Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik
Who’s running and what’s on the ballot?
February 23, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Editor’s note: As an independent student society, The Peak Publications Society would financially benefit from the General Fee Motion and staff members have been involved in campaigning for it. We’ve taken steps to prevent conflict of interest from affecting our reporting of this issue, such as ensuring the writer and editors of this piece are not involved in or informed by the campaign. The Peak remains committed to objectivity and representing diverse student perspectives on issues that affect students. As the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) executive election approaches and campaign posters fill campus halls,…
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Long-time Vancouver tenant fights bad-faith eviction
February 17, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer For one long-time Vancouver tenant, the future is uncertain. Abby Leung has lived in Kensington-Cedar Cottage for over 17 years. She told CityNews Vancouver that she’s never been late to pay rent and has “maintained…
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SOCA kicks off Black History Month with ceremony
February 17, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Editor’s Note: C Icart, humour editor at The Peak, was a panelist at this event. He was not involved in the production of this article. On February 3, a snowy afternoon on Burnaby Mountain coated…
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New contract negotiations begin for dining staff on campus
February 4, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Editor’s note: in a news article published last week titled “CWJ hosts rally to continue pushing for in-house food and cleaning contracts,” we wrote that SFU contracts dining service workers through Chartwells Canada. Chartwells is…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Black History Month
February 3, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer [caption id="attachment_130645" align="alignnone" width="696"] PHOTO: Jasmeen Sran / The Peak[/caption] DIVERSEcity Black in BC: Celebrating Black Excellence When: Friday, Feb 7, 3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Cost: Free Where: Surrey Art Gallery & Surrey Civic Theatres at…
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Embark Sustainability hosts climate workshop
January 27, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer A tote bag made out of a T-shirt? It’s more likely than you think. On January 14, Embark Sustainability hosted its first climate workshop of the year, “Rework, Reuse, Revolutionize.” The workshop was designed to…
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Concerns arise surrounding UN cybercrime treaty “tying Canada’s hands”
January 20, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: brief mention of sexual abuse of children/minors. Canadian human rights organizations are urging the country to reject the UN convention against cybercrime treaty regarding access to online information. Despite its proposed capability as…
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CWJ hosts rally to continue pushing for in-house food and cleaning contracts
January 20, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of racism and worker abuse. SFU has contracts with Best Service Pros and Chartwells Canada for cleaning and dining services respectively. Some groups, however, are hoping to change this. The Peak spoke with…
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Findings from SFU study may help with stroke recovery
January 15, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer A recent study from the SFU Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN) and Rotman Research Institute at the University of Toronto points to the thalamus to help explain the long-term disabilities experienced after a stroke.…
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2024 News Rewind
January 9, 2025By: Mason Mattu and Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writers Editor’s note: The ranking of these stories is roughly based on the number of articles written on each topic, whether these stories appeared on the cover of our weekly issues, and readership…
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