The PEARS Project

Check out our updated resource guide! We have updated our list of resources to include a variety of counselling, financial, legal, medical, and culturally centred resources for intersectional survivor support. It is available in our linktree (found in our bio)!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about anything included, please reach out! If you need help navigating resources, reach out via DM or come visit us during office hours. The PEARS team is here to support you.

Join us on October 21st from 11am-1pm for jewellery making to help raise money for the Sudan Solidarity Collective. Event is drop in and donations are optional!

We are so excited to introduce the executive team for the 2025-26 year! 💙✨🩵

These are our updated office hours for the fall semester 🍁 If these times don’t work for you and you’re interested in accessing peer support, the Survivor’s Closet, or other resources - DM or email us!

We are excited to be able to offer a variety of supports and resources in-office, ranging from the PEARS library to the Survivor’s Closet (more detail is available in the post!). Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or come visit us during office hours to learn more or to access support.

We are located in the Student Commons Building (Room 366) at 230 College St 💙🩵💙

CW: Childhood sexual abuse, Palestinian genocide, child marriage, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and more. If you need support please reach out to us or come visit us during office hours. 🤍

October 11 is International Day of the Girl. Girls are disproportionately affected by sexual violence and continue to face ongoing gender inequality worldwide. We continue to push for communities, spaces, and societies where girls can flourish and live free from violence.

Exciting news - office hours start tomorrow (Oct 6th) for the Fall Semester. If these times don’t work for you and you’re interested in accessing peer support, the Survivor’s Closet, or other resources - DM or email us!

We are excited to be able to offer a variety of supports and resources in-office, ranging from the PEARS library to the Survivor’s Closet (more detail is available in the post!). Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or come visit us during office hours to learn more or to access support.

We are so excited to be at the Sid Smith Chalking Event again this year! Come say hi on October 9th between 3-6pm outside of Sidney Smith. It’s going to be so much fun 🎨 ✨
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

We will be at the Clubs Fair on October 6th! Come visit us and over 25 other clubs to learn more about social justice initiatives across UofT campus ⚖️🕊️ Can’t wait to see you there!

Date & time - Monday, October 6th, 11am-2pm
Location - Hart House, Great Hall

CW: discussions of residential schools, settler colonialism, institutional violence, colonial violence, childhood sexual violence, gender based violence and more

Today is Orange Shirt Day, or the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours and remembers survivors, victims, and anyone who was impacted by Residential Schools and their lasting, harmful legacies.

PEARS operates on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendy, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. This land was stolen from Indigenous people and dispossessed Indigenous people and communities through violent racialized and gender processes.

It is important to centre Indigenous peoples, perspectives, and knowledges as we continue to occupy this land. Challenging and breaking down gendered violence innately requires challenging and questioning of settler colonial systems and violence - violent gendered processes are entrenched with settler colonial, historically and in present day.

PEARS is excited to announce that we will be accepting Zine submissions for Roots and Branches starting on October 1st. 📇Submissions will close on Dec 31st. The form for submission will be available via the linktree in our bio. Send us an email or DM if you have questions! Can’t wait to see everyone’s submissions. ✨

DARVO is a manipulation tactic employed by abusers and perpetrators to shift blame off of themselves and onto the victim and/or survivor. This tactic enables abusers to avoid responsibility, attempt to maintain control, and to continue the cycle of abuse. We stand with survivors - reach out to the PEARS team for support or explore the other support resources listed and in our linktree.

UofT’s Sexual Violence Policy Review Team sent out an email to members of the UofT community for feedback on the ‘Policy’. The anonymous feedback form is open until Oct 7th.

You can find PEARS recommendations via our linktree in our three different policy review documents. The Policy is flawed and does not currently adequately support survivors - we urge all community members who are able to share feedback to push for change. Feedback can be submitted at uoft.me/SeptSVSH