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Let’s Talk About: Celebrating Boundaries!
“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” Prentis Hemphill This blog post is the third and final post of three posts exploring creating, recognizing and celebrating boundaries for this…
What’s Happening at AVP this Fall?
AVP has a new team It’s an exciting time for AVP as we enter the 2021 Fall semester along with the UVic community. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves as the…
Video: Disability Justice & COVID-19
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…
Video: Queer Sex Ed Workshop
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…
Addressing sexualized violence in the service industry
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…
AVP Care Packages available!
To celebrate the end of the semester (yay) as well as acknowledge and hold space for some of you who may have experienced violence, the Anti-Violence Project (AVP) has created some care packages! These care…
(Un)learning Together: A community workshop series
This November, the Anti-Violence Project is excited to be bringing you three FREE workshops facilitated by different community groups dedicated to providing essential services and education to folks on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ lands (“victoria, bc”)….
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…
Fall 2018 Term Summary
Another semester is almost done, and we congratulate all of you on finishing your semester, whether you got through your classes and/or took time to look after yourself. Whatever you did to make it through…
What is it like to volunteer with AVP?
As you may have heard, AVP’s annual volunteer training is beginning in May this year instead of September! If you are thinking of applying to volunteer with AVP, you may have already checked out the…
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…
Being a Community and Protecting Identities
All Indigenous and People of Colour (IPOC) have something in common: the destruction of our land, culture, and people. In addition, IPOC bodies are stigmatized through practices of Othering and the imposition of Eurocentric beauty…