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  • Survivors Deserve Video

    #survivorsdeserve video

  • I Don’t Owe You Campaign

    Avalon I Don’t Owe You Campaign

  • Clothes Do Not Equal Consent Video

    Watch the 2010 viral video from Rape Crisis Scotland that addresses how clothes do not equal consent

  • Campus Toolkit for Creating Consent Culture

    Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario, Campus Toolkit for Creating Consent Culture

femifesto

A Toronto-based feminist organization (on the unceded territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation) that “works to shift rape culture to consent culture.” femifesto has published a series of interviews with activists and advocates from various marginalized communities about sexual violence and representaiton in the media.

  • Debunking Myths About Rape in Prison

    Interview with El Jones and Mooky Cherian

  • Consent Culture Isn’t Possible in a Colonial System

    Interview with Cyndy Baskin and Leslie Spillett

  • Talking About Cis Men and Media Coverage of Sexual Assault

    Interview with Derek Warwick and Glenn Canning

  • Who Will Protect us from our Protectors - Sexual Violence and Black Communities

    Interview with Margaret Alexander and Riya Jama

  • Listen to Sexual Assault Survivors of Colour

    Interview with Andrea Villanueva and Chenthoori Malankov

  • Queer Women Creating Consent Culture

    Interview with Kim Katrin Milan

  • Say Out Loud Why and How Sexual Violence Happens

     A Conversation with Kai Cheng Thom About Media Reporting on Sexual Violence and Trans Folks

  • End Islamophobic Coverage of Muslim Sexual Violence Survivors

    Interview with Naheed Mustafa and Chelby Daigle

  • Stop Erasing Sexual Violence Survivors with Disabilities

    Interview with Jess Rueger and Marianne M. Park

  • Sex Workers are Experts at Sexual Consent

    Femifesto Interview with Chanelle Gallant, Co-director of the Migrant Sex Worker Project.

Module Sources

The Anti-Violence Project, Consent

Canadian Federation of Students, Consent Culture: Let’s End Sexual Violence on Campus

CBC

Creating Consent Culture

Maya Dusenber, Feministing; “On Ethical Sex and the Complexities of Consent in an Unjust World

FORCE, Upsetting Rape Culture; “What Is Consent?”

Reina A.E. Gattuso, The Harvard Crimson; Do You Think I’m Pretty?

Government of Canada

Government of Nova Scotia, Children and Family Services Act,Duty to Report” (Sections 23, 24, 25 and 25A)

Kathryn Graham, Sharon Bernards, D. Wayne Osgood, Antonia Abbey, Michael Parks, Andrea Flynn, Tara Dumas, Samantha Wells;“Blurred Lines?” Sexual Aggression and Barroom Culture

Mason Hsieh, Huffington Post; “Is Consent Sexy? Breaking the Unspoken Rules of Sex

Kristen Jozkowski, Ph.D., “What Role Does Alcohol Play in Men’s Sexual Aggression?”

Only With Consent, “Consent Culture

Paniz Khosroshahy, McGill Daily; “#ThisIsNotHelping

LEAF, R. v. Ewanchuk

Planned Parenthood, “Consent and Rape

Rad Trans Fem blog

RAINN

Charlotte Shane, Tits and Sass blog; “Getting Away With Hating It: Consent in the Context of Sex Work”

Teen Talk, “Consent and Sexual Assault”

WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre, “Context Of Consent In A Rape Culture

Wilfred Laurier University, “Consent Is Golden: Do You Get It?”