Transformative justice and gender-based violence
The idea of working with people who have sexually assaulted someone, disrespected ‘no’s’, harassed, stalked or caused the violation of…
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Let’s Talk About: Celebrating Boundaries!
“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” Prentis Hemphill three posts exploring creating, recognizing…
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Let’s Talk About Boundaries: Recognizing Our Own Boundaries and the Boundaries of Others
three posts exploring creating, recognizing and celebrating boundaries for this year’s Sexualized Violence Awareness week. Our first blog about CREATING…
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Let’s Talk About: Creating Boundaries
This blog post is the first of a series of three posts exploring creating, recognizing, and celebrating boundaries for this…
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AVP is Hiring! We’re Searching for an Outreach Coordinator.
Are you passionate about ending sexualized and gender-based violence? Do you have awesome outreach skills? Would you like to work…
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Video: Disability Justice & COVID-19
What is ableism? Why don’t some people wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic? Where are all the amazing disabled QT2BIPOC?…
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Video: Queer Sex Ed Workshop
Join guest facilitators Ardeo and River as we delve into the queer sex education you didn’t get in high school!…
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Addressing sexualized violence in the service industry
Starting in 2017, a group of service industry workers, frontline sexualized violence educators, and workers rights advocates began meeting with…
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GROUNDING RESOURCE
The Anti-Violence Project’s objective has always been to believe survivors and ensure the safety, support, care, and healing they need…
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What to expect from The Anti-Violence Project’s Peer Support Services
The Anti-Violence Project’s peer support services are entirely free and open to anyone, including UVic students and community members of…
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Going online: What we want you to know about our workshops
Like many folks who’ve been privileged enough to be able to continue to work throughout the last 9 months, I’ve…
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Supporting students and survivors during COVID-19
We’re so excited to bring you online workshops this fall (more information to be announced soon) but in the meantime…
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9 Things folks supporting survivors of sexual assault should know about reporting
Are you supporting a friend or loved one who has been sexually assaulted? Here are some useful tips on how…
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8 Things survivors of sexual assault should know about reporting
The Victoria Police Department recently published tweets about reporting sexual assault to the police, stating misleadingly that survivors should come…
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Making space for “maybe”
When I first started learning about consent, so much of what I read and learned focused on the importance of…
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Feeling through rejection
Rejection… for some folks, just the thought of it makes their hearts ache, their bellies rumble and their hands sweat….
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Do you want to hug?
Hugging. Some of us hug our friends, our partners, our family and even people we’ve just met. Some us just…
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Resource Review: Zines for people who have caused harm
***This blog post was written by AVP volunteer Anabelle Bernard Fournier When you visit the AVP office or support space…
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B.C.’s approach to wildlife management needs major ethical reform
British Columbia has begun an ambitious effort to review the province’s approach to managing wildlife, with $14 million committed so…
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Endangered killer whales still await real action
Two weeks ago Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau held a press conference in Vancouver to essentially re-announce the same measures…
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Reflecting on Support and Consent
*written by Elise Fermina Freire, one of our amazing volunteers* Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about support and consent,…
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Trans Mountain is now Taxpayer Mountain
The Canadian federal government’s move to purchase the Trans Mountain oil sands pipeline project from Texas based Kinder Morgan is…
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FOSTA/SESTA is Gender-Based Violence
These days, like all days, it feels like there is so much harm happening in the world. Craigslist recently closed…
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What is it like to volunteer with AVP?
As you may have heard, AVP’s annual volunteer training is beginning in May this year instead of September! If you…
