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Provincial Gender-Based Violence Crisis Lines Funding Awarded to Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre and Indian Residential School Survivors Society have been jointly awarded funding to operate the Province of B.C.’s first...
We Have A New Name!
On April 1st, 2023, WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre officially completed our transition to Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre. We've been deeply rooted in community over the last 40 years as WAVAW Rape...
Unpacking Oppressive Media: Books
One of the great things about educating yourself about intersectionality, systems of oppression, and the impacts of colonialism, is that you become more adept at observing when and how this shows up...
Improving Sex Worker Supports at Salal
Improving Sex Worker Supports at Salal: Community Consultation In 2018, Salal (then WAVAW) publicly apologized for a series of actions that caused harm to sex working communities. Since then, Salal...
Condoms and Consent
On July 29th 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada made an historic ruling on the 2021 appeal of R. v. Kirkpatrick. The case reaches back to 2017, and ultimately aimed to answer questions about whether...
WAVAW is Moving
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre has Accepted a Nominal Lease from the City of Vancouver and will be Moving to a Confidential Downtown Location in Early 2023...
Sensationalizing Celebrities and Silencing Survivors
Once again, the media has been overwhelmed with multiple cases of sexual violence involving high-profile celebrities, and even local celebrities we may personally know. We are seeing increasingly...
SUPREME COURT RELEASES DECISION THAT PROTECTS SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS
For Immediate Release – Thursday, June 30, 2022 Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory—The Supreme Court of Canada released a decision today that will improve protections for sexual assault...
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