Sexual Health
Men, don’t let the manosphere ruin sex for you
March 27, 2025By: John Easton, SFU Student If there’s one thing the red-pilled manosphere has managed to do with stunning efficiency, it’s strip sex of its joy, intimacy, and social complexity. According to the worldview, sex is nothing more than a transactional function of evolutionary biology, the linchpin of a so-called “sexual marketplace” where men and women exist in rigid, pseudo-economic roles. Women, they argue, seek out “Alpha men” for genetic superiority while cruelly exploiting “Beta men” for financial security. As an international network of online communities, the manosphere has had a global negative influence on our generation’s men and the way…
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The “right” has the wrong ideas about sexual health
February 21, 2025By: Michael Morris, SFU Student Whether it’s blocking contraceptives, stigmatizing or removing abortion, those who are the most impacted by the right’s attack on sexual health are often left out of the conversation, and decisions are made for them. The…
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BC becomes the first province to offer free prescription contraception to all residents
March 14, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer On February 28, the BC government released the provincial budget for the upcoming year and announced its commitment to make prescription contraception free for all people who menstruate starting April 1, 2023. The current program…
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The ongoing campaign for free contraception by AccessBC
February 16, 2023By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer AccessBC’s campaign has been at the forefront in fighting for access to contraceptives in BC. In a statement to The Peak, a spokesperson for the ministry of health said AccessBC’s advocacy is welcome and “our…
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Learn more about sexual health resources on the SFU campus
February 14, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer The week of February 14–18 marks the annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week in Canada. A survey designed by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada was conducted by the Canadian Journal of…
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HIV Made Me Fabulous unpacks link between social inequity and sexual health
February 14, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer SFU health science professors Dr. Allison Carter and Dr. Angela Kaida presented their national study through the short film HIV Made Me Fabulous which premiered publicly for the first time at an online event on…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Should teens be sexualized on TV?
February 16, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Brianna Condilenios, Kyla Dowling Countless teenage melodramas, like Riverdale, have littered our television networks and streaming services over the years, and their popularity doesn’t seem to be waning. However, this has only amplified existing concerns of how…
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Condom Crew, a student-led club that provides sexual health information to SFU students
February 5, 2018As Simon Fraser University students wandered through the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) on January 24, they might have bumped into a group of students who were distributing free condoms and pamphlets containing sexual health information and services that are offered at…
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SFU professor leads research on sexual health for people with HIV
July 31, 2017A Simon Fraser University health sciences professor, at the leading edge of global research on the sexual health of people affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has secured substantial funding to continue her work. Epidemiologist Angela Kaida, whose research…
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Students seek out sexual health services on campus
July 17, 2017Sexual health services have proven to be a much utilized support for students on campus, with resource centres reporting that they regularly field a wide range of inquiries. "The demand for our services is high and we are busy," said…
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