Women’s Centre
“The fire that heals us”: a collaborative zine-making workshop
February 9, 2026Content warning: conversations about sexualized violence and sexual assault. On January 28, SFU students and community members gathered in the SFPIRG Lounge for “the fire that heals us,” a zine-making workshop. The SFU Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office (SVSPO), the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), and the Simon Fraser Student Society Women’s Centre hosted the collaborative event at the Surrey and Burnaby campuses. Open to all, this event aimed to provide a space to reflect on how personal healing can happen within a communal environment. Participants received magazines, markers, and decor to create pages based on prompts…
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Annual International Women’s Day march returns
February 26, 2024Editor’s note: Karissa Ketter, a current editor who worked on the article, is an organizer of this event. The Peak acknowledges this and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the article. With International…
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Learn more about sexual health resources on the SFU campus
February 14, 2023The 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 Human Sexuality in January 2021.…
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Women’s Center organizes solidarity rally for Roe v. Wade
July 27, 2022On July 13, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Women’s Center organized Bans Off Our Bodies, a solidarity rally in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) verdict to overturn Roe v. Wade. The verdict overturned this precedent set…
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Victims’ statements should be believed
January 11, 2021CW: Discussion of sexual assault, rape, policy brutality. In 2019, I sat in a room at the police station and told an officer about my sexual assault. “Why didn’t you report this sooner?” he asked me. I said…
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Centennial College is addressing the lack of menstrual products in washrooms — it’s time for SFU to step up as well
May 25, 2019Mother Nature is wonderful. Except when she shows up on the day you have a four-hour long lecture, with only a 10-minute break to run to the bathroom and pray that the line isn’t too long. If this topic makes…
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Love letter to SFU #3 (To the Women’s Centre)
February 1, 2019Dear Women’s Centre, You hold a very special place in my heart, and I can only express this love through gratitude. I want to thank you for this safe haven, including both the All Genders Resource Area and the 24/7…
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SFSS and FIC announce support and services delivery agreement
May 14, 2018On January 2, 2019, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) will begin providing a broad range of services and support for the students of Fraser International College (FIC). The agreement between the SFSS and FIC has been reached after years…
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Meet Paola Quirós, new co-ordinator of the Women’s Centre
February 7, 2018Fast Facts on Paola Quirós Name: Paola Quirós (pronounced: p ah-OH-l ah) Preferred pronouns: she/her Position: Co-ordinator of the SFSS Women’s Centre since November 2017 Education: BA in Social Communication and Journalism from University of La Sabana in Colombia and…
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Board Shorts
July 28, 2017Student health plan administrator presents to board The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors received a presentation from Studentcare, the administrator of the society’s health and dental plan. “Our goal . . . is just to give you…
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