Gurpreet Kambo
SFU Residence and Housing fails to properly enforce COVID-19 guidelines
January 5, 2021by Gurpreet Kambo and Harvin Bhathal Several SFU students have voiced their concerns to The Peak regarding SFU Residence and Housing’s COVID-19 procedures. These concerns primarily revolve around proper sanitation and the enforcement of existing physical distancing policies that Residence and Housing already has. One of the students who approached The Peak stated that they frequently saw groups of more than four gathering in their building without masks, and that it has been happening “since the beginning of September.” They further stated that sometimes these gatherings last until quite late in the night, and sometimes occur in the floor’s shared kitchen,…
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Teaching staff are human too
November 24, 2020by Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate SFU’s sessional instructors and teaching assistants are underpaid, have a huge workload, and are often treated poorly by some students. While SFU students have been vocal about needing leniency and understanding from professors and TAs,…
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SFU Criminology should cut ties with police
September 30, 2020by Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate Modern life (particularly news discourse) has become like the never-ending climax of a post-apocalyptic film. One persistent, dramatic arc is that of policing and all the adjacent discourse that surrounds #blacklivesmatter, police brutality, and Indigenous…
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Scaling the wall of toxic masculinity and rediscovering sports as an adult
September 28, 2020By Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate I’m just about at the top of an indoor rock climbing wall. There’s a red and black machine a couple feet above my head, and it has a bungee-cord-like thing hooked into the harness at…
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Being a visually impaired student in the age of COVID-19
September 21, 2020By Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate This article is part of an ongoing series about how disabled students have transitioned to remote learning and pandemic living. “I've done a video editing course, I've done graphic design being fully blind,” said SFU…
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New Vancouver museum to highlight Chinese-Canadian history in BC
August 3, 2020Written by: Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate The provincial government has announced $10 million of funding to be put toward the development of a new museum dedicated to documenting the history of the Chinese-Canadian Community in BC. The museum will include…
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Zoom pets are the best pets
August 2, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, Peak associate I’m not an animal person. Yes, I know this makes me sound like a monster. I don’t like dogs. I don’t like cats. I don’t like furry things, or things jumping all over me. I…
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SFSS to offer $30,000 emergency bursary fund
March 30, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor According to a post by current Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) President Giovanni HoSang on his Facebook page on Wednesday March 25, the SFSS will be distributing an emergency bursary to students who are affected…
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SFSS election results delayed due to complaints on campaigning
March 23, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor According to the Chief Commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission Alicen Lange, the results of the 2020 Simon Fraser Student Society election has been delayed. According to Lange, who spoke to The Peak via email,…
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SFU to offer emergency financial aid to students affected by pandemic as SFSS lobbies government
March 23, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor According to a press release issued by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) on Friday March 20 and announcements on social media by SFSS president Giovanni HoSang, SFU’s Financial Aid and Awards (FAA) office will…
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