University of Victoria SUB B027
Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
University of Victoria SUB B027
Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
To further reflect on ourselves and self-implicate, here are some questions to reflect on: Who gets to create walls to remain comfortable? Who doesn’t? Whose walls are respected and held up by authorities, legal systems,…
Sexualized Violence Awareness Week (SVAW) is a collaboration between the Anti-Violence Project, the UVic Student Society, and UVic Student Affairs. SVAW is an annual event that started in 2014 to engage people on campus in…
photo by Photo by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash Oh jeeze. Dress codes. There is so much wrapped up in there. Often dress codes are justified for the comfort of others, which is often a disguised version of sexism, the…
There are many things that are messed up with dress codes. There’s telling women/girls/femme folks to dress a certain way so they don’t “distract” men/boys in school. This thereby prioritizes boys’ learning, shames girls/femmes, sexualize girls/femme presenting bodies and…
This is a list of “sexual assault prevention tips.” Read through them and then ask yourself, what was different about this list? How do most lists go? Do they say things like, “Girls, watch your…
AVP is hosting a series of facilitated discussion groups on Unlearning White Supremacy this semester. These groups will meet 4 times and will discuss different themes and elements of white supremacy culture at each meeting….
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This week was Sexualized Violence Awareness Week here at UVic and as part of that we’ve been putting on our Clothesline Project. We’ve had thousands of interactions with students and staff and community members who…
AVP has we know that all genders experience violence Men and masculine-identified folks to receive support about experiencing sexualized violence, causing harm without shame looking towards unlearning and accountability Men’s circle
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Did you know that gender can be like a galaxy? We have a poster that explores this notion and it’s free to download and share…
2020 presented AVP and communities near and far many challenges. We were able to navigate many of the necessary pivots to continuing our fight against gender-based and sexualized violence and our aim to promote care…
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…
This year has been a difficult one, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting us both here in Canada and around the globe in many ways. From all of us at the Anti-Violence Project, we want you…