Mason Mattu
SFU to close community engagement offices
February 24, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer On January 23, SFU announced plans to close their Vancity Office of Community Engagement (VOCE), and Surrey’s Office of Community Engagement. The university cited budget challenges as the reason. Both programs served to connect SFU with broader communities. VOCE “has supported creative engagement, knowledge democracy, and access to arts and culture.” The office hosted events in the Downtown Eastside, establishing connections to the arts and culture scene. Since its inception in 2010, VOCE has established over 20 community partners and held over 100 discussions each year. The office also collaborated with SFU’s School for the…
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The importance of revitalizing Africville
February 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Content warning: forced displacement and racial violence are central topics in this article. Imagine sitting at home one day and looking outside your window. There, you see a garbage truck parked outside. A city employee…
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The Green party is missing in action
February 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer In 2019, I watched Green Party leader Elizabeth May stand her ground in the Federal Leaders Debate and thought to myself, “Wow, she is on fire.” This feeling has since dissipated. It’s clear the current…
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Love, intimacy, and more in The Peak’s February TV picks
February 13, 2025By: Karly Burns, Fact Checker; Mason Mattu, News Writer; Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor; Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief A love letter to XO, Kitty — Karly Burns, Fact Checker [caption id="attachment_130766" align="alignnone" width="300"] PHOTO: Courtesy of Awesomeness and ACE Entertainment[/caption]…
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Business Council of BC launches Stay With BC campaign
February 4, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Launched in 2022 by the Albertan provincial government, the “Alberta is Calling” campaign was seen nationwide on newspaper covers, radio stations, and other advertisements. The goal of the campaign? To convince Canadians, especially those with “high-skilled…
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Student alleges scam recruitment at SFU
February 3, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Editor’s note: The featured photo does not feature the people or locations involved in the incident described in this article. This photo was set up by the photographer without any intention of resembling the incident.…
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SFU study calls for utility-scale solar power systems in Canada
January 30, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer In December 2024, Clean Energy Research Group (CERG) published a paper calling for Canada to build “mass utility-scale solar mega projects,” according to an SFU news release. Utility-scale solar “refers to large solar installations designed…
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Shark Bowl: Canada’s Liberal leadership contenders
January 27, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Official Liberal party propagandist Trudeau’s 10-year leadership of the Liberal party is coming to an end. Liberal party officials have announced new party regulations for leadership races in the future. The party has declared a partnership…
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Winter weather worsens conditions for evicted CRAB Park residents
January 22, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer On November 7, 2024, “Vancouver’s only sanctioned [houseless] encampment” located at CRAB Park closed. The Vancouver Park Board previously sectioned off a designated area of the park for overnight sheltering. Evicted park residents who did…
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SFU student verbally harassed on campus by group of teenagers
January 13, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Content warning: details of harassment, and racist and sexist language. The safety of SFU students is being questioned after an incident of verbal harassment against an SFU student occurred on the Burnaby Campus on November…
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