Support and Resources

For Healthcare Providers:
Call 403.955.6037

Please note that this is a non-urgent, infrequently monitored line. If a timely response is required, please use contact info below.

Within AHS:
Use ROCA (the Regional On Call Application System).

Outside of AHS:
Call the Foothills Switchboard (403.944.1110) and ask for CSART to be paged.

Public General Information Line:
403.955.6030

More information on CSART:
Sexual Assault Response Teams — Information for the Public
Programs & Services

For on-campus specialized sexual and gender-based violence information and/or support, contact UCalgary’s very skilled team.

You can reach Meg Martin, Manager, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response and/or Paula Russel, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Support Advisor at svsa@ucalgary.ca.

• Responding to Disclosures of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (comprehensive UCalgary guide)
• Ways to Support Someone Who Has Experienced Sexual Violence (webpage)
• Process of a Disclosure Model (webpage visual)

• Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys (2 pages)
• Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls (3 pages)
• Debunking Myths about Children and Sexual Abuse (3 pages)
• Debunking Myths about Men and Sexual Violence (4 pages)
• Debunking Myths about Sexual Violence (4 pages)
• The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault (4 pages)

• Overcoming Barriers and Enhancing Supportive Responses: The Research on Sexual Violence Against Women | A Resource Document (35 pages)
• Due Justice for All (2021), LEAF (Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund)
  • Part One: A survivor-focused analysis of Canada’s legal responses to sexual violence (99 pages)

  • Part Two: Alternative avenues to justice for sexual assault survivors (76 pages)

• Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women’s Activism (2012), Elizabeth Sheehy (ed.) (ebook, 836 pages)
• Learning Network Glossary (webpage)
  This glossary provides a central place to find the meaning of key terms in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) work and to access resources for further learning.

• Sexual Harassment Fact Sheet (2 pages)
• Alberta Human Rights Information Sheet (3 pages)
• Alberta Government - Sexual Harassment: Here’s What You Need to Know (webpage)
• Alberta Association of Sexual Assault Services (webpage)
• Concerned about the conduct, culture or climate in your workplace? Information, resources, and referrals to support Albertans impacted by workplace sexual harassment (self-guided web-based resource)

• Child Sexual Abuse (resourced webpage)
• Profile of Canadians who experienced victimization during childhood, 2018 (report)
• Children and Sexual Abuse Fact Sheet (3 pages)

• The Traumatic Impact of Sexual Assault on Victims
• The Neurobiological Impact of Trauma on the Brain
• How Trauma Affects Memory and Recall
• Promising Practices: Why We Need a Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice System

• Western University’s gender, trauma, and violence knowledge incubator resources (includes tools, briefs, slides, videos, learning modules and more)
• EQUIP’s Trauma and Violence-Informed Care resource folder (12 resources including curriculum, essentials, tools and toolkits)
• 'From Trauma-informed to trauma-and violence-informed' webinar with Dr. Colleen Varcoe (recorded webinar)
• Trauma- & Violence-Informed Care (TVIC): A Tool for Health & Social Service Organizations & Providers (brief PDF resource)
• Trauma-Informed Approaches for LGTQT* Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (detailed PDF resource)

• Her Brain Chose for Her (detailed interactive web resource)
• Modern Trauma (ebook/toolkit)

• Revisiting vicarious trauma in gender-based violence work: Opportunities for fostering vicarious resilience & collective wellbeing (13 pages)

• Calgary’s Sexual Assault Response Team (CSART | webpages)
  • https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page16383.aspx
  • https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/Service.aspx?id=1962&serviceAtFacilityID=1087580
• Media coverage of a local sexual assault case - A Monster in the Classroom (Macleans Magazine | web article)
• Nancy Hixt’s Crime Beat podcast, Mr. Gregory’s Dark Secret (Season 4, Episode 12 - available on several podcast platforms)

• Prevalence of Sexual Assault and Childhood Sexual Abuse, 2020 (infographic)
• Scope of the Problem: Sexual violence is a pressing public health and safety issue (webpage)

• A List of Canada’s Sexual Assault Centres (webpage)
• Sexual Violence: It’s Not Just “How Things Are” (infographic)
• Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession (2018)

• Guidelines for Sexual Violence Remote Counselling: Wise Practices to Build On (45 pages)
• Gender-based violence in rural, remote, and northern communities (12 pages)

• At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (2019, 1h29m, Crave)
  Investigative documentary chronicling the lives affected by the recent Larry Nassar sexual-abuse criminal case that shook the sports world and implicated a major university and the U.S. Olympic gymnastics program in the process.
• Athlete A (2020, 1h44m, Netflix)
  This documentary focuses on the gymnasts who survived USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s abuse and the reporters who exposed USAG’s toxic culture.
• The Hunting Ground (2015, 1h43m, Apple TV+)
  Weaving together reality footage and first-person testimonies, the film follows survivors as they pursue their education while fighting for justice – despite harsh retaliation, harassment, and pushback at every level.
• She Said (2022, 2h9m, Crave)
  New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Cantor break one of the most important stories in a generation. (Drama, based on the best-selling book by the same name.)
• Slut or Nut: The Diary of a Rape Trial (2019, 1h9m, website)
  Slut or Nut: The Diary of a Rape Trial follows Mandi Gray as she grapples with the police, the university administration, and the legal system - all unwilling to take seriously her rape report by a fellow PhD student. Frustrated by a system stacked against her, Gray turns to activism to advocate for herself and other women like her. 
• Victim/Suspect (2023, 1h35m, Netflix)
  When a journalist digs into a case of a woman charged with falsely reporting a rape, a pattern emerges: authorities turning the tables on victims.
• We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022, 4-episode series, Crave)
  An exploration of Bill Cosby’s life and work, weighing his actions against his cultural influence.