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VAW Collaborative Learning Community/Collaboratif pour la Communaté de formation en violence faite aux femmes
Organization: OAITH - Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
Published: 2017
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Anti-Racist Anti-Oppressive Lens, Feminist Analysis, Gender Identity, Gender-Based Violence, Immigrant, Refugee, and Non-status Women, Older Women, Public Education, Strategies and Tools, Training Professionals, Women with Disabilities
Language(s): English, French

OAITH created this promotional guide to promote new website features and upcoming training opportunities for learners to access. The VAW Collaborative Learning Community guide was presented at the 2017 Provincial Training Day: Leaving No One Behind - Expanding the Reach in Gender-Based Violence Approaches, which includes information in English and French. It contains information about the following:

  • information about our Training Hub (online learning portal)
  • online library
  • new training modules for 2017

Visit www.oaith.ca for more information about the Training Hub. To access all of our training modules, visit http://training.oaith.ca/login/index.php.

Page Length: 16 pages 

Transgender People in Ontario, Canada: Statistics to Inform Human Rights Policy
Organization: Trans PULSE Project Team
Published: 2015
Format: Document
Type(s): Report
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Gender Identity, Gender-Based Violence, Programs, Programs and Services, Working with Community
Language(s): English

The purpose of this report is to summarize the key research results from the Trans PULSE Project Study. The Study was designed to examine the social determinants of health among trans people, and focus on the experience of transphobia. The report looks at research results on the following areas that affect trans people in Ontario:

  • Employment barriers and discrimination 
  • Discrimination in medical care
  • Impacts of discrimination and violence on social participation and health
  • Potential impacts of social interventions for trans people on suicidal distress

Page Length: 11 pages

 

 

The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in 2016
Organization: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Report
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Gender-Based Violence, Poverty and Economic Security, Public Education, Sexual Violence, Working with Community
Language(s): English

From Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: This annual study provides a snapshot of the gaps in men and women’s access to economic security, personal security, education, health, and positions of leadership in Canada’s largest 25 metropolitan areas. It measures these gaps in a given community in order to capture inequalities that can be attributed, at least in part, to discrimination based on gender; it also serves as a reminder that, with the right choices and policies, these gaps can be closed. According to this year's ranking, Victoria is the best city to be a woman (for the second year in a row), while big gaps in employment and high poverty rates for women put Windsor in last place.

The Best and Worst Places to be a Woman in Canada 2015
Organization: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
Published: 2015
Format: Document
Type(s): Report
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers
Topic(s): Health, Poverty and Economic Security, Public Education, Specific Communities
Language(s): English

From the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives: This study ranks Canada’s 25 largest metropolitan areas based on a comparison of how men and women are faring in five areas: economic security, leadership, health, personal security, and education. It is intended to provide an annual measure of the gaps that exist between men and women in communities across Canada and serve as a reminder that, with the right choices and policies, these gaps can be closed. According to the ranking, Victoria is the best city to be a woman and Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo is the worst.

Page Length: 82

 
OCRFV Evaluation Framework
Organization: Ontario Collaborative Response to Family Violence
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Report
Audience(s): Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Child Abuse, Domestic Violence / IPV, Gender-Based Violence, Physical Violence, Programs and Services
Language(s): English

The Ontario Collaborative Response to Family Violence is a coalition of organizations that are based on "hub" models providing co-located or collaborative services for victims of violence against women, intimate partner violence, child abuse, and family violence. The Evaluation Framework looks at the efficacy and effectiveness of the collaborative hub model in service delivery of collaborative VAW resources. The Framework also contains next steps for the OCRFV Evaluation.

Page Length: 23 pages

Online/Digital Sexual Violence: A resource for parents, professionals and other support people
Organization: Women's Support Network of York Region
Published:
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Service Providers
Topic(s): Gender-Based Violence, Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Intervention, Harassment and Stalking, Public Education, Sexual Violence, Stalking and Harassment, Strategies and Tools, Working with Community
Language(s): English

Online/Digital Sexual Violence: A resource for parents, professionals, and other support people, is a second resource guide created by the by the Women's Support Network of York Region and Women's Xchange from Women's College Hospital, to support parents, professionals, and other support people to help young people experiencing digital/online sexual violence. The resource guide consists of the following

  • Definitions and Facts
  • Strategies for Parents and Professionals
  • Community Reources

The first resource guide created by Women's Support Network of York Region and Women's Xchange, is Are You Online & Okay:A resource for young women experiencing violence.

Page Length: 4 Pages

Are You Online & Okay: A resource for young women experiencing Digital Sexual Violence
Organization: Women's Support Network of York Region
Published:
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Service Providers
Topic(s): Gender-Based Violence, Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Intervention, Harassment and Stalking, Public Education, Sexual Violence, Stalking and Harassment, Strategies and Tools, Working with Community
Language(s): English

Are You Online & Okay, is a resource guide created by the Women's Support Network of York Region and Women's Xchange from Women's College Hospital, to raise awareness and provide support to young women experiencing digital sexual violence. The resource guide includes the following:

  • Definitions
  • Strategies
  • Community Resources

Page Length: 4 pages

 

Acting on Violence Against Women Is a Blueprint for Health
Organization: Canadian Network of Women's Shelters & Transition Houses
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Advocacy
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Women, Adults, Anti-Racist Anti-Oppressive Lens, Child Abuse, Children and Youth, Children Witnessing and Exposed to Violence, Domestic Violence / IPV, Employment and Pay Equity, Gender-Based Violence, Health, Housing and Homelessness, Immigrant, Refugee, and Non-status Women, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Lobbying and Political Campaigning, Physical Violence, Poverty and Economic Security, Programs, Racialized Women, Sexual Violence, Women with Disabilities
Language(s): English

The brief looks at the possible impact of a Blueprint for Canada's National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Girls to address the health of Canadians, through the lens of the social determinants of health.

The brief consists of many social determinants of health, including the following, and details how Violence Against Women and Girls can leave an impact:

  • Experience of Trauma and Violence
  • Income and Social Status
  • Education and Literacy 
  • Employment and Working Conditions 
  • Social Environments and Community Services 
  • Housing, Physical Environments, and Geography

The brief also includes recommendations to address the impact of Violence Against Women and Girls on the health of Canadians, using a social determinants of health lens

 

Shelter Voices 2016
Organization: Canadian Network of Women's Shelters & Transition Houses
Published: 2016
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers
Topic(s): Adults, Children and Youth, Domestic Violence / IPV, Gender-Based Violence, Housing and Homelessness, Physical Violence, Programs, Programs and Services, Sexual Violence, Working with Community
Language(s): English

The third national survey of transition houses and shelters serving women and children affected by domestic and intimate partner abuse. Conducted by the Canadian Network of Women's Shelters & Transition Houses in 2016, the survey provides a one-day snapshot of 234 shelters from every province and territory in Canada. The survey provides insight into the experience, analysis, and hopes or organizations workers, and program users. 

Length: 4 Pages  

Positive Women: Exposing Justice- Discussion Guide
Organization: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Published: 2012
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets, Toolkit
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Women, Adults, Anti-Racist Anti-Oppressive Lens, Criminal Justice System, Domestic Violence / IPV, HIV/AIDS, Including Survivors, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Physical Violence, Public Education, Racialized Women, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Strategies and Tools, Working with Community
Language(s): English

The Discussion Guide accompanying the Positive Women: Exposing Injustice documentary. Developed by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Discussion Guide consists of:

  • Definitions,
  • Facts & Statistics
  • Discussion Questions

as well as strategies, initiatives, and resources for the audience to use.

 

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