Welcome to the Community Resource Portal!
We are an online database for credible, accessible, and relevant resources on sexual violence and related forms of interpersonal violence.
Resources in the Portal will include ready-to-use toolkits, research reports, presentations and
listings of available community resources.
Promising Practices for Sexual Violence Distance Counselling
Released by the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, Ending Violence Association of Canada, and Anova, this report outlines best practices and lessons learned by service providers to enhance service delivery in light of pandemic realities.
We are please provide you with a curated list of upcoming events that will build knowledge in preventing and responding to gender-based violence through decolonizing, intersectional, trauma and violence-informed approaches.
Resilience is an adult oriented (16+) social support group for those who are transgender, gender...
The Connect group is a safe environment for connecting with others, with the main goal...
Group Z is a group for 2SLGBTQ+ and allied folks aged 16-24. It runs Wednesday...
Released in 2023, Learning is Healing: Saskatchewan Sexual Violence Education Initiative, was developed by Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (SASS) and the Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR), University of Saskatchewan.
This report focuses of sexual violence in Saskatchewan and highlights topics such as the significant need for educational programming that addresses the intersectional forms of sexual violence experienced in Saskatchewan and the impacts of and challenges of COVID-19.
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Released in 2022, Promising Practices for Sexual Violence Distance Counselling, was created by the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston (SACK), Ending Violence Association of Canada, and Anova. They had built upon the work done through the Going-TheDistance project undertaken by SACK funded by Women and Gender Equality.
Due to the pandemic, this report was created to understand the impacts and issues with shifting to distance counselling for sexual violence counselling. It was also created to answer questions such as “Did shifting have specific impacts on different equity-seeking groups?” and, “What lessons have been learned that are specific to the sector, such as navigating safety planning and ensuring rapport-building?”
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We seek to encourage a better understanding of sexual violence by shining a light on the societal attitudes and beliefs that prevent individuals, families, and communities from living free from threat, fear, or experience of sexual violence.
We amplify the voices of our member agencies and survivors of sexual violence to raise awareness of the realities they face.
We amplify the voices of our member agencies and survivors of sexual violence to raise awareness of the realities they face.
SASS is a registered non-profit, member-driven organization dedicated to eliminating sexual violence in Saskatchewan through research, public education, and advocacy.