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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...
Building Together: An Update on Salal’s New Sexual Assault Clinic
This past May, we invited our community to be part of this historic project with an ambitious goal: raising $24,500 to purchase an accessible exam table, a forensic evidence freezer and the final...
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre Calls on the BC Government to Declare Gender-Based Violence an Epidemic
July 15th, 2025 Dear Premier Eby, Today we at Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre are writing to urge the provincial government to adopt the recommendations outlined in Dr. Kim Stanton’s report, “...
Sexual Assault Centre
Sexual Assault Centre A Space for Survivors to Heal A new home made by survivors, for survivors Survivors of sexualized violence are at the centre of the work we do. Since 1983, we’ve evolved...
First-of-its-Kind Centre for Sexual Assault Survivors Set to Open in Vancouver Amidst Surging Need
For Immediate Release [Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, BC]: April 11, 2024 -- Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre (formally known as WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre) will be opening the doors to...
Protecting Your Autonomy in an Online World
At Salal, discussions about sexual violence means acknowledging the profound harms that result from not having complete autonomy of your body. Marginalized people are even more susceptible to their...
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