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Nexw Niw Chet/The Teachings, a collection of hand woven Salish weaving blankets.
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How we can help decolonize educational institutions

Peak Web July 5, 2023

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of colonialism, residential schools, and unmarked graves.  Decolonizing SFU has to be about more than just taking a day off and wearing orange. While these are small steps in raising awareness, higher education institutions — not just SFU — have to commit to doing more.  Think about the systems we have in place  “Systems,” in this case, lumps a lot of things together. The education system, social systems, institutions that we encounter in our daily lives . . . we need to think about what systems we currently have in place, who…

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Six people forming a picket line with two people in the front holding an orange bucket as a drum. The location is at AQ Shrum Science building.
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TSSU members form picket line in labour action

News June 22, 2023

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer As of June 12, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has gone on strike, with an overwhelming 94% vote to take this action. Leading up to the strike, teaching assistants (TAs) began their labour action…

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A photo of convocation mall at SFU Burnaby Campus, Ribbons hanging from the walls can be seen.
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The TSSU Strike Vote: A Timeline of Events

Features June 16, 2023

By: Anthony Houston, SFU student As is the case with any Canadian union, SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has the right to strike in accordance with the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (LRB). Strikes are a type of job…

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Concrete stairs and walls
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is SFU Burnaby really that ugly?

Opinions June 12, 2023

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor SFU has a reputation for looking like a grey concrete prison. Many students argue the aesthetics on campus are demoralizing. However, in recent years, more conversations have emerged around SFU’s…

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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

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer 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.…

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This is a photo of the construction site for the First Peoples’ Gathering House. An excavator is sitting on the ground scoping dirt.
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Burnaby announces more funding towards constructing First Peoples’ Gathering House at SFU

Peak Web May 22, 2023

By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On April 22, 2023, Burnaby’s acting mayor, Sav Dhaliwal, announced $5-million of funding for constructing the First Peoples’ Gathering House at SFU Burnaby. The construction and funding of the First Peoples’ Gathering House at SFU…

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Person looking dreamily at their phone, which has SFU AskAway, a chatbot, on it.
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I fell in love with SFU AskAway

Peak Web March 31, 2023

By: Hana Hoffman, Peak Associate If you missed out on last week’s episode of Cute Couples on Campus, you can read the main questions and answers from the interview below. We were honoured to have the opportunity to interview Sophie,…

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construction workers placing a giant sign on an SFU building that reads controversy ltd.
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Why SFU should rename the Goldcorp building

Peak Web February 24, 2023

By: Safiya Shah, SFU Student In 2011, SFU students protested against the university accepting a $10-million donation from the mining company, Goldcorp. At the time, students and staff were concerned about accepting donations from a company that has had environmental…

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empty chairs in a classroom
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WGOG: SFU doesn’t provide a list of vacant/occupied rooms on campus

Peak Web February 2, 2023

By: Ben McNallye, SFU Student Picture this: you need a quiet space for a quick Zoom meeting on campus. You fly through the AQ, WMC, or wherever, looking for an empty classroom. You find one! Go, you. But moments after…

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"Student Updates" text in SFU red
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Student Updates

Peak Web February 1, 2023

By: Nathan T. The Koi from the AQ pond have been removed After years of entertaining graduating students during convocation and disappearing during winter, the koi fish have been sold to the SFU biological sciences department to help raise money…

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