Vous êtes employé.e d’une université ou d’un cégep et vous entendez de plus en plus parler de lutte contre les violences sexuelles dans votre milieu de travail ? Vous ne savez pas par où commencer pour vous familiariser avec le sujet ? Cet article est pour vous.

Covid-19 has deeply impacted GBV intervention and prevention efforts, exacerbating pre-existing challenges while also inspiring services to adapt and innovate. We wanted to find out what these impacts have been on campuses in the midst of the "shadow pandemic" of GBV. From surveys conducted in 2021 and 2022, we've identified six major lessons for PSIs to consider in our report: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: a National Survey of Gender-Based Violence Services at Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions, written by Jessica Wright and Salina Abji.

Deb Eerkes is back with the 6th instalment of her Simple Questions with Complicated Answers series, debunking myths and misconceptions about campus GBV complaints processes. This time, Deb breaks down what's meant by "interim measures," or the even better emerging term, "immediate measures."

Deb Eerkes nous présente la sixième partie de la série Questions simples aux réponses compliquées. Dans ce tome fraîchement traduit en français, elle examine comment les établissements d’enseignement supérieur peuvent imposer des mesures intérimaires avant même de lancer une enquête sur un dévoilement de VACS.

The federal government’s National Action Plan to End Gender Based Violence (NAP) is an important step in the work to address and prevent GBV across the country. As strategic policy and funding decisions start being made around its implementation; it is imperative that the provinces and territories do not forget about the need to protect young people and students, who face alarming rates of gender-based violence in Canada. To end out 2022's 16 Days of Activism, we're calling on provincial and territorial governments to answer the calls in Our Campus, Our Safety and prioritize students and youth as they implement the NAP. Read our joint statement and watch the press conference here.

Courage to Act draws on a theoretical framework called the socioecological model for many of our resources, such as our Education and Training Toolkit. This model recognizes that our actions as individuals are deeply rooted in many levels of the social world around us. Read about the model and how it influences our GBV education and prevention work.

Our RIA working group is preparing dive into another thorny "unsettled question" alongside a new panel of experts: this time around privacy and information sharing as it relates to employee sexual misconduct cases at PSIs. Laxana Paskaran introduces this question, which we'll attempt to answer in a white paper coming in the Spring.

Dans cet article, Maya Labrosse, présidente de la Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ), propose que le Québec promulgue une loi axée sur les personnes survivantes quant aux clauses d'amnistie dans les cas de violences à caractère sexuel.

Bill 26: Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act was introduced in the Ontario legislature last month. This legislation has substantial power to impact the lives of those affected by gender-based violence (GBV) on Ontario campuses. However, while an important start, the sections of Bill 26 that address campus GBV are presently not as survivor-centred nor trauma-informed as they need to be to achieve their aims. The proposed legislation leaves many gaps in student protections that would have unintended and harmful consequences should it move forward without necessary amendments. Read our statement here.

Pour cette édition du blogpost traduit, nous vous présentons la merveilleuse conversation qui a eu lieu entre notre directrice des communications, Emily Allan, et Dre Jiselle Griffith dans le contexte de notre ancienne série d'ateliers: l’auto-soin quotidien pour les travailleur·se·s en matière de violence genrée. Dre Jiselle est une docteure naturopathique qui assiste les personnes confrontées à des problèmes de santé liés au burnout et au dérèglement du système nerveux. Nous sommes ravi·e·s de découvrir son point de vue sur l’auto-soin pour ce blog.

The first season of the Possibility Seeds Podcast is out across streaming platforms! We’re hosting multi-generational conversations between gender justice leaders who fuel our belief that positive change is possible. This is a documentation of local feminist histories and a celebration of new futures being created!

Deb Eerkes is back with a new instalment of her series, Simple Questions with Complicated Answers. This time, Deb takes on the seemingly simple question: what should a PSI do when they receive a complaint? This is a helpful step-by-step of best practices for PSIs to consider in what's called the "intake" phase.

On se souvient presque toustes du moment où on nous a enseigné la puberté. La nervosité était palpable, autant du côté des élèves que des adultes. Les enseignements se faisaient sur la base de deux planches anatomiques. La première représentait un corps masculin nu, avec des flèches qui désignaient les endroits de son corps où la puberté se donne à voir : menton (pilosité faciale), gorge (mue de la voix), pénis (éjaculations), etc.

Courage to Act is creating a Responding to Critical Incidents (RCI) workbook to guide institutional responses to critical incidents of sexual violence (SV) at post-secondary institutions (PSIs). We are looking for input from frontline GBV support workers on campus, and hosting a Design Jam on Thursday, November 3rd to inform this work. Learn more and join us!

Laxana Paskaran explore des questions sur le consentement, les dynamiques de pouvoir et le rôle des établissements d’enseignement post-secondaire en ce qui concerne la reconnaissance et la réglementation des relations personnelles entre le corps enseignant et la population étudiante. Cette discussion contextualise le rapport récemment publié par Le Courage d’agir sur la table ronde sur les questions indécises concernant les signalements, les enquêtes et les processus décisionnels qui s’est passé le 25 mai, 2022.

Our Stakeholder Relations Specialist Aubrianna Snow bridges the lessons from Consent Awareness Week with today's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Hear Aubrianna's thoughts about the importance of a consent mindset in replacing colonial structures with ones that empower Indigenous communities, and her recommended resources.

Laxana Paskaran introduces the new white paper released by our Reporting, Investigations, and Adjudication working group on the "unsettled question" of the role PSIs should play in addressing student-instructor relationships, based on a roundtable discussion held in the spring with a panel of experts.

Un collègue à moi, à l’époque, me met au défi de créer une table de concertation pour mieux collaborer entre cégeps, entre universités. Je décide de prendre la balle au bond et lance l’idée, un peu informellement, lors d’un colloque interculturel organisé par ce même collègue. De cette initiative, un peu naïve, naîtra la Table intersectorielle.

We did it! Together with over 70 community partners and countless advocates across the country, we answered High School Too's original call to establish a national Consent Awareness Week. We're so excited to share with you the collective impact we had, and how you can keep the momentum going for next year (we can't wait!)

Courage to Act's outgoing Education Lead Jenn Flood, and our Director Farrah Khan, share their reflections on the first All-Star Summer School course they co-led this summer. We were so blown away by the engagement with this course for campus sexual violence educators, and plan to lead more like it in the future! Read all about this year's course on developing campus sexual violence action plans here.