SFU

Fog fills the convocation mall as construction blocks off access. This leaves the question — what exactly is going on here?
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Dig, Baby Dig: SFU’s bold economic and educational plan

Corbett Gildersleve July 21, 2025

Inspired by the rapid passing of BC’s Bill 15: The Infrastructure Projects Act, and the federal Bill C-5: One Canadian Economy Act, SFU has unveiled a new innovative direction for the university titled “Dig, Baby Dig.” This 10-year plan will be led by the university’s new vice-president of early childhood education and economy — who just so happens to be a generative AI created by two drunk guys from the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship last weekend.  The strategic plan involves creating a labyrinthian series of tunnels and subterranean chambers under Burnaby Mountain. In a bold shift away from traditional…

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This is a photo of Ava Quissy, organizer of the SFU Death Cafe
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SFU alum challenges the stigma towards death

Noeka Nimmervoll July 16, 2025

On Sunday, June 29, Ava Quissy, a recent SFU political science graduate, hosted a Death Café at Slice Vancouver that welcomed all community members. The café hosted group conversations about death, using prompt cards to facilitate smaller group circles. Quissy…

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Two boxers representing SFU and UBC beefing it out on an sfu rooftop
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SFU vs. UBC: The renewed rivalry

Katie Walkley July 14, 2025

It was still light out at 8:32 p.m., and I felt unstoppable. I’m not proud of what I did, but it had to be done.  I revived the rivalry between SFU and UBC.  I’d been missing SFU dearly over my…

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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

Sarah Sorochuk July 14, 2025

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…

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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

Noeka Nimmervoll July 9, 2025

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 the SFU Goldcorp Centre for…

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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

Yulissa Huamani July 7, 2025

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. Plus, I feel rejuvenated after…

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

Corbett Gildersleve June 16, 2025

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 make bench-shaped art sculptures. So…

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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

Mason Mattu and Sarah Sorochuk June 4, 2025

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 dare walk on the wrong side of the hallway? We…

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

Ashima Shukla May 28, 2025

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 is a bold act of…

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