Sex Education & resource centre | dsuserc
What we do:
The Sex Education and Resource Centre (SERC) is a confidential, non-judgmental, sex positive, and feminist information and navigation drop-in centre, providing peer-support on issues related to sex and sexuality.
The SERC will operate on a three-pillar foundation – Support, Education, Access.
Support
Access to a welcoming and safe drop-in center, offering peer support and resources for sexual health and wellbeing.
Operation of phone/text line for Dalhousie students to access support for sexual violence or concerns/questions regarding sexual wellbeing.
Students can make scheduled appointments with the manager by emailing serc@dal.ca and can be conducted by Microsoft Teams, phone, or in-person.
Education
Regular programming of seminars and workshops on sexual health and wellbeing, gender-based issues, healthy relationships, and sex and body positivity, as well as being available by request for population specific presentations.
Collaboration with the DSU Executives and the Research & Outreach Coordinator to build awareness around sexual health and wellbeing in the Dalhousie community.
Provision of DSU sexual harassment training as part of our commitment to ensure a safe, inclusive, and respectful work and learning environment.
Access
Provide students with access to safer sex supplies, pregnancy tests, and other products, based on need.
Oversees the SERC bursary program to help Dalhousie students in gaining access to products and services.
Ongoing collaboration with Dalhousie programs and Student Union societies, to ensure continuation and inclusiveness of programs and services.
Runs a free lending library on topics, such as healthy sexuality, 2SLGBTQQIA+ issues, feminism, first person stories, decolonizing practices, poetry and creative writing, fiction, sex education, healing from trauma, and more!
Survivor Support
Center Resources
One of the most difficult parts about reaching
out for support is not knowing where to start.
Click to see information on services such as Sexual Assault Centres, Housing & Shelters, Legal Support, Cultural Supports, and more offered throughout Nova Scotia.
SERC
is on Instagram
We are so excited to launch the DSU
Survivor Support Centre Instagram!
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The Survivor Support Line Update
The Survivor Support Centre and our Survivor Support Line will be closed until the end of the semester. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause students.
Students looking to access on-campus services relating to sexualized and/or gender-based violence can reach out to the following offices:
Jordan Roberts
King’s Sexual Health & Safety Officer
Jordan.Roberts@ukings.ca
1-902-229-6123
King's College Sexualized
Violence Prevention and Response
Lyndsay Anderson
HRES’ Sexualized Violence Advisor
Lyndsay.Anderson@dal.ca
1-902-494-2704
Dal University Sexualized Violence Policy
For further resources and available support throughout HRM and Nova Scotia, as well as Crisis and Support Lines across Canada, please visit our SSC Resource Guides linked here.
Continuing the Conversation
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• What is Sexualized Violence?
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG)
• Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
• Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
• Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Assault of Men and Boys
• Sexual Abuse of People With Disabilities
• Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth (CSEC)
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• How to find self-acceptance - by Luna Matatas
• How to set boundaries when it's hard to set boundaries - by Sam Whittle
• The dating advice therapists give sexual assault survivors - by Brittany Wong
• Surviving the dating scene as a trauma survivor - by Dr. Megan Johnson
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Come visit us in the SUB Room 347 to check out our ever-growing library of books on topics such as healthy sexuality, 2SLGBTQQIA+ issues, feminism, first person stories, decolonizing practices, poetry & creative writing, history lessons, sex education, healing from trauma, and more!
The library is open to all students, staff, and faculty at Dalhousie University as well as King’s College. Books are free for everyone to loan for up to 14 days at a time, you’ll just have to leave your contact information with the manager before borrowing items.
Below are just a few of the fantastic titles waiting for you to check them out:
• All About Love: New Visions, by bell hooks
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
• Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
• Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies, by Renee Linklater
• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, by adrienne maree brown
• Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry, edited by Amber Dawn & Justin Ducharme
• In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado
• Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993, by Sarah Schulman
• No More Secrets: Violence in Lesbian Relationships, by Janice Ristock
• The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent, by Betty Martin
• Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, by Tarana Burke
• Want: 8 Steps to Recovering Desire, Passion, and Pleasure After Sexual Assault, by Julie Peters
• We Were Not The Savages: First Nations History, by Daniel N. Paul
• When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, Gabor Maté
• Women of Color Talk: Psychological Narratives on Trauma and Depression, by Dr. Angela Roman Clack
Crisis & Support Lines by Region
Hours of Operation | Monday-Friday: 9am-4pm
Contact Us
Jodi Vander Heide (she/her)
SERC Manager,
serc@dal.ca
SUB 3rd Floor, Room 347