Student Toolkit

Welcome to our student resources page! Listed below are a range of campus organizing tools and resources in PDF, which are free to use and distribute.

(Note: These materials are dated. While some may still be useful, the language is not gender-inclusive.)

Introduction Letter

“Dear Reproductive Freedom Fighter”
Please read this intro letter that explains these tools and resources.

Handbook

How to Establish a Pro-Choice Group on Campus
Learn the basics for starting and running your own pro-choice group on campus! This 34-page handbook explains how to: determine if your campus needs one, structure it, recruit members, run meetings, carry out activities, raise funds, and sustain your group. (Researched and written in 2008 by a Simon Fraser University student on behalf of ARCC.)

Information Sheets and Brochures

• Snappy Answers to Spicy Questions
  A Q&A to help you navigate through the sensitive issue of why students’ unions are not obligated to fund and provide space for anti-choice groups.
• The Anti-Choice Position
  Briefly describes key anti-choice arguments, the Canadian groups that promote these beliefs, and the tactics they use. Understanding the arguments made by anti-choice groups that advocate for greater control of peoples’ sexuality through the criminalization of abortion makes it easier to effectively counter their messaging.
• Brochure: “Ten Lies the Anti-Choice are Telling You About Abortion”
  Combat anti-choice misinformation with these rebuttals to 10 common lies. Make multiple copies of this brochure by printing it out on 8.5″ x 14″ paper, in colour, double-sided. Fold them and distribute them at your events and information tables.

Tools

• Pro-Choice Stickers and Buttons
  Print out these pro-choice slogans on glossy sticker paper, or print and cut them out to make 1.5″ round buttons. Labour unions, women’s groups, or non-profit groups might have a button-making machine you can borrow – ask around.
• Pro-Choice Posters
  Three colourful posters (11 x 17) that can be printed out and attached to poster board, or professionally printed onto poster stock.
• Chants and Cheers
  A list of popular pro-choice chants and cheers you can shout out at rallies and demonstrations. Print multiple copies and hand out to participants.

Resources

Pro-Choice Films
A list of pro-choice films and documentaries. Hand out as a resource, or host a film night or film festival! Some of these can be found at your local video store, while others will need to be ordered. Ordering information for most of the films can be found here.

Need Help or Advice?

If you have any questions, or need help or advice on any aspect of campus organizing or pro-choice/anti-choice activity on campuses, please email info@arcc-cdac.ca.

If you are unable to print the resources yourself, we can arrange to send you limited numbers of colour copies on glossy paper.