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SFU alum, Hasan Namir, on Islam and intimacy
January 23, 2017[dropcap]F[/dropcap]earlessly and unapologetically, SFU alumnus Hasan Namir tackles homophobia, religion, and coming-of-age in his award-winning debut novel, God in Pink. The novel is set in Iraq in 2003 and tells the story of Ramy, an orphaned homosexual university student who seeks guidance from Ammar, a sheikh at his local mosque, as he struggles to reconcile his culture and religion with his identity. On the second anniversary of Namir signing the publishing contract for his novel, The Peak sat down with him to talk about his personal story of coming out as queer, his journey with religion and spirituality, and his…
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Vancouver joins worldwide Women’s March on Washington
January 21, 2017“This would not have happened if every one of you hadn’t stepped up,” organiser Lisa Langevin told a vocal crowd of nearly 15,000. “It takes a village to raise a child, and this village raised this child.” The crowd was…
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Students weigh in on whether TransLink’s changes are improving their commute
January 16, 2017By: Alex Smiciklas With the new semester in full swing, students are slowly getting back into the pace of teachers, textbooks, and, of course, transit. At the end of the fall semester, TransLink implemented changes across the lower mainland, many of…
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A hard pill to swallow
January 16, 2017[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 2013 survey conducted by the Canadian Organization of University and College Health found that 90% of students feel overwhelmed by their schedules, and 50% of students reported feeling “hopeless.” All of us experience enormous amounts of stress during our…
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Talk the Talks: Multilingualism at SFU
January 15, 2017SFU is located in one of the most culturally diverse cities in Canada, a mixing bowl of languages and cultures, a place populated with people from across the globe; yet it is still limited by an English-dominant mentality. Obviously foreign…
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SPOOF: The Mascot of the Year
January 9, 2017It’s midday on Burnaby Mountain and the air is thin and frosty. With the exam period over and the new semester still weeks away, few of the university’s nearly 30,000 students remain on campus, with most students in residence having…
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SFU releases sexual violence policy draft for feedback
January 6, 2017On Wednesday, January 4, SFU released a draft of its sexual violence policy for feedback. All post-secondary institutions across BC will be required to implement a final version of these policies by May 2017. The Peak spoke with former VP…
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Year in Review: Major SFU news from 2016
January 2, 2017While 2016 has been an eventful year globally, SFU has experienced some major controversies and changes this year. Here is a rundown of the top SFU news stories of 2016. Virgil Hill On April 1, former SFU basketball head coach…
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43% of homes in Metro Vancouver worth over $1 million
January 2, 2017By: Alex Smiciklas In his latest research, Andy Yan, SFU City Program director, showcases that in 2016, the percentage of Metro Vancouver homes worth more than $1 million jumped from 28% to 43%. In previous years, Yan’s data had only included…
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Tanks farms, pipelines, and the safety of the SFU community
November 29, 2016Hidden in plain sight Upon starting your post-secondary studies at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus, you might not notice at first that it is located above a tank farm. It is tucked away just below the Gaglardi Way and Hastings…
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