The Victoria Rape Crisis Centre employed two staff members, recruited several volunteers and was composed of different committees. The members’ aim was to develop a horizontal collective. This series consists of records related to staff recruitment.
The Victoria Rape Society proposed various educational activities to raise awareness about rape as a serious crime. They did presentations in high schools, offered workshops and courses on women’s self-defence, and provided on-call counselling for women who had been raped or assaulted. They also worked with the police in order to assist raped women and help them with the legal process. This series consists of records related to the Society's education activities. It contains pamphlets, lists of community groups, lists of elementary schools, general documentation on consequences of rape crimes, documentation related to counselling and crisis intervention for emergency services, forms like initial contact sheet and third party report, statistics forms for volunteers hours for counselling sessions, training records, notes, speaking engagements forms, and the “Rape” booklet.
The Victoria Rape Relief Society participated to the creation of the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres. The Victoria Rape Crisis Centre hosted a national conference in 1978 with the objective to form this association. This sub subseries consists of records related to the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres' creation and activities.
This series consists of records related to Victoria Rape Relief Society’s liaisons and cooperation with other organizations with social concerns. The series contains records related to the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres’ creation and activities. The Society participated to the creation of the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres. The Victoria Rape Crisis Centre hosted a national conference in 1978 with the objective to form this association. It contains also records related to the cooperation with unions, with the British Columbia Federation of Women, and with the National Action Committee on Status of Women. It consists of correspondence, open letters, statement of demand, immediate release, newsletters, reports, notes, application membership correspondence.
This series consists of records related to the contact and cooperation with other Rape Crisis Centres. Some records are related to the Coalition of British Columbia Rape Centres. It consists of Coalition’s yearly evaluation, quarterly reports on coalitions operating expenses, grid report on sexual assaults, quarterly progress reports on volunteers’ hours, financial records, agenda and meeting minutes, correspondence, notes and centres’ reports. Some records a related to the regional rape crisis centers and consist of constitution, goal and objectives, reports, training outlines, pamphlets and correspondence.
Light purple coloured poster with pink text and image of Robin Tyler. It is promoting a performance by her on May 13 in Calgary, Alberta followed by a lesbian conference on May 14-15
