Equity Office
Contact: equity@uwaterloo.ca
Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office
Contact: svpro@uwaterloo.ca
In this interactive 3-hour workshop, divided over two-days, attendees will develop tools, strategies, and resources to respond effectively to disclosures of sexual violence.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Join the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office and Campus Wellness as they welcome Reclaim Your Voice founder, Jungle Flower, who will share her story of healing from psychological abuse and sexual violence, and how she founded a movement to support others on their healing journey.
In this practical workshop hosted by the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) of Waterloo Region, masculine identifying folks will gain knowledge of gender-based violence, privilege, and bystander intervention. Together participants will explore how gender-based violence shows up in their lives, the impact it has, and explore the difference between intention and impact.
This workshop will raise your awareness of behaviours and attitudes that may contribute or lead to workplace harassment
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
The Equity Office is seeking to create space to explore creative and restorative paths to healing through a community screening of the acclaimed short documentary film, Ballet After Dark, and a discussion around themes raised in the film.
You are invited to join the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office and Community Justice Initiatives for a Learning & Listening Session on the incorporation of Restorative Justice practice when addressing incidents of sexual violence at the University of Waterloo.
Audience: Students
This information session is being offered to provide further information regarding the Responding to Disclosure training and program including time commitment, expectations of trainers, the Community of Practice for trainers and more.
Audience: Staff who are interested in learning more about being a trainer with the Responding to Disclosure program
This workshop provides an opportunity to learn how to manage difficult conversations when they arise, whether it be with a manager, supervisor, colleague or even family member.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
This foundational workshop is designed to give you an understanding of equity and how our interactions with one another are shaped by systems of oppression, power, and privilege.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Level: Introductory
This information session is being offered to provide further information regarding the Responding to Disclosure training and program including time commitment, expectations of trainers, the Community of Practice for trainers and more.
Audience: Staff who are interested in learning more about being a trainer with the Responding to Disclosure program
In this interactive workshop facilitated by the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) of Waterloo Region, participants will gain knowledge and tools they can use when they are responding to disclosures from friends, the impacts of trauma and the importance of self-care and boundaries.
Systemic racism is experienced as oppression, harm, violence and grief. It is our responsibility to understand our role, and strategize for long-term listening, learning, and action.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Level: Intermediate
This e-course is available to all Waterloo students, faculty and staff and is an opportunity for (un)learning and gaining tools to better take anti-racist action in our own lives, at work, home, and in our communities.
This online module is available anytime and focuses on ensuring UWaterloo employees are equipped to understand and identify behaviours that may be considered harassment or discrimination.
Audience: Staff
This online module is available anytime and focuses on the faculty hiring process and promotes best practices for recruitment and selection to ensure that the committee reaches an unbiased and fair decision.
Audience: Faculty
Equity Office
Contact: equity@uwaterloo.ca
Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office
Contact: svpro@uwaterloo.ca
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.