August 23, 2010
Take Back the Night 2010
Posted in Current Events, News Release, SACE Events at 11:32 pm by sacetalks
This year’s Take Back the Night planning is well underway. Click the image to download and distribute the poster. Contact Pragya at SACE (780 423 4102) with any questions about the event.
We’re looking forward to seeing you out there!
August 13, 2010
This week in the news (August 6 – 13, 2010)
Posted in Age of consent, Child Sexual Abuse, Current Events, Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (Rape Drugs), hate crimes, homophobia, Intimate Partner Violence, News Release, Victim Blaming at 8:24 pm by sacetalks
The following is a list of news articles and editorials on sexual assault in communities across the globe (over the past 7 days). Many of the articles below may contain victim-blaming language, distortion of information which supports sexual assault myths, and/or triggering content. What these articles do showcase is the prevalence of sexual assault (given that only a small percentage of the 1 in 10 sexual assaults in Canada which are reported receive media attention, several articles on sexual assault within one week indicate a huge number of assaults), what kinds of sexual assaults are reported and how rampant sexual assault myths are. Please be aware that SACE does not support the content or delivery of any of the following news pieces.
Edmonton
HIV positive man jailed for drunken sex
Alberta
Red Deer care worker arrested, charged with sexual assault
Warning issued about freed sex offender
X-ray Alberta foster kids, judge says
More security cameras placed in cabs
Canada
Priest charged with decades old sex assault
Woman hit with hammer, sexually assaulted
Sexual assault is a crime, no matter who’s assaulted
New Charges For Man Accused of Sexual Assault
Cornwall man faces sexual assault charge
Man arrested in NB wanted for violent sex assault in US
Suspect wanted in Etobicoke sex attack
Guilty verdict in Fountainhead trial
Playing fast and loose with crime statistics
14 year old boy charged with sexual assault in Newmarket
Senior citizen facing sexual assault charges
Northumberland OPP officer accused of sexual assault
Student teachers in Abbotsford, Surrey face sex charges
Cabbie accused of sex assault back behind wheel
Victoria-area Catholic priest faces sex charges involving children
Priest had past allegations of sexual abuse against kids
Helping Anishinabek Victims Of Crime
Coquitlam substitute teacher charged with fifth sex-related offence
Teenager not guilty of rape and sexual assault
Male Charged with Sexual Offences
Molester gets 20-month jail term
Sixty Seven Year Old Man Arrested On Sexual Assault In Quesnel
Ex-inmate launches suit against BC, guard
RNC investigating case of suspicious person who approached child in CBS
Stronger self results in victim retelling story of abuse
Police receive stream of tips about priest in sex case
Church issues defence in sex assault suit
Woman tells court fear prevented her trying to fight off rapist
Ottawa man charged with sexual assault, forceable confinement
Date deferred again for poz man awaiting trial
Family ‘incensed’ over comments by Ashbury official
BC used penile teen sex test for decades
P.A. teacher back in court on sex charges
Suspect in Oshawa sex assault arrested
Man jailed for sexual assault on teenage girl
Dangerous sex offender sought in Abbotsford area
Inmate attack nets more time in jail
Former football player faces charges
Kitchener man charged with sexually assaulting woman in her 80s
Suspect in rooming house death makes appearance
Wilbert Marshall sworn in as chief of Chapel Island
Basilians say money was to help alleged victim heal
International
California Mom Facing 67 Sexual Assault Charges
Attorney says probe officer who was with Roethlisberger in Ga. is inactive
Goa media urged to overlook tourism-related misadventures
August 6, 2010
This week in the news (July 30 – August 6, 2010)
Posted in Age of consent, Child Sexual Abuse, Current Events, Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (Rape Drugs), Intimate Partner Violence, News Release, Rape Culture, Victim Blaming at 9:54 pm by sacetalks
The following is a list of news articles and editorials on sexual assault in communities across the globe (over the past 7 days). Many of the articles below may contain victim-blaming language, distortion of information which supports sexual assault myths, and/or triggering content. What these articles do showcase is the prevalence of sexual assault (given that only a small percentage of the 1 in 10 sexual assaults in Canada which are reported receive media attention, several articles on sexual assault within one week indicate a huge number of assaults), what kinds of sexual assaults are reported and how rampant sexual assault myths are. Please be aware that SACE does not support the content or delivery of any of the following news pieces.
Edmonton
Alberta
Former city psychiatrist faces 20 new sex charges
Sex attack lands 30-month jail term
Canada
Vancouver police seeking clues in sexual assault case
Ottawa police seek same man in two sexual assaults
Toronto police searching for sexual assault suspect
Saskatoon man gets prison term for 2008 sexual assault of 14-year-old
Proposal to put ‘rape’ back in criminal code abandoned
Missing teen sex assault victim sought
Man gets four years’ probation for assault during Ashbury trip
SIU investigates sex assault allegations against OPP officer
Suspect in bench assault due in court Aug. 31
Police are looking for person who followed sex assault suspect
Toronto residents fail to report crime due to perceived hassle, insignificance
Cyberpredator gets 10 years less time served
Man arrested for alleged sexual assault in town
Sex offender called risk to females of all ages
Man arrested for sexual assault
Man Accused in Sexual Assault at St. Vincent Hospital Denied Bail
Sexual assault charges dropped
Victims of sex abuse must be able to tell their stories
Former Saanich priest arrested on multiple sex charges
Woman sexually assaulted in downtown Vancouver
Former massage therapist wants ‘life back’
Sex offender lacks remorse, court told
Ex-Blue QB on Texas wanted list
Pedophile’s harsh sentence hardly enough
A woman’s place is on the police force
Dangerous sexual offender Koenders could be in Abbotsford
Long-term offender granted 3 short unescorted outings
Sex Assault Suspect and Fifteen Year-Old Victim Located
Mistaken inmate release under review
Manitoba inmates accidentally freed
Hearing begins into sex attack on woman
Prisoner released by mistake in Newfoundland
HIV-related criminal cases based on fear, not science, say advocates
Former Port Alice doctor sentenced – maintains innocence
Band: Sex offender shouldn’t be chief
Indian Affairs rules sex offender is chief
Young girl attacked in school bathroom
So disturbing it is almost impossible to watch: judge
International
Self Proclaimed “Indian” Spiritual Guru Jailed For Rape
Unresolved legal situation leaves Packers CB Underwood unclear on future
Goa home minister, son linked to drug mafia: Scarlett’s mother
August 4, 2010
Call for submissions: Take Back the Night Zine
Posted in Current Events, News Release, SACE Events at 10:53 pm by sacetalks
****Please note: we are having email problems at SACE, so some people have had trouble submitting to the address below. Please send (or re-send) your submissions to sharma.pragya@yahoo.com so that we can be sure we get them! Thanks.****
We are currently seeking submissions for our zine (a small circulation publication) on the topic of violence against women. Examples of submissions include:
Essays
Articles
Opinion Pieces
Poetry
Short Stories
Illustrations
Personal Stories
Any creative work that can be photocopied!
Take Back the Night is a march and rally to address violence against women. All people, regardless of age, gender, ability, grammar, etc., are encouraged to submit. Submissions will be compiled into the zine, which will be distributed at Take Back the Night on September 24, 2010.
Submissions may be dropped off at the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (#205, 14964 – 121A Avenue) or emailed to pragyas@sace.ab.ca. Please contact Pragya by email or by phone at 780-423-4102 for more information.
Submission deadline:
September 6, 2010
This week in the news (July 23 – 30, 2010)
Posted in Age of consent, Child Sexual Abuse, Current Events, Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (Rape Drugs), Intimate Partner Violence, Rape Culture, Victim Blaming at 10:29 pm by sacetalks
The following is a list of news articles and editorials on sexual assault in communities across the globe (over the past 7 days). Many of the articles below may contain victim-blaming language, distortion of information which supports sexual assault myths, and/or triggering content. What these articles do showcase is the prevalence of sexual assault (given that only a small percentage of the 1 in 10 sexual assaults in Canada which are reported receive media attention, several articles on sexual assault within one week indicate a huge number of assaults), what kinds of sexual assaults are reported and how rampant sexual assault myths are. Please be aware that SACE does not support the content or delivery of any of the following news pieces.
Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary psychiatrist facing 20 more counts of sexual assault
Masseuse’s sex assault case delayed
Man admits to raping wife in front of child
Rapist seeks appeal but denied bail
Wife reported child porn suspect: court documents
Canada
Police release composite sketch of sexual assault suspect
Cab driver gets four years for sexually assaulting fare
Sketches of sex assault suspects released
North Saanich man not guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement
Man arrested in sex assault at Ottawa respite-care centre
Man charged with voyeurism, making child porn, sexual assault
Ottawa police won’t review HIV disclosure policy
Retired doctor gets a year in sex-assault cases
Luxton sex assault shocks residents
Elder avoids jail term for sex assault
Man, 18, arrested in connection with Regina sexual assault
Community Gathers Around Victim Of Cemetery Sexual Assault
Burford man charged with assault of teen
Surrey man gets 13-1/2 years for child porn involving own daughters
Man guilty of sex crimes against two boys
Male facing sexual assault charges
11 years in jail doesn’t seem enough for sex tourist
Sask. woman admits making up nightmare sex-assault tale
Few sex assault victims seek help
Winnipeg teaching aide charged with sex assault
Sex charge prompts probe of youth-offencer penile test
Soaring crime rate pushing Nunavut’s judges past limit
G8/G20 Communique: G20 violence against women
Police still working on 2001 murder at CFB Trenton
Man charged after teen girl sexually assaulted on railway tracks: police
Repeat sex offenders should feel full weight of law
Suspect’s bail revoked in HIV murder attempt case
BC doctor guilty in sex assault of teen patient
Victim’s brother in court to see accused colonel
‘Dangerous’ status sought for sex offender
3 fugitives nabbed by police in NB, Quebec
Charges Laid in Freeman Park Aggravated Assault
The jamboree — some list of ‘highlights’
Williams’ wife ‘innocent victim’
Man jailed for missing court three years ago
Historic sex offender ordered deported
P.A. sex exploitation case adjourned
Man charged with sexually assaulting girlfriend
House arrest extended to workshop for Millbrook man
Sex offender sues over alleged police beating
Teens charged in Kimberly Proctor murder appear in Victoria court
Durham police lay child porn charge
Dangerous offender sought after walking away from work release program
High risk offender Alwin Colin Benson on the loose in Vancouver
Man guilty of molesting teenage babysitter
Police nab man wanted on 61 sex charges
Drink Detective cards now in Canada
Former Chapel Island chief will challenge election results
Pre-trial for rape and murder of Corrine Burns begin in August
International
Michael Lyons AKA Mohan Singh sentenced for rape in London, England
Utah court reverses Jeffs’ convictions
Following a script to escape a nightmare
‘Scarlett threatened by local few weeks before death’
People often regard massage therapists as prostitutes
Jurors in Pitino extortion trial watch TV interview
Jury finds Texas man guilty of starving 3 children
Casey Affleck sued for sexual harassment
US family sues Catholic diocese after accuser in priest abuse case commits suicide