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April 3, 2016Editor's note: The Peak recognizes Burnaby Mountain as unceded Coast Salish territory. However for simplicity we will refer to the land as Burnaby Mountain throughout this article. On top of Burnaby Mountain, SFU could have been a shining example of the white tower of academia, looking down on the masses. It is physically separated from the world around it, and if it chose, it could keep to itself. But over the past 50 years is the university has been a magnet for protests and controversy. Faculty and students have weighed in on issues that they care about, and regularly lend…
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Crossing the Line
January 12, 2015“The MBB seminar this afternoon is cancelled. The speaker has been arrested.” It was an email that the biochemistry department at Simon Fraser University will likely never forget. The message explained the absence of Dr. Lynne Quarmby, which prevented her…
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Tony Hawk officially announces his endorsement of the Kinder Morgan half-pipeline
November 24, 2014Amidst a sea of protesters and environmental activists this week, skateboarding icon Tony Hawk has publicly announced that he is in favour of the proposed half-pipeline extension through Burnaby Mountain. If approved, the Kinder Morgan half-pipeline will be the largest…
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Study challenges Kinder Morgan economic calculations
November 21, 2014While the legal battle concerning the anti-pipeline protests on Burnaby Mountain rages on, Doug McArthur, director of the SFU School of Public Policy, has co-authored a study examining the public policy aspects of the pipeline expansion. The study, entitled Economic…
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Police make arrests at Burnaby Mountain protests
November 20, 2014Police arrested at least 12 pipeline protesters on Burnaby Mountain this morning beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ordered the remaining protesters to move their camp or face arrest. A dozen officers arrived at the site to read off the injunction,…
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Pipeline protesters gather despite Kinder Morgan injunction
November 18, 2014Want to add an aural element to your reading experience? Listen to CJSF's recordings of protester singing and interviews: [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177530713" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="100" iframe="true" /] Pipeline protesters gathered once again at survey sites in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area yesterday afternoon…
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Injunction granted against Kinder Morgan opponents
November 14, 2014[audio m4a="http://159.203.128.194/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Pipeline-song-2.m4a"][/audio] The BC Supreme Court has granted an injunction requested by Kinder Morgan to prevent protesters from obstructing crews’ access to work sites on Burnaby Mountain. Those who are camped out at the sites have until Monday, November 17,…
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VIDEO: SFU community rallies against Kinder Morgan expansion
November 13, 2014Pipeline protests pickup steam, while three SFU professors deal with injunctions filed against them by Kinder Morgan. Check out The Peak's written article about the rally for more information.
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SFU community rallies against Kinder Morgan expansion
November 13, 2014Anti-pipeline activists and observers gathered in Convocation Mall on the chilly morning of November 13 to voice concerns regarding the planned extension of the Kinder Morgan pipeline through Burnaby Mountain. The rally, “SFU Says No to Pipelines,” was put on…
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Community awaits verdict after Kinder Morgan pipeline hearings conclude
November 8, 2014Hearings for the trial between Kinder Morgan and Burnaby Mountain protesters concluded Friday night after three days of discussion concerning the presence of said protesters at the proposed pipeline project sites. Five individuals, including three SFU professors, were named in…
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