01 / Reform
Evidence, policy & public education
We gather national evidence, brief policymakers, and partner with educational and institutional leaders to strengthen prevention and accountability frameworks across sectors.
See the research agendaA survivor-led social enterprise
Advancing a New Response to Sexual Violence
We pair evidence-driven advocacy with survivor-centered technology — building the research, public education, and tools that close the gap between harm and support.
Launch event · May 31
Medusa Speaks
Toronto · Curated brunch
Join us in Toronto for the public launch of The Survivor Collective and Project Medusa — a curated brunch bringing together advocates, creators, founders, media, and community leaders for a powerful afternoon of conversation, connection, and new initiative announcements.
Limited capacity. Be in the room for the beginning.
Two pillars, one mission
Systemic reform and survivor-centered technology — built together.
02 / Technology
Survivor-centered tech & digital safety
We build trauma-informed tools at the intersection of AI, digital safety, evidence and accountability — including First Step, a private record & pathways platform for survivors, and survivorneeds.org, an anonymous mutual-aid platform where survivors request practical support and the community shows up.
See what we're buildingRecent media
In the press.
Co-founders speaking on TFSV, digital violations, manosphere tactics, trafficking, and survivor-centered reform.
Beta · Building our partner network
survivorneeds.org
The gaps in healing, filled with care.
Survivor Needs is one of two survivor-centered platforms we're building — an anonymous, trauma-informed mutual-aid platform where survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence privately request the practical things that make healing possible (groceries, a ride, clothing for court, therapy, legal help) and the community shows up. Material items arrive at partner facilities for safe, anonymous pickup.
The beta is live so we can learn from real survivor and community experience — and we're now actively building the partner ecosystem (safe pickup sites, service providers, and funders) needed to bring it to full launch.
For HR & people leaders
Corporate training: Supporting employees through trauma, crisis & sexual violence.
A 90-minute live session for HR teams, managers, and people leaders — plain-spoken, trauma-informed, and built around the moments your organization is most likely to fumble: disclosure, accommodation, and the days that follow.
- ·How trauma shows up at work
- ·What managers should say / not say
- ·HR response framework
- ·Real workplace scenarios + Q&A
Co-led by
Sarah Jezek, co-founder of The Survivor Collective, and Sarah Vachliotis, RP — registered psychotherapist at Sarah V Therapy.
Research and clinical care in one room. Lived experience, survivor-centered systems thinking, and a trauma-informed clinician guiding what to say, when, and how.
Public movement
Project Medusa
Project Medusa is the Collective's non-profit public movement — the bridge between institutional research and community engagement, translating evidence into accessible reports and cultural action.
Visit Project Medusa →The Medusa Speaks Series
Speaker applications are open.
The Medusa Speaks Series is a travelling conversation, spinning out of our launch event, about changing the sexual violence space. We're putting together the speaker list now — survivors, advocates, researchers, and practitioners from across Canada.
"A travelling room. A real conversation. The sector talking honestly about what it takes to change."
The Survivor Collective
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National survey
Sexual violence, justice response & public trust in Canada.
An anonymous Canada-wide survey examining experiences of sexual violence, decisions about reporting, and public trust in institutional responses. Results are reported in aggregate only.
Learn more about the survey →Partners
Standing alongside survivors.
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