SFU

A photo of a scenic garden film set at Burnaby campus with cherry blossom trees and a quaint cabin.
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SFU’s cheery campus renovation hoax

Peak Web July 14, 2025

By: Sarah Sorochuk, Peak Associate SFU’s summer semester has been absolutely thrilling. From the koi pond being evacuated, sucked dry, and refilled to loitering chairs from convocation, to even an abundance of high school graduations, there is never a dull moment.  With convocation came the regular maintenance and the sudden beautification of the campus to impress the incoming guests and persuade them to send their kin here. The event called for nothing but order and elegance. Keeping things neat and tidy for the graduates’ important day. We saw this coming.  But what came as a shock was a random post-convocation…

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This is an illustration of the Gaza Solidarity encampments at Columbia University with the university’s library in the background
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A Screening of The Encampments

Peak Web July 9, 2025

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions and mentions of genocide, ethnic cleansing, inhumane conditions, violence, police brutality. On Thursday, June 26, SFU’s Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies hosted a screening of The Encampments: Inside America’s Student Uprising at…

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A picture of a man with a frightful face in front of the SFU Harbour Centre campus (inside of the mall). A hand is reaching towards him.
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I’m forever haunted by Harbour Centre Mall

Peak Web July 7, 2025

By: Yulissa Huamani, Peak Associate Look, there’s nothing better than waking up at the crack of dawn to attend a lecture. I don’t expect anything remotely interesting to happen at 8:00 a.m. as I commute and question my life decisions.…

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A photo of a drenched bench under the rain.
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What Grinds Our Gears: Wet SFU seats

Peak Web June 16, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer SFU has completed multiple outdoor renovation projects over the last five years: updating the convocation mall, the top of the Rotunda, the applied science building, and the AQ gardens.  You’ve spent millions of dollars to…

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PHOTOSHOP: of a dialogue text coming out of her mouth saying: "Thank heavens I have found a dial telephone! My diesel-drawn 143 Burquitlam carriage is merely hours away!" and then at the bottom add as a caption: "TransLink: reducing bus frequencies to piss off students since 1998."
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Summoning buses in the summer

Peak Web June 4, 2025

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A man shoving a woman out of the way in the hallway of the Academic Quandrangle.
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JOB AD: AQ Accident Control Officer

Peak Web June 4, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor and Sarah Sorochuk, Peak Associate Feel an urge to make a difference in the world? Do you have big muscles and are built like a Greek god? Are you ready to block student hooligans who…

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From the campus to the big screen: SFU student film goes global

Peak Web May 28, 2025

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer What started as a class project has since turned into a creative awakening for Kitty Cheung, SFU alum and former Peak staff. Bringing together poetry, live action, and illustration, the short film Ad Hominem 2…

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ILLUSTRATION: A classroom filled with students grouped around a tutor
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Friends of Simon: building community through education

Peak Web May 28, 2025

By: Phone Min Thant, Arts & Culture Editor The author of this article is a Friends of Simon tutor. Following The Peak’s conflict of interest policy, the piece’s payment has been reduced.  “It’s the best job I’ve ever done,” Teagan…

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1) Seven individuals dressed as McFogg, holding an assortment of baguettes and SFU flags. (2) A group of individuals standing behind a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the SFU pool. The pool is located directly in front of the ribbon. (3) SFU student prison guards taunting students locked inside of a dark and gloomy cell (4) SFU president Joy Johnson standing between two poles in the bus. She is holding a microphone.
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This week at SFU

Peak Web May 27, 2025

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik McFogg-themed LARPing extravaganza Saturday, May 31, 5:00 p.m. A middle place between world and time (the small patch of woods behind the softball field) Cost: Free, as long as you come in costume  LARPing, or live-action role-playing…

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A young man wearing a green t-shirt with the text “I love SFU walls.”
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Student spotlight: SFU wall advocate

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Correspondent for Misguided Student Movements As Canada’s top university for innovation, it’s unsurprising that SFU attracts visionary students. Today, we’re highlighting an SFU student with the potential to change the world.   I am reporting from the Student…

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