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...
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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...
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...
December 6 – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
On December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada - fourteen women lost their lives in a senseless, hate-motivated crime where their gender would determine their fate. On that tragic day, Marc Lépine rushed into a classroom and order all the men to...