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December 2018 Newsletter
Giving Tuesday update: thanks to our generous donors who helped us to raise $2,630 on #GivingTuesday! We are so humbled by your support. Our annual “I’m the Boss of Me” child sexual abuse prevention program will start it’s 13th season in January! This program is available to Grade Four classrooms in the Saskatoon school district, and is…
February 2020 Newsletter
What’s new at SSAIC? Spaces still available: First Responder to Sexual Assault Training™ scheduled for March 19 & 20th First Responder to Sexual Assault Training™ program is designed for professionals and paraprofessionals who may receive a disclosure of sexual abuse/assault as a part of their work. Facilitated by accredited SSAIC staff, the course explains the…


Acknowledging Sexualized Violence as a Weapon of War
For centuries of warfare, sexualized violence has been used as a weapon intended to punish, intimidate, and destroy communities, primarily by targeting the civilian women, children, and LGTBQ+ members of a society. Terrorizing calls for the blatant sexual assault of civilians (like we’ve seen in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Liberia; Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq; Russia, Ukraine,…

The Silent Epidemic of Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Part of Sexual Violence Awareness Week 2021 Trigger warning: this blog post discusses different types child sexual abuse and exploitation that may be distressing for some readers. Please read with care. As COVID-19 attacked the world, Canadian families found themselves at home facing the closures of schools and daycares and increased social distancing measures to…




