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Fascism across borders: the Canadian companies collaborating with ICE

Peak Web March 9, 2026

By: Olivia Sherman, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of gun violence. The United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has enacted detentions and mass deportations against undocumented immigrants for over two decades — this has surged in frequency since President Donald Trump’s second term began. 2025 was the deadliest year for people in ICE custody since 2004. This January saw ICE commit two gun killings. More than three people were also shot in 2025 by ICE. 32 people died in detention centres in 2025, and at least six more so far this year. Their families say this was due to…

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A crowd of people with their backs to the camera hold signs. Three of them read, “big brother is watching you,” “complicity is a choice: tech isn’t neutral,” and “Hootsuite aids fascism” with the Hootsuite owl logo.
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Hootsuite faces backlash following ICE contract

Peak Web February 16, 2026

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Recently, Vancouver-based company Hootsuite has come under fire for its contract with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the governmental agency which contains Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection.…

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Mitch Ledyard talks hockey, school, and chocolate with The Peak

Sports October 5, 2019

By: Rija Butt, SFU student Second year student Mitch Ledyard has a dangerous obsession with chocolate, but that won’t stop him from being the best version of the hockey player his dad and uncle have taught him to be.  Having…

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Four films to put SFU’s snow crisis into perspective

EIC February 20, 2017

SFU Burnaby had suffered an endless onslaught of snow. Classes were cancelled and snow and ice blocked routes that students normally took to reach their destinations. Despite the hills of white, the slush that covered our every step, and the…

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