Sexual Assault Centre Of Edmonton

• Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton seeks more funding to address waitlist issues for survivors

  SACE CEO Mary Jane James said people at her organization "see the impacts of sexual violence every day and continue to offer essential support services.

  Politics

  Jan 25
  
• Support for domestic abuse survivors ‘more challenging on every level’ in rural Alberta

  What happens when an intimate relationship escalates from strained to abusive? And how does where you live affect your ability to access supports and resources if you're a victim?

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2022
  
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• Video game helps train Edmonton bar staff to prevent sexual violence

  An Edmonton PhD student created a video game that helps players navigate real-life scenarios to educate and prevent sexual violence.

  Consumer

  Jan 30, 2021
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• Edmonton promoters, organizations encouraged by proposed rave bylaw

  The founder of Indigo Harm Reduction says, if passed, the bylaw would make Edmonton the first in Canada to have harm reduction services at a large-scale electronic dance music event.

  Politics

  May 22, 2019
• Northlands ‘horrified’ by its own legal response to allegation teen was sexually assaulted at Edmonton fair

  The organization that hosts Edmonton's annual K-Days festival says it plans to make changes to a legal document suggesting a woman is to blame for her own sexual assault at the fair a decade ago.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2018
• SACE executive director discusses the effect of campaigns like Time’s Up

  Despite the biggest splash being made in Hollywood, the effects of the #MeToo and Times Up campaigns have been felt even in Edmonton.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2018
• Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton credits #MeToo for doubling number of new clients

  The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton is reflecting on a busy year where the topic of sexual assault was on everyone's minds.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2017
• 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
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• ‘We can barely keep up’: Edmonton sex assault centre says #metoo campaign prompting survivors to share stories

  On the same day a march is set to take place in Edmonton to call for an end to sexual violence and show solidarity with survivors, the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton says it is seeing a spike in demand for their services.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2017
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• U of A report shows over 40 incidents of sexual violence on campus in 2015-2016

  The numbers, quietly released in a Student Conduct and Accountability statistical report, show there were more than 40 recorded incidents of sexual assault, sexual harassment and drugging during the 2015 to 2016 school year.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2017