Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes

 Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes offers a list of French-language and bilingual services for women experiencing violence.

Child & Youth Rights in Ontario

The Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth. listens, problem solves, mediates complaints, negotiates with service providers or government officials, networks with the community and intercedes on behalf of children, youth or young adults when they cannot speak for themselves. 

Distress Centres Ontario

Distress Centres Ontario provides a listing and links to local distress and crisis lines. Distress centres are community-based agencies that provide suicide prevention and emotional support services.

Egale Canada Human Rights Trust

Egale is Canada’s only national charity promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) human rights through research, education and community engagement.

Foster Parents Society of Ontario

Foster Parents Society of Ontario currently represents over 40 local foster parent associations, divided into 28 regions, we serve over 8000 foster families, across Ontario. We are committed to supporting a positive teamwork approach between our members, the agencies they work with, The Ministry Of Child & Youth Services, OACAS and various foster care associations we identify and present to both local and provincial forums the foster families’ concerns as well as strengths in providing the unique services they supply.

Kids Help Phone

Kids Help Phone provides bilingual over-the-phone or web-based counselling for sexual assault, as well as other crisis situations, on a 24 hour per day basis.

1-800-668-6868

Language Interpreter Services

The Language Interpreter Services program delivers spoken language interpretation to help victims of domestic and sexual violence access social, healthcare and legal services. Services are available in over 60 languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The website provides a list of local service providers.

Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS)

MCYS works with government and community partners to develop and implement policies, programs and a service system that helps give children the best possible start in life, prepare youth to become productive adults and make it easier for families to access the services they need at all stages of a child's development.

• Foster care is one option for providing homes for children and youth up to 18 who can't live safely with their own parents or caregivers. Foster parents provide the day-to-day care for a child on behalf of a children's aid society. The government licenses and funds Ontario’s foster care system. -866-821-7770
• Stepping Up: Supporting young people's relationships with caring adults. Stepping Up is the Government of Ontario's evidence-based strategic framework for improving youth outcomes. It is a guide for decision-making, program planning and partnerships so that everyone involved in supporting youth between 12 and 25, can work together through a common, shared approach.

Ministry of the Status of Women (MSA)

MSA works to increase women’s economic security and to end violence against women. MSA collaborates with women’s organizations and across government to advance women’s equality, support their safety and improve their economic security.

• Resources for Teens. Truth About Abuse. There are different kinds of violence like physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse.
• It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to stop sexual violence and Harassment 

Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG)

MAG is responsible for providing a fair and accessible justice system which reflects the needs of the diverse communities it serves across government and the province. It strives to manage the justice system in an equitable, affordable and accessible way throughout the province.

• Victim Services Directory: Sexual Assault / Rape Crisis Centres - 76 Across Ontario. See also OCRCC
• Victim Support Line: 1-888-579-2888 (toll-free)  416-314-2447 (Toronto)

The Victim Support Line is a free, province-wide, multilingual information line that provides a range of services to victims of crime. Victims may speak directly with an information and referral counsellor 24 hours a day, seven days a week, about supports and services that are available in their community.

Ontario 211

Ontario 211 provides a directory and contact information for community and social services in Ontario. Dail 211

Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS)

The Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (CAS) provides information on child protection services. Information on the duty to report and how to contact your local CAS is available through this site.

Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)

OAITH is a coalition of first stage emergency shelters, 2nd stage housing organizations and community-based women organizations who work towards ending violence against all women. We achieve this through training, education, advocacy, public awareness and government relations. Our individual member organizations offer a range of supports, services and advocacy for women and their children fleeing violence.

Ontario Association of Indian Friendship Centres (OAIFC)

OAIFC was founded in 1971, the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) works to support, advocate for, and build the capacity of member Friendship Centres across Ontario. Emerging from a nationwide, grassroots movement dating back to the 1950’s, Friendship Centres are community hubs where Indigenous people living in towns, cities, and urban centres can access culturally-based and culturally-appropriate programs and services every day. 

Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)

OCRCC works toward the prevention and eradication of sexual assault. The Coalition recognizes that violence against women is one of the strongest indicators of prevailing societal attitudes towards women. Our membership includes sexual assault centres from across Ontario, offering counselling, information and support services to survivors of sexual violence, including childhood sexual abuse and incest.

Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Centres offer a wide variety of services to victims and survivors of sexual violence, 16 years and over. Services include a 24-hour anonymous crisis/support telephone line, individual and group counselling, court, police and hospital accompaniment, information on the legal system, and community referrals. Francophone services are available in designated areas.

Ontartio Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) was formed in 1978 to act as a collective voice for immigrant serving agencies and to coordinate responses to shared needs and concerns.

Ontario Native Women's Association ONWA 

The Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) is a not for profit organization that was established in 1971 to empower and support Indigenous women and their families throughout the province of Ontario. ONWA's guiding principle is that all Indigenous ancestry will be treated with dignity, respect and equality; benefits and services will be extended to all, no matter where one lives and regardless of Tribal heritage. ONWA’s VISION is to be a unified voice for equity, equality and justice for Indigenous women through cultural restoration within and across Nations.

Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres

Resources can be found on the website. A network of hospital-based sexual assault/domestic violence treatment centres provides 24/7 emergency care to women, children and men who have been sexually assaulted or who are victims or survivors of domestic violence. Services include emergency medical and nursing care, crisis intervention, collection of forensic evidence, medical follow-up and counselling and referral to community resources. Information on local services can be accessed through the site.

Statistics Canada

Sexual Assault Statistics in Canada. If you've been sexually assaulted, or sexually abused as a child, you're not alone. We are a Canadian sexual abuse resources website.
We provide information for sexual assault and abuse victims, including information on criminal prosecution for sexual offences in Canada. 
 

YouthCAN

YouthCAN (Communication, Advocacy and Networking) is a multi-component program for youth in care of Children’s Aid Societies across Ontario, and Children’s Aid staff who work with them. The functions of YouthCAN are facilitated by the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.

Draw the Line / Tracon les limites

“Draw The Line” is an interactive campaign that aims to engage Ontarians in a dialogue about sexual violence. The campaign challenges common myths about sexual violence and equips bystanders with information on how to intervene safely and effectively.

Tracons-les-limites: Tracons-les-limites is an interactive campaign that aims to engage Francophone Ontarians in a dialogue about sexual violence. 

I Know Someone

I Know Someone is an education, awareness, training and social marketing campaign developed by the University Students' Council,  UWO, Sexual Assault Centre London,and Changing Ways.

Online Training: Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Abuse

Learning to End Abuse: This training has been developed for front-line responders and service providers in the law enforcement, social work, and education sectors.The overarching training outcome is to develop effective responses to victims/survivors who report or/disclose experiences of sexual violence that will sustain support and intervention from that point forward. Centre for Education on Violence Against Women and Children, Western University.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

ACEs report: Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. As such, early experiences are an important public health issue. Much of the foundational research in this area has been referred to as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sexual violence prevention: beginning the dialogue. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004.

Violence is a serious public health problem. From infants to the elderly, it affects people in all stages of life. Many more survive violence and suffer physical, mental, and or emotional health problems throughout the rest of their lives. CDC is committed to stopping violence before it begins.

Equip Health Care: Research to Equip Health Care for Equity 

EQUIP Health Care is a broader program of research that consists of various projects focused on specific care areas – like Primary Health Care and Emergency Departments. EQUIP Health Care brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers and knowledge users from: nursing, medicine, population and public health, community health sciences, and information and media studies, and leaders in Indigenous health, women’s health, and emergency and primary health care. See: toolkit

A Grassroots' Guide to Fostering Healthy Norms to Reduce Violence in our communities

A Grassroots’ Guide to Fostering Healthy Norms to Reduce Violence in our communities: Social Norms toolkit was created as a guide for the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJCASA) and local prevention programs and coordinators to start the process of changing social norms within their communities.

Klinic Community Health Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Trauma Informed Toolkit: A resource for service organizations and providers to deliver services that are trauma-informed. This toolkit aims to provide knowledge to service providers working with adults who have experienced or been affected by trauma.

Lambda Legal

Toolkit to Support LGBTQ Youth in Care

The Learning Network (Centre for Research and Education on VAWC)

The Learning Network team produces and disseminates four e-newsletters per fiscal year as part of our mandate to mobilize knowledge on violence against women, including sexual and domestic violence, sexual harassment and stalking, and the effects of exposure to domestic violence on children.  Each newsletter has a primary focus (e.g., Sexual Violence; Human Trafficking) and highlights relevant information (e.g., resources), research, and promising practices.  Links to additional information and online resources are provided to enhance learning. 

• Issue 2: Human trafficking is a serious human rights violation and a clandestine crime. 

• Issue 13:Sexual and gender-based harassment are forms of gender-based violence which violate important human rights. 

• Issue 15: Intersectionality: Effectively responding to gender-based violence (GBV) requires addressing the multi-dimensional and complex circumstances of identity and oppression surrounding every survivor and every individual who uses violence.

• Issue 16: Victimized boys become perpetrators of violence. Research indicates that approximately 1 in 6 maltreated boys go on to perpetrate violence.1 Yet, men’s childhood experiences with abuse, neglect, and exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) are often under-recognized and subsequently remain untreated.

• Issue 17: Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. 

Ministry of Children and Youth Services

A diversity toolkit for residential care settings 

The purpose of this tool kit is to inspire courageous discussions about difficult issues, thus opening the way to positive change. Diversity organizational change: big words. But at the heart of it, diversity organizational change is about creating environments that respect differences in our society, where there is no one on the outside looking in, where all children and youth feel safe, and where we all belong.

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW)

No. 20: Adverse Child Experiences. ACES More than half of the children in the NSCAW II sample report four or more adverse childhood experiences. This finding is from a brief that uses the second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II)

Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth

Report: 25 is the New 21; the Costs and benefits of Providing Extended Care & Maintenance to Ontario Youth in Care Until Age 25

PreVAil: Preventing Violence across the Lifespan Research Network

PreVAil http://prevailresearch.ca/

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – Implications for Canada and Beyond: Christine Wekerle provides an overview of ACEs – link to pdf of slide deck

• Andrea Gonzalez discusses the impacts of trauma and toxic stress on the developing child – link to pdf of slide deck

• Research brief: Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (2014)

• Research brief: Reslience and Mental Health Outcomes

Public Health Agency of Canada

The Public Health Agency of Canada has been created to deliver on the Government of Canada's commitment to help protect the health and safety of all Canadians. Sexual Abuse Counselling Guides for Care Givers and Children

The Vega Project: Violence - Evidence - Guidance - Action

The VEGA Project is the first project funded under the Canadian Government’s 10-year, $100 million investment to support victims of violence and their children.

Trauma and Violence Informed Brief

1 in 6

Website: The mission of 1in6 is to help men who have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences live healthier, happier lives. Our mission also includes serving partners, family members, friends, and service providers by offering information and support resources online and in the community.

Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes

Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes offers a list of French-language and bilingual services for women experiencing violence.

Centre for Research and Education on Violence against Women and Children (CREVAWC), Western U.

Learning to End Abuse: Online training and resources, research reports, the Learning Network

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sexual violence prevention: beginning the dialogue. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004.

Violence is a serious public health problem. From infants to the elderly, it affects people in all stages of life. Many more survive violence and suffer physical, mental, and or emotional health problems throughout the rest of their lives. CDC is committed to stopping violence before it begins.

Fight the New Drug

Website: We’re a group of passionate and innovative problem-solvers who want to make a difference in the world. Our mission is to raise awareness on the harmful effects of pornography through creative mediums. 

It's Time We Talked

Website: Australian resources to challenge pornography as the sex-educator of children and youth. 

Love is Respect

Website:  Loveisrespect’s purpose is to engage, educate and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships.

National Centre of the Sexual Behaviour of Youth

NCSBY  is a part of the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN) in the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences. In 2001, CCAN was selected by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to establish NCSBY to develop resources and training material for professions from multiple disciplines (probation, mental health, medicine, education, child welfare, law, law enforcement, and the judiciary) addressing youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior. 

OCRCC - Ontario Rape Crisis Centres

The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) was formed in the mid 1970s to act as a communication network for Rape Crisis/Sexual Assault Centres.  It provides information sharing in policy stances, funding and lobbying for Centres.  The OCRCC will act as an advisory body to governments, institutions and community groups.  It will also maintain a position of responsibility for provincial and national advocacy, and when called upon, for global advocacy.

Opening the Circle

Website: Developed by survivors of sexual violence who come together to create community, tools and resources for other survivors. Peer support guidelines 

RAINN - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (US)

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the Unites States largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.

Stop It Now!

Website: was founded on the belief that adults are in the best position to keep children safe from sexual abuse. By adults, we mean parents, survivors, family members, law enforcement, and professionals of all types. We also believe that people who might sexually abuse a child have an important role to play in prevention. No other prevention program has ever directly challenged all adults to take full responsibility for ending sexual abuse.

YouTube

Documentary: Kid Criminals - (US) Youth Sex Offenders

Aboriginal Children in Care Working Group

Report to Canada’s Premiers. 

Aboriginal children are over-represented in child welfare systems across Canada. In August 2014, Canada’s Premiers directed provinces and territories (PTs) to work with Aboriginal communities in their respective jurisdictions to share information on local solutions; and acknowledged the need for governments and Aboriginal communities to work collectively to address this Canada-wide problem.

Ministry of Children and Youth Services

A diversity toolkit for residential care settings 

The purpose of this tool kit is to inspire courageous discussions about difficult issues, thus opening the way to positive change. Diversity organizational change: big words. But at the heart of it, diversity organizational change is about creating environments that respect differences in our society, where there is no one on the outside looking in, where all children and youth feel safe, and where we all belong.

Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration

Website: Pre and post migration stressors and marital relations among Arab refugee families in Canada

Founded in 2009, the MRCSSI is a not-for-profit organization helping families and individuals overcome the challenges that impact their family safety. We recognize that many people have unique challenges and we seek to support them using a culturally integrative service. 

Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS)

A Practice Guide for Child Welfare Professionals Working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples

In 2012-13, OACAS undertook a review of the Child Welfare Professional series of training curricula, with the purposes of identifying and strengthening training content related to working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) families. Based on the review, the OACAS endeavoured to create a Practice Guide for child welfare professionals.

Report: One Vision One Voice: Changing the Ontario Child Welfare System to Better Serve African Canadians 2016

One Vision, because we recognized that the ability to initiate and sustain meaningful transformative change would require a clear, compelling, and collective vision. One Voice, because we believed that our power to speak truth, name injustice, and call for change should be grounded in a unified voice that honours and amplifies that of our community.

Pathways to the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in care

Report: Pamela Gough, Nico Trocmé, Ivan Brown, Della Knoke, and Cindy Blackstock

Aboriginal children are disproportionately represented in foster care in Canada. Data from provincial and territorial ministries of child and family services for 2000–2002 suggest that 30% to 40% of children and youth placed in out-of-home care during those years were Aboriginal, yet Aboriginal children made up less than 5% of the total child population in Canada.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Report: There is an emerging and compelling desire to put the events of the past behind us so that we can work towards a stronger and healthier future. The truth telling and reconciliation process as part of an overall holistic and comprehensive response to the Indian Residential School legacy is a sincere indication and acknowledgement of the injustices and harms experienced by Aboriginal people and the need for continued healing. 

André P. Grace, Kristopher Wells

Book  (2015) Growing into Resilience: Sexual and Gender Minority in Canada.

Every Class in Every School

Report: The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools. This report discusses the results of a national survey of Canadian high school students undertaken in order to investigate what life at school is like for students with sexual or gender minority status.

Family Acceptance Project (US)

The Family Acceptance Project is a research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children and youth, including suicide, homelessness and HIV – in the context of their families, cultures and faith communities.

FORGE (US)

FORGE is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies). FORGE is dedicated to helping move fragmented communities beyond identity politics and forge a movement that embraces and empowers our diverse complexities

Lambda Legal (US)

Toolkit to Support LGBTQ Youth in Care

Out and Proud

The Out and Proud Program enables the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAS of Toronto) to ensure that its services are open, inclusive, safe, affirming and positive for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two-spirit, intersex, gender non-conforming, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) children and youth served by CAS of Toronto, as well as LGBTQ families, employees, volunteers and care providers. The program guidelines are a great resource.

Planned Parenthood (US)

Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that provides sexual health care in the United States and globally. Lots of great resources for teens, parents and professionals.

PFLAG Canada

PFLAG Canada is a national charitable organization, founded by parents who wished to help themselves and their family members understand and accept their non-heterosexual children.

Rainbow Health Ontario

Rainbow Health Ontario works to improve the health and well being of LGBTQ people in Ontario, and to increase access to competent and LGBTQ friendly health care services across the province. We do this by providing education and training to providers, advocating for public policy change, sharing information and consulting with service providers and organizations.

The Trevor Project (US)

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.

Dr. Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D.

Book: The Body Keeps The Score

Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D. has been the Medical Director of The Trauma Center in Boston for the past 30 years. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and serves as the Co-Director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Complex Trauma Network. He is past President of International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. 

Video: Recognizing Symptoms of Trauma with Bessel van der Kolk

Video: It's not your fault: Bessel van der Kolk

Dr. Gabor Mate

Book: When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

A passionately argued thesis that stress has a major role in the onset of most chronic diseases. When The Body Says No combines the latest findings of modern science with the poignant and compelling stories.

Video: Trauma, Healing and the Brain

Video: the Misunderstanding of Trauma by society and the Medical Industry

PreVAil: Preventing Violence across the Lifespan Research Network

PreVAil http://prevailresearch.ca/

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – Implications for Canada and Beyond: Christine Wekerle provides an overview of ACEs – link to pdf of slide deck

• Andrea Gonzalez discusses the impacts of trauma and toxic stress on the developing child – link to pdf of slide deck

• Research brief: Reslience and Mental Health Outcomes

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Website: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is on organization whose "mission is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families, and communities.

The Vega Project: Violence - Evidence - Guidance - Action

The VEGA Project is the first project funded under the Canadian Government’s 10-year, $100 million investment to support victims of violence and their children.

Trauma and Violence Informed Brief

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)

Teen Dating Violence: Unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime.  Teens often think some behaviors, like teasing and name calling, are a “normal” part of a relationship. However, these behaviors can become abusive and develop into more serious forms of violence.

Love is Respect

Website:  Loveisrespect’s purpose is to engage, educate and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships.

Power and Control Wheel for Teen Dating Relationships: is a tool that helps explain the different ways an abusive partner can use power and control to manipulate a relationship.

OCRCC - Ontario Rape Crisis Centres

Consent fact sheet – cartoons

RAINN - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (US)

Fact Sheet: Understanding Consent.

Tea and Consent

Video: Tea and Consent

Tracons-les-limites: (Draw the Line)

Public Education: French resource in French: Sexual assault and the Canadian Criminal Code, whole section on consent.

The BC Office to Combat Trafficking in Person's Online Training for Service Providers

A free, comprehensive training program providing key information to understanding the issue of trafficking, and working with trafficked individuals.

Children of the Street Society

Children of the Street Society is a Provincial Society and Federal Charity dedicated to preventing the sexual exploitation and human trafficking of children and youth in British Columbia through education strategies, public awareness initiatives, and family support since 1995. They offer handouts, resources, toolkits for service providers and parents. Website

Chrysalis Network

The Chrysalis Network offers a free, confidential telephone trauma counselling service to women, men, and youth who have been trafficked/exploited for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labour. They also offer ongoing support to sex workers who do not personally identify as trafficked/exploited. We provide our callers with counselling, local referrals and Project Lifeline, a safe buddy system for sex workers operating in isolation. Website

Covenant House

Website: As Canada's largest homeless youth agency, Covenant House Toronto changes lives by providing the widest range of services and support under one roof.

Cybertip 

Cybertip is an online resource for resources and reporting potential incidences of online exploitation against children and youth, which connects directly to law enforcement.

The Door That's Not Locked 

The Door That's Not Locked is an online resource for parents, teachers, and students to access free resources related to online safety and exploitation prevention .

Fraser Health Authority: ‘Help Don't Hinder’ Training For Health Professionals

A free, online training for health professionals providing the tools to consider, assess, respond, and evaluate trafficked persons accessing emergency health services.

From Abused and Neglected to Abused and Exploited

Article: The Intersection of the child welfare system with commercial sexual exploitation of children. National Centre for Youth Law. 2014. Kate Walker  J.D., Fiza Quraishi, J.D. 

Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS)

Report: When human trafficking involves children and youth who are under 16, it’s a child protection issue. Human trafficking is a form of child abuse. Our job is to step in and protect these girls — and I’ll point out that we’re talking about girls because we haven’t as yet come across any male victims, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. We need to identify and intervene effectively to redirect or rescue kids who are engaged in human trafficking. Website.

Ministry of the Status of Women

Report: Making a Difference: Ending Violence Against Aboriginal Women

The landscape in Ontario depicts a shocking disparity in the level of violence experienced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit women when compared to non-Aboriginal women. Statistics clearly indicate that Aboriginal women are significantly over-represented as victims of assault, sexual assault, spousal abuse and homicide.

World Health Organization

Fact sheet on Youth Violence & Risks

Our goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people. Youth violence is a global public health problem. It includes a range of acts from bullying and physical fighting, to more severe sexual and physical assault to homicide.

Hidden in Plain Sight Labour Trafficking Documentary

Across Canada documentary looking at the realities of labour trafficking.

Invisible Chains, by Professor Benjamin Perrin

A comprehensive  legal  overview  in  book  form  of  the  current  state  of  human  trafficking  in Canada. Available for purchase on Amazon.

National Online Resources- The Salvation Army Anti-Human Trafficking Program Website

This section of our website contains free training and resources from across the country to support agencies and communities working with trafficked persons, including videos, online training, and tookits.

Native Women's Association of Canada: Supporting Indigenous Women and Girls

The Native Women's Association has developed a resource for understanding and supporting Indigenous girls and women experiencing exploitation.

The Palermo Protocol: To Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking In Persons

This important document was signed by Canada in 2000 and outlines our national commitment to identified victims/survivors of human trafficking

Rcmp Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre

A national view from a law enforcement perspective of domestic and international sex trafficking as it relates to Canada. You can contact them for up to date, recent statistics on human trafficking and promotional resources. website

Slavery Footprint

An interactive tool to assist the general public in considering ethical consumerism and our impacts on trafficking throughout the world.