This presentation will focus on coercive control, revealing the real motivations of partners who use it, and debunking the myths that surround this form of domestic abuse. It will highlight the multiple ways that a person’s use of coercive control against their partner harms their children, and why we need to assess the parenting of […]
Resilience is an adult oriented (16+) social support group for those who are transgender, gender diverse, or interested in exploring their gender. It runs Wednesday’s over Zoom from 5-6pm! For more info, email trans@urpride.ca
Group Z is a group for 2SLGBTQ+ and allied folks aged 16-24. It runs Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm over discord. Come and meet other queer folks, play games, and generally hang out! For more info, email ryan.lizee@urpride.ca
The purpose of this panel discussion is to educate university students, many of whom will enter the healthcare field or other professions that serve the general public, about social inequities and their effects on health outcomes. The effects of social inequities in healthcare can have life and death consequences and therefore it is of utmost […]
Joshua Whitehead aims to explore how we write with, of, and from our bodies in ways that prioritize cyclical relationships with all animate beings (including non-human). Questions he might ask: Does a wound hold knowledge? How is our body in relationship with the plethora of bodies we are in community with: water, earth, stone, literature? […]
Youth Group is a safe space for queer, trans+, questioning, and allied youth between the ages of 12 and 18. It runs Thursday evenings over discord from 7-9pm. We’re super radical, and super stoked to learn about tearing down homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, intersexphobia, acephobia and transmisogyny. Come hang out with us! For more info, email […]
Learn about the ATTACH parenting program with Dr. Nicole Letourneau.
This month the Division of Social Accountability takes the opportunity to reflect critically on decolonization. Over the last few years, the word decolonization has become ubiquitous, permeating classrooms, workplaces, and homes across the country—across the world really. Conversations about decolonization have spread across continents, as people try to reimagine their home nations in the absence […]
Dr. Jacob Alhassan and Erica Violet Lee will discuss pathways to decolonization from a global perspective. The speakers will present on decolonial thought as influenced by leaders such as Fanon, and Nelson Mandela.
When a parent is killed by their partner, their children experience multiple losses. One parent is deceased, the other is detained, on the run or has died by suicide, and the home has often become a crime scene. As the Jaffe Lectures keynote, Dr. John Devaney will explore what’s known about these issues and the […]
This year, the 2022 Wîcihitowin Conference (Live & Virtual) will centre on the Indigenous principle of witnessing or bearing witness.
#GivingTuesday takes place every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and it is a day that inspires kindness and generosity. Will you support EVAWI this #GivingTuesday, so survivors of gender-based violence get the support they deserve? How can you help? Here are a few suggestions: Host a Fundraiser on Facebook or Instagram for End Violence […]
SASS is a registered non-profit, member-driven organization dedicated to eliminating sexual violence in Saskatchewan through research, public education, and advocacy.