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Environmental Scan of Relevant Gender-Based Violence Policies and Law for Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions

The Environmental Scan of Relevant Gender-Based Violence Policies and Law for Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions is a new resource created by lawyer Stéfanie Tougas-Trihey of our Work Community of Practice, with the support of the Courage to Act project team. It includes information on provincial and territorial law around sexual violence policies; links to each institution’s policy; and a sampling of key associations, unions, and HR policies that represent workers on campus.

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Reflections on “Blueprints for Change: A Healthy Masculinity Series”

Wil Prakash Fujarczuk guest-writes about hosting the Blueprints for Change webinar series for healthy masculinities at McMaster University. He discusses the challenges of engaging men in creating consent culture, helpful concepts like the spectrum of allies, and the importance of considering the diversity of men on campus in this work.

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Le Courage d'agir vous présente son Centre de connaissances

Le mois dernier, nous lancions notre tout nouveau Centre de connaissances, un référentiel de ressources, d’outils et d’exemples de politiques, de procédures et de protocoles créés dans le cadre du projet Le courage d’agir. Les outils qui y sont présentés ont été développés en collaboration avec plus de 150 personnes de partout au Canada qui œuvrent à prévenir et contrer la violence genrée !

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Créer des espaces dédiés aux personnes survivantes noires sur le campus

Créer des espaces dédiés aux personnes survivantes noires peut être un excellent moyen de répondre aux besoins de la population étudiante noire puisque cela démontre votre compréhension de la survivance noire de même que votre engagement à leur offrir tout le respect qu’ils et elles méritent. Voici des pistes de réflexion et des façons concrètes d’y arriver.

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Introducing the Courage to Act Knowledge Centre

The wait is over, it’s finally here! The Courage to Act Knowledge Centre to Address and Prevent Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions is now up and running, with the first 25 tools available to download. This is the culmination of the past two years’ work from over 150 project partners from across Canada, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.

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A Sneak Peek Into Courage to Act's Education Working Group Toolkit

Read about the cutting-edge toolkit coming from our Educators Working Group. Through in-depth tools, resources, reflection questions, and much more, this toolkit offers campus educators a blueprint of prevention education possibilities. This is a thorough guide written by educators for educators on how to address and prevent gender-based violence.

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A Sneak Peak Into Courage to Act's Response and Support Working Group Toolkits

We have 14 trailblazing tools coming from Courage to Act's Response and Support Working Group in early 2022. These helpful and practical guides include promising practices, protocols and procedures for individuals working in gender-based violence response and support on campuses across Canada. Read about our Response and Support Working Group's suite of upcoming tools.

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Together at Last: Procedural Fairness and Trauma-Informed Practice Work Together to Reduce Harm

Our Reporting, Investigations, and Adjudications Working Group shares a teaser for their upcoming Guide. Have you always thought trauma-informed practice for the complainant and procedural fairness for the respondent are at odds in gender-based violence complaints processes? Read their case for why this commonly-held assumption is untrue, and how these components actually work together to reduce harm.

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Join the Movement: How to Get Involved with Courage to Act

Wondering how you can get involved with Courage to Act as our work continues and expands? Whether you’re an individual, a PSI, a community or advocacy organization, or a government body, we have some easy steps laid out for where to start. We can’t do this work without you! Thank you for joining the movement.

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Commande un Angelot - Prévenir et contrer la violence sexuelle là où l’on consomme de l’alcool

Vous avez certainement déjà entendu parler de l’initiative Angel Shots, aux États-Unis, ou de Ask for Angela, au Royaume-Uni. Ces initiatives permettent aux personnes qui se sentent inconfortables lors d’une soirée dans un bar de signaler discrètement aux membres du personnel qu’elles ont besoin d’aide. Au Québec, un projet similaire existe déjà et est en voie d’être étendu dans plus de 100 bars de la province : Commande un Angelot.

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Agir Avec Courage : Recommandations Aux Établissements D’enseignement Postsecondaire Pour Prévenir Et Contrer La Violence Fondée Sur Le Genre Sur Les Campus (Partie 2)

Cette série d’articles de blogue en deux parties développe à partir des recommandations clés émises dans le rapport fondateur du projet en offrant un regard plus approfondi sur le travail important qui s’effectue dans les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire francophones à travers le pays pour lutter contre la violence fondée sur le genre sur les campus et la prévenir. Il faut beaucoup de courage pour agir et c’est avec beaucoup de gratitude que nous apprenons et que nous travaillons à vos côtés.

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How Student Unions Across Canada Are Preparing GBV Programming for Orientation Week

While Orientation Week is a very exciting time on campus, it also presents a heightened risk of experiencing GBV. Equipping all incoming students with education and information about campus GBV resources is vital to preventing GBV through the first eight weeks of school and beyond. As a result, PSI student unions from coast to coast have come up with creative, innovative, and effective ways to increase GBV education and prevention during Orientation.

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Vikki Reynolds Workshop & What’s Next for Courage to Act: Highlights from the National Skillshare Series Presentation

We were so honoured to have Vikki Reynolds close out our National Skillshare Series. Vikki led us in thinking through collective care, and how genuine connectedness and revolutionary love are critical for sustainability in our movement to end GBV. Click here for highlights from her inspiring keynote, as well as an interactive workbook to use as a follow-up, or alongside the recording. You’ll also learn about what’s next for Courage to Act!

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Recommendations for Faculty and Staff on Gender-Based Violence Prevention

In anticipation of September and the start to a new school year, Belinda Karsen (SFU) and Sasha Wiley-Shaw (UBC) guest-write about educational opportunities for faculty, staff, and administrators in preventing sexual and gender-based violence. Click here to read their thoughts on the importance of this training and education for folks in these roles on campus, as well as their helpful list of recommendations for learning and action.

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Prendre en compte les personnes survivantes : Un outil d’éducation au consentement qui tient compte des traumatismes

Une grande partie de l’éducation au consentement qui est réalisée actuellement ne tient pas compte des risques uniques de (re)victimisation auxquels les survivants et les survivantes sont confrontés. Il y a donc un besoin criant de développer des stratégies d’éducation au consentement qui tiennent compte des traumatismes. Dans cet article, l’une des membres de notre communauté de pratique étudiante propose une liste (non exhaustive) de questions directrices pour le développement d’une telle approche.

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Frontline Gender-Based Violence Workers Community of Practice: Highlights from the National Skillshare Series Presentation

Response to Disclosures and Support for People Affected by Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada: Evaluation Framework by Courage to Act's Frontline GBV Campus Workers Community of Practice is an evaluation framework with guidelines to evaluate PSI response to disclosures and the provision of support when addressing GBV. This framework adopts a Theory-Driven Evaluation model, using a program theory and program logic to guide an integrated monitoring and evaluation plan.

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La parfaite victime : Révéler le difficile parcours juridique des personnes victimes et survivantes de violence sexuelle

Avez-vous entendu parlé du documentaire La parfaite victime? Ce long-métrage produit par les réalisatrices Émilie Perreault et Monic Néron a fait couler beaucoup d’encre depuis sa sortie au Québec, le 30 juin dernier, puisqu’il expose les nombreux obstacles auxquels font face les personnes victimes et survivantes qui entament un processus de dénonciation judiciaire. L’une de nos coordonnatrices est allée voir le documentaire et vous livre ses impressions dans ce tout nouveau billet de blog.

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UniSAFE, an European Project to End Gender-Based Violence in Universities and Research Organizations

We are excited to profile UniSAFE, a three-year, EU-funded research project launched in February 2021 that aims to tackle gender-based violence (GBV) in academia. UniSAFE is led by a multidisciplinary consortium of nine European partners. They have begun work with 45 post-secondary institutions and research institutions in Europe to develop a toolkit and recommendations to address and prevent GBV, with the aim of creating wide-spread institutional change.

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Quoi faire et ne pas faire pour établir un dialogue constructif avec la direction d’un établissement d’enseignement collégial

L’établissement d’un dialogue constructif avec la direction de votre établissement d’enseignement collégial est essentiel pour en venir à des solutions gagnantes pour toutes les parties impliquées, et qui bénéficieront à toute la population étudiante. Nous avons compilé une liste de choses à faire et à ne pas faire afin d’établir un dialogue constructif avec la direction de votre campus, et ainsi augmenter l’impact de vos campagnes et activités de prévention et de lutte contre la violence sexuelle !

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