Fact sheets

Understanding UVic’s Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Policy and the different options available to address concerns of sexualized violence can feel overwhelming. At the same time, it’s important that everyone at UVic has clear information on their rights and responsibilities under the policy. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to reach out for a confidential consultation. You may also want to review our series of information fact sheets.

Know your rights

Regardless of whether someone is a survivor, complainant, person alleged to have caused harm or respondent the Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Policy outlines your rights when you participate in a process.

A quick resource to learning more about your rights under the policy can be found in the following documents:

• Understanding Your Rights: Survivors, Complainants
• Understanding Your Rights: Persons Alleged to Have Caused Harm, Respondents
• Understanding Confidentiality is a factsheet that has been created to help you understand privacy and confidentiality rights and limitations if you disclose or report sexualized violence.

Voluntary Resolution Process (VRP)

Understanding a Voluntary Resolution Process (VRP) provides a sense of what a VRP is, how it begins, what it could involve and how it could end.

• Step by Step Guide to Voluntary Resolution Process provides detailed information of the how the process progresses once a VRP is requested.

Investigations

• Understanding the Sexualized Violence – Investigation Process provides information about making a report, how reports are reviewed, the decision to investigate, who does the investigating, how information is gathered, summarized and how a decision is made to determine if the policy was violated.
• Step by Step Guide to the Sexualized Violence Investigation Process provides detailed information about the investigation process, including timelines, options and who is involved at each step.
• Investigation Process Map for Students provides a visual representation of the steps involved in an investigation process.
• Understanding Potential Outcomes of an Investigation provides information about what happens when an investigation is concluded and what the next steps are when a decision is made whether the policy has been violated or not.

For any requests for confidential advice, questions about the policy, support options, voluntary resolution process or the investigation process please call us 250-721-8021 or email eqhr01@uvic.ca to book a virtual or in-person appointment with the Sexualized Violence Resource Office.