Why voting “Yes for AVP” matters to me
I first heard about AVP 20 years ago, when a co-worker told me about a study that estimated between 17-25% of women attending UVic would experience sexual assault during their time as a student. This…
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Eight ways you can support “Yes for AVP”
On November 8th and 9th, UVic undergraduate students have the chance to vote for an increase in financial support to the Anti-Violence Project. Voting yes for AVP means more resources for support, education, and advocacy…
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…
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…
Kenya & Paloma take on Ottawa
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.
Why catcalling sucks
Catcalling is part of rape culture. This means it’s also connected to power and privilege and cisnormativity…
Kids, cats, and everyday acts of consent
What are we teaching children, in the the tiny everyday moments when we disregard their personal boundaries and what about the cats that we love…
Unlearning White Supremacy discussion group: reflections on the “free Tibet syndrome”
By defining violence as elsewhere, as “out there”, we frame our own lives and communities as innocent and good. This move to innocence is a problem because it enables us to ignore the local struggles and violence occurring within our own…
A room of silent witnesses and invisible victims
In class, people speak of my life in these abstract concepts, letting hundreds of years’ worth of violence casually slip off of their tongues. I don’t want an apathetic discussion, I want to be heard…
No cops on outreach
An organization with the mandate for enforcement and surveillance has no place expanding its domain to attempt to do mental health support work. These jobs are incompatible. There are hard working and caring…
Trans-exclusion is violent
Hello community members, As an organization we are enraged, heartbroken, and ashamed regarding the atrocious amount of violence that has been, and continues to be targeted towards trans women and transfeminine folks on campus and…
Debating disclosure: another form of silencing
There have been some ideas circulating in the media. Let’s push back on the idea that folks who witness a disclosure have any right to question the validity of the trauma that person has carried and chosen to release…
Our Children Are Left Alone
Connecting the violences of the child welfare system and missing and murdered Indigenous women
Four ways sexual assault is being challenged at UVic
People are resisting violence on campus, and working to create safer, more caring and respectful relationships. This is written in gratitude to all those resisting rape culture and building alternatives to it…
Creative ways to ask to kiss (or be kissed by) someone
You have lips, I have lips. I might want to kiss you but let’s use our lips to talk about it first…