Events

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 Chris Martin (he/him) with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office for a Male Allies workshop, a drop-in, virtual workshop for men-identifying students seeking to understand and practice male allyship. The objective of these workshops is to engage and encourage men, with their unique privilege and responsibility, to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand how to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence
2. Recognize and understand what characterizes effective male allyship
3. Understand how to practice male allyship and engage in alternative narratives of masculinity
4. Recognize the complex roots of gender-based and sexual violence
5. Understand how to identify and address privilege, gender stereotypes, biases, and existing systems of inequity.
6. Encourage men to understand their unique and important role in shaping a safe and healthy campus community.

Join virtually via Teams on your computer, mobile app or room device:

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Meeting ID: 213 388 504 037
Passcode: oRAWoT

Post Survey Access

Join Chris Martin (he/him) with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office for a Male Allies workshop, a drop-in, virtual workshop for men-identifying students seeking to understand and practice male allyship. The objective of these workshops is to engage and encourage men, with their unique privilege and responsibility, to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand how to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence
2. Recognize and understand what characterizes effective male allyship
3. Understand how to practice male allyship and engage in alternative narratives of masculinity
4. Recognize the complex roots of gender-based and sexual violence
5. Understand how to identify and address privilege, gender stereotypes, biases, and existing systems of inequity.
6. Encourage men to understand their unique and important role in shaping a safe and healthy campus community.

Join virtually via Teams on your computer, mobile app or room device:

Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 213 388 504 037
Passcode: oRAWoT

Post Survey Access

Join Chris Martin (he/him) with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office for a Male Allies workshop, a drop-in, virtual workshop for men-identifying students seeking to understand and practice male allyship. The objective of these workshops is to engage and encourage men, with their unique privilege and responsibility, to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand how to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence
2. Recognize and understand what characterizes effective male allyship
3. Understand how to practice male allyship and engage in alternative narratives of masculinity
4. Recognize the complex roots of gender-based and sexual violence
5. Understand how to identify and address privilege, gender stereotypes, biases, and existing systems of inequity.
6. Encourage men to understand their unique and important role in shaping a safe and healthy campus community.

Join virtually via Teams on your computer, mobile app or room device:

Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 213 388 504 037
Passcode: oRAWoT

Post Survey Access

Join Chris Martin (he/him) with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office for a Male Allies workshop, a drop-in, virtual workshop for men-identifying students seeking to understand and practice male allyship. The objective of these workshops is to engage and encourage men, with their unique privilege and responsibility, to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand how to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence
2. Recognize and understand what characterizes effective male allyship
3. Understand how to practice male allyship and engage in alternative narratives of masculinity
4. Recognize the complex roots of gender-based and sexual violence
5. Understand how to identify and address privilege, gender stereotypes, biases, and existing systems of inequity.
6. Encourage men to understand their unique and important role in shaping a safe and healthy campus community.

Join virtually via Teams on your computer, mobile app or room device:

Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 213 388 504 037
Passcode: oRAWoT

Post Survey Access

Join Chris Martin (he/him) with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office for a Male Allies workshop, a drop-in, virtual workshop for men-identifying students seeking to understand and practice male allyship. The objective of these workshops is to engage and encourage men, with their unique privilege and responsibility, to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand how to address systemic and everyday forms of gender-based violence
2. Recognize and understand what characterizes effective male allyship
3. Understand how to practice male allyship and engage in alternative narratives of masculinity
4. Recognize the complex roots of gender-based and sexual violence
5. Understand how to identify and address privilege, gender stereotypes, biases, and existing systems of inequity.
6. Encourage men to understand their unique and important role in shaping a safe and healthy campus community.

Join virtually via Teams on your computer, mobile app or room device:

Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 213 388 504 037
Passcode: oRAWoT

Post Survey Access

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=7357

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For more information, please contact Stacey Jacobs at s3jacobs@uwaterloo.ca