Preventing and Addressing Family Violence Investment

Preventing and Addressing Family Violence Investment is sponsored by Public Health Agency of Canada. Funds community-based initiatives that prevent family violence and improve health outcomes for survivors.

Preventing and Addressing Family Violence Investment: Funded projects and their descriptions - Canada. ca Preventing and Addressing Family Violence Investment Learn about the projects that the Public Health Agency of Canada is funding or has funded to prevent family violence.

Investing in projects that prevent family violence Investing in projects that prevent family violence Through the Preventing Family Violence Investment program, the Public Health Agency of Canada supports projects that prevent and reduce the health impacts of family violence.

This national grants and contributions program funds community-based initiatives that: improve health outcomes for survivors Funded projects help to build the evidence base of effective interventions in this field. They reach children, youth, older adults and families affected by violence.

The investment program also supports projects that build the capacity of health professionals and service providers to work safely and effectively with survivors of family violence.

Learn more about family violence: Family violence and your health Get help: Family violence helplines and services The Equitable Standards for Transitions to Adulthood for Youth in Care in Canada: An Accountability Framework for Policy and Service Delivery McMaster University and the National Council of Youth in Care Advocates will be implementing and evaluating the impact of the Equitable Standards for Transitions to Adulthood for Youth in Care with partner organizations who have committed to the Equitable Standards Evaluation and a 5-year action plan to improve supports for youth in care who are transitioning to adulthood.

The Equitable Standards is a lived-expertise-led framework that aims to address the inequities, risk factors and systemic barriers that contribute to negative life outcomes for youth involved in the mainstream child welfare system, so that they can thrive as young adults.

The impact of the Equitable Standards and its Evaluation Model among impacted youth in care, organizational leaders and front-line service providers within partner organizations across Canada will be evaluated.

Restorying the Bundle: Preventing Child Maltreatment through Annishinaabe Knowledge Systems Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg, with partners, is adapting, co-creating, delivering and evaluating a nation-specific (Anishinaabe) version of the Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program to prevent child maltreatment in three urban, northern and rural communities across Ontario.

Guided by a circle of Elders, Knowledge Holders, parents/caregivers and community partners, the project utilizes Indigenous-led, trauma-informed qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to enhance knowledge, leadership capacity and well-being for Indigenous families and communities across Ontario.

Centre for Sexuality Society Building support for 2SLGBTQQIA+ children The Raising Rainbows project is delivering and testing support groups for parents and caregivers of gender creative and sexual minority children and youth. The groups give parents knowledge, skills and tools to build healthy family relationships, foster their children's healthy development and well-being while affirming and advocating for their 2SLGBTQQIA+ children.

Growing, and Leveraging a Community of Practice to Address Teen/Youth Dating Violence in Canada PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network) is facilitating a community of practice to enhance collaboration and consolidate learnings from youth dating violence prevention projects.

By leveraging expertise from a diverse group of stakeholders, the project maximizes the overall impact of investments by the Public Health Agency of Canada to end gender-based violence.

Fostering Violence Prevention and Well-being for Black Women, Families and Communities The University of Calgary's Faculty of Social Work, with partners, is adapting the Alberta Men's Network Training Program to prevent and address domestic violence in Black communities. The project enhances knowledge, leadership capacity and well-being for Black individuals, families and communities in Calgary and Toronto.

The WiseGuyz Program: Scaling Up and Out WiseGuyz is a youth dating violence prevention and healthy relationships promotion program. It focuses on healthy relationships, consent, sexual health, representation of gender and sexuality in the media, and addresses the social pressures of being a guy.

The program is being scaled up and delivered to 1,000 adolescent boys in schools and community-based organizations across Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

British Columbia - National Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) Building Community Responses to 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Dating Violence CBRC is delivering and testing a health promotion intervention to address dating violence, gender-based violence and related risks and protective factors for queer and trans youth. The intervention will be delivered and tested in the Yukon, Alberta, Quebec and Nova Scotia in English and French.

British Columbia - Regional Réseau-Femmes Colombie-Britannique Jeunes Leaders des Relations Saines : Mise à l'échelle (French only) This project is scaling up the Jeunes Leaders des Relations Saines program to reach more than 1,500 youth living in minority language settings in 6 schools in British Columbia. Program activities will promote healthy and respectful relationships.

The research protocol will increase the evidence on effective prevention practices by reaching more youth and allowing for longitudinal data collection.

Victoria Sexual Assault Centre SHIFTing Culture: Culturally-relevant dating violence prevention program for racialized youth The Centre is adapting, delivering and testing Project Respect, a dating violence prevention program, to better address and support Black and racialized youth in Victoria. This intervention is youth-led, culturally safe and engages social action to create leadership and positive relationships.

The focus is on giving youth the knowledge and skills to identify and intervene in the root causes of systemic and gender-based violence.

British Columbia - National University of British Columbia Substance Use Health Through Improved Services in the Gender-based Violence Sector EQUIP Health Care at the University of British Columbia, with EVA-BC and partners in Ontario and New Brunswick, are developing and testing evidence-based resources and guidance to better address the intersections of gender-based violence and substance use.

People with lived experience of substance use stigma, Indigenous communities and francophone organizations are co-designing effective policies and practice.

British Columbia - National Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) Building Awareness and Service Provider Capacity for Gender-Based Violence Traumatic Brain Injury in Canada Resources and training are being developed to give health care and social service providers across Canada the knowledge and skills to safely support and provide comprehensive, multi-sectoral care to clients with gender-based violence-related brain injury.

Novel, community-based interventions that support survivors are also being developed and tested.

Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba Addressing the Gaps: Dating Violence Prevention for Racialized Refugee Youth Using an Intersectional/GBA+ Lens and Addressing Systemic Barriers IRCOM is co-developing and testing a healthy relationships curriculum for youth aged 12 to 18 in racialized, newcomer, and refugee communities in Winnipeg.

The intervention will be cultural safe, youth-centred and integrate a Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) lens. The focus is on healthy and unhealthy relationships, communication, consent, boundaries, emotional well-being, and the impacts of substance use on relationships and decision-making.

Positive Discipline in Everyday Life Preventing Child Maltreatment and Promoting Cultural Safety by Scaling up Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) The Canadian evidence-based parent support PDEP program is being adapted, scaled up and tested among 600 parents in Ontario, British Columbia and Manitoba.

The goal is to update the program and disseminate it more widely, building a foundation for its sustainability in English and French. Increasing Research Capacity to Address Evidence Gaps on Child Maltreatment and Child Welfare in Canada The project focus is on increasing capacity to generate impactful research by developing knowledge, skills and connections between graduate students/trainees, knowledge users and scientific experts.

The goal is to prevent and reduce the impact of child maltreatment, improve child welfare practices and make effective interventions accessible in various settings and situations in Canada.

Infinity Women Secretariat Confidence through Culture for Healthy Relationships Red River Métis culture as a foundation in delivering healthy youth relationship and violence prevention programming to 210 Métis youth in the 7 Manitoba Métis Federation regions across Manitoba is being explored and promoted.

Specifically, the project is looking at how fostering a sense of belonging through culture can promote emotional well-being and build confidence and self-esteem in relationships. Antigonish Women's Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association Healthy Relationships for Youth (HRY) Program The HRY peer-facilitated program is being scaled up to reach 500 grade 9 students and then its impact is being tested.

The curriculum explores topics that are relevant to all types of relationships, including how relationships can change, challenges that may arise and the intersections of different aspects of one's identity. Atii Angutiit: Call Line for Inuit Men Through the Northern Wellness Agreement, a new support hotline is being developed for Inuit men.

This hotline will give Inuit men in Nunavut a place to call, where they know they will find an understanding Inuk male who they can talk to. Counsellors will provide support to men who may be in crisis and feeling that they may harm someone or themselves, or who need personal support.

Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society Threads of Empowerment: Disabled Youth and Healthy Relationships in Nunavut Mandate: To achieve independence, self-determination and full citizenship for all Nunavummiut living with disability A dating violence program tailored to the specific needs of disabled Inuit youth across Nunavut is being developed, implemented and tested.

Through interactive workshops, participants are learning about boundaries, consent and communication, how to recognize signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships, and how to develop strategies for preventing dating violence in their communities. Sapujjiniq ("protecting from harm") Two family strengthening programs are being adapted and delivered in 6 communities across Nunavut for current unserved populations.

Both interventions use interconnected, culturally specific programming to build knowledge and skills in parenting, communication, engagement with children, parent and child relationships, impacts of addiction, family dynamics and family routines.

Protection des enfants en contexte de violence conjugale (PEVC) (French only): Support and shelter resources for women who experience violence and their children The PEVC model is being adapted, implemented and tested to increase knowledge of child protection policies and procedures among service providers and support individuals who experience intimate partner violence and their children across Quebec.

Resources and training are being provided to 1,440 service providers in 120 shelters and support centres in Quebec. Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services HEAL (Hubs of Expressive Arts for Life) to prevent and address family violence HEAL, a culturally safe, multi-faceted program aimed at preventing and addressing family violence, is being implemented and tested.

This community-based project collaborates with vulnerable newcomer populations who are survivors or at risk of domestic violence, as co-researchers. The project develops expressive art-based interventions to address the health impacts of family violence and improve participants' well-being.

Promoting Positive and Healthy Youth Relationships A healthy relationships promotion program is being adapted, delivered and tested among 500 youth who are at risk of dating violence in the Thunder Bay area. Youth-serving organizations are developing specialized resources for 200 service providers who will deliver the program.

CHAMPP4KIDS: Developing community-partnered, tailored models of care to promote positive parenting, thriving children and health equity Two evidence-based programs (Parenting for Lifelong Health and Family Check-up) are being adapted, delivered and tested to address current gaps in parenting programs.

Over 1,500 families in the Hamilton and Toronto regions will benefit from culturally response, relevant and accessible resources for service providers and caregivers of children aged 0 to 6. Standing Strong: Trauma Recovery Through Empowerment The focus of this project is to prevent youth dating violence and support survivors' recovery, especially young women who have already experienced gender-based violence or family violence.

The Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model, an evidence-based intervention, is being adapted to support youth survivors of trauma from underserved and at-risk populations. Canadian Mothercraft Society Breaking the Cycle (C-BTC) of Violence The initiative enhances access to an interpersonal violence group intervention for pregnant women and mothers of young children experiencing family violence in 15 communities across Canada.

An evaluation of C-BTC will increase the evidence base for the program and its approaches, confirm its impacts over time, and identify the mechanisms of change observed among pregnant women and mothers who are engaged in the intervention.

Coaching Association of Canada Support Through Sport (STS) for Youth Coaches The STS program is being adapted, delivered and tested to help coaches address, prevent and intervene in gender-based violence and youth dating violence, and promote and model healthy relationships in and through sport.

The project will reach 200 youth coaches from across Canada, including 2SLGBTQI+ youth, Black and racialized youth, and youth with a disability. Legacy of Hope Foundation Cultivating Respectful Connections: Indigenous Youth's Journey to Healthy Relationships A youth dating violence prevention intervention for Indigenous youth across Canada is being developed, delivered and tested.

The project includes developing an online dating violence prevention toolkit. Online workshops will be delivered to 300 Indigenous youth across Canada, providing an opportunity to engage with toolkit materials, create safe spaces for conversations and offer cultural teachings.

Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak Ohpikihaawashow: Métis Reproductive Justice from Hospital to Home Culturally relevant resources that support Métis families and health care providers, social workers and service providers involved in reproductive care are being created and tested. The project aims to support and engage Métis families who are either at risk or experiencing child welfare involvement while accessing reproductive care.

Students Commission of Canada Be the Program, a dating violence intervention, is being delivered and tested among key youth populations in communities across Canada. Youth are discussing their needs and knowledge about healthy dating relationships and gaining skills on preventing dating violence for themselves and their peers.

The intervention creates safer spaces to dive deeply into youth dating violence prevention through activities and peer-to-peer discussion.

An Evidenced-Based Health Promotion Intervention (iHEAL) for Women Experiencing IPV: Implementation in Diverse Contexts, Evaluation and Scale-Up The iHEAL program, a trauma-informed health-promotion intervention for women who have experienced intimate partner violence, is being delivered and tested in collaboration with researchers from 2 Canadian universities.

Registered nurses are delivering the 6-month program in inclusive ways across community health settings in British Columbia, Ontario and New Brunswick. The evaluation focuses on sustaining benefits, organizational scalability and expanding beyond the initial partners. "Girls – Flip the Script with EAAA " across Canada The EAAA program is being scaled up and tested for community-based organizations in British Columbia and Ontario.

For girls aged 14 to 18, the program addresses girls' emotional and cognitive processes related to sexual violence victimization, increasing their skills to effectively use verbal and physical self-defence strategies.

Co-developing evaluation mechanisms: Interrupting overrepresentation with culturally based interventions The project will partner with 2 Indigenous Child and Family Well-Being Agencies and 1 Children's Aid Society to evaluate 4 culturally based health promotion interventions in Ontario.

The project will reach 1,200 children and families receiving these interventions and will also work with service providers to support their unique needs. Implementing and testing RISE : Addressing a gap in community-based elder abuse response intervention RISE is an innovative community-based elder abuse response intervention.

It integrates evidence-based approaches and modalities from other relevant fields, showing promising results with elder abuse survivors. The project involves implementing and testing this conceptually driven intervention with a goal to offer effective solutions to address elder abuse within the community context.

Iris is a health promotion intervention focused on sexual education with neurodivergent youth in community-based settings in Montreal. The project helps 450 neurodivergent youth aged 12 to 35 develop knowledge, skills and behaviours that promote equal, safe and consensual intimate relationships. The program addresses the types of relationships, the essential components for maintaining healthy relationships and key communication styles.

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Kaskinomatasowin: Sexual violence prevention and awareness The Kaskinomatasowin (transmitting through culture) community intervention sexual violence prevention program is aimed at preventing sexual violence among young people in Atikamekw Indigenous communities.

As an extension of the Lantern|Awacic program tailored to Atikamekw culture, a culturally adapted module for parents is being developed to enhance parenting skills and prevent child sexual violence. The program targets over 200 parents from 3 Atikamekw Indigenous communities in Quebec.

Promoting healing and recovery of children and adolescents exposed to trauma: Culturally safe simulation-based virtual training for child welfare staff The university is developing, implementing and testing a bilingual, simulation-based virtual training on trauma-informed care for child welfare staff to promote the healing and recovery of children and adolescents served by child welfare.

The project is being delivered in partnership with multiple stakeholders, including child welfare agencies in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, collaborators from various universities and people with lived experience.

Martin Family Initiative (MFI) Culturally adapted resources and training for Indigenous family well-being MFI is adapting and testing its health and family well-being resources to better support early childhood professionals in promoting positive parenting and understanding the effect that culturally appropriate education has on Indigenous early childhood professionals' capacity to support positive outcomes in families.

The goal is to help reduce child maltreatment in the Indigenous communities they serve. Centre d'expertise Marie-Vincent The Centre d'expertise Marie-Vincent is delivering and evaluating the Lantern Program in Quebec. The program prevents sexual violence for children aged 0 to 5 through age-appropriate sexual health education and promotes safe relationships.

It helps children develop skills on intimacy, privacy and boundaries. Professionals and parents are trained and provided with resources to promote safe, healthy relationships for young children. Université de Québec à Montréal The project will scale up and evaluate SPARX, a multi-component dating violence prevention program targeting students aged 14 to 16, peer supporters, school staff and parents/caregivers across Quebec.

A Young Ambassadors initiative is being developed to promote the program in schools. Up to 375 facilitators are being trained to deliver the program and a community of practice brings them together to share knowledge. Family Service Saskatoon Inc. Youth empowered: Building healthy relationships The project is delivering and testing a health promotion intervention for Saskatoon youth aged 10 to 22.

It aims to equip youth with the skills to foster healthy relationships and prevent youth dating violence. The focus is on youth who have experienced trauma in their early years, as well as newcomer, racialized and 2SLGBTQI+ youth, and youth who have experienced gender-based violence. Changing Contexts: Art of the Nudge Shift!

The Project to End Domestic Violence at the University of Calgary partnered with the Calgary Police Service to deliver and test the Art of the Nudge. This project promoted gender-equitable, non-violent behaviours in up to 200 men within male-dominated environments. The goal was to reduce bias and sexual harassment and promote inclusion in physical, social and organizational settings.

Moving to virtual interventions to engage parents in the prevention of adolescent dating violence Shift! The Project to End Domestic Violence has scaled up and tested the ConnectED Parents program to address gender inequities and norms. It has built capacity in parents of young people aged 10 to 20 in Calgary to teach healthy relationships.

Through educational text messages, it enhanced parents' skills, fostered a healthy social climate and supported peer-to-peer capacity-building among parent groups.

DIVERSEcity community resources society A community-led safety planning and action research initiative to address and prevent family violence in immigrant and refugee families The project adapted and evaluated the Signs of Safety program for multigenerational safety planning to address and prevent family violence. The project promoted the strengths and strategies of diverse cultural communities in Surrey and surrounding areas.

Kitchen table dialogues were organized with families to enhance safety behaviours. Workshops were held to share "stories of strength" and create culturally responsive toolkits.

British Columbia - National Centre of Excellence for Women's Health Strong Women: Reducing the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use on Women's Health The Centre delivered and tested the Strong Women intervention, in partnership with anti-violence and substance use services across Canada, to support women who experienced both intimate partner violence and substance use.

The virtual social support group has been pilot tested at 2 B. C. -based agencies and at 6 anti-violence and substance use service provider agencies in Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick.

World Health Organization (WHO) Parenting support to prevent maltreatment and enhance parent-child relationships: A training package for the selection, adaptation and scaling up of evidence-based interventions Building on PHAC-funded parenting intervention materials, training packages have been developed to build the capacity of government and community-based organizations to identify, adapt and scale up evidence-based parenting interventions for preventing child maltreatment.

Strengthening the Health Sector Response to Child Maltreatment Responding to child maltreatment: a clinical handbook for health professionals Evidence-based guidance and training has been developed and tested to build the capacity of health professionals to recognize and respond to child maltreatment across Canada and internationally.

Resources such as the handbook will help health professionals identify child maltreatment in their day-to-day practice and communicate safely with children and caregivers about abuse. University of New Brunswick The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research has adapted and evaluated a 13-week advocacy intervention for women in midlife and older who experience intimate partner violence.

The project has reached up to 60 older women in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. It offered tailored interventions, including safety planning, information on violence cycles, community and legal resources, and helping women develop future goals and strategies.

Safety and Repair, a 10-week online family-violence prevention program, has been adapted, implemented and tested in rural and remote communities in Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). The goal was to help individuals who use violence within families build safer relationships.

We Are Family: Challenging the roots of 2SLGBTQQIA+ family rejection and violence via early parent intervention on femmephobia An interactive curriculum on femmephobia (the regulation, devaluation and denigration of femininity) has been developed and tested for existing parent support programs, an online workbook and a website for parents and caregivers.

The project has reached up to 600 participants in Ontario and aimed to promote healthy environments for 2SLGBTQQIA+ youth by reducing femmephobia-related prejudice and harm in families and communities. Building Opportunities for Women (B. O.

W.) The 12-week B. O.

W. project has been delivered and tested in Northern Ontario. Groups of 10 to 15 women explored the roots of gender-based violence, addressed their own sense of self-esteem and vulnerabilities, and identified their future education and training needs.

Leveraging TVIPA to support individuals who have experienced family violence: A community-based participatory approach The Health and Wellness Equity Research Group led a community-based project to co-develop, deliver and evaluate trauma and violence-informed physical activity (TVIPA) programming at 3 culturally diverse sites in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.

The goal was to improve access to TVIPA, foster social connections, enhance community cohesion, and support the overall health and well-being of women and children affected by family violence. Central Toronto Youth Services A community of practice is being established and hosted for professionals and service providers working with 2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth across Canada.

It will create a support network for 2SLGBTQIA+ workers and allies through regular practice calls, webinars and resources to advocate for policy and practice changes. The project is also identifying opportunities for direct support to frontline projects in communities most in need.

Digital Empowerment and Literacy Skills for Survivors (MODELSS) A digital literacy program has been created for survivors of family violence in transitional housing. Through workshops, the program empowered survivors by providing online safety information, educational content to prevent technology-facilitated violence and digital literacy skills.

Building Capacity to Prevent Gender-based Violence - Development and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Tools for Canadian Educators The project built educators' capacity by developing, delivering and piloting evidence-based training on gender, gender-based violence and prevention, with a focus on incorporating youth voices in all tools and resources.

These resources have been shared with educators through a national social marketing campaign, developed in collaboration with national partners. The tools' utility, feasibility and acceptability have also been tested.

Led by the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women, the Knowledge Hub hosted a community of practice that connected and enhanced the work of intervention research projects focused on family violence prevention. It consolidated learning, built capacity for trauma-informed health promotion and facilitated collaboration among practitioners.

The Hub hosted a web platform to share knowledge and identified common ways to measure project outcomes. "Girl, you got this!" : Adapting an evidence-based program to help teens girls effectively resist sexual dating violence The Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) program has been adapted for high school girls aged 14 to 17.

This evidence-based sexual violence prevention intervention has been delivered in 3 universities in Alberta and Ontario.

2018 to 2026 (on pause 2021 and 2022) The study of the Espace Parents (French only) initiative: An intervention aimed at promoting parenting skills and preventing family violence against children among newcomers The Espace Parents program, which promotes parenting skills and aims to prevent child maltreatment, has been delivered to newly arrived immigrant families.

The 2-part program consists of 9 group sessions and 2 targeted sessions for harder-to-reach populations. It sought to reach over 300 parents from 8 partner community organizations in the Greater Montreal area.

Centre d'expertise Marie-Vincent The Centre d'expertise Marie-Vincent has developed and evaluated a program to prevent sexual violence and promote egalitarian relationships for children aged 6 to 12 and supportive adults in their lives, by adapting the Lantern program. It created prevention and training tools for over 600 community professionals from more than 200 organizations across Quebec.

The program evaluation has helped identify best practices for trauma-informed sexual violence prevention. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières A prenatal program for survivors of complex trauma aiming to prevent family violence and to promote maternal and child health The STEP (Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood) program has been scaled up, adapted and tested in 4 Quebec regions.

This trauma-informed prenatal program for survivors of complex trauma promotes maternal health and child development. STEP has also been adapted to meet the needs of populations disproportionately affected by family violence, including Indigenous communities, cultural minorities and individuals with psychiatric disorders.

Acknowledging and Responding to Mistreatment in CARegiving (ARMCAR) The Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults has developed ARMCAR, a bilingual, online, multicomponent training program to help prevent and manage mistreatment situations in a caregiving context involving persons aged 50 and older. The program has been offered to informal caregivers and employees and volunteers of Quebec organizations that offer direct support.

Council of Yukon First Nations Yukon First Nation Violence Prevention Program The project aimed to develop, deliver and test a violence prevention program in Yukon by and for Yukon First Nations.

Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Making a difference in the lives of children and youth Being Trauma Aware, a trauma-informed training program exploring links between childhood maltreatment, brain development, substance use and mental health, was developed and tested.

Interactive online modules helped Alberta service providers safely support children affected by trauma, fostering integrated practices across sectors to better serve and address the needs of children and youth. Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Being Trauma Aware Phase 2 Being Trauma Aware was expanded to improve understanding of child maltreatment effects among service providers.

Participants across Canada were trained to deliver safe care to survivors of trauma and abuse, enhancing resources and knowledge on addressing child maltreatment. Preventing trauma and domestic violence through gender-based healthy relationships promotion The WiseGuyz Program was delivered to Grade 9 boys to address harmful gender norms. It promoted inclusive masculinities and reduced dating violence through school-based workshops.

WiseGuyz built evidence to scale its transformative approach to fostering healthier relationships among boys in diverse settings. Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Preventing dating violence by SHIFTing culture The project was delivered in 7 schools to foster consent culture and challenge gender stereotypes. It trained youth leaders and staff, creating inclusive environments and culturally relevant programs for Indigenous students.

Workshops emphasized healthy boundaries and collaborative action to prevent dating violence and gender-based harm. Dating Safe , a dating violence prevention program YWCA Vancouver delivered this school-based program for youth, as part of the province's physical health education curriculum. It taught skills to navigate diverse relational challenges, addressing dating violence in ethnically diverse schools in Vancouver and Surrey.

The program fostered inclusive, supportive environments for youth from all backgrounds. British Columbia - Regional BC Society of Transition Houses In partnership with Yoga Outreach, the project delivered trauma-informed yoga programs in shelters and transition houses across the province. Women and children who experienced family violence improved their physical and mental health.

Staff were also trained to integrate yoga into their practice, using it to address vicarious trauma and enhance overall service quality.

British Columbia - Regional Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities (MOSAIC) Enhancing Healthy Relationships Program (EHRP) : Multicultural youth and safe relationships MOSAIC designed EHRP, a teen dating violence prevention program tailored to immigrant, refugee and racialized families. Workshops for youth and caregivers addressed cultural and generational gaps in understanding relationships.

Community consultations informed program design, creating resources to foster intergenerational learning and healthy, culturally respectful relationships.

British Columbia - Regional University of British Columbia Fostering healthy relationships among LGBTQ2+ youth in British Columbia The University of British Columbia, Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre and McCreary Centre Society collaborated to develop, implement and evaluate Taking Pride, a healthy relationship program for sexual and gender minority youth throughout British Columbia.

The program was co-developed with LGBTQ2+ youth and consisted of 5 20-minute modules that were based on the information-motivation-behavioural skills model of health behaviour change.

British Columbia - Regional Réseau-Femmes Colombie- Britannique Jeunes Leaders des Relations Saines (French only) This school-based violence prevention program for francophone youth (grades 9 to 12) was developed, delivered and tested in minority linguistic settings in 4 francophone schools in British Columbia.

The research focus was on understanding the perspectives of both youth and caregivers and explored ways to involve them in the research process. "UMatter" Stop Youth Dating Violence Project Dating violence prevention programs tailored to Indigenous children, youth and young adults were created. The programs addressed historical and relational contexts to promote healthy relationships.

Delivered in Winnipeg, the initiative engaged First Nations communities through peer-led training and capacity building, fostering safer relational dynamics across diverse age groups. Ode'imaa zhigo ode'imaa (Heart to Heart) In collaboration with Ma Mawi and RESOLVE, the project led a culturally adapted dating violence prevention program for Indigenous teens in Winnipeg. Using youth