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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?

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.

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:

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.

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.

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

Egale Canada has recently published a guide to LGBT rights, same-sex relationships and Canadian law. 'Outlaws & Inlaws' is an intensive and relevant handbook on how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-identified people are affected by the legal and political changes in policy. Breaking down everything from what's happening in the courts, to same-sex marriage, to parenting and children, to immigration and domestic violence, the book is a simple and straightforward read that adheres to a diverse range of people. For copies of 'Outlaws & Inlaws' please visit www.egale.ca or contact Faith Nanji-Kassam, Community Outreach Officer, directly at 1-888-204-7777 ext 226

Springtide Resources is a registered, non-profit charity dedicated to raising awareness of violence against women. For more than 27 years, they have been effectively providing training and resources to decrease the incidence of physical, psychological, emotional and sexual violence against women and the effect that woman abuse has on children.

Is a book exploring how to translate anti-oppressive theory into everyday social work practice and how to "do" politicized, transformative social work, this book brings together ten authors with extensive backgrounds in social justice and front line practice.