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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 raps loudly on the door and demands you leave your home. This home has been in your family for generations and is a cornerstone to your connection to your heritage. It would probably be one of your worst nightmares; your entire livelihood taken away from you. For the residents of Africville, who were forced from their homes during the massive…
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Surrey tenants march to halt demovictions
June 19, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 27, a rally was held outside Elizabeth Manor, Surrey, demanding the city stop the property’s planned demoviction, in which over 50 families would be evicted. Demoviction, as in demolition-eviction, is “when a landlord…
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SFU administration to discuss divestment from Israel
June 15, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. On May 30, SFU president Joy Johnson and the Board of Governors agreed to discuss divestment from arms companies that profit from the genocide in occupied Palestine. This announcement comes…
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SFU paleobotanist discovers ancient fossils on Burnaby Mountain
May 11, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer New research from SFU paleoecologist Dr. Rolf Mathewes reveals evidence for what the geography and plant life on Burnaby Mountain would have looked like over 40-million years ago. When Mathewes was an SFU undergraduate, he…
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SFU researchers join the fight against treatment-resistant bacteria
May 11, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Assistant professor Dr. Amy Lee from SFU's department of molecular biology and biochemistry is leading a research project to study how superbugs evolve, and their potential effective treatments. Superbugs can be “strains of bacteria that…
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SFU professor discusses migrant and plant displacement
May 9, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Author and SFU English professor Stephen Collis commonly makes a pilgrimage across England in the summer months. These walks, known as the Refugee Tales, inspired by The Canterbury Tales, have occurred since 2015. They walk…
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Partnership between SFU and UVIC strives to address climate change
May 9, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Interdisciplinary teams from SFU and the University of Victoria (UVIC) will partner to study climate challenges and solutions. They will specifically focus on solutions for remote, rural, and Indigenous communities in BC. To do this, they…
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McFogg the Dog is actually a queer icon
July 1, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer In honour of pride month, The Peak wanted to shine a spotlight on one of our favourite underrated LGBTQIA2S+ icons, McFogg the Dog. Any student within the community with at least a semi-functioning gay-dar could…
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Mosquitoes? More like mosqui-foes!
June 23, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer Hand-to-hand combat Instead of letting the mosquitos come to you, take the fight to them, Mr. Miyagi those suckers. Take a trip to your local gym or dojo so when mosquitoes see your muscles, they…
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SFU implements pass/credit/no credit pilot grading system for electives
January 26, 2021by Jaymee Salisi, News Writer SFU has approved a temporary undergraduate pass/credit/no credit (P/CR/NC) pilot grading system for the Spring, Summer, and Fall 2021 terms. The motion specifies this grading scheme can be used towards 12 elective credits per term. The…
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