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Sexual violence prevention: news and events

Our Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Team organizes and participates in various events and activities on campus to raise awareness among the university community. Find out more in the section below.

Sexual Violence Prevention Week - January 20th to January 24th, 2025

To mark this on-campus awareness-raising week, we’ve prepared a range of activities and workshops for the whole University community. Join us to learn more about consent, bystander intervention and on-campus support, or to meet friends and allies and make uOttawa a health, safe environment for everyone.

During the week, we also invite you to :

  1. Follow our brand new Instagram account, where we'll share messages all week, along with the Women's Resource Centre and the Health Promotion team.
     
  2. Take the new online training for students in your Brightspace portal (''Discover'' section).
     
  3. If you’re a professor or staff member, take the opportunity to complete your mandatory online training.
     
  4. To learn about on-and off-campus resources and more, go to the Sexual Violence Support and Prevention website.
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Participation prizes

Each time you take part in one of the week's activities, you'll receive a participation coupon for a chance to win one of several prizes:

  • One of two Gee-Gees hoodies
  • 2 Gee-Gees tuques, courtesy of the Alumni Association
  • One picnic blanket, courtesy of the Alumni Association
  • One of three Gee-Gees prize packages, courtesy of Recreation & Varsity Sports  
  • One Owala water bottle
  • One of twoYeti coffee mugs
  • One set of Lush products
  • One David's Tea assortment

The draw will take place January 24, 2025, and we'll email the winners directly. 
 

Questions or adaptative measures

If you have any questions or require adaptative measures for an activity, email Marie-Lou Villeneuve-Hobbs, Senior Advisor, Sexual Violence Prevention, Human Rights Office.
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Awareness Campaign

Follow the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Team, the Feminist Resource Centre and the Health Promotion team on Instagram to find out more about the week's activities, as well as about sexual violence prevention at uOttawa.

Like and share our posts! The more we spread the word, the closer we get to our goal of making our campus a healthy, safe environment for all.

Follow us on Instagram!

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Workshop: Mobilizing the Bystanders

The Human Rights Office Sexual Violence Prevention and Response team is offering this in-person workshop to equip members of the University community to recognize the warning signs of sexual violence, act as active bystanders and respond effectively to disclosures of sexual violence.

This workshop is aimed at the entire University community, including students, professors and staff.

Registration is required. There are only 15 spots available per session, so hurry!

When: Monday, January 20 ( in English 10 a.m. to noon, and in French 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) and Wednesday, January 22 (in French 10 a.m. to noon, and in English 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) 
Where: 1 Stewart Street, Room 220

Register for the English Mobilizing the Bystanders workshop
Register for the French Mobilizing the Bystanders workshop

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Lunch & Learn

Take the brand new online consent and sexual violence prevention workshop with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response team at the Feminist Resource Centre!
 

In addition to adding to your knowledge, you can speak with experts in the field and meet other committed students. But that’s not all! PIZZA and friendship bracelet making are on the menu.
 

When: Tuesday, January 21 and Thursday, January 23
Where: Lamoureux Hall, Room 242
When: Noon to 2 p.m. 


Bring your laptop to follow the training! 

If you can’t take part in person, the training is offered on your Brightspace portal (“Discover” section) and you can take it at any time, at your own pace.

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Wellness Lounge – Pop up!

Meet Sarah and Marie-Lou from the Human Rights Office's Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Team and get to know all about consent, sexual violence and supporting survivors. Ask all your questions and talk freely with the teams about anything!

When: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Where: Wellness Lounge (UCU205)
Time: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Consent Bingo

Join the Residence Life, Feminist Resource Centre and Sexual Violence Prevention and Response teams for a unique evening of bingo! Try your luck while learning about consent and sexual violence prevent in a friendly, lively setting. 

Featured:

  • Interactive bingo with questions on consent, rights and respecting limits
  • Great prizes!
  • A fun and educational evening to exchange ideas and raise awareness in a relaxed setting
  • PIZZA!
     

When: Wednesday, January 22
Where: Wellness Lounge (90U)
When: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Webinar - Sexual Harassment: Tools for TAs and Professors

As part of the Sexual Violence Prevention Week, the Human Rights Office (HRO) and the Teaching and Learning Support Service (TLSS) invite TAs and professors to participate in this webinar to learn more about sexual harassment and sexual violence and how to respond in a classroom setting. Participants will leave with an understanding of policies in place to prevent harassment directed at them or their students as well as techniques on how to prevent, respond to and support after such incidents.

Webinars for TAs
January 23, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (in French) - Registration
January 24, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (in English) - Registration

Webinars for Professors: 
January 23, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (in English) - Registration
January 24, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (in French) - Registration

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Contact us

Human Rights Office

1 Stewart St.
(Main Floor – Room 121)
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1N 6N5

Tel.: 613-562-5222
Email: [email protected]

Office Hours

Monday to Friday, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.