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SSAIC’s website renovations are complete!

  Welcome to Saskatoon Sexual Assault & Information Centre’s new home on the web. We’ve given our site a facelift and done some spring cleaning with the goal of making the website mobile-friendly, and the information easily shareable—on each page you will find a “Print” button that allows you to print, email, or turn the content into a…

About Last Year
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About Last Year

A Letter from our Executive Director Our 2020-2021 year came to a close on March 31, 2021. You can’t talk about this past year without talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it’s had on our agency and our clients. It truly was the event that changed everything for everyone. In reflecting back on…

Saskatchewan Sexual Violence Surveys Launched

    RESEARCH PURPOSE The aim of the research is to gain a better understanding of the existing strengths and potential gaps in service provision as it relates to sexual violence across the province of Saskatchewan. The research findings will be presented to the Saskatchewan Sexual Violence Action Plan Advisory Committee. This committee will develop…

SSAIC’s October Reading List
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SSAIC’s October Reading List

Making Her Case  CBC’s in-depth feature about a 74-year-old Isabelle Raycroft, who went public with her story of spousal rape, covers a lot of ground and shows us a side of marriage (and sexual violence) we seldom talk about. Canadian writer Kelly Oxford creates Twitter forum in response to Trump’s vile comments; response is overwhelming Using the hastash #notokay, Oxford…

Consent 101 – The Basics
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Consent 101 – The Basics

  Written By Stephanie Locke, SSAIC Counsellor, MSW/RSW   Everyone is talking about it, but what exactly is consent? Con•sent /kƏn’sent/ (noun) permission for something to happen or agreement to do something (verb) give permission for something to happen or to agree to do something¹ Consent is agreement or approval for something proposed by another…