The Survivor Space: Exploring 'Does Geography Impact Access to Justice' Report

Jessica Regan
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The Survivor Space is a by She Matters exploring the 'Does Geography Impact Access to Justice' report. The Survivor Space is grounded in community, story work, and land-based healing. Hosted by Jessica Regan, this series invites listeners into honest conversations about what it means to seek care, access justice, and healing after sexual violence for those living in northern, rural, and communities. Each episode offers space to breathe, reflect, and connect — to the land, to story, and to each other. Together, we unpack the findings of Does Geography Impact Access to Justice?, hear from survivors, rights holders, and service providers, and explore how systems can be reimagined through compassion, cultural safety, and community driven care. This is not a true crime podcast. It’s a gathering place — where we hold truth, grief, and resilience in equal measure. You are safe here. You are held here. You are loved here.

Episodes

  1. 11/26/2025

    The South: Survivance, Agency, and Navigating Systems

    In this episode, we step through the South Door. This direction teaches us about bravery, adolescence, truth-telling, and becoming. Host Jessica Regan guides listeners through land-based reflections, grounding invitations, and the raw testimonies of survivors navigating the barriers to forensic evidence collection in rural and remote communities. Through stories of water, land, internal knowing, and refusal to accept systems that are not safe, this episode asks: What does bravery mean to you? And how can community, choice, and compassion shape a more trauma-wise future for survivors? What You’ll Hear: Opening Reflections: Bravery & the Land Jessica shares a childhood story of swimming in the Great Lakes—an early lesson in courage, surrender, and awe that frames the episode’s exploration of truth and becoming. Teachings of the South Door: Co-Producer and Advisor, Robyn, offers grounding through Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy, inviting listeners to place a hand on the heart and remember that our beating rhythm is a marker of continued life, identity, and becoming after trauma. Themes We Hold In This Episode: - Bravery as stillness, truth, and returning to self - Anger and shame as forms of medicine - Survivors as experts of their own experiences - Systemic dismissal and disbelief - The emotional labour survivors carry - Community-rooted visions for care and justice A Wellness Invitation This episode discusses sexual violence, drug-facilitated assault, colonialism, and systemic harm. Jessica offers grounding pauses throughout the episode. Please listen with care and take breaks when needed.

    1h 29m

  2. 11/14/2025

    The East: Unearthing Root Causes and Geographical Realities

    This episode explores the complex realities of trauma faced by survivors and the root causes that influence their decisions to seek care and justice, highlighting the role of geography and critical interactions with service providers. It serves as an invitation to learn "how" the colonial project and systemic injustices have shaped survivor experiences.

    1h 41m
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The Survivor Space is a by She Matters exploring the 'Does Geography Impact Access to Justice' report. The Survivor Space is grounded in community, story work, and land-based healing. Hosted by Jessica Regan, this series invites listeners into honest conversations about what it means to seek care, access justice, and healing after sexual violence for those living in northern, rural, and communities. Each episode offers space to breathe, reflect, and connect — to the land, to story, and to each other. Together, we unpack the findings of Does Geography Impact Access to Justice?, hear from survivors, rights holders, and service providers, and explore how systems can be reimagined through compassion, cultural safety, and community driven care. This is not a true crime podcast. It’s a gathering place — where we hold truth, grief, and resilience in equal measure. You are safe here. You are held here. You are loved here.

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