Gurpreet Kambo
Second assault reported at SFU within two weeks
August 2, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member For the second time in two weeks, a safety alert was sent out by security on Burnaby campus warning students that an assault had been reported. According to an alert issued by Burnaby RCMP, on the morning of July 26 around 4:30 a.m., a woman was walking along Highland Court and University Crescent near the Cornerstone Market. She was approached by a man, who physically assaulted her before attempting to sexually assault her, and then quickly fled the scene. Burnaby RCMP described the suspect as a black male in his late 20s, about six…
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SFU installs non-grouchy trash-sorting robot assistant named Oscar at Surrey Campus
July 31, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member Oscar has little to say when you hold up a copy of The Peak to him. He just points to the appropriate waste bin. “That’s your phone! Put it in your pocket,” says Oscar,…
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SFU student reports sexual harassment on campus from construction workers
July 27, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member “It started [happening] more frequently a few months ago.” “Construction workers would start whistling at me and catcalling me and saying ‘hey honey, hey baby.’ They'd ask me to give them a smile or…
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SFU’s vibrant cycling community rattled by death of cyclist on Burnaby Mountain
July 20, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member SFU’s Burnaby campus and its cycling community was shaken by the death of a cyclist last month on Burnaby Mountain. On June 29, Charles Masala, 53, passed away while riding his bicycle at Gaglardi…
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Burnaby campus security heightens after student reports assault
July 20, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member SFU’s Burnaby campus community is on high alert due to an incident on the evening of July 14. According to alerts issued by SFU News and by Burnaby RCMP, a 19-year-old woman was walking…
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SFU WUSC marks World Refugee Day with an event to raise awareness for refugee students
July 8, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo “I was born as a refugee,” said Wafaa Zaqout, Refugee and Newcomers Program coordinator at SFU, when asked where her interest and passion for refugee rights began. Zaqout was born in a camp that was called Canada,…
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Mackenzie Cafe seating closed from July-August
July 7, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member Due to plaza renewal construction, the seating area in Mackenzie Cafe closed on June 29. It will remain closed until the end of August due to the ongoing construction. All of the food service…
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SFU hosts celebration of Rwandan resilience
June 15, 2019By Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Contributor “We’re titled today: 25 Years: Rwanda Remembers. But we’re here also to talk to the resilience, the renewal of the Rwandan people,” said SFU professor June Francis, at an event on June 6 at the…
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It’s time for young people to demand better from their employers
June 15, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, SFU Student Jobs for young people suck, and unions are the answer. This is the biggest observation I gleaned from a CBC News article listing the 10 kinds of jobs that receive the most applicants, and the…
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