Letter to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: There are other solutions to policing problems other than abolishing the police
July 7, 2020Dear Editor-in-Chief, Recently, The Peak published an editorial covering the debate surrounding policing in Canada, and whether the institution needs to be abolished or reformed. There’s no question that we have a problem with policing — namely the lack of accountability and the no-holds-barred approach the police have to even minor issues. While I agree that reform alone is not the answer, it is imperative that a deeper dive be taken into this issue — one that outlines alternative solutions to dissolving the police entirely. Demands to completely abolish the police have at their crux the argument that policing is…
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Letter to the Editor from Giovanni HoSang
February 15, 2020Greetings to the Editor-in-Chief of The Peak: The Peak opinion piece entitled “Giovanni HoSang can’t pretend Kickoff doesn’t involve him” stated some concerns around holding the president accountable for the losses of the concert. I wholeheartedly support students holding us…
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Letter to the Editor: Women in Computing Science
May 27, 2017Re: "Gender disparities in engineering and computing science at SFU and its effects on female students", March 13, 2017 To the Editor: As the Women in Computing Science (WiCS) group at SFU, we do face the issues presented in…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Graduate Student Society at SFU is failing its membership
June 27, 2016Dear Editor, In 2007, the graduate students at SFU formally created a new, independent student society to represent themselves and their interests at the university. In response to a number of controversial decisions and actions undertaken on their behalf, and…
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Letter to the Editor
May 30, 2016Dear editor, Re: “TAs should be taught to teach” A previous editorial in The Peak outlined symptoms of worsening quality of education SFU students’ experience. As SFU students and members of TSSU’s contract committee, we’ve seen these symptoms progress despite…
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Letter to the Editor
February 15, 2016Dear editor, Re: “SFU’s Health and Counselling Services need to provide better service” We are writing in response to this article from The Peak’s previous issue. We sympathize with the hundreds of students like Sarah who have faced barriers to…
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