small business
An alternative perspective on small businesses
May 14, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Small businesses contribute to local economies by offering unique products, innovations, and creating job opportunities. In Canada, they employ over five million people throughout the country and make up nearly 98% of all businesses. However, the narrative around small businesses often focuses on the owners, and ignores the employees. CEOs and small business owners have some key differences. CEOs are often chosen by a Board of Directors, which is made up of investors who oversee a company’s entire vision. Small business owners are those who create and manage a business at a smaller scale, and…
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Hidden Gems: Budget-friendly bites
March 27, 2025By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor [caption id="attachment_131165" align="alignnone" width="696"] PHOTO: Amirul Anirban / The Peak[/caption] Frying Pan 1101 Denman St., Vancouver Open Sunday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m. and Friday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. With a physical restaurant on Denman St.…
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Hidden Gems: Local trans-owned businesses
November 21, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Wednesday, November 20, is Trans Day of Remembrance: a day to “honour the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost as a result of anti-transgender violence.” Qmunity is hosting both a gathering at The…
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Getting shipped away at Junction Public Market
July 16, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer What hides among the looming towers of Vancouver’s Financial District? The Junction Public Market, that’s what! It’s not something that immediately catches your eye but the search for it is all worth it. With free…
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Summer fashion trends
May 26, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer While fashion trends and fads are manufactured by fast fashion corporations to keep us buying, it can still be fun to join in on nostalgia for past eras, find second-hand dupes of popular items, and…
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Contract Worker Justice critical of SFU’s new social procurement guide
February 7, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU has developed a new social procurement guide designed to “drive positive social change throughout their procurement activities,” according to their website. Social procurement involves SFU purchasing ethical goods and contracting services to influence the…
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Cousins create candle business that hits all the right notes
February 28, 2021By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor For cousins Kelly Hui and Rita Law, making candles began as a shared hobby. But, as the pair detailed in an email interview with The Peak, that quickly turned into more. “We made…
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Post-COVID-19 SFU will be a truly alien world
July 6, 2020Update (5/6/2020): A previous version of this story included rumours of Club Ilia's permanent closure that have since been confirmed as false. By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor SFU is famous in the Sci-Fi world for being the setting of several…
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Helping our communities means buying local — especially during a pandemic
June 6, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Most people can probably agree that it’s been a heavy couple of months: social restrictions, event cancellations, and the overwhelming pressures that come with existing during a global pandemic. But even in these difficult times, it…
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SFU grad’s business venture is a delightful culmination of chocolate and friendship
June 3, 2020By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate Whether your online classes are stressing you out, your family is starting to irritate you, or your lack of seeing friends has got you in your feelings, there’s one guaranteed cure-all: chocolate. Science has shown…
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