Nathan Tok
SFU student finds bumble bee species declining due to changing climate
September 11, 2022By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate SFU biological sciences masters student Hanna Jackson and her research team recently published a paper in the scientific journal, Biology Letters, on how climate change affects bumble bee populations in BC. The Peak reached out to Jackson in an email interview to find out more about this landmark study. According to Jackson, BC has a higher speciation of bumble bees and given their importance in the ecosystem and food production, it was important to understand how they’re being affected. Jackson explained, “Bumble bees are particularly effective pollinators. Many plants rely on them for pollination that…
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SFU Student Updates: June 7–13
June 6, 2021By: Nathan T, Peak Associate Key Updates SFU campus to remain a source of reassuring consistency We understand that the upcoming fall semester will be a time of transition and uncertainty for all. As such, SFU is committed to ensuring…
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The “Leave Meeting” button: The red forbidden fruit
March 23, 2021By: Nathan Tok / Peak Associate English 404W class. Week 2. When I first hath heard of Topics in Medieval Literature, I was told tales of its lethality, and its lethargy, of its length without end. My superiors uttered to…
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How quarantine has completely destroyed my socialization skills
January 25, 2021By: Madeleine Chan, Kyla Dowling, and Nathan Tok I can’t leave people on read IRL? (Madeleine) I think I realized that human interaction isn’t for me anymore when I said “LOL” out loud, forgetting that, no, I’m not reacting to…
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The best places to isolate at SFU
January 19, 2021By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Are you an SFU student without the heart to go long-distance with your partner, the university? Need a place to isolate on campus? True, SFU is quite deserted as of now, but here are some…
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The Bright-er Side: Catching a cold might not be so bad afterall
September 25, 2020by Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Did you know that in some sense of the word, every so often we experience another form of a pandemic? It’s the cold and the flu. So while the word “pandemic” might sound scary, did you…
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Rejected ideas for the Student Union Building (SUB)
September 21, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Carter Hemion, Emma Jean, Paige Riding, Nathan Tok, and Sara Wong Escape room (By Juztin) As any SFU student knows, being on campus is already kind of like being in an escape room: you’re anxious, have the overwhelming…
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SFU students working on study-group app, StudyHubble
September 15, 2020Written by: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate A multidisciplinary team of SFU students are creating an app that enables undergraduate and graduate students to find study partners. The ultimate goal of the app is to connect isolated students through an online…
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SFU to launch social data analytics minor in Spring 2021
September 8, 2020Written by: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate A new social data analytics (SDA) minor will be catered to students in the faculty of arts and social sciences. According to the SDA website, the program is the first in Canada to teach…
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Think twice about taking a gap year during the COVID-19 pandemic
July 24, 2020By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate I am going to just straight up say it at the start: unless you have a well-thought-out, rock-solid plan, it is probably not a good idea to take a gap year from school just because of…
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