SFU health and counselling
SFU needs better long-term mental health supports for students
June 7, 2023By: Cynthia Piña, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and transphobia. For the past three hours, I’ve been rocking back and forth in my chair trying to figure out how to start writing. Every notification that goes off on my phone brings me anxiety, and I can’t fathom responding to any texts in the next few days. Occasionally standing up and pacing the room, I only feel impending doom. I feel no motivation for anything — eating, reading, or engaging in life. I just want to fall asleep and never wake up, but it’s impossible to…
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A focus on mental health is needed for post-pandemic life
June 14, 2021By: Theresa-Anne Clarke Harter, Peak Associate For those with certain mental health concerns, a return to in-person learning may mean heightened anxiety, social challenges, and more. Others may feel relieved at the thought of returning to school, as remote learning’s lack…
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Joy Johnson can’t save us
April 6, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Last year when Joy Johnson was announced as SFU’s new president, leaving Andrew Petter to the dust, it seemed like a win. Petter, who preached self-important politics, had relative inaction on social and student issues,…
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Experiencing a suicidal crisis as an SFU student
November 21, 2020By Anonymous Content warning: suicidal ideation, prescription drug use, institutionalization I was first diagnosed with disabilities during my first year at SFU. While coming to terms with the diagnoses themselves was difficult, it was nothing compared to the medications and…
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How I lost a year of my life (and almost so much more) using SFU Health and Counselling Services
September 27, 2020By Anonymous Growing up as an American-Canadian dual citizen, I came to Canada excited for the accessible health care I’d always heard about that was just out of reach. On my second day on campus, I found SFU’s Health &…
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Start your day with free Yoga for the Mind classes (once the pandemic ends, lol)
March 22, 2020By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer Like most people, I’ve been a little burnt out by the challenging social and economic conditions we find ourselves in on top of the usual stress of work and school. Because of this, I’m always…
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Health & Counselling talks seasonal affective disorder
November 12, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Nobody likes the gloomy, rainy season or shorter days, but it impacts some people more than others. So be mindful of SAD, aka, seasonal affective disorder, a mood disorder which occurs due to changes…
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Student health and wellness
November 30, 2017By: Aaron Richardson As a student, it is often difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle. There are many limitations on students that cause this: a significantly lower budget than non-students makes it hard to afford to eat healthily; many students…
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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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