The Digital Sexual Violence Support Centre

About Us

 

The Digital Sexual Violence Support Centre (DSVSC) is a Canadian non-profit that provides support to adult survivors of technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) through programs, workshops, policy advocacy and knowledge mobilization.

 

We define technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) as the manipulation of digital and online mediums to cause sexual harassment, intimidation or humiliation against an individual or a group. Examples of TFSV can include intimate image abuse (formerly called revenge porn), sexual deepfakes, online sexual harassment, doxxing of sexual information, sextortion, etc.

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Our History​​

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The Digital Sexual Violence Support Centre (DSVSC) was founded as a non-profit in November 2023, to fill the national service gap in supporting adult survivors of technology-facilitated sexual violence. Part of this service gap is contextualized by a lack of resources and best practices to address, process and legally file cases of TFSV in Canada. 

 

From this service gap, we identified that women, queer and non-binary folks are disproportionately targeted for TFSV through online platforms in Canada, which has shaped our advocacy for an intersectional feminist approach to supporting survivors.

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Today, the DSVSC works with other organizations in using evidence-based research to develop workshops and educational resources to support TFSV survivors' healing, encourage knowledge mobilization, and prioritize the voices of BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals.