Six months after the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Prevention, Education and Support policy was passed by the Board of Governors, Simon Fraser University welcomes Dr. CJ Rowe as the inaugural director of SFU’s Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVO). Rowe will begin their role as director on in October of this year. Prior to commencing their role at SFU, Rowe has obtained extensive experience in both post-secondary institutes and on the ground pertaining to sexual violence prevention. “They’re an academic so they’ve done academic research on this topic. They also come from Qmunity [a non-profit organization for LGBTQ/2S individuals]…
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Simon Fraser University was never going to write the perfect policy on their first attempt. There was a lot going right for the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Prevention, Education and Support Policy (SVMPESP) after the first draft was released on…
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On Wednesday, January 4, SFU released a draft of its sexual violence policy for feedback. All post-secondary institutions across BC will be required to implement a final version of these policies by May 2017. The Peak spoke with former VP…
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