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SFU celebrates 11-year anniversary as Canada’s leading fair trade campus
May 31, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer SFU is the only public university in Canada to achieve Fairtrade Gold Status recognized by Fairtrade Canada and Canadian Fairtrade Network. A partnership between an educational institution and fair trade means having a liaison between farmers and consumers to facilitate dialogue, transparency, and respect between the SFU community and the farmers. The Peak interviewed chief commercial services officer Mark McLaughlin to learn more about being a fair trade campus. Being fair trade “requires that all your coffee shops on campus have fair trade products.” The first fair trade coffee shop on campus was Higher Grounds,…
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Fall drinks Starbucks should offer
November 25, 2021By: Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer Starbucks: some love it, some hate it, and some have strong caffeine cravings that draw them to it. Regardless, we all wait for September, when Starbucks releases their new overly-priced, sugar-filled, barely-coffee-anymore offerings that give…
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Hot campus cocoa
January 26, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Lower Mainlanders, we were not made for the snow. The week I wrote this, getting to campus was an intimidating prospect. If not the ever-looming threat of being stranded on the mountain, there was also…
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SFU’s fair trade story is one of persistence and ongoing battles
July 27, 2018By: Alexander Kenny, Peak Associate Regarding the purpose of fair trade practices, Fairtrade Canada says that “Fair trade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers.” A note on terminology: Fairtrade is…
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One day isn’t enough time to educate Starbucks employees on thousands of years of racism
May 14, 2018Written by Alex Bloom In response to an incident of racial profiling in a Starbucks in Philadelphia, in which two innocent black men were arrested without cause, thousands of the chain’s locations will be closed across the United States and…
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AQ renewal project to fix leaky roofs on campus
February 26, 2018A three-year Academic Quadrangle (AQ) plaza renewal project at SFU Burnaby will be fixing the leaky roofs and decreasing the amount of concrete on the campus. The project is split into two phases: phase one has already begun on the…
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SFU works to incorporate more fair trade products
February 15, 2018A fair trade social held on January 24 was SFU’s latest development in the campaign to make the university a sustainable consumer. The event was held at the Halpern Centre and highlighted the impact SFU has made over the last…
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World News Beats
February 9, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Canadian senate passes bill for gender neutral anthem lyrics The Senate passed a bill making Canada’s national anthem gender neutral. The House of Commons had passed a bill in 2016 changing “in all thy sons command” to…
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Five things to get you in the mood for fall
October 3, 2016Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas OK, I know some of you are going to instantly go “That is a holiday movie and has no place in September,” but it is my favourite fall movie. It has fun songs, Tim Burton’s…
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