April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and April 10 to 16 is BC’s Prevention of Violence Against Women Week.
We call on community leaders to sign the pledge to be a champion and commit to working with your communities to help them improve their response to and prevention of sexual assault.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and use the hashtags #WeBelieveSurvivors and #SAAM2022. When you share information about Sexual Assault Awareness Month, don’t forget to tag us @EndViolenceBC.
For the first time since 2002, sexual assault emergency service providers around BC are again receiving core funding through the Province of British Columbia. See the full list of providers now receiving funding in the list at the bottom of this page.
CHAMPIONS’ LIST
Community leaders who signed the pledge
| Champion | Title | Community |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Lore | Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity/MLA | Victoria-Beacon Hill |
| Selina Robinson | Minister of Finance/MLA | Coquitlam-Maillardville |
| Pam Alexis | Member of Legislative Assembly | Abbotsford-Mission |
| Fin Donnelly | Member of Legislative Assembly | Coquitlam-Burke Mountain |
| Adam Walker | Parliamentary Secretary for the New Economy/MLA | Parksville-Qualicum |
| Raj Chouhan | Member of Legislative Assembly | Burnaby-Edmonds |
| Harwinder Sandhu | Member of Legislative Assembly | Vernon-Monashee |
| Bob D’Eith | Member of Legislative Assembly | Maple Ridge-Mission |
| Lisa Beare | Minister of Citizens’ Services/MLA | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |
| Murray Rankin | Member of Legislative Assembly | Oak Bay-Gordon Head |
| Henry Yao | Member of Legislative Assembly | Richmond South Centre |
| Sheila Malcolmson | Minister of Mental Health and Addictions/MLA | Nanaimo |
| Dan Coulter | Member of Legislative Assembly | Chilliwack |
| Janet Routledge | Member of Legislative Assembly | Burnaby North |
| Kelli Paddon | Member of Legislative Assembly | Chilliwack-Kent |
| Melanie Mark | Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport/MLA | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant |
| Katrina Chen | Minister of State for Child Care/MLA | Burnaby-Lougheed |
| Rachna Singh | Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives/MLA | Surrey-Green Timbers |
| Susie Chant | Member of Legislative Assembly | North Vancouver- Seymour |
| George Chow | Minister of State for Trade/MLA | Vancouver-Fraserview |
| Adam Olsen | Member of Legislative Assembly | Saanich North and the Islands |
| Sonia Furstenau | Leader, BC Greens/MLA | Cowichan Valley |
| Jennifer Rice | Member of Legislative Assembly | North Coast |
BC Emergency Sexual Assault Services Providers
| Organization | Project | |
| LOWER MAINLAND | ||
| VANCOUVER | ||
| Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Association | Sexual Assault Specialized Service | |
| Helping Spirit Lodge Society | Rebuilding our Lives After Violence | |
| MOSAIC | Specialized Multicultural Victims Emergency Sexual Assault Response Program | |
| PACE Peer Support Services | PACE Peer Support Services | |
| Women Against Violence Against Women Rape Crisis Centre | Inclusive Emergency Sexual Assault Response Services Project | |
| NORTH VANCOUVER | ||
| Family Services of the North Shore | Sexual Assault Response Program | |
| Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia | Indigenous Victim Services Program for Emergency Sexual Assault | |
| BURNABY | ||
| Cameray Child & Family Services | Emergency Sexual Assault Services | |
| SECHELT | ||
| Sunshine Coast Community Services Society | Community Based Youth Victim Services Program | |
| SQUAMISH | ||
| Howe Sound Women’s Centre Society | TRAVERSE: Sexual Violence Response Team | |
| MT CURRIE | ||
| Southern Stl’atl’imx Health Society | Southern Stl’atl’imx Sexual Assault Response Project | |
| FRASER VALLEY | ||
| ABBOTSFORD | ||
| Archway Community Services | Sexual Assault Response Program (SARP) | |
| AGASSIZ | ||
| Seabird Island Indian Band | Coordinated Emergency Action Response Service (CEARS) | |
| CHILLIWACK | ||
| Qwí:qwelstóm wellness – Stó:lō Service Agency | Qwí:qwelstóm Sexual Violence Response Team | |
| DELTA | ||
| Deltassist Family and Community Services Society | Deltassist Emergency Sexual Assault Response Program | |
| HOPE | ||
| Hope and Area Transition Society | Fraser-East Sexual Assault Care Team | |
| LANGLEY | ||
| Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society (since 2000) | F.I.R.S.T Line (Frontline, Indigenous, Response to, Sexual Assault, Team) | |
| SURREY | ||
| DIVERSEcity | “It happens here too” – Co-ordinated, culturally responsive, emergency sexual assault services for recent newcomers | |
| Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Association | Traditional Healing and Intervention for Sexual Violence Against | |
| Surrey Women’s Centre Society | SMART- Improving Police Response for Survivors of Sexualized Violence | |
| NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND | ||
| CAMPBELL RIVER | ||
| Campbell River Services Society | Sexual Assault Response Program (SARP) | |
| Homalco First Nation | To Heal Oneself | |
| Native Courtworkers | Indigenous Victim Service Workers- Support Services CR | |
| PORT ALBERNI | ||
| Alberni Community and Women’s Services Society | Sexual Assault Responders Community Initiative (SARCI) | |
| SKIDEGATE | ||
| XaaydaGa Dlaang Society Skidegate Health Centre | Tllyahda Make it Right | |
| SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND | ||
| DUNCAN | ||
| Cowichan Women Against Violence Society | Raven’s Nest CYAC | |
| SALTSPRING ISLAND | ||
| Islanders Working Against Violence | Salt Spring Island Sexual Assault Program | |
| VICTORIA | ||
| Hulitan Family and Community Services Society | Healing Generations | |
| Peers Victoria Resources Society | Violence Prevention and Response Among Sex workers and Unsheltered or Provisionally Sheltered Persons | |
| The Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Society | Sexual Assault Clinic | |
| Neqox Nilin Justice Society | Neqox Nilin Sexual Violence Victim Support Services | |
| INTERIOR | ||
| KAMLOOPS | ||
| Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre Society | Anti-Violence Crisis Response Program | |
| SALMON ARM | ||
| Shuswap Area Family Emergency (SAFE) Society | Sexual Assault Support Services | |
| WILLIAMS LAKE | ||
| Canadian Mental Health Association – Cariboo Chilcotin Branch | Williams Lake Sex Assault and Counselling (WLSAC) Centre | |
| Northern Shuswap Tribal Council | NStQ Emergency Sexual Assault Program | |
| OKANAGAN | ||
| KELOWNA | ||
| Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society (COEFS) | Sexual Assault Response Program | |
| PENTICTON | ||
| South Okanagan Women in Need Society (SOWINS) | SOWINS Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) | |
| VERNON | ||
| Archway Society for Domestic Peace | North Okanagan Sexual Assault Response Project | |
| WESTBANK | ||
| Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) | You Empowered and Strong (YES) Program | |
| WEST KOOTENAY | ||
| CASTLEGAR | ||
| Castlegar and District Community Services Society | SARC (Sexual Assault Response Castlegar) | |
| NELSON | ||
| Nelson Community Services Society | Nelson Sexual Assault Response Team (NSART) | |
| NORTH CENTRAL | ||
| BURNS LAKE | ||
| Lake Babine Nation | Team Gooze | |
| PRINCE GEORGE | ||
| Carrier Sekani Family Services | CSFS Emergency Sexual Assault Program | |
| Native Courtworkers | Indigenous Victim Service Workers- Support Services PG | |
| Prince George Sexual Assault Centre & Elizabeth Fry Society | Prince George Sexual Assault Response Team (PG SART) | |
| WILLIAMS LAKE | ||
| Canadian Mental Health Association – Cariboo Chilcotin Branch | Williams Lake Sex Assault and Counselling (WLSAC) Centre | |
| Northern Shuswap Tribal Council | NStQ Emergency Sexual Assault Program | |
| Yeqox Nilin Justice Society | Yeqox Nilin Sexual Violence Victim Support Services | |
| NORTH COAST | ||
| BELLA COOLA | ||
| Heiltsuk Tribal Council | Núgváṇts Húmíɫ Qsú (We Hear You) | |
| Bella Coola Community Support Society | Bella Coola Valley Sexual Assault Response Collaborative | |
| Nuxalk Nation | Nuxalk Emergency Sexual Assault Response Team | |
| PRINCE RUPERT | ||
| North Coast Transition Society | Sexual Assault Response Program (SARP) | |
| SMITHERS | ||
| Northern Society for Domestic Peace | Northern Society for Domestic Peace Emergency Sexual Assault Services | |
| TELEGRAPH CREEK | ||
| Tahltan Band Council | Tahltan Emergency Sexual Assault Response Service | |
| TERRACE | ||
| Ksan House Society | Ksan Sexual Assault Support Services (Ksan SASS) | |
| NORTH EAST | ||
| CHETWYND | ||
| Saulteau First Nations | Linda Krystina Housing Society | |
| DAWSON CREEK | ||
| Counseling and Victim Services Department | Linda and Krystina Safe House | |
| VALEMOUNT | ||
| Robson Valley Community Services Society | It Takes a Community: to Effectively Respond to Sexualized Assault |
