Education and workshops
There is a range of online and in person workshops and/or initiatives aimed at preventing and responding to sexualized violence at UVic, including:
Tools for Change: Preventing Sexualized Violence at UVic
Equity and Human Rights (EQHR) and the Office of Student Life (OSL) together offer the choice of either an online and/or in person workshop to students that is interactive and skill-based. Both versions of the workshop provide useful and relevant information as well as practical skills for preventing and responding to sexualized violence. Tools for Change is great for anyone who wants to learn more and be part of the conversation on this topic at UVic.
Starting the Conversation: Preventing and Responding to Sexualized Violence at UVic a Training for Staff and Faculty
This training comes in the form of a webinar or in person workshop. It provides university staff with information about how to identify sexualized violence, how to respond to a disclosure, where to get support, the UVic Sexualized Violence and Prevention Policy, and importantly, how to prevent sexualized violence. The live webinar provides important prevention and response information, which is paired with a learning package that groups can use independently to deepen their learning. The in person workshop is interactive, with a mix of images, films, and discussions aimed at gaining a deeper insight into this important workplace concern. Participants will leave both with practical advice and sentence starts for what to do when confronted by sexual harassment or behaviour that appears to “cross the line”.
Social and Professional Competency Training
This 2-hour training is designed to increase graduate student and teaching assistant’s understanding and sense of responsibility in regard to UVic’s Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Policy and Discrimination and Harassment Policy.
Spotlight on Inclusion
A 1.75 hour in-person program designed for the unique circumstances of the performing arts including the prevention and response to sexualized violence as well as discrimination and harassment (for actors, stage crew, and directors).
Step in, Speak up
Offered by the Office of Student Life, the "Step in, Speak up” is a 45-minute online bystander intervention training program that introduces students to the concepts of pro-social bystander intervention and community expectations.
Understanding Consent Culture
This Anti-Violence Project consent workshop is intended for anyone looking for education, skills, and an opportunity to understand and practice consent in a supportive and sex positive space. Some of the topics that folks can expect to engage in will include: consent (what it is, why it’s required, how to practice it), gender-based violence, safer spaces, sex positivity, power, and privilege. Through activities, discussion, and media, the workshop offers a chance for us to talk about all the ways we can provide safe, fun, and sexy ways to build relationships with the people we care about.
Supporting a Survivor
This Anti-Violence Project workshop provides some foundations for supporting survivors of sexualized violence. Throughout the workshop AVP will discuss different approaches and tools that can be used when supporting someone. Some topics include: active listening, believing survivors, caring for yourself, and making referrals. There will also be time to practice supporting folks through (optional) roleplays.
Men’s Circle
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
Campus Security Services
Campus Security offers workshops on topics including: How to Diffuse Difficult Clients; Tactical Communications; Active Threat; and Emergency Preparedness.
Contact the personal safety coordinators to book one of these workshops.