Only Yes Means Yes Workshop

Join us for the Only Yes Means Yes workshop presented by West Coast LEAF , VIU Students' Union and the Faculty Association as part of the 16 Days of Actvisim to End Gender-based Violence at VIU. This workshop provides opportunities to learn and discuss many aspects of consent, the law, and pathways to justice and is a great resource for all the campus community.

Following the legislated mandate for all post-secondary institutions to have a sexual violence or misconduct policy, LEAF undertook an endeavour to better educate post-secondary students, faculty and staff on what consent does - and could - mean:

"West Coast LEAF believes that post-secondary campuses can become more supportive places for sexual assault survivors when students understand the full range of options for seeking justice and healing, both within the criminal justice system and outside of it. We also believe that we can tackle the root causes of violence through conversations about the ethical and legal responsibility to get clear, affirmative, ongoing consent for all sexual activity. That’s why we’ve launched Only Yes Means Yes, a project to get students talking and learning about how the criminal justice system defines and deals with sexual assault, and what’s required under the law for sexual consent."

We will have snacks and support available. Following the workshop, our workshop facilitaror Alana will be joining a panel discussion duscissing barriers to reporting and the #WhyIDidntReport movement from 6-8pm, Building 355, Room 203 (lecture hall).

(Images come from Ira Hardy's work on the "The Unfinished Story of Yes" video)