Workshops

For students

Sexualized Violence Prevention (SVP) Foundations Series

A 3-part, interactive series for undergraduate and new students to build awareness and practical skills to prevent and respond to sexualized violence. Learn to support survivors, practice meaningful consent and step in as an active bystander. Workshops will ideally be completed in order although exceptions can be made. 

Spotlight on Inclusion

(In-person: 2 hours)

For theatre students and production crews. Combines sexualized violence prevention with strategies for creating diverse, inclusive and respectful rehearsal environments including how to set boundaries and manage triggers to challenging materials. The workshop also explores issues like microagressions and how to respond to them when they occur. 

Social and Professional Competency Training

(In-person: 2 hours)

For graduate students. Learn the value of equity, diversity, and inclusion in academic and professional settings, along with an overview of UVic’s Sexualized Violence and Discrimination and Harassment policies. 

For faculty & staff

Preventing and Responding to Sexualized Violence at UVic

(In-person: 1.5 hours)

It provides staff and faculty with information about their responsibilities as employees, how to identify sexualized violence, how to respond to a disclosure, where to get support, UVic's Sexualized Violence and Prevention Policy, and importantly, how to prevent sexualized violence. The workshop provides important prevention and response information, which is paired with a learning package that groups can use independently to deepen their learning.

Engaging in Trauma-Informed Practice

(In-person: 1 hour)

This workshop provides a foundational understanding of trauma-informed practice and how to apply it when engaging with students or colleagues who have been impacted by sexualized violence (and other related concerns). The workshop covers: 

• UVic’s definition of trauma-informed practice (TIP) 
• Why TIP is important to the UVic community 
• Foundational concepts of the neurobiology of trauma 
• Tips for responding to disclosures of sexualized violence in a trauma-informed way 
• Vicarious trauma 

For everyone

Supporting a Survivor 

(Online: 2 hours)

This Anti-Violence Project support workshop will cover the very important differences between support, disclosure and reporting, and provide some foundations for supporting survivors of sexualized violence. Facilitators will discuss different approaches and tools that can be used when supporting someone, including: active listening, believing survivors, busting myths, showing empathy and making referrals. 

Understanding Consent Culture 

(In-person: 2 hours) 

This Anti-Violence Project consent workshop is intended to provide folks with the 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, how to practice it). 

Men's Circle

(In-person, Thursdays 6-8 p.m. )

The Men’s Circle at UVic is a space where men and masculine-identified folks, including (but not limited to!) transmasculine, genderqueer, and non-binary folks, can meet to: 

• connect with others with similar and shared identities 
• learn about the systems and structures which uphold gender-based violence 
• share lived experiences and stories 
• work on strategies for dismantling and challenging gender-based violence, dominant constructions of masculinity, and other structures of oppression on campus and in the larger community 

Emergency Planning training

Emergency Planning offers workshops on topics including: How to Diffuse Difficult Clients; Tactical Communications; Active Threat; and Emergency Preparedness.