Sexual Assault Center Kingston Archives

SVPR and SACK talk preventing gender-based violence on campus

Written on October 7, 2021. Posted in News.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Kingston Sexual Assault Centre’s 24-hour crisis and support phone line can be reached at 613-544-6424 / 1-800-544-6424. Following the AMS Walkout to stand against sexual assault and violence, Nadia Mahdi, ArtSci ’21...

QSACK Talks podcast discusses impact of sexual violence at Queen’s

Written on March 19, 2021. Posted in News.

Editor’s note: One member of The Journal’s editorial board is a podcast coordinator for the QSACK Talks podcast. Queen’s x Sexual Assault Centre Kingston (QSACK) has launched a new podcast aiming to provide open dialogue on sexual violence in all its forms, with a special focus on sexual violence...

In conversation with the new Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston

Written on February 5, 2021. Posted in News.

The Sexual Assault Centre Kingston (SACK) announced Jan. 25 it had appointed Maryam Pandi as the new Executive Director on its team. A first-generation Canadian migrating to Canada from Iran, Pandi has a graduate degree in psychology from McMaster University. Prior to joining SACK, Pandi worked...

Calls for sexual assault centre on campus unanswered for more than thirty years

Written on March 13, 2020. Posted in Features, Investigations.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal. In 1989, a report called for Queen’s to implement a sexual assault centre on campus. The same...

Letter to the editors: March 13

Written on March 13, 2020. Posted in Opinions.

Dear Editors, In 1989, a group of concerned women staged a Sit-In in then Principal David Smith’s office to call attention to the issue of sexual violence on the Queen’s University campus. A key demand was the funding of the Sexual Assault Centre of Kingston (SACK). The previous year, in 1988, the...

Kingston’s Sexual Assault Center braces for cuts from Student Choice Initiative

Written on September 17, 2019. Posted in News.

The Sexual Assault Center Kingston (SACK) could lose as much as $21,000 in annual funding as a result of the Student Choice Initiative (SCI), The Journal has learned. Following the Ontario government’s implementation of the SCI, the Center’s fee, mandatory since 1989, has lost that status, allowing...

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SVPR and SACK talk preventing gender-based violence on campus

QSACK Talks podcast discusses impact of sexual violence at Queen’s

In conversation with the new Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston

Calls for sexual assault centre on campus unanswered for more than thirty years

Letter to the editors: March 13

Kingston’s Sexual Assault Center braces for cuts from Student Choice Initiative

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