The Anti-Violence Project Advisory Collective
The Advisory Collective consists of UVic undergraduate and graduate students, and community members who assist, advise, and support the strategic development of AVP’s services, programs, and projects that challenge gender-based and sexualized violence, on campus and beyond. The group’s terms of reference can be read here.
Questions? Please reach out to Elaine (she/her) at community [at] antiviolenceproject [dot] org
Meet the Collective
Latina/x (Mapuche, Spanish, German) from Wallmapu, Chile; currently a Ph.D. student in the program Social Dimensions of Health at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. She has also held the position of Alt-Justice Coordinator at Victoria Sexual Assault Centre (VSAC) and Education Coordinator at the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society (VWTH) where she trained staff, volunteers, and fellow service providers on the issues of Intimate Partner Violence and Trauma-Informed Practices. Carol further facilitates cultural safety workshops (Co-Creating Decolonial Futures) supporting organizations to work in more collaborative and relationally accountable ways with Indigenous peoples. Carol has over 12 years of experience in community education and has developed multiple community workshops on De-colonization, Anti-Racism, Working with those who cause harm, Consent, Men’s Wellness, Healthy Masculinities, and prevention of Gender-Based Violence for boys and male youth.
Annabella is an able-bodied settler that was raised on the traditional unceded territories of the Syilx Okanagan peoples. She is deeply passionate about intersectionality and psychoeducation and has multi-sectoral experience in academia, mental health advocacy, clinical research, and nonprofit. Annabella recently graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2021 with a BA in Psychology and is currently completing her MSc in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. When she’s not doing research or writing grant applications, she loves listening to podcasts, reading, and drinking strong coffee. She is excited to be a part of the AVP community and is committed to working collaboratively to cultivate safe spaces within communities, foster inclusive dialogue, and build cultures of consent through outreach and education.
Annabella currently serves as the Collectives Staff Liason
Sarah Graham is a cis white queer settler who has lived, uninvited, on the lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples for the past 8 years. Her work mostly focuses on youth, education, gender-based violence, harm reduction, anti-oppressive practices, transformative justice, and community organizing. When she’s not thinking about those things, she can usually be found with a science fiction novel, figuring out how to grow medicinal plants in a small apartment, or being a very active aunt.
Michif níwîciwaķan / Olá amigos/ Helló barát (hello friends)
My name is JulieAna and I am a cis, able-bodied Cree Métis, Portuguese, and, Hungarian person. I am a third-generation Canadian and an Indigenous person which gives me a unique perspective as both a settler and an Indigenous person. I spend half of my time on unceded lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories and half on unceded Likhsilyu Small Frog territory, home of the Witsuwit’en Nation. I am passionate about decolonization, ensuring Indigenous voices are heard, offering people a comprehensive, inclusive, empowering sex education, harm reduction, and protecting women’s reproductive rights. On a lighter note, I am also passionate about gardening, reconnecting with my Indigenous identity, and spending time with my partner and our dogs. Currently, I am a second-year student at the University of Victoria hoping to pursue a Bachelor of Social Work in hopes of returning to my community on unceded Likhsilyu Small Frog territory to work.
I look forward to being a part of the Anti-Violence Project’s Advisory Collective to help foster decolonial practices by sharing my experiences as an Indigenous person and listening to other Indigenous Peoples’ voices to hear their insights.
Hi folks! My name is Shilpa Parveen and I use She/her pronouns. I’m in my fourth year doing my BSC in psychology. I’m originally from South India but I moved to Victoria in 2019 from Saudi Arabia, which I call home since I lived there for 18 years. From starting as a Global community volunteer to my recent role as a community leader, I have engaged in various leadership roles and I believe it is a never-ending journey of growth and lessons. I’m extremely excited to make the best use of the skills I have acquired in these three years with this opportunity and make a difference as well as grow from this role. As a survivor, as a POC, and as a neurodivergent person, I want to be able to create a space for individuals from different intersectionalities to feel safe and support one another.
In my free time, ironically, I love to work at subtext, spend time with my friends, stargaze and space out. If I could describe myself in a sentence, I would say I have the energy of a dog and a personality of a cat.
Meetings
Please refer to our meeting minutes below