Welcome! Each month, we will curate a collection of videos, memes, books, articles, and other resources related to sexual violence. Check out our August selection:
The University of Colorado Survivor’s Letter
This victim impact statement explains all the ways her life has been altered by her sexual assault, including the financial costs. (The sentence the perpetrator received will make you cringe at the injustice.)
A video parody of victim-blaming logic
There have been a few good videos making comparisons between various crimes and sexual assault. This one is particularly share-worthy.
A Guilty Verdict in a Sexual Assault Case out of Toronto
In a scathing indictment of a sexual assault perpetrator, Judge Zuker said in his ruling that he did not believe the defendant’s testimony, describing it as a “feeble attempt in hindsight” to clear his name. “I stress his version is without reality. It never, never happened,” Zuker said. “It was a joke. A fabrication. I must and do reject his evidence.”
Contributed by Stephanie Locke Do you ever wish you could do more to prevent sexual violence in your community? Simply speaking up or stepping in can positively impact others around you, and it can make a world of difference. Being a prosocial bystander means that you are safely intervening when you notice or suspect…
We’re one year into the Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review (VACR), and what have we learned? What’s next for this project and the work that came from it? And most importantly – what does this project mean for survivors? Police services across Canada faced country-wide scrutiny after an investigation by the Globe and Mail…
Please take a moment to watch this video, using original music and artwork created by two Saskatoon sexual abuse/assault survivors. It brought tears to a few eyes at our Luncheon en Vogue last month. It’s “a brief video about needing to be believed after sexual assault. This video was done for the Saskatoon Sexual Assault…
What it’s like to report a sexual assault in Canada This in-depth Globe and Mail series interviews 36 survivors and reports their experiences with care and respect. Read on for a better understanding of what it’s like to be a survivor at all stages of the reporting and recovery process. The federal government is being pushed…
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…
Spaces still available: First Responder to Sexual Assault Training™ scheduled for November 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 with children, youth, and adults, or vulnerable populations including new Canadians and people with disabilities. Facilitated…