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This is a photo of a group of people — including adults, children and youth — marching down a street with Palestinian flags.
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Parents 4 Palestine rally for the Nakba to be taught in schools

Peak Web May 27, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On May 10, youth, teachers, and parents from Parents 4 Palestine Vancouver rallied at Grandview Park about the need to include Palestinian history in the BC curriculum. Around 75–100 people gathered with Palestinian flags, signs, and banners, listening to opening speeches by organizers and a young Palestinian girl who also led people in practice chants. The group also marched down Commercial Drive to Queen Victoria Annex Elementary.  The Nakba — meaning “catastrophe” — refers to the history of “mass displacement and dispossession” of “more than half of the Palestinian population” from their homes and land…

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Many small lit candles.
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India’s Operation Sindoor glorifies the murder of innocent people

Peak Web May 27, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of war, terrorism, and genocide. Operation Sindoor, a military operation executed on May 7 by the Indian government, disguised murder as a “noble” act. The operation was a response to the catastrophic…

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1) Seven individuals dressed as McFogg, holding an assortment of baguettes and SFU flags. (2) A group of individuals standing behind a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the SFU pool. The pool is located directly in front of the ribbon. (3) SFU student prison guards taunting students locked inside of a dark and gloomy cell (4) SFU president Joy Johnson standing between two poles in the bus. She is holding a microphone.
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This week at SFU

Peak Web May 27, 2025

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik McFogg-themed LARPing extravaganza Saturday, May 31, 5:00 p.m. A middle place between world and time (the small patch of woods behind the softball field) Cost: Free, as long as you come in costume  LARPing, or live-action role-playing…

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This is a photo of a naloxone kit cabinet with a sign saying “Overdose Emergency Kit / Naloxone” above it and an AED kit on the left.
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SFU installs naloxone cabinets around all campuses

Peak Web May 22, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On March 11, SFU announced that naloxone kit cabinets are now available across the Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver campuses. Naloxone is a medication that works within two minutes to “temporarily reverse the effects of an…

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photo of of halal danbauk, a Burmese take on the South Asian dish chicken biryani.
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Resisting and rebuilding, one delicious Burmese Plate at a time

Peak Web May 21, 2025

By: Petra Chase, Peak Associate Content warning: brief mention of genocide.  In Burma, April is a time for celebrating a new year. During the five-day festival called Thingyan, people pour and throw water on each other on every street, a…

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This is a vibrant poster with yellow and red colours that reads, “SFU Plans to Steal Your IP Rights” as the main text. A lightbulb is the main graphic, with the rest of the text inviting the reader to read the new policy and sign the TSSU’s petition against it.
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TSSU rejects SFU’s proposed changes to its IP policy

Peak Web May 13, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer Earlier this year, SFU released an updated version of their Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for community feedback. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) released a public petition on March 14, stating that, among other things,…

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A red Liberal party election lawn sign. The candidate’s name is “a rock” and the riding name is Burnaby Central.
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Election results: A rock wins in Burnaby Central

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Chief Political Correspondent Election night 2025 was a joyous one for Prime Minister Mark Carney, boomers, and the Liberal party, winning a minority government with 169 seats in Parliament. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the…

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A young man wearing a green t-shirt with the text “I love SFU walls.”
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Student spotlight: SFU wall advocate

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Correspondent for Misguided Student Movements As Canada’s top university for innovation, it’s unsurprising that SFU attracts visionary students. Today, we’re highlighting an SFU student with the potential to change the world.   I am reporting from the Student…

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A person standing on a sidewalk at night, facing a storefront with multiple TV screens displaying a mixture of news outlets.
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Can news platforms build trust in a fractured world?

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer We find ourselves in a world where news media thrives on crises. Headlines are designed to scare, intimidate, divide, and most of all, keep us clicking. Across the world and he political spectrum, people are…

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This is a photo of three totems at UBC, one at the forefront and the others stacked behind the first one.
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UBC professors file academic freedom lawsuit over land acknowledgements

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Land acknowledgements have become commonplace in Canadian institutions, and universities are no exception. Recently, a group of UBC community members made headlines for critiquing the practice. In early April, professors Brad Epperly, Andrew Irvine, Christopher…

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