loneliness
SFU professor develops guidelines for social connection
March 4, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer When sick or injured, we’re told to go to the doctor. But what about when we’re lonely? As cited by SFU News, a 2023 study from the US Department of Health and Human Services found that social disconnection, or being socially isolated and lonely, increases the likelihood of premature death just as much as smoking 15 cigarettes a day does. Now, an initiative led by SFU assistant professor of health sciences Kiffer Card is trying to eliminate the public health issue of loneliness. Card, also the scientific director for the Canadian Alliance for Social Connection…
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Plot-heavy porn soars in popularity as the pandemic leaves population lonely
November 18, 2020By: Sarah Russo, SFU Student VANCOUVER, BC — A wholly baseless study done by two horny dudes on Reddit revealed that their equally horny online friends recently started searching for porn with painfully lengthy intros “just to feel something” this…
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things is dreamy, surreal, and utterly confusing
October 3, 2020By: Aritro Mukhopadhyay, SFU Student I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a film made for people who love being perplexed by cinema and appreciate cinematography that emotionally moves them. Viewers who prefer fast-paced films might want to skip this one. This…
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Student Loneliness: You are not alone in feeling lonely
July 7, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer When SFU undergraduates Jennifer Yi, Keith Chan, Grace Kim, Renmart Buhay, and Matt Li entered Map the Systems, they had no idea that they would go on to place second in SFU’s finals. The global competition…
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Researchers study how to better treat mental health problems for seniors and youth
November 8, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Video games can help seniors maintain health SFU education and gerontology researcher David Kaufman has found that playing video games is good for the mental health of the elderly. Kaufman’s research, which surveyed…
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