curriculum
BC teachers lobby to teach Nakba in BC schools
May 7, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, News Writer In March, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) voted in support of a motion to lobby the provincial government to include the Nakba in the BC curriculum. This was a result of the advocacy work of Parents for Palestine YVR, a grassroots collective representing parents and families from various backgrounds and faiths advocating for a ceasefire and end to the siege in Gaza. The Peak spoke to Sama Ghnaim, a Palestinian mother and co-founder of Parents for Palestine alongside Tara Ehrcke, an educator of Jewish descent, who are leading this advocacy. The Nakba, which translates…
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The BC curriculum must prioritize Black representation
March 19, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of racism, enslavement, and sexual assault. Last November, the Surrey School District pulled four books discussing racial issues from the reading curriculum for Grade 10–12 students. The reason? Students felt unsafe in…
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The Peak’s special curriculum
November 24, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor, Kelly Chia, Humour Editor, Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer, Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Professors, You’ve kindly taken your time to study and deconstruct theory after theory, assigning us only the best — or most…
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Call to action: Indigenous languages should be offered in high schools
June 22, 2022By Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer If you’re a high school graduate in BC, you’ve probably taken a language course. Heck, if you’re like me, you’ve been taking a language class since elementary school. But in high school, when students are establish…
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We’re teaching math wrong
July 27, 2021By: Jacob Mattie, Peak Associate Math is among the most common topics in education worldwide, yet it is a favoured subject of complaint among students. Math slander is common in advertisements, the media, and even in conversations (where lack of…
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SFU’s Centre for Students with Disabilities changes name
November 26, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor Effective November 2018, the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) at SFU has changed its name to the Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL). The centre works on a diverse range of issues…
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