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The intersections of colonialism and the climate crisis in Western Sahara
February 18, 2025By: Kiana Montakhab, SFU Student On January 17, Embark Sustainability, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, and Spheres of Influence e-zine hosted a presentation titled “Western Sahara is a Climate Justice Issue” on the Burnaby campus. The talk focused on the intersections of climate justice and the ongoing struggle for self-determination of the Sahrawi people. Parsa Alirezaei, an SFU research assistant, managing editor at Spheres of Influence, and former intern at the International Court of Justice, was the event’s featured speaker. He highlighted Morocco’s exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources and its contribution to climate injustice. Western Sahara is a…
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SFU students to vote on fee increases
February 10, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Editor’s note: As an independent student society, The Peak Publications Society would financially benefit from the Vote for Student Life referendum and non-editorial staff members are campaigning for it. We’ve taken steps to prevent conflict…
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Embark Sustainability hosts climate workshop
January 27, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer A tote bag made out of a T-shirt? It’s more likely than you think. On January 14, Embark Sustainability hosted its first climate workshop of the year, “Rework, Reuse, Revolutionize.” The workshop was designed to…
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Catalyst Cafe brings food justice, community engagement, and equity to the table
September 26, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Embark Sustainability Society is a student-led, nonprofit organization encouraging SFU students to “explore climate and food systems through the lens of justice and equity” with community events and education. One of their latest community-building events…
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Tuition Breakdown: Summer 2021
May 10, 2021by Kelly Chia, Staff Writer In November 2020, students received an email from vice president, academic and provost pro tem Jonathan Driver and vice president, finance and administration Martin Porchuko regarding tuition. In the email, they said SFU’s Board of…
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Board Shorts (July 10, 2020)
July 21, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer The Board discusses Student Union Building space allocation for SFSS groups VP Finance Corbett Gildersleve brought forward a motion for a different space allocation for organizations set to move into the Student Union Building…
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Multiple student groups victim to break-ins on campus in the past few months
June 30, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, Staff Writer Embark, Out On Campus (OOC), and The Peak’s offices have all been subject to break-ins and petty theft over the past few months. Ashley Brooks, Out On Campus coordinator, found out about the break-in…
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Rotunda groups will be offered space in the new Student Union Building
March 2, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor At their Wednesday, February 26 Board meeting, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors resolved to enter into formal agreements that offer the Rotunda groups space…
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Silent protest takes over SFSS Meet and Greet event
December 1, 2019Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor Photo: Chris Ho // The Peak On Friday November 22, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) hosted a Meet and Greet event for Club executives. Silent protesters arrived in reaction…
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More affordable food options need to be provided to students
September 7, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor The student life isn’t an easy one. Many of us have been in the situation at one time or another where we’re forced to cleverly move money around, just to make sure that all of our…
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