October 1, 2018

Written by Youeal Abera, Staff Writer   SFU’s annual #ConsentMatters campaign took place this year from September 24 to 28. With items such as consent toolboxes (developed by the SFSS’s Women’s Centre), and pamphlets explaining the services of the SVSPO,…

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SFU works to finalize its cannabis policy

Peak Web September 25, 2018

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   With one month remaining until B.C. legalizes cannabis, its universities are working to put together their own policies on marijuana. Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) has already indicated that their campuses are unlikely…

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Out on Campus closed until early October

Peak Web September 24, 2018

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer   Simon Fraser Student Society’s (SFSS) Out on Campus, the university’s LGBTQ+ education, advocacy, and resource centre, is temporarily closed. According to SFSS CEO Martin Wyant in an email interview with The Peak, the…

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SFU’s master plan: A look ahead to the next 50 years on Burnaby campus

Peak Web August 7, 2018

By: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate   Over the coming years, SFU Campus Planning and Development, along with planning firm Urban Strategies, will be designing a new vision for Burnaby campus, and they are looking for student input.      The plan, titled…

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Forum raises concern tank farm poses “catastrophic” risk

Peak Web July 9, 2018

Written by: Cecile Favron, Peak Associate    Dozens of concerned citizens gathered to discuss links between the potential for a devastating fire on Burnaby Mountain and the Kinder Morgan tank farm expansion at Simon Fraser University on June 28.      “The…

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Social infrastructure development project initiated by four B.C post-secondary institutions

Peak Web June 26, 2018

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   On June 11, Simon Fraser University (SFU),  the  British Columbia Institute of Technology  (BCIT),  the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), and  Vancouver Island University (VIU) committed to establish the B.C. Collaborative for Social Infrastructure. The …

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SFU students report incidents of serial harassment and trespassing

Peak Web June 11, 2018

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   On May 30, several SFU students took to the Facebook page “‘Must Knows’ for courses at SFU”, to spread awareness about a trespasser and alleged serial sexual harasser on the Burnaby campus.  …

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