Sexual Assault Awareness

• Manitoba spends $1.3 million on sexual assault crisis response and healing program

  Improving the availability of patient-centred, community-based options for sexual assault or intimate partner violence survivors is a critical goal.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2023
  
• ‘No story left untold’: Sexual Assault Awareness Week running from May 11-18 in Saskatchewan

  Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (SASS) is recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness week with an online campaign sharing survivor's stories.

  Canada

  May 12, 2020
  
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• MSVU student starts national campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault

  Shelby Miller says she was inspired to take action after learning how St. Francis Xavier University mishandled a reported case of sexual assault.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2018
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• Third-party reporting offers survivors of sexual violence another avenue to share their story

  This gives survivors, who are mostly women, a way to talk about what happened without reporting it to police.

  Apr 16, 2018
• Thousands take to the streets for Vancouver Women’s March

  An organizer says the march is about encouraging women and speaking out against sexual assault.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2018
• Edmonton band raises money for sexual assault centre after The Needle Vinyl Tavern closes doors

  A local band held a fundraising concert Friday night for the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton. It comes after a former employee of The Needle Vinyl Tavern came forward with sexual harassment allegations against of the venue's owners.

  Crime

  Nov 25, 2017
• Trump proclaims April sexual assault awareness month, to Twitter users’ dismay

  Trump's presidential proclamation is drawing a strong response due to past accusations of sexual harassment and assault against him.

  World

  Mar 31, 2017
• ‘I believe you’ campaign aimed at Alberta sex assault survivors

  The "I believe you" campaign involves post-secondary institutions, students, military leaders and those who deal with sexual assault cases.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2016