Supporting students and survivors during COVID-19
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…
News
An open letter against policing at the Topaz Park homeless camp
Dear Victoria City Council: As the student-funded sexual assault centre based on the University of Victoria campus, the Anti-Violence Project has recently had to re-orient our services to better serve our on and off-campus community…
AVP response to COVID-19
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…
Work study positions still available!
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…
What did we get up to last term?
Our office is now open again for the new term, and we’re providing support sessions for folks by appointment as we re-establish our regular support hours. In the Fall term, our team of staff and…
*Closed* Come join our team!
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…
We’re offering a workshop on setting boundaries!
On Thursday, November 7th, AVP and the UVic Gender Empowerment Centre will be offering a workshop called “Simple Tools for Skillful Boundaries” facilitated Hannah Harris-Sutro, a workshop facilitator from tio’tia:ke (Montreal). In this workshop, participants…
Having the Difficult (and Necessary) Conversations: Talking to Kids about Colonization, Colonialism, and Decolonization (as a White Settler Parent)
By an AVP volunteer. Disclaimer: This was written by a white settler and is intended to be read and reflected on by other white settlers. While this may be read by folks who do not…
Be our work study student this year!
We’re hiring a work study to join our fabulous team for the 2019/2020 school year! We have 340 hours at $14.50 per hour available. Students must be eligible for the UVic Work Study program (see link…
*Closed* AVP is hiring a Volunteer Organizer!
Passionate about ending sexualized and gender-based violence? We’re looking for someone to fill the Volunteer Organizer (Outreach Officer) position on the AVP team! This position is open to all UVic undergraduate students, and includes recruiting…
Winter/Spring 2019 Term Summary
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…
Volunteer with us!
The Anti-Violence Project is looking for passionate volunteers! We are the on-campus sexual assault centre at the University of Victoria. We provide sex-positive, anti-oppressive services to people of all genders to prevent and act against…
Thank you UVic Grad Students!
This month, graduate students at UVic voted 61.6% in favour of increasing our funding. We are humbled by this show of support, and so grateful to be able to continue supporting you right back. Here’s…
Why graduate students need on-campus sexual violence resources
When we think of sexual violence on campus, we often imagine a bunch of undergraduate students, just old enough to drink legally, having large parties in bars and frat houses. And although many instances of…
Dear UVic graduate students: we need your help
Dear graduate students, This March 6th to 8th, you will have the chance to vote to provide further funding to several organizations on campus. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to vote to support the…