University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
** All applications must be submitted to alma [at] uvic [dot] ca or dropped off at the General Office at the Student Union Bldg UVic. Applications sent directly to AVP will not be accepted** Posting…
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…
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…
***”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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This past October, AVP was invited by The House of Commons’ Standing Committee on the Status of Women to be part of their study on Violence Against Young Girls and Women specifically in relation to campus violence. Kenya and Paloma reflect on their experience presenting to the committee in Ottawa.
Catcalling is part of rape culture. This means it’s also connected to power and privilege and cisnormativity…
We had a semester of meet-ups as the Men’s Circle at UVic and it was fantastic. Thanks AVP. Here’s a few thoughts and reflections…
We’ve been asked by a community member to respond to the increase in conversations on campus about white supremacy resulting from a wall that’s been erected at the Student Union Bldg that reads, “How do you challenge white supremacy?”. While these conversations about naming and challenging white supremacy are crucial …
