Webinar: The Importance of Healthy Platonic Relationships on Campus
2025-03-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
In collaboration with the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, the Durham Rape Crisis Centre is facilitating an interactive webinar discussing the importance of healthy platonic relationships on campus.
We will deep dive into the significance of nurturing and maintaining platonic friendships, addressing how healthy platonic relationships contribute to overall well-being, offering a sense of support, belonging, and connection. Participants will also learn to recognize red flags of toxic relationships, healthy boundaries, and the importance of creating spaces for mutual respect and trust. Moreover, we will discuss how the dynamics of platonic relationships can directly affect both mental health and academic success, helping attendees better understand the crucial role friendships play in personal and professional growth. This webinar is a valuable opportunity to gain practical insights and tools for cultivating healthier relationships in all areas of life. French closed captioning will be provided.
Register for the webinar on the CICMH website: https://cmhaontario.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0cVazljoSNKgm0lRrNEPBw#/registration
If you require assistance with registration, please email us at info@drcc.ca.

Returning Home - BIPOC Youth Support Group
2025-03-13 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-03-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join us for an interactive, engaging, and educational workshop series, “Returning Home”! Facilitated in partnership with the Black Therapist Collective, the sessions focus on supporting folks to “return home” to loving and honoring themselves and develop key tools to heal from diverse layers of trauma while having a safe space to also explore joy.
Sessions are open to BIPOC youth ages 18-29 of all genders. You do not need to attend each session in order to participate. Registration is required – Please fill out the registration form at the link provided.
If you have any questions or require assistance with registration, please email us at: info@drcc.ca.
The Durham Rape Crisis Centre expresses gratitude to the Telus Friendly Future Foundation for their financial support to make these groups possible.

Survivors' Circle
2025-03-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
The Survivor’s Circle is a monthly drop-in group held on Zoom for women 16 years and older. This is an opportunity for women who have experienced any form of sexual violence or trauma to come together and talk about the struggles or issues they deal with as a result. It is also a forum in which they can share experiences and impacts while getting support from other members. There will be some times where we discuss a particular topic, or it may be open discussion. There does not need to be any previous counselling, and no commitment to future groups is required. Members may also attend as often as they would like.
For more information about the Survivor’s Circle or to register, please contact Lynn at lynn@drcc.ca or call 647-273-0457.

Yoga
2025-04-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Trauma-informed yoga with Sam is an additional holistic healing experience with sequence of movements that help to connect you to your mind and body. All levels are welcome. Participants are encouraged to go at their own pace and to take breaks when needed.
For more information about the Yoga group or to register, please contact Samantha at samanthag@drcc.ca.

Guided Healing Meditation
2025-04-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-28 13:00 - 14:00 and 1 more date | Zoom
Guided Healing Meditation offers breath work and tapping into healing on the nervous system. In this group, you will learn various mindful techniques that aid in grounding and staying connected to your mind-body. Guided Healing Meditation may also consist of visualizations that help to bring profound healing and reflections.
For more information about Guided Healing Meditation or to register, please contact Samantha at samanthag@drcc.ca.

Building a New Relationship with Your Body
2025-04-02 11:30 - 13:30 | Zoom
The body you have is sacred and beautiful. Sometimes after trauma, it can be hard to feel safe in our body and see ourselves through a loving lens. In this workshop, you can expect to learn new ways of honouring your physical body through movement, nourishment, mindset work, somatic work, and connection to your deeper self. You will leave with tangible tools to implement into your daily life to build a new inner and outer world so that you can take up space and feel liberated in the skin you are in.
Learn about how to build a new relationship with your body on a:
Physical Level: Cultivating Body Awareness and Self-Care
Mental Level: Shifting Mindsets and Cultivating Body Positivity
Spiritual Level: Deepening Connection to the Body as a Sacred Vessel
For more information about the Building a New Relationship with Your Body group or to register, please contact Samantha at samanthag@drcc.ca.

South Asian Group
2025-04-09 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Are you a woman of South Asian descent and a survivor of sexual violence? You’re not alone. Join us for a supportive therapeutic group designed to create a safe space for sharing experiences and healing. Together, we’ll explore cultural norms, boundary setting, and strategies for emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual safety, “family shame”, cultural norms and expectations, and so much more.
We will be offering therapeutic exercises, journal prompts, and nervous system regulation tools to help you bring more safety into your body so that you can identify your own values and beliefs that feel in alignment with you as an individual.
There is no pressure to share your experience, if you prefer to come and sit in, just your presence is more than enough and welcome.
Your unique experience as a South Asian woman is honoured here at DRCC and we would love to have you a part of the community.
For more information about the South Asian group or to register, please contact Samantha at samanthag@drcc.ca.

Cultivating Healthy Romantic Relationships
2025-04-16 11:30 - 13:30 | Zoom
This group explores topics such as attachment styles, boundary setting, communication, conflict and repair, and learning how to tune into your body/intuition as you explore new/current relationships. You can expect to leave with a foundation of what healthy relationships look/feel like, identify red, yellow, and green flags, how to build meaningful relationships that are fulfilling and beyond surface level, and – most of all – relationships you feel safe in.
For more information about the Healthy Relationships group or to register, please contact Samantha at samanthag@drcc.ca.

Yoga
2025-04-22 11:00 - 12:00

Healing Through Friendship: A Safe Space to Rebuild Trust and Connection
2025-04-30 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
This group is a safe, supportive space to heal past wounds, redefine what true friendship looks like, and learn to build relationships rooted in trust, reciprocity, and emotional safety. Through guided reflection, embodiment practices, and conscious conversation, you’ll deepen your self-awareness, set healthy boundaries, and open yourself to friendships that nourish your heart.
Heal past friendship wounds
Learn to trust and receive healthy connections
Set boundaries from a place of self-worth
Call in friendships that align with your growth
You deserve friendships that feel safe, expansive, and deeply fulfilling. Join us in creating them!
For more information about the Healing Through Friendship group or to register, please contact Samantha at samanthag@drcc.ca.
