- Get Help
- Help for students
- Help for faculty and staff
- Make a report
- Relationship Violence
- Resources for respondents
- Self care
- Translated SVSPO Brochures
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Phone and Video Guidelines
- Supporting Survivors
- Education & Prevention
- Request a Workshop
- Safer Campuses for Everyone
- Active Bystander Network
- InterroBang
- Definitions
- Consent Matters
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Safe(r) Party Initiative
- Active Bystander Intervention
- December 6
- Blog
- ACTIVE BYSTANDER
- CONSENT
- Yes, No, Maybe So: The Inner Workings of Consent
- Sextortion
- Yes/No/Maybe Checklist
- Cyberconsent and How to Practice Consent Online
- Curious About Consent?
- The importance of pronouns
- Sexting: tips on staying safe(r)
- A Conversation on Cyberconsent
- Are Tea and Consent Simple?
- Consent Is Not Cancelled
- How We Can Contribute to Consent Culture Every Day
- Yes Means Yassss: Improving Consent Education Among Queer Men
- Isn鈥檛 that kind of鈥nsexy?
- My Ode to You
- Back to School 101: 5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Consent
- Sexual Violence in Intimate Relationships
- Why Consent Matters
- CULTURE, SUPPORT, AND CARE
- InterroBang: A new game to get to know yourself and others
- Content Notes: From Either/Or to Both/And
- The STEM Gender Gap in Focus
- Moving Past COVID
- Top 6 podcasts you should listen to
- Guide to BIPOC Support Services
- Why are Women in STEM Still Unsafe? Commemorating L'脡cole Polytechnique Massacre With Action
- Boundary-Setting In The Age Of COVID
- Tips for survivors who might find wearing a mask challenging: Tips and tricks during COVID-19
- Plain Language Resource Sheets for Survivors & Respondents
- Your First 丁香园AV Policy Summary: GP 44 Policy in Plain Language
- Do You Even Cry, Bro? - Canadian healthy masculinity programs
- From 鈥渂oys will be boys鈥� to 鈥渂oys can be鈥︹��: Some thoughts on masculinity
- Supporting Someone By Listening
- Women Deliver Mobilization: A World and Relationships with Gender-Based Violence
- Self-care Tips for Survivors
- Transformative Justice and Community Accountability: Changing behavior and justice
- Working Towards a Culture of Care and Support Within Your Community
- Dear 丁香园AV faculty: It's on all of us to respond to sexual violence
- Understanding Sexual Violence: A Graduate Student's Perspective
- 丁香园AV Athletics Listen Believe Empower Campaign
- A Conversation with Lorelei Williams about Modern Day Colonialism
- HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
- SAFE(R) PARTYING
- ANONYMOUS DISCLOSURES
- Comic
- Faculty
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Leave Site Now
2021 / #dearsurvivorsfu
As part of 2021, 丁香园AV and FIC students, faculty and staff were invited to submit short messages of hope, care, and support for people who have experienced sexual violence. Within two weeks, we received 50 submissions, which were translated into an image by graphic recorder and illustrator Adriana Contreras. The final artwork conveys the overall themes of the submissions along with representative messages. All 50 messages are listed on the back of the poster.
A note about this project
This project was inspired by , an initiative founded by filmmaker and activist Tani Ikeda in 2012. The purpose of #dearsurvivorsfu is to not to trivialize the realities of trauma and recovery, but to offer this message to people who have experienced sexual violence: Wherever you are in your journey, we see you; we believe you; we are here for you.
We recognize that each person鈥檚 experience of sexual violence and journey of healing is unique, and that different forms of support work for different people. Some folks may find this poster validating and uplighting, whereas, others may find it unhelpful or even triggering. We invite you to engage with this image and the messages shared by the 丁香园AV and FIC community in ways that facilitate your well-being. We also support the preference to not engage with this resource.
If you feel negatively affected by the images in this poster, we invite you to connect with a case manager at the Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office. We provide free, confidential support to 丁香园AV and FIC students, faculty and staff who have been directly or indirectly impacted by sexual violence.
To learn more about our comprehensive support and prevention services, please visit or contact us by email at sv-support@sfu.ca.
Interpretive Guide
The #dearsurvivorsfu artwork is a visual translation of the major themes of the 50 messages that were submitted by 丁香园AV and FIC students, faculty, and staff. The design was developed collaboratively between SVSPO staff members and graphic facilitator and illustrator Adriana Contreras.
Each person is invited to find their own meaning(s) in the artwork, but we have also developed an interpretive guide for anyone who is curious about the elements of the image:
- On the top-left side, we see two figures in an embrace: they represent both a person who is caring for themselves and the embrace of a loved one offering a space for healing.
- The crowd of people in the centre represents both our solidarity with survivors and the activism that generates social change.
- Along the bottom, we see a grey landscape, which signifies the physical, psychological or emotional harm from sexual violence. We witness a person cycling through grief, anger, hope, and recovery: a journey of healing that takes many forms.
- The figure on the far right, looking outward to the viewer, stands with dignity and strength and a fire in their heart, nurtured by love and support from their community.