Hannah Fraser
“Not at all” represented: Unhoused residents respond to Hastings decampment report
March 20, 2026Written by Hannah Fraser, News Editor In February, BC’s human rights commissioner Kasari Govender released a report on “the exclusion of media from the April 2023 Hastings decampment.” This two-day decampment was significant in scale, with 94 tents removed and residents forcibly displaced. Despite the City and Vancouver Police Department (VPD) insisting that human rights and press freedom were not violated, the report concludes that “transparency was compromised” by these parties. According to the report, the media exclusion zone imposed at the decampment was not in accordance with human rights standards, as it lacked legal authority and “requirements of necessity…
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What did UniForum cost SFU?
January 19, 2026By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor As SFU nears the end of its five-year contract with UniForum — a consulting program used during a period of financial strain — some community members are questioning how the program’s findings may have informed…
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SFU cleaning worker dies during shift, amplifying long-standing calls to improve working conditions
November 10, 2025By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor (writer and interviewer), and Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer (interviewer and translator) Since 2020, Contract Worker Justice (CWJ) @SFU has been leading the push for better working conditions at the university. At the heart of the…
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Five SFSS full-time union staff receive layoff notices
August 6, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) has initiated staff layoffs, with five out of eight full-time union positions affected as of July 25. All the positions either support student activities…
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Police presence outside Downtown Eastside harm reduction sites sparks concerns
May 28, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor Healthcare workers and patrons in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) are voicing concerns that the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is “deterring access to harm reduction sites.” Harm reduction is an “evidence-based…
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Embark’s community garden has a new home behind Maggie Benston Center
May 20, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor Embark Sustainability’s community Burnaby Learning Garden is moving from outside the Technology and Science Complex (TASC) 1 to the field behind the Maggie Benston Center (MBC). They will transition over…
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National Institute of Health funding cuts impact research across North America
April 3, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor In February, the Trump administration undertook a number of “drastic” steps to reduce government spending on healthcare and medical research, according to PBS. On February 7, the National Institutes…
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What the SFSS presidential candidates are fighting for this election
February 23, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer, and Hannah Fraser, News Editor Every year, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) elects student representatives to its executive committee. This year, 23 candidates are campaigning for the seven positions: SFSS president and six…
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SFU increases car allowance perk for executives amid summer layoffs
December 2, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor In July, The Peak received word from the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) that SFU decided to increase the vehicle allowance perk for SFU executives by about $75,000. A vehicle allowance is a payment made by…
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Protestors across Canada demand Indigo to stop funding the Israeli military
October 23, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor On September 25, thousands of protestors gathered at 50 Indigo bookstores across Canada, calling for the company’s divestment from the Israeli military. A week before the protests, Indigo pursued a…
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