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What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative

What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative brings together five years of research related to missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. The purpose of this report is to answer three fundamental questions: What are the circumstances, root causes and trends leading to violence against Aboriginal women in Canada? How many Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or have been found murdered in Canada? And, why this violence has led to such disturbingly high numbers of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada without connection by police or justice authorities?

Vancouver Coastal Health - Healthy Relationships and Sexuality Workshops

Resources To Educate Teens About Sexuality And Sexual Health

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to offer teachers, school counselors, youth workers, and community health nurses this resource to support healthy adolescent development in our communities. The resource was developed in collaboration with high school students during the Parkgate Youth Sexual Health Project.

Healthy Relationships Begin With You! Healthy Relationships Workshop from Vancouver Coastal Health

As teens move through their adolescence, romantic relationships become increasingly important. Adolescence is an important time to help teens develop healthy relationship skills. This module provides a foundation for understanding what healthy relationships look like.

Participants will:

Lesbian Health 101: A Clinician's Guide

In 1999, lesbians were identified as an underserved minority by the Institute of Medicine. Some health issues for lesbians are different from those of heterosexual women, and clinicians need to be aware of these differences in order to provide culturally-appropriate care, since at least 5% of their female patients are lesbian.

Immigrant and Refugee Children in Middle Childhood : An Overview

A research on immigrant children in middle childhood prepared by the National Children's Alliance. These children are particularly vulnerable as a result of the cultural differences and language barriers they face in their new country and, in some cases, traumatic experiences they have lived through in their home countries.

Reproductive Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence & Unintended Pregnancy - Study

 A groundbreaking study sheds light on a form of abuse in which men use coercion and birth control sabotage to cause their partners to become pregnant against their wills. The study, published in the January 2010 issue of Contraception, finds this kind of reproductive control to be especially common in relationships in which women experience physical or sexual partner violence.

Violence Prevention Toolkit: Facilitator Guide

Facilitator guide meant to provide tools for communities and organizations in order to address violence prevention among youth, and especially girls.

antidote: Multiracial and Indigenous Girls and Women’s Network

antidote is an award-winning grassroots network and community-based organization of over 150 multiracial girls and women in Victoria, British Columbia.

Detour‐Spotting for White Anti‐Racists

An introduction into anti-racism for white people. This short essay addresses issues like white privilege and white guilt, the myth of reverse racism, being "colorblind", blaming victims of racism, and much more.