Professional athletes play an important role towards ending gender-based violence, by challenging rigid gender roles and toxic masculinity. Rigid societal roles often support the framework that perpetuates gender-based violence. When young boys are raised believing...
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Be More Than A Bystander Tools
Being more than a bystander calls upon allies to step up and end gender-based violence. Often people don't know what to do when they see someone experiencing violence or abuse. As a bystander there are lots of safe ways you can intervene. If you don't know the person,...
Be More Than A Bystander Awareness Month
Each February, we bring awareness to our Be More Than A Bystander campaign. The Be More Than A Bystander campaign is a layered approach and focusses on educating, advocating and rallying allies to end gender-based violence. In the month of February, we focus on...
Bell Let’s Talk – Mental Health and Gender-Based Violence
The Bell Let’s Talk campaign raises awareness and works to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health in Canada. Recognizing, accepting, and embracing mental health needs to stay in the forefront of our work. It is not unusual for a woman to react or experience...
Moving Our Words… Into Action
Moving our words into action - means you take intentional steps to end gender-based violence. Being an ally must mean more than silence - being an ally must produce action. The questions is.... how much action? The answer is... that depends on you. There are countless...
Why Doesn’t She Just Leave? Let’s Reframe that…
Part of my work includes training and raising awareness to end gender-based violence. Without fail, at some point during a training, I am always asked the question: "Why doesn't she just leave?" The question seems so simple... so innocent... yet, it yields a glimpse...