communications
We must improve our media literacy skills
March 10, 2025Media literacy is a person’s ability to critically analyze the media they consume. Media is a form of communication, and what constitutes media varies; books, films, music, and especially the news are common forms of communication. We engage with media on a daily basis, but to critically think about the content we consume is different from passive consumption. As the media is often rife with misinformation and disinformation, it becomes crucial to question the framing of the content we are shown and consider why the creator has done so. Viewpoints about issues labeled as “politically controversial” can fall into the…
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CMNSU presents Careers in Communication
March 29, 2023Editor’s note: Saije Rusimovici, who wrote this article, is an executive member of the SFU communication student union. The Peak acknowledges and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the article. On March 10,…
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Q&A with Elvira Chan on her independently-published novel
March 16, 2023Elvira Chan is an SFU graduate student in the area of counselling and human development. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in print and digital publishing. The following is The Peak’s conversation with Chan about her…
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How can scientific communication evolve for the average reader?
September 22, 2022We live in the era of sharing articles after only reading the title (hopefully, you, dear readers of The Peak, don’t follow this trend). How many of us have received a link from loved ones that either seems too unrealistic,…
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Communication graduate left searching for the “s” she swears was at the end of her major’s name
September 13, 2020This year hasn’t been great for anyone. Students have online schooling to dread, and graduates are braving the “new normal” in search of work. Most of them, however, have one particular advantage: they actually know what their major is called.…
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Communications conference unable to define communications
June 24, 2019The most important communications conference of the year was held over this past weekend. And it was a failure. This defeat, however, did not come as a shock to the event organizers, or the keynote speaker, or even the conference…
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Seven-Minute Majors: Find out what SFU students like about their majors (Part Two)
September 28, 2018By: Melanie Hiepler, Nicky Magas, Aaron Richardson (Humour Editor), Nicky Magas, Zach Siddiqui (Copy Editor), Henry Tran (Peak Associate), and Hillary Ta Behavioural neurosciences Behavioural neuroscience (BNS) is a unique combination of psychology and biomedical physiology courses. You learn about human…
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SFU Connect transitions to SFU Mail on August 18
July 10, 2018“SFU Connect accounts will be accessible until March 2019.” SFU website / “The new platform will help better meet the current and future needs of the University.” SFU Website. Students who are currently using SFU Connect will be…
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