New Bystander Intervention Training Program - Nova Scotia

09/27/2018

New stats highlight the scale of human trafficking in Nova Scotia.

09/26/2018

https://www.facebook.com/wavesofchangeNS

We have had to create a NEW page (linked here) for our program! Please like and share!!!

Facebook has really strict rules about name changes and will not allow us to change the name of our old page, even on appeal, so we have had to create a new page. When we first created the page, as a way to stay in touch with participants around the province, we did not yet have a name for the program, so we made a very general name. Now that we have our official name, we want a page that reflects that.

Apologies for the inconvenience!

A 5-module program based on the Bystander Intervention method that teaches campus communities to interrupt and respond to s*xual violence and harassment.

09/19/2018

On the amazing work of OurTurn / À notre tour

Caitlin Salvino was in Washington, D.C., on a student exchange in the fall of 2016 when an email popped into her inbox: Her school, Carleton University, was soliciting...

09/19/2018

"One of the most disturbing aspects of her treatment, the woman said, was the reaction she received from a staff member in the emergency department.

'Initially, her response was: ‘oh great, we’re going to have to shut the emergency room down for several hours in order to do a r**e kit…’ (because of the staff who would be required to conduct the examination).'

'I felt, that I wasn’t worthy. I wasn’t worthy of her time. I wasn’t worthy of the emergency department’s time, I wasn’t worthy of any of this, you know, kind of lost in the wind.'"

This is abysmal treatment. All hospital staff should have trauma-informed s*xual violence training. All hospitals should have accessed to specially trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE Nurses). A r**e kit is NOT a waste of time. Furthermore, advancements in forensic science mean that even if you have waited some time to come forward it is STILL possible to collect evidence in a kit. No one should be turned away.

TRURO, N.S. – A second woman has come forward with a complaint about how she was treated at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre (CEHHC) after she went to the emergency department to report a s*xual assault. “It was the night my

09/18/2018

Student-activist Mandi Gray's documentary film "Slut or Nut: Diary of a R**e Trial" is coming to the province.

You can see on Sept. 25th at St. Mary's in the Sobey Theatre at 6:30 PM

OR
on September 26th at St. FX in the Immaculata Auditorium at 7PM

Mandi will be at both screenings for an intro and Q&A.

A documentary chronicling a young woman's search for justice in Canada's lagging legal system after

09/18/2018

St. FX is launching a new campus initiative to address s*xualized violence called Visible @ X

Like their page to find out more!

https://www.facebook.com/Visible-at-X-251211102395869/

Means: a zero tolerance for s*xual violence of any kind, that consent is not optional and that you are believed and treated with dignity and respect.

09/10/2018

"Hookup culture and the s*xual assault epidemic seemed to be two looming forces on the same campus, in the same bedrooms, existing in parallel but never openly intersecting. In a place where so many of our experiences and dialogues revolved around s*x, there seemed to be no space to talk about s*xual assault."

For s*xual assault survivors in college, navigating hookup culture can be an additional struggle in the process to heal.

09/05/2018

A first hand account from a survivor of s*xual violence on the arduous process of trying to get accommodation

After struggling for months to receive the accommodations she was entitled to, one student shares her story as a lesson for university administrators, faculty members and front-line staff.

08/31/2018

Such an important article to think about before Frosh/Welcome Week activities begin...

"In a world of stereotypes, the 'drunken Indian' is still a major challenge for Indigenous people even though Indigenous people, on average, drink less than the rest of Canadians. The thought of walking around a wealthy, mostly white neighbourhood, drunk with a bunch of fellow Natives feels ridiculous and unsafe."

Letting your guard down to party loud and proud in the streets is a privilege students of colour don’t often have.

08/31/2018

"These men are predators because they intentionally and strategically used their power, position, and influence to prey on women and then made sure it got covered up. Letting these men back into the spotlight with a 'comeback' gives them access to the same tools they’ve used to hurt women all over again."

To all the disgraced celebrity men hoping to make a comeback: How about never?

08/30/2018

It's called the "red zone."

08/30/2018

"How long should a man like Louis C.K. pay for what he did? At least as long as he worked to silence the women he assaulted and at least as long as he allowed them to doubt themselves and suffer in the wake of his predation and at least as long as the comedy world protected him even though there were very loud whispers about his behavior for decades."

A comedian who admitted to s*xual misconduct seems to think it’s time for his comeback.