Sexual Assault Awareness Month

This is a photo of the SFU Burnaby Campus. There is a small reflection pond in the middle of a concrete courtyard. There are buildings and trees surrounding the peaceful area.
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SVSPO talks masculinity for sexual assault awareness month

Eden Chipperfield January 30, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on January 31, 2024 to correct that Karsen and Quirós-Cruz are SVSPO staff members, and not executives. Also, to correct that the Black Student Support & Healing Space event is not hosted by SVSPO, but rather, hosted by Health & Counselling Services (HCS). HCS is one of SVSPO’s SAAM event partners. Content warning: mentions of sexual assault. January is acknowledged as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The SFU Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO), alongside Fraser International College, collaborated this month to empower staff and students to learn about the importance of SAAM…

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Active Bystander Network holds consent workshop during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Karissa Ketter January 26, 2021

Content warning: mentions of and links to videos that discuss sexual violence. The Active Bystander Network (ABN) held a workshop on January 20, 2021 for SFU and Fraser International College (FIC) students to discuss how to understand and practice consent.…

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Everything you need to know about SFU’s sexual assault resources

Winona Young November 5, 2019

CW: Mentions of sexual assault    It’s been roughly two months since two SFU students were assaulted on Burnaby campus. With this in mind, care and sensitivity is still needed to address sexual assault in university campuses. For students looking…

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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…

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