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Making Waves: Ben’s Story

Making Waves: Ben’s Story

Diane Hill2016-05-17T13:09:37+00:00May 17, 2016|Gender-based violence, Impact stories, SHE Magazine|

In high school Ben Lord attended “Making Waves,” a violence prevention program that continues to reverberate through his life. As told to Diane Hill.

In my high school, students who attended the Making Waves violence prevention program put on a play called The Many Faces of Abuse.* I saw it when I was in Grade 9 and got chills. The next year, I attended the program. When I graduated, I came back as a Making Waves facilitator.

The program opened my eyes to a lot of things I hadn’t thought about before, like how a lot of relationship problems are about gender.

How to Talk to Your Teen About Healthy Relationships

How to Talk to Your Teen About Healthy Relationships

Anuradha Dugal2017-12-19T17:05:01+00:00May 16, 2016|Empowering girls, Gender-based violence, Posters, Sexual abuse, SHE Magazine|

Every parent has those moments when we’re suddenly reminded how quickly our child is growing up: the first step, the first tooth, the first time they walk to school without us. For many parents, one of the most challenging milestones is realizing our child is interested in “romance” and dating. The best way to prepare them—and protect them—is to teach them how to build strong, healthy relationships.

Our children learn about relationships every day, simply by observing the world around them. As Director of Violence Prevention at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, I can tell you that most of what they see is not good. Throughout their lifetime, the average child in Canada will witness thousands of examples of unhealthy relationships— at school, on social media, in celebrity gossip magazines, music videos, movies, and TV. If we don’t teach our children about relationships someone else will, and we won’t like the results!

The Big Question: What’s your dream for women and girls in Canada?

The Big Question: What’s your dream for women and girls in Canada?

Jessica Howard2017-12-19T17:05:59+00:00May 15, 2016|SHE Magazine|

For the spring 2016 issue of SHE magazine, we invited attendees at our Breakfasts in Toronto and Calgary to share their dreams for women and girls in Canada.

We put the question out there because at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, we have our own dream. It’s that Canada will lead the world by creating the first generation to experience real gender equality. We call this dream GEN1, and it means that:

Women and girls live free from violence
Women and girls have equal economic opportunity
Men and women alike practise inclusive leadership, which is collaborative and respects diversity.

Edelman Gets Consent

Edelman Gets Consent

Jessica Howard2016-05-14T13:00:28+00:00May 14, 2016|Gender-based violence, Sexual abuse, SHE Magazine, Women in media|

The challenge: Create a thought-provoking campaign about sexual consent that grabs young people’s attention and gets shared across Canada. In six weeks. With a slim budget.

While many would balk at such a proposition, public relations firm Edelman took it on. They created the award-winning Get Consent campaign for the Canadian Women’s Foundation and surpassed all expectations.

“It was an opportunity to help shape awareness about consent and challenge people’s thinking,” says Erin Jacobson, Vice-President, Digital Public Affairs at Edelman in Toronto.

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