Hi all, In light of how massively the #metoo campaign has taken off, I just wanted to share a few thoughts/things with you. Let’s start by putting out there the fact that this can be a pretty exhausting thing for
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A Better Man – a film by Attiya Khan & Lawrence Jackman
The path of healing is a complicated one, and diverse in its manifestations. For Attiya Khan, healing was wrapped up in her pursuit of justice. This led her to contact and meet with the man who abused her years before,
POSTPONED to Oct 18th – Surviving in the Intersections
***”Surviving in the Intersections: a Sexualized Violence Prevention Event” has been postponed to October 18th due to a medical emergency with the keynote speaker. Those who purchased a ticket and wish to obtain a refund can contact the UVic Ticket Centre
Harm Reduction is for every body
What is Harm Reduction? Harm reduction is a philosophy that focuses on increasing safety and minimizing injury, disease, and death related to behaviours/actions that have risk. The philosophy emphasizes human rights and informed decision-making to empower personal choice, and help
Fall 2017… so much is up!
photo by Gary Bendig on Unsplash Well here we are. After an uncharacteristically hot summer, barely a drop of rain, and some really scary fires, we are heading back into another university semester. The cycle continues. The Anti-Violence Project has
2017 Volunteer Training!
Interested in volunteering with AVP? Here is your chance! We have an amazing volunteer training lined up for 2017 that will cover topics such as consent, colonization, systemic violence, sex positivity, harm reduction, bystander intervention, creative resistance, and so much
Decolonization workshop, a video from Unist’ot’en Camp 2014
During my time working at AVP, I had the privilege of watching a video of a workshop held in 2014 at the Unist’ot’en Camp. It’s a good workshop though the video is at times hard to hear. The workshop covers
Perhaps a shift in the right direction
On March 20th the Status of Women Canada released their report Taking Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls in Canada. This report marks an institutional affirmation of things that have been said for so long by grassroots organizers
We get feedback on our feedback form sometimes
There are quite a few ways to get in touch with us. We’re available on Twitter and Instagram for social stuff. We’re also on Facebook now and then. We’re also happy when folks fill out our feedback form…
What we got up to Jan – April 2017
Another semester is done and we want to con-grad-ulate everyone for all their accomplishments whether you graduated or not, whether you remained in classes, dropped out, or took some time off. We know how much it work it can take