Sexual Violence Prevention
Sexual violence prevention education needs to be mandatory at SFU
March 1, 2021by Anonymous Content warning: mention of sexual assault SFU has a long-standing history of failing their students. But some of their most egregious failures have been the multiple mishandlings of sexual assault cases on campus. Much more can be done to prevent sexual violence on campus, and SFU should start doing this by allocating additional funds to create a mandatory, first-year course on sexual violence prevention. I started at SFU in Fall 2016, and I was never made aware of any sexual violence support resources; the Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO) wasn’t even given a permanent…
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The Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office officially opens next month
January 15, 2018Starting February 2018, Simon Fraser University’s Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO) will have an interim physical space for the university community to access its services. Back in March 2017, the university implemented its sexual violence and misconduct…
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The Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office welcomes their first-ever director
September 25, 2017Six 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).…
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