Section 3: Supporting Survivors Training Guide
Additional Resources
You may find these resources helpful to review for your own learning as a facilitator or to include in your trainings.
- British Columbia Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BCSMSSA).
- Decolonizing the Roots of Rape Culture: reflections on consent, sexual violence and university campuses (podcast and paper) (Sarah Hunt, 2016)
A discussion about how Indigenous approaches to consent, self-determination and healing from intergenerational trauma and ongoing colonial violence can be integrated into anti-violence work on campuses. - “Family Healing”, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (University of Manitoba)
A short video (2min10 sec) on the effects of residential school traumas and how Indigenous Peoples are healing together (2020). - How to Support a Survivor of Sexual Violence. Web-based training on sexual violence developed by Royal Roads University (2020) that can be adapted by individual post-secondary institutions.
- International Student Safety Guide, MOSAIC. Available in multiple languages.
- “Maya’xala and Namwayut“, Jewell Gillies (BCCampus, 2021)
This short video (2min43sec)with Jewell Gillies discusses Indigenous perspectives on community and caring for each other. - Plain Language Best Practices: Sexualized Violence Policies and Procedures: A Model for BC Post-secondary Institutions, West Coast Editorial Associates (BCcampus)
- Responding to a Sexual Assault Disclosure: Practice Tips for Universities & Colleges, Ending Violence Association of BC (2016)
- “Rosie on Reconciliation”, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (University of Manitoba) A short video (3min16sec) from the in which Rosie, a young Métis child speaks about the history of Métis people and the importance of reconciliation (2020).
- Sexual Assault JustFacts, Department of Justice, Research and Statistics Division (2019)
- “Traditional Healing”, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (University of Manitoba)
An animated short by Raymond Caplin (2min7sec) on the role of traditional healing in reconciliation (2020). - Understanding Rape Culture (infographic), Violence Against Women Learning Network, Western University
- Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence, Vanier Academic Voices.