By Elly Mackay

Warning: this story contains mentions of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.

Ahead of the inaugural , members of the University of Canberra community have come together with academics, journalists, survivor advocates and government to participate in a ribbon-tying ceremony, showing support to survivors of sexual abuse.

At the ribbon-tying event, which took place as part of the After the Silence symposium hosted by the University鈥檚 News and Media Research Centre (N&MRC), attendees were asked to tie a colourful ribbon to a fence to acknowledge and empower survivors, and to reflect on the ongoing harms caused by sexual assault and institutional abuse.