- Get Help
- Help for students
- Help for faculty and staff
- Make a report
- Relationship Violence
- Resources for respondents
- Self care
- Translated SVSPO Brochures
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Phone and Video Guidelines
- Supporting Survivors
- Education & Prevention
- Request a Workshop
- Safer Campuses for Everyone
- Active Bystander Network
- InterroBang
- Definitions
- Consent Matters
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Safe(r) Party Initiative
- Active Bystander Intervention
- December 6
- Blog
- ACTIVE BYSTANDER
- CONSENT
- Yes, No, Maybe So: The Inner Workings of Consent
- Sextortion
- Yes/No/Maybe Checklist
- Cyberconsent and How to Practice Consent Online
- Curious About Consent?
- The importance of pronouns
- Sexting: tips on staying safe(r)
- A Conversation on Cyberconsent
- Are Tea and Consent Simple?
- Consent Is Not Cancelled
- How We Can Contribute to Consent Culture Every Day
- Yes Means Yassss: Improving Consent Education Among Queer Men
- Isn’t that kind of…unsexy?
- My Ode to You
- Back to School 101: 5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Consent
- Sexual Violence in Intimate Relationships
- Why Consent Matters
- CULTURE, SUPPORT, AND CARE
- InterroBang: A new game to get to know yourself and others
- Content Notes: From Either/Or to Both/And
- The STEM Gender Gap in Focus
- Moving Past COVID
- Top 6 podcasts you should listen to
- Guide to BIPOC Support Services
- Why are Women in STEM Still Unsafe? Commemorating L'École Polytechnique Massacre With Action
- Boundary-Setting In The Age Of COVID
- Tips for survivors who might find wearing a mask challenging: Tips and tricks during COVID-19
- Plain Language Resource Sheets for Survivors & Respondents
- Your First SFU Policy Summary: GP 44 Policy in Plain Language
- Do You Even Cry, Bro? - Canadian healthy masculinity programs
- From “boys will be boys” to “boys can be…”: Some thoughts on masculinity
- Supporting Someone By Listening
- Women Deliver Mobilization: A World and Relationships with Gender-Based Violence
- Self-care Tips for Survivors
- Transformative Justice and Community Accountability: Changing behavior and justice
- Working Towards a Culture of Care and Support Within Your Community
- Dear SFU faculty: It's on all of us to respond to sexual violence
- Understanding Sexual Violence: A Graduate Student's Perspective
- SFU Athletics Listen Believe Empower Campaign
- A Conversation with Lorelei Williams about Modern Day Colonialism
- HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
- SAFE(R) PARTYING
- ANONYMOUS DISCLOSURES
- Comic
- Faculty
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Leave Site Now
"You Matter" Book
"You Matter" is a self-care book for survivors and supporters created by the SVSPO and illustrated by Michelle Campos Castillo.
We all respond to trauma differently, and we all need to take time to recover and be patient with ourselves. We hope this guide is grounding, provides you with outlets to process, and gives you moments to rest and breathe.
This book has been created for clients of the SVSPO as well as the broader SFU and FIC community. It is divided into ten unique self-care sections including activities and exercises, alongside illustrated quotes to guide the reader into different aspects of self-care. The book was created primarily for a student audience; however, the main intent is to provide self-care reminders and activities for any reader.
Self-care isn’t as pretty as this book. It is a radical act, and one that does not always focus on buying things or getting fancy spa treatments, as it has been popularized to be. Self-care is about taking care of our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. It is about knowing or otherwise learning more about what we need to do in order to take care of ourselves.
We are here for you and we support you, because you matter.