Below is a list of some of my more noteworthy articles from my time working and writing for SFU’s newspaper The Peak.

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Investigative and News Journalism:

[News] Juno award winners Metalwood return after 14 years (September 6, 2016) Read WEB

Original interview with Metalwood musician Brad Turner.

[Feature] Registering for Rage: SFU’s failed course enrolment system (January 25, 2016) Read from  PDF or WEB

A multi-month original investigation into why students at Simon Fraser University are dissatisfied with school’s trimesterly course enrolment system, and are staying at SFU far longer than they expect to.

[Feature] Starving for an Education: Why SFU should bring back its original campus food bank (February 1, 2016) Read from PDF or WEB

An opinions-feature arguing the benefits of a traditional food bank, in light of the Simon Fraser Student Society abandoning it in favour of a food voucher program.

[News] How Canada can mend relationships with Aboriginals (June 15, 2015) Read from PDF or WEB

News piece on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s newly released Calls to Action.

[Feature] How to Save the CBC (July 14, 2014) Read from PDF or WEB

At a time when the CBC was being neglected by the federal government, and was under-servicing Canadians worse than ever, this feature includes original interviews with professors and prominent CBC advocates.

[Feature] Leaving a Digital Trail: Privacy simply does not exist in the digital age (November 25, 2013) Read from WEB

Exploring the everyday ways in which North Americans are being robbed of their privacy each time they use digital technology.

 

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Editorials:

• SFU needs to prioritize funds for sending students abroad (August 2, 2016)
• The SFU gondola is now President Petter’s publicity gimmick (July 4, 2016)
• What is true legacy? (February 1, 2016)
• Unveiling Canada’s Islamophobia: It’s incredibly misguided to blame all Muslims for the actions of ISIS (Nov 23, 2015)
• Come at me bros!: The fragility of traditional ‘masculinity’ (Oct 19, 2015)
• Why identifying physical sex and not gender may be needed for proper airport security (Sept 28, 2015)
• Don’t ban my laptop from class! It’s time for out-of-touch teachers to discard their old-fashioned teaching methods (Sept 14, 2015)
• How my position between extrovert and introvert influences my surroundings (May 11, 2015)
• Apathy and earthquakes do not mix (May 11, 2015)
• Support affordable student and family housing at SFU (March 23, 2015)
• The Interview: Hollywood ignorance at its prime (Jan 6, 2015)
• What strategies Canada should use in the fight against ISIS [Point / Counterpoint] (Oct 14, 2014)
• Canada’s great punishment culture (September 15, 2014)
• New anti-spam laws aren’t all they’re cracked up to be (July 14, 2014)
• Legal implications of Google Glass (Feb 3, 2014)
• ‘Sensory’ fiction defies the imagination (Feb 17, 2014)

Full list of all my work with The Peak HERE

and HERE