UPEI hosting events during Sexual Assault Awareness Week
This year, PEI’s annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week takes place from September 18 to 24, 2025. This is a dedicated time to raise awareness about sexual violence, to educate on sexual violence prevention, and to show compassion and offer support to survivors of sexual violence in our community.
To recognize this important week, the UPEI Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SV-PRO), the UPEI Student Union, and Robertson Library have organized a series of events on the UPEI campus.
Sexual Assault Awareness Week Display (September 15–26): Robertson Library and the SV-PRO are hosting a Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW) Display in the Robertson Library lobby. Members of the campus community are encouraged to drop by to learn more about SAAW and to take part in Love Letters to Survivors. Write a message of compassion, care, and support to individuals who have experienced sexual violence. Messages will be included in a collage of community care, which will hang in the SV-PRO. Survivors visiting the Office will see and feel the solidarity.
PhotoVoice, The Art of Thriving (September 18; September 22–26): Women’s Network PEI and SV-PRO partnered to offer a creative, community-based space for survivors of gender-based violence and individuals navigating life after trauma. Participants were guided through a process of reflection, story-telling, and visual expression, culminating in this digital exhibit. Each photo is a window into a personal journey. Some speak to recovery, others to silence, safety, freedom, or inner growth. Together, they are a reminder that healing takes many forms and every voice matters. The art will be on display in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre concourse on September 18 and in the Robertson Library lobby from September 22 to 26.
Another event this week is the Venus Envy Workshop and Sex Toy Bingo (September 17, 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm) in The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, hosted by the UPEI Student Union and Halifax’s Venus Envy.
Other events that took place this week included Consent Pizza on September 15, and Scatter Stones on September 16, both hosted by the UPEI Student Union and SV-PRO.
For information about events happening off-campus, please check out the PEI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week webpage: https://www.peirsac.org/saaw.
If you experience sexual or gender-based violence, the UPEI Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office is available to help. You can reach them at 902-620-5090 or sv-pro@upei.ca or visit them in Rooms 115–118 in the Kelley Memorial Building from 8:30 am–4:00 pm, Monday–Friday.
