The mission of SOAR Initiative Canada is to empower survivors of sexual violence to heal, thrive and achieve long-term recovery, while advocating for systemic change to the barriers they face in accessing care, resources, and justice.
CHRISTIE PASCHAKIS - SOAR INITIATIVE FOUNDER
Media Releases & Statements
SOAR Initiative Canada - Media Release April 22, 2025
SOAR Initiative Canada Statement via Media Release on the upcoming trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Juniors hockey team.
SOAR Initiative Canada - Statement April 25, 2024
Full Statement from SOAR Initiative Canada on the New York Court of Appeals overturning the ruling in the 2020 Harvey Weinstein felony sex crime conviction.
SOAR Canada Booklist
A curated list of recommended reads on the topics of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child abuse, as well as on trauma and self-healing.
All titles were recommended by survivors, advocates, and allies.
#HealingThrough Reading
SOAR Canada Documentary List
A curated list of recommended documentaries on the topics of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child abuse, as well as on trauma recovery.
All titles were recommended by survivors, advocates, and allies.
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Territorial Acknowledgement Statement
We at SOAR Initiative Canada acknowledge that our office is situated on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This land is encompassed within the Dish with One Spoon territory, a treaty forged among the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Anishinaabek, and allied nations, with the purpose of collaboratively sharing and preserving the land, its waters, and all the biodiversity within the Great Lakes region.
SOAR Initiative Canada acknowledges our duty to recognize the historical and persistent legacy of colonialism, along with our complicity in perpetuating its continued impacts today. Indigenous Peoples continue to protect their lands and waters from settler colonization and capitalism; they face disproportionate marginalization, impoverishment, racism, and a distressing epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. SOAR Initiative Canada gratefully acknowledges these nations, and all Indigenous Peoples living across Turtle Island for their continued guardianship of this land.