Consent & Care Collective
The Consent & Care Collective (CCC) is a student and survivor-led initiative, offering student leadership, harm reduction, and consent and relationship education opportunities to the UVic campus community. Our team of student and professional staff adopts anti-oppressive, survivor-centered, and trauma-informed approaches to violence prevention and relational wellness work. We center our program on peer-to-peer engagement and multi-directional learning, recognizing the expansive knowledge, experience, and capacity for care that exists within every member of our community. Through outreach, events, education, and peer connection, the CCC strives to create a compassionate, caring and connected campus for UVic students.
Join us for a workshop!
CCC’s education programming launches this fall! Join our peer facilitators for conversations, activities, and personal reflection on topics including practicing consent, relationship skills, harm reduction, sexual health, and identity with content built on questions from students like you.
See below for this term’s workshop line-up! While we would love to see you at every workshop, you are also welcome to sign up for topics that interest you most and work for your schedule. All UVic undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to attend CCC events.
Consent & Care: Skill-Building for Caring Relationships
Join peer educators from the Consent & Care Collective for an interactive workshop exploring the skills we all need for creating caring, consensual relationships. Through conversation, activities and reflection, participants will discuss the basics of consent, how to practice it in our everyday lives, setting effective boundaries, and responding to rejection. All knowledge, cultural understandings, and lived experiences are welcome.
In person: Monday, September 14 from 3 to 5 pm
Online: Thursday, September 24 from 6 to 8 pm
Consent and Harm Reduction
Join peer educators from the Consent & Care Collective in discovering the links between harm reduction and consent practices. Participants will learn about the roots of harm reduction movements and philosophies, the importance of bodily autonomy and personal choice, and everyday examples of how harm reduction, accountability, and consent show up in our daily lives. All knowledge, cultural understandings, and lived experiences are welcome.
In person: Tuesday, October 6 from 3 to 5 pm
Online: Thursday, October 8 from 6 to 8 pm
Safer Partying: Having Fun, Reducing Harm
Join peer educators from the Consent & Care Collective for conversations about how to have a good time, while prioritizing safety, care, and respectful connections. Participants will explore how to check in with themselves and others around substance use and hookups, the nuances of consent in a party environment, and how to take care of each other while you’re out with friends. All knowledge, cultural understandings, and lived experiences are welcome.
In person: Thursday, October 22 from 3 to 5 pm
Online: Monday, October 26 from 6 to 8 pm
Let's Talk About Sex (& Identity)
Join peer educators from the Consent & Care Collective for a deep dive into all things sexuality and identity! We will explore the diversity of sexual attraction (and lack thereof), orientation, and how our identities and lived experience impact our relationships. While exploring these topics, participants can expect transparent information about sexual health, sexuality, and getting tested from pleasure-centered, culturally informed perspectives. All knowledge, cultural understandings, and lived experiences are welcome.
In person: Friday, November 6 from 3 to 5 pm
Online: Thursday, November 12 from 6 to 8 pm
Nuancing Sex Education
Join peer educators from the Consent & Care Collective for an expansive look at sex education from pleasure-centered, trauma-informed, and queer and gender inclusive lenses. Participants will participate in conversations, activities, and reflections exploring what they may have missed in sex ed, how different bodies, abilities, and identities may experience intimacy, and introductions to important concepts in human sexuality including kink, pornography, and sexually transmitted/blood borne infection prevention. All knowledge, cultural understandings, and lived experiences are welcome.
In person: Friday, November 20 from 3 to 5 pm
Online: Monday, November 23 from 6 to 8 pm
Start your week with Care & Coffee!
Join the Consent & Care Collective for a casual peer drop-in space on Monday’s from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., every other week. Come by for a snack and a warm drink, try a new craft, connect with fellow students, and access resources. Located in the Student Life Hub!
Care & Coffee Fall dates:
- Monday, September 21, 2026
- Monday, October 5, 2026
- Monday, October 19, 2026
- Monday, November 2, 2026
- Monday, November 16, 2026
- Monday, November 23, 2026
Consent education on campus
It is everyone’s responsibility to learn about and help prevent sexualized and gender-based violence on our campus and in our community. There are several sexualized violence prevention and consent-based workshops geared towards students that are currently offered at UVic.
Sexualized Violence Prevention (SVP) Foundations series with the Sexualized Violence Resource Office: The three-part workshop series is for students who want to take an active role in making UVic a more inclusive, respectful and consensual place. It is especially important and useful for those who are new to UVic, who have not taken sexualized violence prevention (SVP) training in the past and/or those who want to learn more about UVic’s work to prevent sexualized violence.
Understanding Consent Culture with the Anti Violence Project: This workshop is intended to provide folks with information, skills and opportunity to understand and practice consent. Through activities and discussion, facilitators and participants will bust myths about sexualized violence and gender, explore the concept of rape culture and learn about consent (what it is, why it’s required, and how to practice it).
Men’s Circle with the Anti Violence Project: The Men’s Circle at UVic hosts a weekly drop in men’s circle seeking to help men and masculine identifying folks improve their relationship with themself, their peers, romantic interests and their community. The circle meets every Thursday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at UVic in the SUB basement room B028. The circle is open to all men and masculine-identifying people, students and community members alike.
Support on campus
The Anti Violence Project (AVP) offers free peer-based support services for anyone who has experienced violence and anyone who has caused harm and specializes in gender-based and sexualized violence. Sessions are with our trained staff and are completely non-judgemental, confidential, and focused on your needs. They can provide emotional support, information on services on/off campus, and refer you to further resources.
Drop-in support: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Building, B024
Email: avppeersupport@uvss.ca
The Sexualized Violence Resource Office (SVRO) at the Equity and Human Rights Office provides support and response options under the Sexualized Violence Prevention & Response and Discrimination & Harassment policies. SVRO receives disclosures, offers referrals and safety planning, facilitates voluntary processes, and receives reports. They support all UVic students, staff and faculty impacted by sexualized violence—whether directly, indirectly or as someone offering support.
Phone: 250-721-8021
Email: eqhr01@uvic.ca
Support off campus
The Victoria Sexual Assault Centre (VSAC) works to provide survivors with immediate access to non-judgmental, emotional/psychosocial support and a continuum of care as they navigate the personal impacts of trauma experienced due to sexualized violence.
Access phone line: 250-383-3232
Email: access@vsac.ca
The Sexual Assault Response Team at VSAC provides immediate support, 24-hours a day, to people of all genders, ages 13 and over, who have been sexually assaulted with in the last 7 days. In addition, specialized phone support and information is available from the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Worker for the first month after a sexual assault. SART can explore your options and connect you with services and resources to support you.
To access the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART): Call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line at 1-888-494-3888 and ask for a VSAC support worker.
The KUU-US Crisis Line Society operates a 24-hour provincial Indigenous crisis line. KUU-US provides a non-judgmental listening ear and effective problem-solving to help callers return to a pre-crisis state. They maintain a comprehensive referral database to connect callers with additional resources.
Phone: 1-800-588-8717
Chat & text support: 778-601-8009
The Men’s Therapy Centre provides support and/or counseling services to over two hundred masculine identified persons and their family members each year. The Men’s Therapy Centre is becoming increasingly busy, and we now run a wide range of therapy programs, educational outreach and advocacy services. MTC offers support to any man*: cis, gay, bi-sexual, trans, non-binary, 2spirit, queer, gender fluid+, who has experienced emotional, physical or sexual trauma in childhood or as an adult.
Phone: 250-381-6367
Email: info@menstherapycentre.ca