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Blog Posts and Resources for Supporting Survivors, Shifting Society
Building Care: Navigating IPV in 2SLGBTQ+ Relationships
With our ongoing workshop series formerly known as SafeChoices, we'll be learning how to understand Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in 2SLGBTQ+ communities as well as building care around ourselves...
Reimagining Justice: You Are Invited to Listening Circles
Many survivors have shared that the criminal legal system does not meet their needs. Survivors have told us that engaging with police and courts can be retraumatizing, inaccessible, and, ultimately,...
Open Letter to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
More than 40 individuals and organizations, including Salal, have come together to sign this open letter, calling for a shift in how human trafficking is addressed in British Columbia. This letter...
Our Commitment to Support and to Safety
At Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre, we are committed to providing compassionate, survivor-centered support to everyone who reaches out to our crisis line. Our staff and volunteers reflect the...
Water Ceremony
Water Ceremony Honouring Our Ancestors, Mother Earth, and Each Other Led by Matriarch Sharon Jinkerson-Brass The Water Ceremony will be held in community, where we come together to honour water as...
Queer Resilience
March 24, 2026 at 5:30-7:00pm PST on Zoom Join us virtually to talk about the ways in which 2SLBTQ+ community members can learn to develop healthy self-care habits as well as building community...
Sexual Violence Does Not Happen in a Vacuum
At Salal, we often say that sexual assault is an isolating experience, not an isolated one. Sexual violence does not happen in a vacuum. It is shaped by broader systems that influence whose safety...
The Epstein Files Are About Survivors. Not Scandal.
The release of the Epstein files has been framed as a political and celebrity spectacle. Names are being circulated, reputations debated, and headlines built around who knew what and whom. But for...
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