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The resilience of Rohingya women
November 11, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Tanjila Afrin is currently pursuing a master of arts in international studies at SFU. Before enrolling in the program, Afrin worked as a humanitarian aid worker. With a background in environmental science, she was deployed to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to support safe water hygiene and sanitation services in Rohingya refugee camps. Now at SFU, Afrin’s master’s research project spotlights the structural challenges confronted by Rohingya migrant women under an oppressive environment of displacement, patriarchal dominance, precarious labour, and as unrecognized refugees. The Peak spoke with Afrin to learn more. Who are the Rohingya? The Rohingya…
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SFYou: Sarah Law
November 11, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer A recent SFU graduate with a master’s of arts in sociology, Sarah Law currently works as the director of community engagement of the feminist science and technology lab Doing STS. She is also an organizing…
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Inside the UBC encampment for Palestine
July 2, 2024By: Anonymous SFU Student As of writing, 58 days have passed since the encampment at UBC began. Despite our united front, we still struggle to achieve our goals: demanding that UBC divests, academically sever ties with Israeli universities, and condemn…
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Is SFU’s return to campus too soon?
January 25, 2022By: Balqees Jama, SFU Student The SFU community is tired — call it the January Blues, pandemic burnout, compassion fatigue, or whatever you call the kind of anxiety that comes with the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s recent announcement that SFU will…
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The colonial history of Canada Day
June 28, 2021by Nancy La, Staff Writer Content warning: residential schools, genocide, colonization, police and state violence When I was in high school, most of what was taught about Canadian history was through the lens of European settlers and colonizers. I remember…
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Vancouver drug decriminalization model falls short for youth
May 26, 2021by Carter Hemion, Staff Writer Vancouver is currently pushing to be the first Canadian city to decriminalize drug possession. Unfortunately, this initiative falls short in addressing community needs and is particularly unfavourable for Vancouver’s youth. Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy…
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Scholar Strike Canada: A cause for hope and a missed opportunity
September 21, 2020By Harvin Bhathal, Features Editor “Education isn’t about teaching students how to make the trains run on time.” said Min Sook Lee, Associate Professor at Ontario College of Art and Design University, during the first scheduled digital teach-in, Abolition or…
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Election resources for the new voter
October 17, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer With Election Day coming up on October 21, many of us are preparing to vote for our first federal election. And while that’s pretty exciting, it’s also really nerve-wracking. We’re making decisions that will uphold…
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10 ways to spend $10 at Mini Mart
October 7, 2019By: Talha Butt, Nicole Magas, Gabrielle McLaren, Marissa Ouyang, Marco Ovies, Brianna Quan, Andrea Renney, Paige Riding, Zach Siddiqui, Dylan Webb, Siloam Yeung Photos by Chris Ho Dear Minimart, It’s us: The Peak. Maybe you don’t know us, but we…
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Student recipe box: It’s soup season, my dudes
October 7, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief A fun fact about me is that I have a Pinboard called “SOUP SOUP SOUP SOUP.” I am not ashamed. In fact, now that sweater weather has rolled in, I am thriving. Here’s why soup is…
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