The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) are holding a Responding to a Disclosure of Sexual Violence training for STAFF AND FACULTY on Thursday, March 7th from 2-4PM in E7 Faculty Hall.
This training will help prepare participants to supportively respond to a disclosure of sexual violence, and build confidence in their ability to respond.
Facilitators: SVPRO Case Managers: Jay Love and Taneah Ugwuegbula
Join the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) on Wednesday, March 13th in the Student Life Centre (SLC), Multi-Purpose Room to meet some furry friends and take a stand against street harassment! Thank you to St. John's Ambulance Dogs!
Bridge 2023: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People
An annual installation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.
Opening Ceremony: Friday, November 10 at 10:00 AM
For the Opening Ceremony, we are requesting volunteers to read the names — please contact Sorouja Moll.
Both ceremonies will take place at the Ceremonial Fire Grounds and the bridge between Environment 3 and United College, and will be followed by a catered Creative Reflection and Soup Lunch hosted by the Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) with support from the Department of Communication Arts.
Working with Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC), the Office of Indigenous Relations (ORI), the Sexual Violence Prevention Response Office (SVPRO), and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Dr. Sorouja Moll initiated Bridge in 2015 to create a space for all University community members to learn about the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities and share in speaking the names of the lives taken to honour and remember as the red fabric is tied to the bridge between Environment 3 and United College.
The gesture to name, remember, and honour the 5000+ missing and murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People across the many Nations in Canada is an active engagement in learning about the depth of the crisis in the Canada while resisting and (en)countering the existing silence that continues to shroud it.
Originally installed in Montreal in 2009, as The Writing Names Project, Moll's research-creation initiative is a counter memorial and is part of a meaningful and sustained collaborative intercultural praxis between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
All are invited to stay for a Soup Lunch hosted by the Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) and supported by the Department of Communication Arts after the Opening and Closing Ceremonies from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. Al McDonald is returning as the Ceremonial Fire Keeper.
Working with Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC), the Office of Indigenous Relations (ORI), the Sexual Violence Prevention Response Office (SVPRO), and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Dr. Sorouja Moll initiated Bridge in 2015 to create a space for all University community members to learn about the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities and share in speaking the names of the lives taken to honour and remember as the red fabric is tied to the bridge between Environment 3 and United College.
The gesture to name, remember, and honour the 5000+ missing and murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People across the many Nations in Canada is an active engagement in learning about the depth of the crisis in the Canada while resisting and (en)countering the existing silence that continues to shroud it. Originally installed in Montreal in 2009, as The Writing Names Project, Moll's research-creation initiative is a counter memorial and is part of a meaningful and sustained collaborative intercultural praxis between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
Open to all staff and faculty, in this training, participants will be provided with the skills and resources needed to intervene when they see harmful, or potentially harmful behaviour including racism, sexual violence, or other forms of harm. Training will take place virtually via Teams from 10-11:30am on Wednesday, October 18th.
Using an Equity focused lens, the objectives of this training are to help participants:
Active Bystander Intervention has the potential to foster a culture of consent, care, belonging and respect on our campus; encouraging community care.
Open to all staff and faculty, in this training, participants will be provided with the skills and resources needed to intervene when they see harmful, or potentially harmful behaviour including racism, sexual violence, or other forms of harm. Training will take place in the Science Teaching Complex (STC 0050) from 12-1:30pm on Tuesday, October 17th.
Using an Equity focused lens, the objectives of this training are to help participants:
Active Bystander Intervention has the potential to foster a culture of consent, care, belonging and respect on our campus; encouraging community care.
What Were You Wearing? Exhibit
The Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO), in partnership with the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre (SADVTC), are bringing the What Were You Wearing? Art Exhibit to the University of Waterloo.
The exhibit recreates outfits worn by university students when they experienced sexual violence. Sexual violence survivors are often asked, “what were you wearing?”, implying that what someone wears is the cause of sexual violence.
This semester, the SVPRO and the SASVTC are recreating the exhibit to highlight the pervasiveness of victim-blaming and the harm and trauma it causes survivors.
This myth about sexual violence is used to blame survivors and justify the actions of those who cause harm. Survivors are never to blame for their experience(s) of sexual violence. We all have the right to wear what we want.
Sexual violence myths, also known as rape myths, want us to believe that survivors ‘ask for it’ through their behaviour and manner of dress. But the fact is that no behaviour or manner of dress justify sexual violence - the onus is on the person causing harm not to do so.
You can visit the Exhibit in the SLC multi-purpose room Tuesday, October 24 and Wednesday, October 25 from 10am – 8pm. Everyone is welcome!
Engage with the exhibit at your own pace.
Questions can be directed to: Stacey Jacobs, s3jacobs@uwaterloo.ca
As part of Consent Week, the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO), is hosting a virtual Lunch & Learn to discuss and answer questions about how and why it is important to teach young children about consent and boundaries. We will also discuss the power and importance of language and politeness conditioning and provide resources.
Audience: students, staff, and faculty
Register: https://uwaterloo.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=7549
For more information, please contact Stacey Jacobs at s3jacobs@uwaterloo.ca
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Save the date! Take Back the Night returns to Waterloo Region this year with activities and a march taking place at Gaukel Block in Downtown Kitchener. Join us for 40 years of Take Back the Night, and make your voice heard!
Thursday, September 21, 2023
6 - 9 p.m. Gaukel Block, Downtown Kitchener
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Tackling the stigmas about dating that involve neurodiverse people created through ableism by typically developing members of society will be the main outcome and focus of this workshop. It will also shine light on misconceptions and provide best practices for dating for people who are, or are in a relationship with, neurodivergent people.
Register at: https://uwaterloo.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=7424
Using the latest research, this workshop will attempt to uncover how pornography changes our thought patterns, teaches us views both consciously and unconsciously, and we will discuss whether or not it is possible to ethically consume pornographic content. This workshop will not show explicit photos or videos, but will discuss adult themes from an academic lens.
Register at: https://uwaterloo.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=7363
Join via Teams on your computer, mobile app or room device:
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