Events

Join Healing from Sexual Violence, 6-week closed group that will mix psycho-education, processing, and skills development for survivors of sexual violence. Open to women-identified, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students at the University of Waterloo - presented by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office. 

Register at: groups@sascwr.org 

Join the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) and Sexual Assault Centre for Waterloo Region (SASC) for the What Were You Wearing? art installation. What Were You Wearing? is an art exhibit based on student-survivor descriptions of the clothes they were wearing when they were sexually assaulted. Sexual assault survivors are often asked, “what were you wearing?”, implying that what someone wears can cause a sexual assault.

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. 

The “What Were You Wearing?” Survivor Art Installation originated at the University of Arkansas in 2013. Created by Jen Brockman and Dr. Mary Wyandt-Hiebert, the project was inspired by Dr. Mary Simmerling’s poem, What I Was Wearing. Oregon State University interpreted and recreated a virtual exhibit.

This semester, the SVPRO in partnership with SASC is recreating the exhibit to highlight the pervasiveness of victim-blaming and the harm and trauma it causes survivors.
 

When

Tuesday February 28, 10am to 8pm

Wednesday March 1, 10am to 5pm
 

Where

Student Life Centre, Multi-Purpose Room (SLC - MPR)

Join the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) and Sexual Assault Centre for Waterloo Region (SASC) for the What Were You Wearing? art installation. What Were You Wearing? is an art exhibit based on student-survivor descriptions of the clothes they were wearing when they were sexually assaulted. Sexual assault survivors are often asked, “what were you wearing?”, implying that what someone wears can cause a sexual assault.

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. 

The “What Were You Wearing?” Survivor Art Installation originated at the University of Arkansas in 2013. Created by Jen Brockman and Dr. Mary Wyandt-Hiebert, the project was inspired by Dr. Mary Simmerling’s poem, What I Was Wearing. Oregon State University interpreted and recreated a virtual exhibit.

This semester, the SVPRO in partnership with SASC is recreating the exhibit to highlight the pervasiveness of victim-blaming and the harm and trauma it causes survivors.
 

When

Tuesday February 28, 10am to 8pm

Wednesday March 1, 10am to 5pm
 

Where

Student Life Centre, Multi-Purpose Room (SLC - MPR)

Join Healing from Sexual Violence, 6-week closed group that will mix psycho-education, processing, and skills development for survivors of sexual violence. Open to women-identified, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students at the University of Waterloo - presented by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office. 

Register at: groups@sascwr.org 

Join Healing from Sexual Violence, 6-week closed group that will mix psycho-education, processing, and skills development for survivors of sexual violence. Open to women-identified, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students at the University of Waterloo - presented by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office. 

Register at: groups@sascwr.org 

Join Healing from Sexual Violence, 6-week closed group that will mix psycho-education, processing, and skills development for survivors of sexual violence. Open to women-identified, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students at the University of Waterloo - presented by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office. 

Register at: groups@sascwr.org 

As part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, join SVPRO, in collaboration with SASC, for a virtual workshop as they explore what a healthy or unhealthy relationship can look like, sound like, and feel like. This workshop will have a focus on building consent culture awareness with tactics and tips to practicing healthy consent in all aspects of our lives, intimate relationships, or otherwise. 

Register at: 

Teams link to join workshop: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2E0YWQ2M2QtZWU4OC00NzcwLWJiNzUtOWRjY2IxODJkZjJm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22723a5a87-f39a-4a22-9247-3fc240c01396%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2234511a57-a295-45a8-9792-01bd367c2fef%22%7d