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SFSS bars recording at Council meetings, deterring student reporting
March 20, 2026Written by Petra Chase, Features Editor with contributions from Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The features editor and a staff writer spoke to the news team to learn more about this ongoing situation. Beyond being interviewed and forwarding us correspondences with the SFSS for fact-checking, the news team was not involved in the production of this article to avoid conflict of interest. Council Chats is a column in The Peak’s news section that informs readers about Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) proceedings. Council, made up of elected executives and representatives, is the highest governing entity of SFU undergraduate students.…
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A summer Christmas in Costa Rica
January 5, 2026“Pura vida” is the unofficial national motto of laid-back, cloudless Costa Rica. It is the one-size-fits-all response to life’s greatest satisfactions: good food, weather, and company. Because Costa Rica is 10 degrees from the equator, it gets 12 hours of…
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On cannabis literacy and harm reduction
December 20, 2025We might know about weed only through its either glamorized or demonized representations in media. But what might a more mindful approach to cannabis look like? How might we hold conversations that don’t shame or police others? How might we…
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The grand history of the spice trade
December 20, 2025The modern world is full of magic if you take a minute to peek under the hood. One such thing that has struck me lately as absurd is owning a spice rack as a student in Canada. Cinnamon, allspice, ginger,…
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Spotlight on SFU Vocal Jazz
December 19, 2025For the past few years, I’ve felt like a soprano singer trapped in the body of a student. How wondrous would it be to sing again like I once did in the good old choir days of high school? My…
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Life with type 1 diabetes
December 18, 2025In September 2019, I lay in a hospital bed at BC Children’s Hospital. A nurse hovered over me, poking my finger with a device I had never seen before. I winced. What was going on? What was happening to me?…
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SFYou: Kelly Chia discusses Memories of Home zine
December 18, 2025Memories of Home is a vivid and tender zine written and illustrated by SFU alum, Kelly Chia. It explores identity, and interrogates the dominant narratives that outline history. The zine’s opening is striking: “I am Malaysian-Chinese. There is so much…
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Club Profile: The Association of Latin American Students
December 18, 2025SFU’s Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) has represented students from the region since the early 2000s. On October 1, they hosted the Latin Street Food Fest Icebreaker in the SUB ballroom. From walking through the doors, I felt welcomed…
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The resilience of Rohingya women
November 11, 2025Tanjila 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…
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SFYou: Sarah Law
November 11, 2025A 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 member of the research society…
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