Blog Posts and Resources for Supporting Survivors, Shifting Society
Written by Dalya Israel, Manager of Victim Services and Outreach Programs For National Victims of Crime awareness week this year the theme is “Taking Action”. In the Victim Service program at WAVAW...
Written by Natalie Hill (WAVAW volunteer). Natalie wrote this piece in response to CBC's radio program, Q, and their segment titled "does rape culture really exist?". Natalie submitted this piece...
Speech from the January 29th “Is Rape Culture in Politics?” panel. My name is Irene-Tsepnopoulos-Elhaimer and I am the Executive Director at Women Against Violence Against Women Rape Crisis Centre,...
Written by WAVAW Relief Staff, Caity Goerke The recent rape chants at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Saint Mary’s University (SMU) have prompted many public conversations about sexual...
On December 6, we commemorated the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On this day in 1989 a gunman entered Montreal’s École Polytechnique. He purposely separated the...
New Research Paper Explores Why Only 4.6% of Sexual Assault Cases Result in Conviction In commemoration of December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women,...
Our response to the “What’s behind UBC student hijinks? Bad behaviour: immaturity or something more” article by Daphne Bramham published in the Vancouver Sun on October 24th 2013. We have submitted...
As a UBC alumni and a survivor of sexual assault that took place on the UBC Vancouver campus in 2006, I feel that I can only express deep disappointment for how UBC has chosen to handle these...
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