If you have been sexually assaulted, it is NOT your fault.
We are a safe place for faculty, staff and students who have experienced sexual assault regardless of identity, expression or orientation, regardless of when or where it took place.
Just want to talk?
We are here to listen and help you explore your options.
Call us at 604-822-1588
We are open Mon to Fri from 8:30am-4:30pm
Have you experienced a recent sexual assault?
Your safety comes first
If you’ve been assaulted within the last 7 days, there is a special team of nurses at the hospital who can help you. You may need medical attention even if you don’t have visible signs of injury.
If you have been drugged, choked, strangled or have difficulty breathing, swallowing or speaking, go to the nearest hospital immediately.
Find a safe place
If you are in immediate danger or injured, call 9-1-1
Go to the hospital
If you are safe, go to the nearest hospital and ask for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE nurse).
Call us
Follow up with the SVPRO office as soon as possible for support.
Call us at 604-822-1588 (Mon to Fri 8:30am-4:30pm) to explore your options.
You do not have to go to the hospital or make a police report to get help from our office.
Call us at 604-822-1588 (Mon to Fri 8:30am-4:30pm) to explore your options.
How we can help
You do not have to go to the hospital or make a police report to use our services
Help you find a safe place to stay
Go with you to the hospital, police or court
Arrange academic concessions e.g. extensions
Coordinate workplace accommodation e.g. arranging leave
Explain your reporting options
Helping others
Safety comes first
Sexual assault can happen to anyone. Let your friend know it’s not their fault. Survivors have the right to make their own choices. Support the choices they make, whatever they decide.
Find a safe place
Ask a survivor “Where do you feel safe?” Call 9-1-1 if a survivor is in immediate danger or injured
Go to the hospital
Ask a survivor if they want to go to hospital even if there are no visible signs of injury. The closest hospital to UBC’s Vancouver campus are UBC Hospital (8:00am-10:00pm) or VGH (24hours)
Refer them to SVPRO
After the hospital visit, follow up with us for additional for support.
Call us at 604-822-1588 (Mon to Fri 8:30am-4:30pm) to explore your options.
Contact us
If you call our support line during business hours, a member of our team will answer and help you explore your options. If we don’t pick up, that means we are helping someone else. Please leave a message and we will get back to you within the next business day.
604-822-1588 (Mon to Fri 8:30am-4:30pm)
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office
6363 Agronomy Road, ROOM 4071
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1T2
Tel 604-822-1588