Article 1 – Criteria for Membership
I.1 Member centres shall adhere to the policy, objectives and goals of the Canadian Association. As stated.
I.2 Each centre shall do one or both of the following:
a) work for social change and prevention of sexual assault through education,
b) sexual assault crisis intervention.
I.3 Member centres shall abide by the following code of ethics and principles:
a) to maintain confidentiality of services
b) to ensure client/victim’s right to support
c) to ensure client/victim’s right to self-determination
d) to ensure client/victim’s right to advocacy
e) to ensure client direct services shall remain free of charge
f) to work towards the eradication of myths that perpetrate rape and sexual assault.