e campuses. The project had three defined components which included research on student perceptions of violence against women, engaging stakeholders on campuses, and developing the social media application, RISE (React. Intervene. Support. Educate.). The RISE app provides users with tools to help prevent and respond to sexual assaults and intimate partner violence on campuses and in community settings. It includes education on the bystander approach, the continuum of violence, safe situational intervention tools, and local community resources. The content of the app was based on a year long process of collecting and reflecting upon ideas and experiences from diverse people who took part in research on campuses and in communities around Ottawa. Moreover, this app is based on the ideas and experiences from student and community led steering committees. OCTEVAW recognizes that this app will continue to evolve to reflect new scenarios and lived experiences of users; therefore users are encouraged to contact the Coalition to share their personal stories in order to further understanding, intervention and prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence. The overall OCTEVAW and ORCC project was overwhelmingly supported by Ottawa University, Carleton University, La Cité collégiale, and Algonquin College. Additionally the project engaged local community service members and campus students. For more information on the overall project or the RISE app, please contact the Coordinator Dillon Black.
The twenty-one organizations that received funding from Status of Women Canada – Engaging Young People to Prevent Violence against Women on Post-Secondary Campuses:
- Corner Brook Status of Women Council (CBSWC), Corner Brook, NL.
- Mount Allison Students' Union, Sackville, NB.
- Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, Inc. (FSACC), Fredericton NB.
- Collectivité ingénieuse de la Péninsule acadienne Inc., Paquetville, NB.
Antigonish Women's Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association,
- Association chrétienne des jeunes femmes de Montréal (Y des femmes/YWCA Montréal), Montréal, QC.
- La Pointe du jour CALACS Sept-Îles, Sept-Îles, QC.
- Interim Place, Mississauga, ON.
- Ottawa Coalition to End Violence against Women, Ottawa, ON.
- Scarborough Women's Centre, Scarborough, ON.
Sexual Assault Centre of Hamilton and Area (SACHA), McMaster University,
- Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Toronto, ON.
- Yellow Brick House, Richmond Hill, ON.
- Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region, Kitchener, ON.
- Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
- Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB.
- University of Alberta, Student's Union, Edmonton, AB.
- YWCA Lethbridge and District, Lethbridge, AB.
- Alberni Community and Women's Services Society, Port Alberni, BC.
MOSAIC (Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities),
- Royal Roads University Student Association, Victoria, BC.