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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 2021 Newsletter
COVID-19 Updates SSAIC is open! We are currently serving clients of sexualized violence over the telephone only and proving public education virtually. Due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, SSAIC is closed to walk-ins and in-person counselling at this time. We are taking new clients and would encourage those who need our assistance to call…
A Beginner’s Guide to Survivor Stories
Reading survivor memoirs is important (of all kinds, but of sexualized violence in particular). Society demands so much transparency from survivors of sexualized violence that survivors do not owe anyone. Curious and skeptical as we human beings are, we often want to hear first-hand experiences of trauma, not scholarly sources or statistics. And though we…
Emily Ratajkowski on Taking Back her Body
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July 2020 Newsletter
COVID-19 Update SSAIC’s main office phone line hours and intake services have been expanded back to our regular hours of 9am-noon and 1pm-5pm, Monday to Friday. While our office has remained closed to walk-ins, counsellors have resumed some face-to-face counselling on a limited basis by appointment only (priority for limited face to face counselling will…
