colonialism
Backlash reportedly not the British Museum’s tea and crumpets
June 22, 2026By: Sasha Rubick, Fact Checker In 2025, the British Museum unveiled an online exhibit titled Colonialism: A Digital Experience. The paywalled, by-subscription-only website was created to make stolen artifacts more accessible, and held the controversial mission statement, “History belongs to everyone, as long as it is nailed to the floor in London.” After facing severe backlash, the museum has released a statement, which is as follows: In the spirit of democracy that Britain has historically propagated worldwide via peaceful invasion, the British Museum welcomes socratic dialogue. An itty-bitty verbal tiff between neoliberals — why, that’s our tea and crumpets! But…
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The grand history of the spice trade
December 20, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer The modern world is full of magic if you take a minute to peek under the hood. One such thing that has struck me lately as absurd is owning a spice rack as a student…
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SFYou: Dr. Shivaji Mukherjee
December 19, 2025By: Niveja Assalaarachchi Editor’s note: In the printed version of this article, The Peak mistakenly noted that Mukherjee is an assistant professor at SFU. This is incorrect, as he is an associate professor at SFU, and the piece has been…
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My journey infiltrating the country of Islam
November 11, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Sand Excavator Mission report: Desert Day 1 Subject: Bringing Civilization™ to the so-called Orient. “Girl, we going to Islam?” That is what I asked my adjutant upon dismounting the camel. He nodded gravely. Neither of us knew…
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Activists discuss the intersection between Palestinian liberation and disability justice
November 10, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide, forced sterilization, and embodied and psychological trauma. On September 12 at the Harbour Centre, the Disability Justice Network of BC and the SFU Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) hosted…
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Canada’s 2025 Express Entry system updates stall the government from solving its own problems
March 18, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer The government of Canada is no stranger to using immigration to exploit foreign labour and distract from the source of the country’s domestic woes. They have done it again with the new year’s changes…
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We are no better than our neighbours down south
January 13, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of the transatlantic slave trade, segregation, anti-Indigenous violence, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. There’s a tendency to compare Canada and the US on the issue of police brutality, and…
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From Turtle Island to Gaza
June 27, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of genocide and residential schools. Orientalism by Edward Said, published in 1978, examines the way western society views “the Orient,” which was known as South Asia, East Asia, and the Middle East.…
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Dehumanization from the past to the present
January 10, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content Warning: Mentions of genocide, violence, eugenics, and rape. Dehumanization is a concept that justifies treating a group of people as inhuman, portraying them as “less than,” or even a criminal based on defined characteristics…
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SFU should revive their Latin American courses
October 13, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor In 2020, SFU suspended their Latin American studies program. There was little explanation for this, and since it’s been three years, I can only assume they aren’t prioritizing its return. As someone who had been…
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