February marks the beginning of Be More Than A Bystander Month in Hamilton! Originally created by the Ending Violence Association of BC in partnership with the BC Lions, Be More Than A Bystander is a campaign that engages male community leaders to meaningfully address...
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Professional Athletes Challenging Rigid Gender Roles
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...
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...
Forge FC joins Be More Than A Bystander
Sports are an important cultural influencer - having the opportunity to expand our community engagement plan by partnering with FORGE FC Hamilton plays a huge role in actualizing our vision to end gender-based violence. With the addition of FORGE FC, we will continue...