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How inclusive programming can strengthen a community

How inclusive programming can strengthen a community

Anqi Shen2017-12-19T18:38:23+00:00June 15, 2015|Empowering girls, Gender-based violence|

Being a newcomer to Canada can be both exciting and daunting. It often means being immersed in a foreign culture and language and, if you’re a teenager, it can feel like you’re straddling two worlds at home and school.

I recently spoke with Gina McKay, a facilitator with the Sexuality Education Resource Centre (SERC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, about how her organization is working with newcomer and refugee youth. The Canadian Women’s Foundation provides multi-year funding to SERC’s Newcomer Youth & Healthy Relationships program, which serves youth aged 12-17 in two inner-city schools.

Fostering empathy in young men to prevent violence against women

Fostering empathy in young men to prevent violence against women

Anqi Shen2017-12-19T18:40:39+00:00May 22, 2015|Gender-based violence|

When we talk about violence prevention, there’s one small word that can make a big difference in practice: empathy.

Over the past two decades, school-based programs that have an emphasis on empathy-building have been gaining ground in countries including Canada, the US and Australia. By learning to empathize with others and solve problems in group settings, students practice how to resolve conflicts without aggression, build emotional and social skills, and develop healthy relationships.

The Big Question: “When do you feel most connected to your community?”

The Big Question: “When do you feel most connected to your community?”

Anqi Shen2017-12-19T18:46:35+00:00April 27, 2015|SHE Magazine|

In every issue of SHE magazine, we invite responses to a ‘Big Question’ related to a particular theme. At our Teen Healthy Relationships Committee meeting in February, we asked attendees from across the country when they feel most connected to their communities. Here are some of their responses.

Strengthening Safety Online

Strengthening Safety Online

Anuradha Dugal2022-01-04T20:10:42+00:00June 24, 2014|Gender-based violence, How to, Sexual abuse, Women in media|

Like many of you, my main interaction with technology is what I find on my cell phone, my laptop and my kids’ play devices. I am not tech-savvy and I cannot be described as a geek or a nerd, except in that I wear glasses and watch Star Wars. I don’t usually worry about what lies behind the platforms, interfaces and social media sites that I waste so many important hours on.

But recent events have opened my eyes to the huge world out there of code, engineering, design and innovation that does not usually impinge on my field of work in youth programming, healthy relationships, women’s safety and rights.