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SFU student verbally harassed on campus by group of teenagers

Peak Web January 13, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Content warning: details of harassment, and racist and sexist language.  The safety of SFU students is being questioned after an incident of verbal harassment against an SFU student occurred on the Burnaby Campus on November 24, 2024. Following this incident, she posted her experience on Reddit to r/simonfraser. The Peak reached out to learn more about her experience and opinion on campus safety. Jane’s name has been changed to protect her identity. At 5:00 p.m. on a Sunday night, Jane took a break from studying and went to order food from a restaurant at UniverCity.…

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SFU Faculty for Palestine responds to senior administrators meeting with Israeli ambassador

Peak Web January 13, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, News Writer In September 2024, a group of SFU senior administrators met with Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed. This information was published in an open letter from SFU Faculty for Palestine (F4P) on December 10 titled…

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We are no better than our neighbours down south

Peak Web January 13, 2025

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of the transatlantic slave trade, segregation, anti-Indigenous violence, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. There’s a tendency to compare Canada and the US on the issue of police brutality, and…

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2024 News Rewind

Peak Web January 9, 2025

By: Mason Mattu and Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writers Editor’s note: The ranking of these stories is roughly based on the number of articles written on each topic, whether these stories appeared on the cover of our weekly issues, and readership…

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goSFU? More like noSFU

Peak Web December 9, 2024

By: Sarah Sorochuk, Peak Associate and C Icart, Humour Editor OK, it’s course selection season! Time to log into the easy-peasy, foolproof system called goSFU. It allows us to enroll in classes, request our wonderful advising transcripts, and pay our…

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A wall of orange lights and helmets that form a snowflake-like shape. In the middle is a logo that reads “Grey Cup Festival Vancouver 2024.”
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“Where football belongs:” Grey Cup Festival illuminates BC football

Peak Web December 3, 2024

By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor and Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Although the BC Lions encountered an early exit in the CFL playoffs this year, Vancouver still got to enjoy the energy of playoff football. From November 10 to 17, Vancouver…

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The everlasting power of community in It Takes A Village

Peak Web December 3, 2024

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The Vancouver Asian Film Festival was memorable, bringing community members together through a collective love of storytelling. The power of community is sometimes overlooked for stigmatized communities like East Hastings. It Takes A Village: An…

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Buying the latest iPhone isn’t worth Congolese lives

Peak Web December 2, 2024

By: Zobia Khalid, Peak Associate Content warning: graphic descriptions of slavery, child labour, and amputation. As millions of people rush to buy the newest iPhone every year, we fail to address that at the very core of its existence is…

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SFU increases car allowance perk for executives amid summer layoffs

Peak Web December 2, 2024

By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor In July, The Peak received word from the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) that SFU decided to increase the vehicle allowance perk for SFU executives by about $75,000. A vehicle allowance is a payment made by…

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Out on Campus holds Transgender Day of Remembrance event

Peak Web December 2, 2024

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of violence, transphobia, and suicide.  November 20 marked Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). This year, Out On Campus (OOC) hosted a TDOR event in the Student Union Building ballroom. OOC “is a…

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