A practical toolkit offering safety planning resources, emergency contacts, and educational materials for survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking. It includes safety tips, exit strategies, resource hub links, myth-busting information, and workshops for frontline workers, educators, and healthcare providers.
The French-language version of the research background and literature review on GBV in the media. Like the English version, this research background and literature review underpins Aura Freedom’s GBV in the Media project. It analyzes portrayals of GBV in media, existing guidelines, and systemic patterns in reporting. It also includes a dedicated review of media representation of violence against Indigenous women and gender-diverse people, with an emphasis on transformative journalism.
The original Relentless Resilience report (2020), created as Canada’s Beijing +25 Parallel Report. It addresses gender-based violence through grassroots voices, survivor testimonies, and systemic analysis. The report connects GBV to all 12 Areas of Critical Concern from the Beijing Platform for Action, including femicide, sexual violence, forced marriage, human trafficking, and violence against Indigenous women.
Published in 2021, this report is a follow-up to the original Relentless Resilience. It compiles grassroots consultations on Canada’s National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. The report includes community recommendations on prevention, law and justice, social infrastructure, and research/data collection, with strong emphasis on Indigenous women’s experiences.
This advocacy brief, created with Women’s Habitat, calls on the City of Toronto to declare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) an epidemic. It provides data on the underreporting of IPV, recent femicides, and the systemic roots of male violence against women. The document urges municipal recognition as a first step toward systemic change.
