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Sources

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National numbers

The homepage's numbers and chart, plus related figures from the same reports.

The rubric

Support lines

Their words

The four quotes on the homepage, verbatim from published reporting. Speakers are not named.

  • “The only response security gave was, 'You should have just walked away.'” Student, Simon Fraser University, 2017. Global News, 2017-02-24
  • “I felt completely invalidated and silenced.” Student, University of Victoria, 2016. The Canadian Press, 2016-03-15
  • “I felt like I had barely any support when I disclosed it to my managers and they just shuffled me around, making me disclose it several times before passing me off to the sexual violence prevention office.” Former student, UBC Okanagan, 2022. Black Press Media, 2022-09-09
  • “Most of the time, nothing happens.” Student residence staff member, University of Victoria, 2016. The Canadian Press, 2016-03-15

Public records

Numbers from schools' own annual reports, shown in each school's panel.

  • Camosun College
    • People who disclosed to the Office of Student Support (2025/26): 62. Report
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver
    • Sexual misconduct reports to the Investigations Office, both UBC campuses (2025/26): 45. Report
    • Reports referred to investigation, both UBC campuses (2025/26): 26. Report
    • Investigations that found a policy breach, both UBC campuses (2025/26): 15. Report
    • Sexual misconduct reports to the Investigations Office, UBC Vancouver (2025/26): 36. Report
    • Disclosures to the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office, Vancouver (2024/25): 220. Report
  • University of British Columbia, Okanagan
    • Sexual misconduct reports to the Investigations Office, UBC Okanagan (2025/26): 9. Report
    • Sexual misconduct reports to the Investigations Office, both UBC campuses (2025/26): 45. Report
    • Reports referred to investigation, both UBC campuses (2025/26): 26. Report
    • Investigations that found a policy breach, both UBC campuses (2025/26): 15. Report
  • University of Victoria
    • Formal reports investigated (2024/25): 6. Report
    • Disclosures of sexualized violence (2024/25): 56. Report
    • Formal reports received (2024/25): 7. Report
  • Simon Fraser University
    • Reports made under the Sexualized Violence Policy (2024/25): 1. Report
    • Disclosures to the Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (2024/25): 166. Report
  • British Columbia Institute of Technology
    • Sexualized violence incidents reported to Safety, Security and Emergency Management (2024): 7. Report

Each school's policy

What On paper grades. Where a school publishes separate procedures, both are graded together.

Sexual assault support on the map

The purple dots and each school's Nearest support: hospitals with published 24-hour sexual assault or forensic nurse examiner care, and community sexual assault support programs, each from the organization's own site or its health authority. Programs were found through EVA BC's directory. No transition houses or shelters are listed, and services whose location is confidential are shown by phone only.

  • Sexual Assault Service at Vancouver General Hospital, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9. Source
  • Forensic Nursing Service, Surrey Memorial Hospital, 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey, BC. Source
  • Forensic Nursing Service, Abbotsford Regional Hospital, 32900 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, BC. Source
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital Emergency, 1952 Bay St, Victoria, BC V8R 1J8. Source
  • Victoria General Hospital Emergency, 1 Hospital Way, Victoria, BC V8Z 6R5. Source
  • Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Emergency, 1200 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9S 2B7. Source
  • North Island Hospital Comox Valley Emergency, 101 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 0B9. Source
  • Kelowna General Hospital, 2268 Pandosy Street, Kelowna, BC. Source
  • Royal Inland Hospital, 311 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T1. Source
  • Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC V1R 4M1. Source
  • Kootenay Lake Hospital, 3 View Street, Nelson, BC V1L 2V1. Source
  • East Kootenay Regional Hospital, 13 - 24th Avenue N, Cranbrook, BC V1C 3H9. Source
  • Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre, 3451 Voght Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1C6. Source
  • 100 Mile District General Hospital, 555 Cedar Avenue South, 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0. Source
  • Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, 201-3060 Cedar Hill Rd, Victoria, BC V8T 3J5. Source
  • Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre, 694 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC. Source
  • Prince George Sexual Assault Centre, 1320 2nd Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3B5. Source
  • Cameray Child and Family Services, Sexual Assault Services, 2038 Rosser Ave, Burnaby, BC V5C 0M7. Source
  • DIVERSEcity Sexual Violence Support Services, 13455 76 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3W 2W3. Source
  • Archway Community Services, Sexual Assault Response Program, 2420 Montrose Avenue, Abbotsford, BC. Source
  • Campbell River Family Services, Sexual Assault Services, 487 10th Avenue, Campbell River, BC V9W 4E4. Source
  • Summit Community Services Society, Sexualized Assault Services, 125 10 Ave S, Cranbrook, BC V1C 2N1. Source
  • Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre (by phone only). Source
  • Family Services of the North Shore, Sexual Assault Response Program (by phone only). Source
  • Nelson Community Services, Anti-Violence Line (by phone only). Source
  • Surrey Women's Centre (by phone only). Source
  • University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Emergency Department, 1475 Edmonton Street, Prince George, BC. Source
  • Ksyen Regional Hospital, Emergency Department, 2800 Tetrault Street, Terrace, BC. Source
  • Dawson Creek and District Hospital, Emergency Department, 11100 13th Street, Dawson Creek, BC. Source
  • Comox Valley Family Services, Community Based Victim Services, 1415 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, BC. Source
  • Connect Counselling & Therapy Society, Stopping the Violence Counselling, 4 - 1890 Cooper Road, Kelowna, BC V1Y 8B7. Source
  • Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • Comox Valley RCMP Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • Ksan Society, Sexual Assault Support Services (by phone only). Source
  • Ksan Society, Community-Based Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • South Peace Community Resources Society, Community Based Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • Haven Society, Community Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Community-Based Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • Castlegar and District Community Services Society, Community-Based Victim Services (by phone only). Source
  • Hospital markers: DataBC, Hospitals in BC (Ministry of Health, HealthLinkBC; Open Government Licence - British Columbia), dataset updated October 1, 2026.
  • Directory: EVA BC services directory. Addresses placed with OpenStreetMap Nominatim; road routes computed once with OSRM on OpenStreetMap data.

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