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  • Posted April 20, 2017

Q&A with Victim Services

At WAVAW, we receive a lot of questions from students.  We thought we would share some of our responses!   Here is a Q&A about sexuality, consent, sexual assault, and rape culture with Victim Services Manager, Dalya Israel:   I have a friend who went to a party and slept with this girl, who said yes and […]
  • Posted April 11, 2017

Join us at the Scotiabank Charity Challenge on June 24!

Spring has arrived and it’s time to brush off those running shoes! The Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K is just 7  weeks away! And, to kick things off we are offering free registration for the first 15 people to sign up! Contact Natti at natti@salalsvsc.ca – or by calling 604-255-6228 ext. 232 – to find […]
  • Posted April 6, 2017

Q&A with a Sexual Assault Counsellor

At WAVAW, we receive a lot of informational requests from students for their school projects.  We thought we would share some of our responses!  Here is a Q&A with Sexual Assault Counsellor, Rebecca Berman: What is the role of a sexual assault counselor? WAVAW Sexual Assault Counsellors support women in their healing through individual counselling […]
  • Posted March 22, 2017

The Post March

Join WAVAW at The Post March on April 1, 11am-3pm at Roundhouse Community Centre! This purpose of this event is to create a space for people to come together again after the Women’s March and send letters to the provincial and federal government about the issues they care about. Organizations like WAVAW will have letters available for […]
  • Posted March 10, 2017

Resignation of Justice Robin Camp

      Resignation of Justice Robin Camp A watershed moment for women survivors of sexual assault TORONTO, March 10, 2017 —The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic and WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre are relieved at the news of Justice Camp’s resignation as a member of the Federal Court of Canada.  As the Front Line Interveners in […]
  • Posted March 3, 2017

Remove Justice Camp from the Bench

Sign WAVAW’s petition to remove Justice Robin Camp from the bench, and restore women’s confidence in the judicial system! WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre urges the Canadian Judicial Council to take the Inquiry Committee’s recommendation that Justice Camp be removed from the bench to the Minister of Justice and restore confidence in the justice system. We are […]
  • Posted February 9, 2017

Clarification on Trigger Warnings

Trigger warnings (TWs) are everywhere online these days, especially related to feminist topics and anti-violence articles, so we wanted to offer some clarification:   Being triggered means not being in control of your sympathetic nervous system. Not being able to connect with the present moment because you’re having a flood of trauma memories.   Having […]
  • Posted January 20, 2017

It’s Ok to Not Feel Ok Today

#itsOK #FemmeFist #inaugurationday Download. Print. Colour. Call. It’s ok – colouring page
  • Posted January 4, 2017

“Why Don’t Women Report?”: Asking the wrong questions

Whenever WAVAW receives a call from the media about a story on sexual assault, we are always expecting the same question: “Why don’t women report?”  We are asked this question so often that we have developed all kinds of ways to bridge the conversation to what we really want to talk about: Why sexualized violence is […]
  • Posted December 7, 2016
  • In Indigenous

On December 6th, we remember and we take action.

On December 6, 1989 14 women were shot and killed by a man at École Polytechnique because they were women who were studying in a traditionally male dominated space. In 1991 Canada chose to recognize Dec 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Yesterday, WAVAW was invited to speak […]