First Encounters
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Resources:
* SA Survivor Resource Document [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12zad9NepQqKFgypq4P6P6vsD_2y1EY7wHjc6DAkSxH8/edit?usp=sharing] - This document contains Canadian, U.S, and Global sources to find guidance, information, and aid for survivors of sexual assault. Detailed descriptions of each resource within the document.
The following links are core references. They are where our stats come from and our definitions of sexual assault.
* National Sexual Violence Resources Center - Statistics [https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics/]
* Government of Canada Infographic: Sexual Violence [https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/campaigns/gender-based-violence-its-not-just/infographic-sexual-violence-how-things-are.html]
* World Health Organization - Violence Against Women Fact Sheet [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women]
* Rainn - Statistics: Victims of Sexual VIolence [https://rainn.org/facts-statistics-the-scope-of-the-problem/statistics-victims-of-sexual-violence/]
* JustFacts - Sexual Assault [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2019/apr01.html]
* Black Women and Sexual Assault PDF [https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ujima-Womens-Violence-Stats-v7.4-1_Condencia-Brade.pdf]
* National Black Women's Justice Institute - Black Women, Sexual Assault, and Criminalization [https://www.nbwji.org/post/black-women-sexual-assault-criminalization]
* JustFacts - Victimization of Indigenous Women and Girls [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/docs/july05.pdf]
* UCLA School of Law Williams Institute - Transgender people over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime [https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-trans-press-release/]
* National Library of Medicine: Unfounded Sexual Assault: Women’s Experiences of Not Being Believed [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9136376/]
* Reporting to Police and Investigations [https://www.canada.ca/en/office-federal-ombudsperson-victims-crime/sissa-essas/reporting.html#_edn6]
* Victims of Crime Research Digest, Issue No. 6 [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-jp/victim/rd6-rr6/p3.html#ftn1] - This survey example includes information on reports statistics, demographic statistics, the victims' trust in the police, and the collective urgency that survivors gain an understanding of the justice system if they are considering reporting.
* Criminal victimization in Canada, 2019 [https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2021001/article/00014-eng.htm#a25] - This is an extensive source on a broad range of “criminal victimization" that includes notable statistics on sexual assault including disproportionate percentages between genders, rates of report, and the surveyed reasons for report or lack thereof.
Sources:
“It’s estimated that between 1 in 3 and 1 in 5 women will experience attempted or completed rape during their lifetime” National Sexual Violence Research Center [https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics/]
“Black and indigenous women are disproportionately at risk, with studies showing between 40-60% of black girls are subject to sexual coercion before the age of 18” The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community [https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ujima-Womens-Violence-Stats-v7.4-1_Condencia-Brade.pdf]
“Indigenous women’s reported rates of rape triple white womens'” Just Facts: Victimization of Indigenous Women and Girls [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/docs/july05.pdf]
“Between 1 in 7 and 1 in 10 men will experience attempted or completed rape, most often perpetrated by other men” RAINN [https://rainn.org/facts-statistics-the-scope-of-the-problem/statistics-victims-of-sexual-violence/]
“…the overwhelming majority of people are not reporting their assaults to the police so these numbers may be higher” and “A very, very small fraction of, of people who experience harmful sexual behavior make the decision to come forward to the police” Unfounded Sexual Assault: Women’s Experiences of Not Being Believed by the Police [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9136376/]
“A person under 18 cannot consent to sexual activity" Government of Canada: Age of Consent to Sexual Activity [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/clp/faq.html]
“Statistics Canada estimates 94% percent of sexual assaults are not reported to the police” Statistics Canada: Criminal victimization in Canada, 2019 [https://web.archive.org/web/20260305044154/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2024001/article/00007-eng.pdf] (NOTE: This report is no longer on Statistics Canada. You can use the Wayback machine to find the same report, which we have linked to)
Additional References:
Tarana Burke - The activist who started Me Too, an activist group to support survivors of sexual violence in 2006, whose phrase was then adopted widely in 2018. Here’s an amazing profile of her by Emma Brockes in the Guardian. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/me-too-founder-tarana-burke-women-sexual-assault]
Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor - These New York Times reporters broke the story on Harvey Weinstein that started the MeToo movement. They wrote a book about that process called She Said. [https://www.shesaidthebook.com/]
Dr. Elaine Craig - A professor of Law at Dalhousie University. Read her book, Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal System. [https://www.amazon.ca/Putting-Trials-Trial-Assault-Profession/dp/0773552774]
Video Clips:
"Sean Combs found not guilty of his three most serious charges" - ITV News [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/olAjqM_6VTM]
"2018 World Junior players found not guilty" - CityNews [https://youtu.be/iuMkuVkODek?si=2OXPd75XW7Kl351q]
"Jian Ghomeshi found not guilty on all charges - news report" - CTV News [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSXFgoJACM]
"Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned. What's next in the case?" - CBS New York [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYW2coQVrRc&t=10s]
"Jian Ghomeshi found not guilty on all charges - prosecutor call for more victims" - CTV News [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvUchVQ6xTg]
Music:
Our theme is Isolation Waltz by Bryan Teoh [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XolORvTbKw]
Other music appearing in this episode:
Strings tune-up (harmonics) by camel7695 [https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/musical-strings-tune-up-harmonics-26946/]
Pretty Pluck Sound by memz [https://freesound.org/people/memz/sounds/325141/]
Nostalgic Piano by Rafael Krux [https://soundcloud.com/trackistador/rafael-krux-nostalgic-piano]
Bleu by Komiku [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure_/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_-_13_Bleu/#:~:text=Released%20Jul%2021%2C%202016,Contact%20artist]
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