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Illustration of a line graph with rising COVID-19 cases, and a health official saying COVID-19 is no longer a problem
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How to stay informed on COVID-19

Peak Web December 5, 2023

BC public health has made it too confusing to keep up on COVID-19 information. With the government changing information about COVID-19 data and obscuring data collection, knowingly downplaying risks about transmission, and overall unclear messaging, it’s no wonder people are misinformed.  It is difficult to have a sense of the current pandemic when deaths are undercounted and reinfections aren’t counted at all, as reported by CBC. Cases are generally underreported. According to CBC, BC doesn’t want to declare hospital outbreaks due to “negative connotations.”  This doesn’t mean we should all be forever doomed to ignorance. Just as it’s important to…

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Free resources of SFU

Peak Web July 25, 2023

The university offers many resources, and students self-organize a variety of supports too. This non-exhaustive list highlights lesser-known free* resources available on the SFU Burnaby campus for graduate and undergraduate students, including Fraser International College (FIC) students. SFU Burnaby campus,…

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Photo of the exterior of Vancouver Public Library on Homer street on a sunny day with many pedestrians outside. The building’s architecture is a brown “rectangular box surrounded by a free-standing, elliptical, colonnaded wall.”
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Little-known library resources at your fingertips

Peak Web May 31, 2023

Books, articles, and study spaces are the things that come to mind when saying the word “library.” However, the libraries around us have many more resources that often get buried beneath the piles of books. From board games to courses…

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Learn more about sexual health resources on the SFU campus

Peak Web February 14, 2023

The week of February 14–18 marks the annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week in Canada. A survey designed by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada was conducted by the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality in January 2021.…

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Resources for Indigenous students

Peak Web June 26, 2021

For any Indigenous students needing support while dealing with the weight of the last few weeks, here is a list of resources compiled by the Indigenous Student Centre, First Nations Student Association, and the Simon Fraser Student Society Support at…

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Resources for low-income students

Peak Web August 4, 2020

    Government Aid: Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)   The Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) is available to post-secondary students and recent graduates who are permanent residents or Canadian citizens, and have been financially…

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SFU researchers to map COVID-19 vulnerability throughout BC

Peak Web July 27, 2020

An SFU-based research team of professors and graduate students will be looking at the communities in BC most vulnerable to COVID-19. Headed by Dr. Valorie Crooks and Dr. Nadine Schuurman, this project will visually map these communities to offer key…

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SVSPO brings annual #ConsentMatters campaign to all three SFU campuses

Peak Web October 1, 2018

  SFU’s annual #ConsentMatters campaign took place this year from September 24 to 28. With items such as consent toolboxes (developed by the SFSS’s Women’s Centre), and pamphlets explaining the services of the SVSPO, #ConsentMatters informed individuals on the resources…

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Out on Campus closed until early October

Peak Web September 24, 2018

  Simon Fraser Student Society’s (SFSS) Out on Campus, the university’s LGBTQ+ education, advocacy, and resource centre, is temporarily closed. According to SFSS CEO Martin Wyant in an email interview with The Peak, the space will reopen in the beginning…

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Resource roundup: Everything you might need at SFU

Peak Web September 7, 2018

Orientation, welcome packs, campus tours, the wealth of knowledge that is the Internet, and long, confused, meandering walks across Burnaby Mountain are all good starting places to get to know campus. I know that’s basically what I did. Still, there…

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