June is Pride Month, where we celebrate all individuals who identify as a part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community! To talk about all things progress and acceptance, we sat down with SAMRU’s Pride and Health Relationships Coordinator, Gloria Sesay, in Wyckham House’s Pride Centre.
Bring your friends, ideas, and conversation and get ready to de-stress with creative crafting! This weekly crafting session is led by a volunteer instructor with supplies from the Pride Centre. Crafternoon takes place on Wednesday afternoons in the Pride Centre (Z307) from …
The weekly Wellness Wind Down is held on Thursdays from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm in the Pride Centre (Room Z307). Wellness Wind Down collaborates with Queer-safe psychologist Dr. Janet Miller from Wellness Services on campus. Students will gather weekly to wind …
The Fall semester is done; you made it! Here at SAMRU, we want to sincerely commend you for your accomplishments this semester. With the new year approaching, what better time to reflect on some of SAMRU’s biggest accomplishments and most popular events? …
Pride month is officially ending, but that doesn’t mean the celebration has to! SAMRU’s Pride Centre (PC) aims to celebrate and empower the LGBTQ2S+ community year. This blog post will look at the PC’s history within the Students’ Association and some exciting …
Pride Month is nearing its end, but seeing as we just welcomed the summer solstice there’s plenty of time left for making memories! We get it, though, sometimes spaces aren’t as welcoming or friendly as we’d like, and that can often lead …
June marks Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQ2S+ people worldwide! The month is a time to celebrate the community’s diversity and acknowledge and learn more about the hardships it has faced, the progress made, and the work that’s still left to do. …
As children, we are taught the gender binary of male and female and what activities, clothing, and hobbies are prescribed to each. As a queer person who is growing up in this very heteronormative world, it tends to be a rough time …
For many of us, we often hear warnings of “red flags” in relationships. Still, the truth is that it can be challenging to spot these warning signs if our caregivers didn’t model positive relationships for us to use as reference. Generally, red …
Pen…what? Penpalling: the act of writing letters to someone you don’t know, but want to learn more about. Penpal: someone who writes letters to another person to share information about themselves, their lifestyle and their culture. In times before social media and instant messaging …
