international students
What does the international student cap mean for SFU and Canada?
July 8, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer On June 17, SFU president Joy Johnson announced that more layoffs are likely in the university’s future, largely attributing these cuts to the Canadian government’s cap on international students. This news comes after the university already laid off close to 100 staff last summer — a tally that has only grown since. “Just this week [of June 23] alone, five APSA members have lost their jobs,” Ben Boyle, Administrative and Professional Staff Association (APSA) president, told The Peak. The Peak also corresponded with SFU and Migrant Students United Vancouver (MSUV) to learn more about how…
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International students aren’t responsible for Canada’s systemic problems
October 7, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer This January, immigration minister Marc Miller announced Canada’s federal government will be introducing a cap on the intake of international students. His claim is that it will help offload “pressures on housing, health care, and…
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Increase in SFU students sleeping at Burnaby campus
October 7, 2024Editor's note (12/10/24): The Peak reached out to SFU for a statement but didn't receive a response by the publication deadline. We failed to initially include this fact in the article when it was published. By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer…
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2024 provincial university budget not cutting it, says CUFA BC
May 9, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA BC) released a statement regarding the 2024/25 provincial budget and its impact on students, universities, and their resources. The Peak spoke to Annabree Fairweather, executive…
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BorderPass aims to improve international students’ academic endeavours
November 22, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer International students in Canada face a variety of challenges, including financial burdens, language barriers, affordable housing, health care, and academic pressures. BorderPass is a Canadian company that helps international students with the systemic challenges they…
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SFSS Council protests student facing deportation
January 23, 2023Editor's note: Previously, The Peak reported Zain Haq "has been in hiding." This is not the case, and Haq was released by CSBA a few months ago. The piece has been updated to correct this. By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer The Peak…
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SFU’s financial aid falls short of helping international students
February 28, 2022By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer University is very freaking expensive. As an international fourth-year Arts and Social Sciences student, I pay between $12,000 to $13,000 every semester. That’s a large sum of money. The stress of every tuition deadline starts…
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Dining Hall needs to step up their menu
January 14, 2022By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer SFU’s Dining Hall is an option most consider when living in Residence, or as an emergency when nothing else is open on the Burnaby campus. I’ve had both of these experiences, and while the Dining Hall…
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SFU should release full course outlines sooner
November 1, 2021by Tamanna T., Staff Writer As winter descends upon SFU, so too does the chaos of course enrollment. Enrollment appointments for Spring 2022 start on November 8, 2021. Students can access MySchedule to plan classes from November 1, just a…
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Access for All advocates for SFU to provide a safer environment proposal in their return-to-campus plan
June 27, 2021Written by: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer SFU released its four-stage reopening plan on May 26, 2021. In stage four, the plan proposes a 80–100% density return to campus for in-person learning. In response, Serena Bains, vice-president university and academic affairs…
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