What is Consent Belongs Here?
Consent Belongs Here is Nipissing University’s campaign to end sexual violence through education, prevention and outreach. The hashtag #nuconsentculture is included as a symbol to start a campus-wide conversation around preventing sexual violence. Throughout the year, Consent Belongs Here will be organizing events and initiatives on campus focused on sexual violence prevention and education. You can find out what events are hosted by SVPE by looking for the Consent Belongs Here logo or the Consent Crew Logo.
This website is a resource for survivors, supporters and NU community members, providing information on how to support a survivor, NU policies and procedures, options for survivors, community resources, and events.
Please join us in ending sexual violence by standing alongside NU in supporting survivors.
Consent
Consent must always be affirmative, enthusiastic, present in every sexual encounter - from touch to kissing to sex. Sexual Assault occurs when consent is not present/obtained. Consent should never be assumed.
For clarity:
- Consent is expressed voluntary agreement to engage in a sexual activity with another person.
- Past consent to sex does not imply future consent.
- Consent is always required regardless of relationship status.
- A person can change their mind at any time and revoke consent
- Consent is not 'just going with it'.
- Consent cannot be obtained through the use of force, coercion, or threats.
- Consent is not possible if a person of authority uses their position of power, trust, and/or authority to manipulate someone into saying 'yes'.
- Someone cannot consent if they are intoxicated, unconscious, asleep or lacks the capacity to provide consent.
Workshops
Sexual Violence Prevention and Education delivers the following workshops to students, staff and faculty.
Open enrollment workshops can be found on our events page. If you would like to register for a workshop, please fill out this Form or email svsupport@nipissingu.ca.
If you would like to schedule a workshop please email svsupport@nipissingu.ca.
All workshops are RSD Approved.
Draw The Line
'Draw The Line' is an interactive campaign that aims to engage Ontarians in a dialogue about sexual violence. This campaign challenges common myths and is designed to help bystanders understand the continuum of sexual violence. In order to put sexual violence into perspective we need to be clear that it includes everything from sexist jokes to stalking, harassment and assault. Sexual violence is a lot more than rape.
It is the hope of the Draw-The-Line partners that his campaign will educate Ontarians on how to spot sexual violence and empower them to make a difference. Sexual Violence Prevention and Education has posted these posters around Nipissing in order to spark a conversation with students about sexual violence.