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Creating Authentic Spaces: Being An Effective Trans Ally - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2015
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Service Providers
Topic(s): Gender Identity, LGBT2SQIA, Public Education
Language(s): English

Created by the 519, this infographic is part of the Creating Authentic Spaces: a gender identity and gender expression toolkit to support implementation of institutional and social change toolkit. This infographic provides strategies of support on being an effective ally to transgender people in communities and organizations.

Page Length: 1 page

OAITH Femicide List: 2015-2016
Organization: OAITH - Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates
Topic(s): Types of Gender-Based Violence
Language(s): English

Remembering women who lost their lives to gendered violence. This is the annual list is for the year 2015-2016.

How Ontario Media Reports Femicide
Organization: OAITH & University of Guelph
Published: 2017
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Anti-Racist Anti-Oppressive Lens, Feminist Analysis, Gender-Based Violence, Public Education
Language(s): English

This is a summary of an annual media analysis on media reporting about femicide in Ontario from 2015-2016. The summary contains information about positive and negative framing of femicide cases. There is also information about the following:

  • Reporting trends comparing the OAITH Femicide Lists
  • Recommendations for Future Reporting

Length: 3 pages

 

Violence Against Women 2015/2016 Key Facts
Organization: Ministry of Community and Social Services
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Government Publication, Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Funding and Budget, Housing and Homelessness, Programs, Programs and Services, Public Education
Language(s): English

This infographic by the Ministry of Community and Social Services contains statistics and facts about the number of women accessing available VAW services and organizations in Ontario, in 2015-2016. Infographic includes but is not limited to: 

  • Number of women accessing emergency shelter services and transitional housing programs
  • Number of women and children accessing VAW counselling services
  • Number of VAW agencies available throughout the province, as well as 
  • Information about VAW program expenditures

Page Length: 2 pages

 

 

Improving Intake Processes for LGBTQ2S Youth - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Children and Youth, Gender Identity, Housing and Homelessness, LGBT2SQIA, Strategies and Tools, Working with Community
Language(s): English

This infographic provides inclusive strategies to incorporate into intake processes for LGBTQ2S youth in emergency shelters, transition houses, and other housing programs and community organizations.

Length: 1 page

Family Conflict & Family Reconnection for LGBTQ2S Youth - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Children and Youth, Gender Identity, Housing and Homelessness, LGBT2SQIA, Working with Community
Language(s): English

This infographic presents information on family conflict and family reconnection that many LGBTQ2S youth encounter due to the lack of acceptance from their families, which increases their risk of homelessness. The infographic also provides brief information about the Family Acceptance Project directed by Dr. Caitlin Ryan at the Marian Wright Edelman Institute at San Francisco State University.

Length: 1 page

Types of Housing Models/Programs - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Children and Youth, Gender Identity, Housing and Homelessness, LGBT2SQIA
Language(s): English

This infographic presents the different types of housing models and programs established in Toronto, and why many may not always meet the diverse needs of LGBTQ2S youth who are homeless. But that is beginning to change.

Length: 1 page

 

Rates of LGBTQ2S Youth Suicide - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Children and Youth, Gender Identity, LGBT2SQIA, Mental Health, Public Education
Language(s): English

This infographic presents the rates of youth suicide among LGBTQ2S youth in Canada. Particular factors that contribute to higher risk of youth suicide in LGBTQ2S youth include stigma, discrimination, rejection, violence, trauma, and prejudice. 

Length: 1 page

Homophobic, Biphobic, Transphobic Slurs [And how to combat them] - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Children and Youth, Gender Identity, Housing and Homelessness, LGBT2SQIA, Public Education, Strategies and Tools
Language(s): English

Created by The 519, this infographic provides information about homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, as well as the normalization of these attitudes and behaviour in the shelter system. The infographic also consists of strategies to ensure safety and dignity in the shelter system for LGBTQ2S youth.

Length: 1 page  

LGBTQ2S Barriers to Employment and Training - Infographic
Organization: The 519
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Researchers
Topic(s): Children and Youth, Employment and Pay Equity, Gender Identity, Housing and Homelessness, LGBT2SQIA
Language(s): English

Created by The 519, this infographic looks at the barriers LGBTQ2S youth encounter in employment, education, and training. The infographic provides important exacerbating factors to consider when developing inclusive skills-based training and educational opportunities for LGBTQ2S youth, as well as reasons why homeless youth struggle to find employment. It also provides information about the additional barriers trans youth experience when trying to secure employment opportunities.

Length: 2 pages 

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