University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
Are you passionate about ending sexualized and gender-based violence? Do you have awesome outreach skills? Would you like to work with a small collaborative team of dedicated, skilled, and supportive folks? Now is the time…
What is ableism? Why don’t some people wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic? Where are all the amazing disabled QT2BIPOC? In this presentation by guest facilitator Monica Ogden, we will learn about ableism in the…
Join guest facilitators Ardeo and River as we delve into the queer sex education you didn’t get in high school! In the first part of this workshop we talk about consent basics, definitions of what…
May I? Starting in 2017, a group of service industry workers, frontline sexualized violence educators, and workers rights advocates began meeting with a common goal of addressing and preventing sexualized violence in the restaurant and…
The Anti-Violence Project’s objective has always been to believe survivors and ensure the safety, support, care, and healing they need and deserve. In attempting to increase survivors’ emotional safety and healing, we put together several…
The Anti-Violence Project’s peer support services are entirely free and open to anyone, including UVic students and community members of all genders, ages, and immigration statuses. When you reach out for the support you will…
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…
Our team is dedicated to sharing information about AVP, as well as articles and videos around supporting survivors, promoting consent, and working to end gender-based and sexualized violence.
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…
Are you supporting a friend or loved one who has been sexually assaulted? Here are some useful tips on how to talk about reporting with a survivor.
In light of public discussion on reporting, we wanted to write a piece all about reporting and the many considerations that come with it to help survivors make informed decisions for themselves.
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…
Our lens as an organization and as a team of staff continues to grow and change in order to respond to our learning and the needs of our community. Our lens, and the context we work in, is ever-changing and we hope to return to these ideas often.
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…
The statement to hold space for someone is becoming more popular. But what does this mean? I have thought about this concept more and more as I continue to support survivors and even as I…
