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Consent Matters
Launched in January 2016, the Consent Matters campaign (#ConsentMattersSFU) is an annual campaign hosted by the Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office (SVSPO). The primary goal of the Consent Matters campaign is to foster a culture of consent, care, and respect at SFU and FIC by:
- Familiarizing the SFU and FIC community (students, staff, and faculty) with the concept of affirmative consent
- Offering ideas for how to practice consent in various settings
- Sharing information to increase awareness about the SVSPO鈥檚 support and educational services
Consent Matters 2025: Creating Consent Cultures Together: A Conversation on Neurodiversity
For this year鈥檚 annual #ConsentMattersSFU 2025 campaign which happened in September, the SVSPO in collaboration with SFU Disability and Neurodivergent Alliance (DNA)* hosted an online conversation, Creating Consent Cultures Together: A Conversation on Neurodiversity. This online event explored how to build consent cultures that affirm neurodivergent experiences and uphold everyone鈥檚 autonomy.
Together, we reflected on how traditional consent frameworks often center neurotypical ways of communicating, and how we can shift toward more inclusive, flexible approaches that foster equity, safety, and care.
Guest speakers: Nia Pazoki, PhD candidate in Educational Psychology at 91泡芙; Jessica Buuck, undergrad Psychology major with a minor in Counselling and Human Development at SFU; and Paola Quiros-Cruz, SVSPO Educator. Moderator: V/Veronique West, Accessibility Assistant at SFU Disability & Neurodiversity Alliance.
*DNA is a student-led network of community members who identify as disabled, autistic, neurodivergent, Deaf, mad and/or as having a disability, chronic illness, long-term condition, or mental illness. They work together to create campus change, address ableism, and promote disability justice while opposing oppression in all forms. Accessibility is an important issue within their membership and DNA is committed to addressing this within the educational setting and beyond. As a constituency group under the Simon Fraser Student Society, they serve as the official voice for disabled and neurodivergent undergraduates.
How you can help create a culture of consent
- Learn how to move from the yes and no binary of the mainstream concept of consent
- Learn more about the definition of consent and practice affirmative consent
- Learn how to gracefully accept a no
- Learn about how the complexities of power and privilege affect consent
- If you are an SFU or FIC partner and wish to amplify this campaign, follow us on @SFU.SVSPO or email Paola Quir贸s-Cruz at paola_quiros@sfu.ca.
- Request a workshop on consent, personal / professional boundaries, and healthy relationships.