Recommendation Resources

According to its homepage, "This training is designed to help you learn more about sexual violence and how to support someone who has survived it. It is for service providers, friends, family members, neighbours, teachers, first responders, counselors, and anyone who is acting as a support person, or is concerned about sexual violence." Information about consent, including legal definitions of consent, are provided.

According to its homepage, "This training is designed to help you learn more about sexual violence and how to support someone who has survived it. It is for service providers, friends, family members, neighbours, teachers, first responders, counselors, and anyone who is acting as a support person, or is concerned about sexual violence." Information about Canadian sexual assault laws is included in Module 1: Sexual Violence: An Introduction.

This FAQ from Victim Services answers 16 questions, including: "Will the accused be arrested? Can charges laid by police be dropped or changed? What is meant by 'guilt beyond a reasonable doubt? What is 'presumption of innocence'? Can the media publish the identity of victims and witnesses? What happens during the trial?"

This program provides "up to 4 hours of free legal advice if you have been sexually assaulted and are 16 years old or older. You do not have to report to police or go to court if you use this service. They can help in English or French, or use a free interpreter for other languages."

At this webpage, Legal Info Nova Scotia provides answers to frequently asked questions relating to family violence and sexual violence. Questions include "Can the police charge my partner with sexual assault? Will the police take my partner from our home? What is a Cyber-protection order? What happens with my children?" This resource also includes contact information for resources relevent to the broad community, as well as specific population such as immigrants and refugees (Halifax Refugee Clinic), low income people (e.g., Dalhousie Legal Aid Service), Mi'kmaq people (Mi'kmaq Legal Support Network), and people with disabilities (reachAbility).

Dalhousie University SV/SA policy summary can be found in English, Arabic and Mandarin at this link.

According to its homepage, "This training is designed to help you learn more about sexual violence and how to support someone who has survived it. It is for service providers, friends, family members, neighbours, teachers, first responders, counselors, and anyone who is acting as a support person, or is concerned about sexual violence." The introductory module includes an exploration of "The Intersections of Sexual Violence."

Western University's VAW Learning Network offers several recorded webinars about Trauma Informed Practice, many of which focus on this framework in relation to a specific marginalized population or populations.

You can register for free to "enroll" in this webinar. A short "think about it" journal is provided, which viewers may use to think about applications for what they have learned. The webinar is a "conversation with three Technical Assistance Providers [that] reflects on how to both personally and organizationally, regularly build new skills in order to build new practices that are embedded with a deep commitment to unlearning and disrupting all forms of oppression and very specifically racism in order to enhance our sexual assault services to survivors."