Maya Barillas Mohan
StudyTok promotes a problematic approach to learning
September 7, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer You may have heard of StudyTok. It’s a niche community with guides on creating effective flashcards, instructions for prettier handwriting, and all-nighter study marathon timelapses. University life has long been romanticized online. Education is largely a path to a better future, but inspirational study content can turn TikTok into a theatre for classism and self-hate. These videos are revered for their aesthetic, though they tend to centre social privilege under the guise of elite work ethics. The neatly staged videos suggest an irrefutable correlation between discipline and rewarding outcomes. Instead of encouraging peers, StudyTok…
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Meet the masthead: Introducing our team
September 7, 2026By: Petra Chase, Features Editor Abbey Perley spent two of three years at The Peak as production editor. She’s returned to assistant production editor for her last two semesters before taking on the world with a degree in Interactive Arts…
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Feminist scholars’ literature explores gender and war
September 6, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of intimate partner violence and war. SFU’s Harbour Centre talk, Sex and the War on Terror at 25, hosted by the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, is set exactly 25 years…
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SFSS launches fall bar crawl to promote campus life
September 6, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer “Your freshman orientation week might be the most exciting one of your whole degree,” a SFSS representative declared to the crowd of eager first years. I suspect it’s exciting because the newfound freedom gained…
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Exploring queer spaces in the city
August 3, 2026By: Kelly Chia, Peak Associate and Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer As we approach Pride here in “Vancouver,” members of diverse queer communities in Davie Village and Chinatown are still advocating for one another. Many queer walking tours are made…
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In Pieces on making music
July 26, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer I have seen the band In Pieces live several times and can confirm: they know what they’re doing. Their sets are high energy and their members glow with the stagelights. The up-and-coming Vancouver rock…
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FIFA showed Vancouver a glimpse of what transit is possible
July 19, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer There is an energy injected into Granville Street lately: coloured smoke bursting through the thick crowd, extended liquor-serving hours, and being able to catch the train home late. Hosting FIFA has brought many changes…
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Photo campaign honours substance-use disorder victims
July 19, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer Established by the International Network of People Who Use Drugs, International Drug Users Remembrance Day is held annually on July 21, to “remember the people whose lives were unjustly cut short due to the…
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Tying masculinity to stoicism makes the world worse
July 13, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer, Corbett Gildersleve, Opinions Editor We can all attest to a growing phenomenon of masculine self-help within the past few years. Quarantine as a result of COVID-19 gave many of us a shared sense of…
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Rhonda Webster’s reflections on growing up with a bipolar parent
July 13, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer A new melancholic book written by University of Victoria student Rhonda Webster describes the realities of bipolar disorder. Please Stay With Me, is about 80 pages long and illustrated in full colour by the…
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