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SFU hosts a discussion about consent and bystander intervention

Henry Tran February 4, 2019

On January 30, Simon Fraser University’s Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO), SFU Athletics, and SFU Residence and Housing, hosted a community dialogue about the importance of consent and bystander intervention. The dialogue was hosted at the Lorne Davies Complex by JR LaRose, a former BC Lions football player and current motivational speaker. During the discussion on consent and bystander intervention, LaRose shared some statistics about sexual violence. “25% of women are assaulted in college, with most of the assaults occurring in the first eight weeks of classes, and one in three Canadian women are sexually assaulted in their…

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