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SFU vs. UBC: The renewed rivalry
July 14, 2025It was still light out at 8:32 p.m., and I felt unstoppable. I’m not proud of what I did, but it had to be done. I revived the rivalry between SFU and UBC. I’d been missing SFU dearly over my summer break. Not enough to visit and pay for parking, but enough to reignite an ancient feud as a show of my love and solidarity from afar. So, I typed UBC into my Maps and put my neighbour’s electric scooter into sport mode to tear off into the night. Dan, if you’re reading this, don’t worry about it. Go take…
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UBC professors file academic freedom lawsuit over land acknowledgements
May 12, 2025Land 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 Kam, Michael Treschow, and PhD…
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Reflections from the 2025 Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament
February 3, 2025Editor’s note: The writer of this piece is a member of the SFU kendo club. Scraping ice from the windshield of our cars was not how I thought the tournament morning would start. I complained, but at least it wasn’t…
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UBC students establish encampment in solidarity with Palestine
June 5, 2024On Monday, April 29, members of the UBC community set up an encampment at their MacInnes Field to protest the university’s lack of action for Palestine. The camp amassed “about 100 people and 75 tents,” with signs posted around the…
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Expert analyzes the rise of right-wing ideology in Europe
March 6, 2024Kurt Hübner is the chair of German and European studies at the University of British Columbia. His lecture with SFU, Europe on the Brink: The Rise of Right-Wing Populism, discussed the rising trends of right-wing ideology in Europe and some…
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Free Periods Canada fights against period poverty
February 21, 2024When Zeba Khan came across an online video detailing the obstacles that people who experience periods have to face, she aimed to provide a solution. The former University of British Columbia student started a club on campus alongside other founding…
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UBC collaborates with Israeli university in archaeological field study
February 8, 2024Editor's Note: The Peak is in communication with UBC to include their statement in this article. A statement was not previously included due to a miscommunication between UBC and The Peak. Additionally, explicit attribution was added for Isber Sabrine’s comments…
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“Homelands: Exile and Return” with Kamal Al-Solaylee and Amyn Sajoo
February 9, 2023Kamal Al-Solaylee shared his story, knowledge, and writing at the Homelands: Exile and Return event. Al-Solaylee is a director and professor in the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at UBC. The event was led as a Q&A, moderated by…
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SFU students and staff co-host symposium to discuss Scarborough Charter
May 30, 2022On May 14, 2022 SFU and UBC co-hosted a symposium titled, Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter. The discussion was part of a two-day event to discuss the Scarborough National Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion…
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Top ten reasons SFU is better than UBC
March 28, 2022Our campus isn’t the worst Separate buildings across a 400 hectare campus? What is that? Who needs that much space? While UBC students are bragging about their “campus culture” SFU students will be happily walking to class under something called…
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