Prerita Garg
SFU’s medical school prepares to open
July 13, 2026On June 5, SFU’s medical school was renamed the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine to thank the Stephens family for their $40 million donation to the institution. According to SFU, Ratana and Arran Stephens are the co-founders of the breakfast company Nature’s Path and “longtime philanthropists.” This is their largest donation to date. To learn more about SFU’s medical school, The Peak spoke with Dr. David J. Price, the founding dean. After years of planning and preparation, SFU’s medical school will be welcoming its first cohort of 48 students in August 2026. Price said, “There’s no end of challenges…
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Post-secondary education funding is mishandled
May 18, 2026Studying in BC is more inaccessible than ever before, especially if you’re an international student. In 2024, federal limitations on study permits led to a 66% drop in permit approvals for international students. In 2023, 456,690 international student permits were…
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What Grinds Our Gears: multi-factor authentication
March 10, 2026I can’t be the only one who despises multi-factor authentication (MFA). If you are a student at SFU, you have likely experienced the frustrating process of trying to log in to Canvas or goSFU only for MFA to stop you.…
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Students express frustration over Canvas outage during finals season
January 5, 2026From 11:00 p.m. on December 14 to 4:00 a.m. on December 15, 2025, SFU Canvas experienced a service outage that left students unable to upload assignments or access course materials. Students took to the r/simonfraser subreddit to express their frustration…
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Investing in mail service is a nation-sustaining project
December 18, 2025Like many of us recently, Canada Post has a money problem: they don’t have enough. On September 25, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ (CUPW) strike resumed in response to a statement by the minister of government transformation, public works…
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The University Act is being misused to conceal the responsibilities of academic institutions
June 15, 2025On September 9, 2024, president Joy Johnson released a statement explaining why SFU abstains from commenting on “partisan political matters and current events.” This statement came after sustained pressure from students and faculty for SFU to take a stance on…
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#NotClueless: I, like, totally attended the Met Gala
May 29, 2025Today, I have to start with a confession; I was totally buggin’. Because, like, can you even imagine being personally invited to the Met Gala? Well, I could. Not to brag, but your girl over here scored a highly exclusive,…
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SFSS holds 2024 annual general meeting
November 21, 2024On October 30, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) held their annual general meeting (AGM). During the meeting, executives went over the 2023–24 financial report, passed amendments to bylaws, went over committee highlights, and had an auditor from audit service…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: SFU’s free fall activities
November 15, 2024The fall season can feel a bit lonely as the gloomy weather takes over. However, you can rest assured, as SFU Burnaby has several events planned for the upcoming month — grab your friends or head on over to make…
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Transit to SFU should be improved
October 30, 2024This isn’t the first time we’ve written about the unfortunate parking circumstances at the SFU Burnaby campus, and it’s clear that it won’t be the last until some real reform happens. It seems my silly idea of driving into the…
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