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SFU’s first Streetfest named a “true success”

Peak Web September 23, 2018

Written by: Agnetha de Sa, Peak Associate   SFU held its first annual Streetfest, a collaboration between the university and UniverCity, at the Burnaby campus on September 14. “It was a true success,” commented Streetfest co-chair Mark McLaughlin following the event. McLaughlin noted that he had received positive feedback from event attendees. ”The community had a great time [ . . . ] we had a plan B, but didn't have to pull out the plan B because the weather held off,” he said. McLaughlin noted that the organizing team for the Streetfest wasn’t sure what to expect from the event or…

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SFU Senators discuss admission cut-offs, finances

Peak Web September 20, 2018

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   On September 10, SFU Senate met for the first session of the fall semester this year. As the academic governance of SFU rests with its senate, the session focussed on issues that…

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Student group condemns SFSS for “institutionalized racism”

Peak Web September 11, 2018

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) has published public letters on their Facebook page condemning the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) for their treatment of marginalized groups on campus.   SOCA…

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Resource roundup: Everything you might need at SFU

Peak Web September 7, 2018

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features editor  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…

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Scientists look at communication for education and for emergency purposes

Peak Web August 9, 2018

By: Agnetha de Sa, Peak Associate SFU scientist examines her Twitter followers As a conservation and marine ecology professor at SFU, as well as an active user and science communicator on Twitter, Isabelle Côté was particularly interested in knowing “if my…

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Provincial government provides work-integrated learning funds for 25 BC institutes

Peak Web August 6, 2018

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   On July 23, minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark announced that the provincial government would be providing $1.9 million in funding to all of BC’s 25 public universities, colleges, and…

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AI summer camp aims to encourage high school girls to get involved in STEM

Peak Web August 3, 2018

By: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer   The SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences held Invent the Future, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) summer camp, to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.      During the two…

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Students who drive have no choice but to deal with SFU’s problematic parking policies

Peak Web July 27, 2018

Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writeparking SFU’s Burnaby campus is labeled as a commuter campus, as the majority of students live neither in residence nor at UniverCity. To get up this mountain, they either have to commute to and…

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Carman McKay on his work, inspirations, and experiences

Peak Web July 20, 2018

Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah Artist Carman McKay has been relief carving an oversized spindle whorl, which is traditionally used for wool spinning, in front of the Indigenous Student Centre (AQ 2002) every Tuesday and Thursday in July. So far,…

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Updated: SFSS announces cancellation of 2018 Fall Kickoff concert, replacement barbeque

Peak Web July 18, 2018

By: Amneet Mann, News Editor   This story has been updated as of July 20 to reflect the comments of the vice-provost students and international Nancy Johnston on behalf of SFU, and AMS.   The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)…

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