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SFU Burnaby receives Indigenous place names
October 19, 2026On September 16, SFU News announced that the Indigenous Host Nations whose lands SFU Burnaby resides on — the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) — bestowed SFU Burnaby with Indigenous place names for five locations. The locations’ names are in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, respectively. Burnaby Mountain is xʷtatəl̕ləm ʔə ƛ̓ səltaɬ sme:nt / Xwta7ltáw̓txw tl’a Lheḵw’lhúḵw’aytn. Other SFU locations are as follows: the First People’s Gathering House is sƛ̓exənew̓txʷ / Tl’e7enḵáw̓txw, the Indigenous Student Centre is q̓pəθətew̓txʷ / Ḵxwúsemay̓aḵin, the Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre is xʷəlməxʷaʔɬ tatəl̕ew̓txʷ / Xwtél̓ay, and the Indigenous Garden is spən̓əm /…
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SFSS launches fall bar crawl to promote campus life
September 6, 2026“Your freshman orientation week might be the most exciting one of your whole degree,” a SFSS representative declared to the crowd of eager first years. I suspect it’s exciting because the newfound freedom gained on campus obscures how small the…
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SFU to retain contract worker model for cleaning, despite calls for in-house employment
August 3, 2026Content warning: mention of death. For the last 15 years, SFU has outsourced its janitorial services through BEST Service Pros, meaning cleaning staff are not directly employed by the university. This decision to outsource labour has been met with notable…
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The Peak Investigates: Who kidnapped our sports editor?
July 26, 2026Having lost one of our finest storytellers, and with no adequate replacement forthcoming, the editor-in-chief has put me (the rookie reporter) in charge of picking up the trail of the sports editor’s disappearance. It’s been two years. They only thought…
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Canada announces updates to Men and Boys Health Strategy
July 5, 2026Content warning: mentions of suicide and impacts of colonialism on Indigenous Peoples. In most of Turtle Island (specifically in Canada and the US), June is designated as Men’s Health Month. In Canada, this year’s iteration was marked by an update…
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FIFA’s corruption makes World Cup viewership ethically problematic
June 29, 2026Content warning: brief mention of genocide. One of my earliest memories is my dad standing a foot away from the TV, yelling at Arjen Robben for having missed an open net in the 2010 World Cup Final. In 2014, I…
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Road closures on Broadway causes uncertainty for local businesses
June 15, 2026On May 6, the BC government announced the latest detour developments along Broadway in Vancouver. A road closure and a subsequent road detour is set to occur in July on West Broadway between Cambie street and Alberta street. These changes…
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WGOG: SFU furniture and my poor back
June 7, 2026I’m big, 440 lbs big, and I can’t comfortably sit in/on most SFU classroom chairs and furniture. Even during years where I was in better shape, I still had chronic back pain. Also, I’m old, like old old, as you…
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Restored access to SFU Canvas following security breach
May 24, 2026On May 7, 2026, a security breach on Canvas Cloud prompted Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, to shut down the learning platform. The breach of Canvas Cloud affected the nearly 9,000 institutions that use Canvas Cloud as a learning…
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Indigenous Student Centre observes Red Dress Day
May 10, 2026On May 5, the SFU Indigenous Student Centre (ISC) hosted a community care circle on Burnaby Campus in honour of Red Dress Day, which commemorates Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Peoples (MMIWG2S+) of Canada. The community care…
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