Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
This webpage is a centralized hub for resources related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from organizations across British Columbia, as well as key national and international research. We will continue to update this webpage as further resources become available.
Signal for Help Podcast
We know that gender-based violence is a problem, and we want to support survivors in our lives, but there’s a lot of stigma and silence around gender-based violence in our society: too many people who experience abuse are shamed, silenced, and stigmatized, and too many people don’t feel confident and competent in supporting them. This is a podcast featuring interviews with survivors and experts, we’ll explore how everyday people can better support survivors of gender-based violence.
Queering Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Response in Canada
This report presents the findings from a literature review, focus group, and interviews on what we know about the scale and scope of GBV impacting 2SLGBTQ+ communities, looking at the experiences of queer and trans Black, Indigenous and people of colour, refugees and newcomers, trans+ people, queer women, youth, sex workers, and people living rurally or remotely. This report then turns to existing violence prevention programs and points to the gaps and needs.
Resetting Normal Report 5: The Impacts of COVID-19 on First Nations, Metis and Inuit Youth
This report sheds light on the realities of Indigenous girls, two-spirit, and gender diverse youth. It explores the impact of the pandemic on Indigenous youth and gender-based violence, and shares recommendations for how to better serve First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth moving forward.
Learning Lessons from a Pandemic: Building Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness and Gender Based Violence
This national study is meant to inform ongoing work related to GBV shelters’ responses to disaster and crisis
management—with a particular focus on lessons being learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sexual Assault Services in a Pandemic: Adaptation, Innovation and Lessons Learned
This is a submission to B.C’s Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act highlighting state failures to protect girls and young women from violence as the root cause of girls’ homelessness, institutionalization and criminalization. This submission calls for the decriminalization of teen girls entirely, operating from the knowledge that their involvement in the criminal justice system is rooted in their efforts to protect themselves.
Queering GBV Prevention and Intervention: A Toolkit for Service Providers
This toolkit provides a backgrounder and tips for feminist and GBV organizations to address and strengthen intersectional GBV approaches that is inclusive to 2SLGBTQ+ people.
Resetting Normal: Gender, Intersectional & Structural Violence and Leadership
This report argues for the development of a holistic, intersectional leadership development conduit, combined with systemic reforms in governance models, as necessary for developing the conditions for meaningful civic participation and leadership of women, transgender, and Two-Spirit people.
Resetting Normal: Building Intersectional Gender Justice in Post-Pandemic Canada
Resetting Normal is a series of reports that explore risks to human rights exposed by the pandemic and propose new ways to build a gender equal Canada in pandemic recovery efforts.