University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
Practicing boundaries: Building consent culture What is a boundary? Therapist, organizer and facilitator Prentis Hemphill says “boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” Boundaries are a way we set…
Join us for our second instalment of the (Un)learning Together workshop series! Over March and April, the Anti-Violence Project is excited to be bringing you four FREE workshops facilitated by different activists and community members…
Like many folks who’ve been privileged enough to be able to continue to work throughout the last 9 months, I’ve faced the challenge of having to quickly learn to translate my skills into new socially…
This November, the Anti-Violence Project is excited to be bringing you three FREE workshops facilitated by different community groups dedicated to providing essential services and education to folks on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ lands (“victoria, bc”)….
Do you want to have your say in what sexualized violence response, prevention education and support services look like on campus? After 3 years of implementation the University of Victoria’s Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response…
We’re so excited to bring you online workshops this fall (more information to be announced soon) but in the meantime we thought we’d share a project we took on earlier this spring! On May 20th…
As some of you may already know, the UVic Student Union Building in which our office is located is now closed in response to COVID-19. In order to continue to support survivors and our wider…
When I first started learning about consent, so much of what I read and learned focused on the importance of valuing and making space for everyone to be able to say “no”. While I definitely…
We are hiring work study students to join our fabulous team for the rest of the school year! We have over 200 hours at $14.50 per hour available until the end of April. Students must…
If you are passionate about ending sexualized and gender-based violence and have experience supervising and training volunteers, you’re just what we are looking for! We are searching for someone to fill the Volunteer Organizer (Outreach…
Rejection… for some folks, just the thought of it makes their hearts ache, their bellies rumble and their hands sweat. However, in many ways rejection is a regular part of everyday life. Since we aren’t…
This may be a little late (oops) but…the flowers are out, the sun is here and we are so excited to have finished another term here on campus! This past our team of staff and…
Hugging. Some of us hug our friends, our partners, our family and even people we’ve just met. Some us just don’t like hugs and that’s awesome too. Hugging can be a way to comfort someone,…
Another semester is almost done, and we congratulate all of you on finishing your semester, whether you got through your classes and/or took time to look after yourself. Whatever you did to make it through…
***This blog post was written by AVP volunteer Anabelle Bernard Fournier When you visit the AVP office or support space in the basement of the Student Union Building, you may notice a beautiful wall…
