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Consent Beyond Binaries encourages conversations around consent
October 27, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On September 19, The Peak attended a workshop organized by SFU’s Sexual Violence and Prevention Support Office (SVSPO), discussing the importance of “Consent Beyond Binaries.” The discussion was led by two prominent leaders on the topic: non-binary and queer author, Kali Boehle-Silva, and “somatic educator, award-winning speaker, author, restorative justice advocate, and lesbian Jewish feminist,” Marlee Liss. The discussion aimed to encourage a conversation about consent that goes beyond the binary of yes and no. Both speakers noted there are great “complexities and limitations of the yes and no.” Boehle-Silvia explained how consent is sometimes…
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SFU workshop discusses sexual violence
January 30, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Content warning: mentions of sexual violence and harrassment. SFU’s Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office (SVSPO) recently hosted a workshop to address matters relating to sexual violence. Topics included the various forms of sexual violence,…
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Sexual violence prevention education needs to be mandatory at SFU
March 1, 2021by Anonymous Content warning: mention of sexual assault SFU has a long-standing history of failing their students. But some of their most egregious failures have been the multiple mishandlings of sexual assault cases on campus. Much more can…
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SVSPO brings annual #ConsentMatters campaign to all three SFU campuses
October 1, 2018Written by Youeal Abera, Staff Writer SFU’s annual #ConsentMatters campaign took place this year from September 24 to 28. With items such as consent toolboxes (developed by the SFSS’s Women’s Centre), and pamphlets explaining the services of the SVSPO,…
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West Coast LEAF brings consent and sexual assault workshop to SFU
March 28, 2018On Wednesday, March 14, Simon Fraser University welcomed Alana Prochuk, the manager of public legal education at West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), to give a workshop titled Only Yes Means Yes, which focuses on consent and sexual…
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SFU aims to promote consent, prevent sexual violence on campus
October 16, 2017The university voiced a strong message about supporting survivors of sexual violence and building a culture of consent on campus at an event in Convocation Mall last Friday. The event called It Takes All Of Us featured various organizations providing…
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The time I accidentally became a Tumblr porn star
June 3, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]umblr is a huge website. According to Wikipedia, it hosts over 290 million blogs, with over 45 million new posts created daily. With such a huge site comes a huge diversity of people and interests, and like any community so…
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Consent is not something you can just write down
July 27, 2015Let me just address the preemptive elephant in the room. I believe that any sexual activity should include equal consent between all participants, and that’s exactly what the Affirmative Consent Project (ACP) seeks to do. The ACP has created a…
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Sex Week @ SFU
March 11, 2015Sex shields, STI knowledge, consent, and more at this year's Sex Week! Created by Paige Smith & Eric Smith
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