Resources for adults: Find tools to support the youth in your life
Gender-based violence is a serious issue, and learning about it is the first step to making a meaningful difference in the lives of youth. Explore clear and easy-to-follow workbooks, important facts, powerful infographics, and more.
Free educational workbooks
Designed by industry experts to be used for youth independent learning or by a facilitator in a group or workshop setting. Help the young person in your life learn how to identify, address, and stand up against gender-based violence.
Raise awareness in your community
Toolkit
Help spread the word by downloading and printing posters, infographics, and fact sheets available in multiple languages. You can also find social media content to spread awareness online.
Infographics
Infographic: GBV Overview
Learn about GBV in Canada, who is affected and how you can help.
Infographic: Sexual violence
Get the facts about sexual violence and how you can help stop it.
Infographic: Online violence
See how GBV can happen online and your role in preventing it.
Transcript of the video
(Music starts) (Images of hands holding phones. One of the phones has a comment on the screen that reads: Ewww – nobody wants to see that. What you both really need is a man.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: “It’s just a joke”) (A woman sits on the floor in a hallway leaning against a locker.) (A black box appears.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: 40% of LGB+ women reported experiencing online harassment. Responses are from 2018 research based on the previous years’ experience) (A young man and woman sit at a table together. They are pictured talking, and a different angle shows the man holding her wrist while she grips a mug.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: “It’s just flirting”) (A woman in an apron looks into the distance.) (A black box appears.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: 61% of women aged 15 to 24 reported experiencing unwanted sexual behaviour in public places. Reports are from 2018 research on the previous years’ experience) (A person puts a bank card into an ATM. A woman looks over her shoulder.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: “It’s just how he is”) (A man and a woman are talking. The woman is holding money in one hand and is extending it towards the man.) (A black box appears.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: 51% of women who sought shelter from violence experiences financial abuse.) (A woman sits on a couch. A man stands over her with his arms extended angrily.) (A broken plate is scattered on the floor along with slices of pizza.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: “It’s just a bad day”) (The woman on the couch stares into the distance.) (A black box appears.) (ON SCREEN TEXT: 30% of women who experienced intimate partner violence said it happened once a month or more. Reports are from 2018 research on the previous years’ experience) (ON SCREEN TEXT: Gender-based violence is never just. Learn how you can stop dismissing emotional violence, sexual violence, financial violence, physical violence, all forms of gender-based violence. Canada.ca/ItsNotJust) Government of Canada WordmarkGet more information
Find more stats, facts and support services for GBV.
Violence prevention in Canada
The Government of Canada has many initiatives in place to help stop different forms of violence in Canada.
Cyberbullying
Get information and advice on what to do if you or someone you know is being cyberbullied.
Stop Family Violence
Get resources on family violence if you’re experiencing it or know someone who is.
Addressing Youth Dating Violence
Learn more about the intervention programs created to teach youth about healthy relationships.
Need help?
If you or someone you know is being subjected to gender-based violence, help is available.
Get help now
If you need immediate assistance, call 911 or your local law enforcement.
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