Kelly Chia
Writing stories since 1965 — The Peak turns 60!
November 11, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer The year 1965 saw the development of the modern Canadian flag, the first spacewalk, Malcolm X’s assassination, and other notable events. It was amid the backdrop of these events that The Peak, SFU’s independent student newspaper, was born. 60 years later, The Peak continues to publish issues weekly. To celebrate this anniversary, the paper contacted editors from The Peak’s founding era as well as more recent times to explore how the publication has changed, and what impact its work has had on those involved. The publication as it exists today is the result of the…
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SFU Queer Collective’s webinar tackles 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in universities
June 27, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer and Kelly Chia, Peak Associate On June 5, SFU Queer Collective held their first webinar since the organization’s revival earlier this year. The network includes SFU graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and alumni who…
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A hate letter to my immune system
March 27, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Sick Dear body, We’ve had our differences these past two months, huh? Since you’ve wrecked my stomach day after day for no apparent reason, I gave up garlic and onions. Apparently they can irritate your sensitive system.…
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Bill S-510 has concerning implications for our privacy
March 11, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief On December 14, 2023, Bill S-210 passed its second reading through the House of Commons. Bill S-210 is an act that restricts “young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material.” However, the way it proposes to…
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Horoscopes: March 4 – 9
March 4, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Stars Aries March 21–April 19 I think you should punch your midterm. Not in class, because that would be embarrassing. But metaphorically, you should punch it for all the stress it’s caused you. Giving the exam a…
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BREAKING NEWS: SFU introduces geese therapy to make up for students quitting from SFSS
February 27, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief A stunning new report brings a quack of a time to the student body at SFU. Hundreds of geese were seen flapping onto the tall Burnaby campus, an unusual sight for the student population. It’s also…
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Reginald the III vs. Bobby Sleigh: Part 1
February 27, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief My precious literate raccoons, Did you miss my smooth voice narrating the most succulent meals found on the campus floors? I did, too. I had to take a sabbatical from my important work reviewing foods for…
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From the Desks of Bobby Sleigh: Bobby’s Lament
February 27, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief and Dutiful Archivist The following work has been lovingly archived under, “Genius Art Before Their Time,” a pre-humous (we find post-humous too trendy) archive dedicated to appreciating divine poetry as we see it. Written by MasterChef…
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Celebrities aren’t exempt from criticism
February 27, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mentions of non-consensual pornography. 21-year-old Jack Sweeney has tracked private jet flights of celebrities since 2022. Sweeney’s list found that from January–July 2022, Taylor Swift’s flights produced an estimated “total flight emissions of 8,293.54…
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WGOG: Stop nerfing my emotionally complicated women!
February 19, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief From my first days in the gaming community, I’ve noticed that characters who are women will often get more flack for being rude to the player, and I think that’s really unfair. When I first played…
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