Service changes to VSAC long-term Counselling Program
Over the last two years, we have seen a large increase in the number of survivors coming through our doors. Many of those survivors are in crisis and need immediate support for recent or…
The Black Youth Empowerment Group Bystander Intervention Workshop Is Back!
BYE is inviting Black youth to their bystander intervention workshop on February 21st 2022. Are you a Black high school student living in Canada? Has someone:– Ever touched your hair without asking? – Asked…
Join our Board of Directors
Are you looking for an opportunity to support your community? To share your skills and experience with a feminist organization committed to ending sexualized violence through healing, education, and prevention? The Victoria Sexual Assault…
Black Youth Empowerment
Black Youth Empowerment Group Project Respect, a division of the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre’s Prevention Program, and the Girls and Femmes with Afro-textured Hair (Victoria, BC), began a collaboration in September 2020. The goal…
Virtual Counselling Groups
Metta VanderVliet, Victoria Sexual Assault Centre counsellor, discusses the launch of our new virtual counselling groups. What is your role at VSAC? I’m a Stopping the Violence Counsellor and my role is to support…
Leadership Opportunity for Black youth!
Girls and Femmes with Afro-Textured Hair and Project Respect invite you to help us create workshops for Black youth! Project Respect is collaborating with Nichola Watson, Counsellor, and Dr. Lisa Gunderson’s Girls and Femmes…
Grief in Racial Injustice: Honouring Chantel Moore
CN: Grief, death, police brutality, racism Much of our work at VSAC centering the healing of survivors is also about grief. We understand that BIPOC communities face gender-based and sexualized violence at higher rates,…
(Un)learning in anti-violence work
At the beginning of June, the Inclusive Services Team at VSAC wrote a post about how to begin (Un)learning White Supremacy in Anti Violence Work. We received feedback about how this post centered white…
Community and Self Care for Survivors
Learning how to care for ourselves and each other during the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that are safe is a challenge that all of us are experiencing. For those of us on healing paths…
GivingTuesdayNow
GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving in response to the need caused by COVID-19, is a chance for us to come together to demonstrate the power of community care. Today we invite you to…