Fonds 10-040 - Victoria Rape Relief Society fonds

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Victoria Rape Relief Society fonds

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CA ON0034 10-040

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  • 1970-1989, predominant 1974-1983 (Creation)

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32 cm of textual records

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(1975-1982)

Administrative history

The Victoria Rape Crisis Centre was established in 1975 by a group of women as a self-funded collective. It formed a coalition with other rape crisis centres in British Columbia in order to pool funding applications. The founders’ objectives were to provide rape crisis advocacy and to help women establish and increase control over their lives, to enquire into the causes of sexual violence, and to raise awareness about rape as serious crime. The centre employed two staff members, recruited several volunteers and was composed of different committees. The members aimed to develop a horizontal collective. The collective proposed presentations in high schools. They offered various workshops and courses on women’s self-defence, on-call counselling for women who had been raped or assaulted. They worked with the police in order to assist raped women and help them with the legal process. In 1977, the Victoria Rape Crisis Centre received a grant from the federal government to produce a booklet. Staff members and volunteers collaborate to produce the Booklet “Rape”. The Centre also participated to the creation of the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres. It hosted a national conference in 1978 with the objective to form this association. The Victoria Rape Society was closed in 1982. The “Victoria Sexual Assault Centre” was founded the same year and opened its doors in 1983. Contrary to the original centre, the “Victoria Sexual Assault Centre” was not part of the British Columbia coalition crisis centres.
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Le Victoria Rape Crisis Centre a été créé en 1975 par un groupe de femmes sous la forme d'un collectif autofinancé. Il a formé une coalition avec d'autres centres d'aide aux victimes de viols en Colombie-Britannique afin de regrouper les demandes de financement. Les objectifs des fondateurs étaient de fournir des services d'aide aux victimes de viols et d'aider les femmes à prendre le contrôle de leur vie, d'enquêter sur les causes de la violence sexuelle et de sensibiliser la population au fait que le viol est un crime grave. Le centre employait deux personnes, recrutait plusieurs bénévoles et était composé de différents comités. Les membres avaient pour objectif de développer un collectif horizontal. Le collectif a proposé des présentations dans les écoles secondaires. Il a proposé divers ateliers et cours sur l'autodéfense des femmes, ainsi qu'un service de conseil sur appel pour les femmes violées ou agressées. Il travaille avec la police afin d'assister les femmes violées et de les aider dans leurs démarches juridiques. En 1977, le Victoria Rape Crisis Centre a reçu une subvention du gouvernement fédéral pour produire une brochure. Les membres du personnel et les bénévoles collaborent à la production de la brochure ""Rape"". Le Centre a également participé à la création de l'Association canadienne des centres d'aide aux victimes d'agression sexuelle. Il a accueilli une conférence nationale en 1978 dans le but de créer cette association. La Victoria Rape Society a été fermée en 1982. Le ""Victoria Sexual Assault Centre"" a été fondé la même année et a ouvert ses portes en 1983. Contrairement au centre d'origine, le ""Victoria Sexual Assault Centre"" ne faisait pas partie de la coalition des centres de crise de la Colombie-Britannique.

Custodial history

The Victoria Rape Relief Society fonds was given to the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections in 1996 by the Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s shelter organisation who had been storing the documents.

Scope and content

The Victoria Rape Relief Society fonds offers insight into the structure and activities of the first Rape Crisis Centre in Victoria. The fonds contains only records from the original Victoria Rape Crisis Centre, also named the Victoria Rape Relief Society. It contains administrative records, correspondence, records related to education and telephone counselling activities, cooperation records with other external organisations, and regional rape crisis centres records.
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Le fonds de la Victoria Rape Relief Society offre un aperçu de la structure et des activités du premier centre d'aide aux victimes de viols à Victoria. Le fonds contient uniquement des documents du premier Victoria Rape Crisis Centre, également appelé Victoria Rape Relief Society. Il contient des documents administratifs, de la correspondance, des documents relatifs aux activités d'éducation et de conseil par téléphone, des documents de coopération avec d'autres organisations externes et des documents relatifs aux centres régionaux d'aide aux victimes de viol.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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The majority of the fonds is open and accessible, however, some files are restricted for a predetermined period of time. Please ask ARCS staff for further information.

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CA

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ON0034

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Final

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Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Revised in June 2016

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  • English

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