Resources for
Young Women, Youth,
Youth Educators, and Advocates
Hot Peach Pages
International
Domestic Violence and Abuse Agencies
List with abuse information in over 70
languages.
www.hotpeachpages.net
School-Based
Violence Prevention Programs (2002)
This manual,
published by RESOLVE, addresses topics such as
What is Prevention, Changing School Culture, and
Planning a Comprehensive Violence Prevention
Response.
www.ucalgary.ca/resolve/violenceprevention/English/prevprog.htm
Teen Dating
Violence: Information and Resources by National
Resource Centre on Domestic Violence (2004)
This CD ROM and
information packet examine current support
services for teens and provides prevention and
intervention strategies.
www.nrcdv.org and
www.vawnet.org.
Teens Educating and
Confronting Homophobia (T.E.A.C.H.)
This Planned
Parenthood of Toronto (PPT) program uses an
anti-oppression approach to deliver high-quality
anti-homophobia peer-education activities in
high schools and community settings across
Toronto. Emphasizing skills building and
partnership, T.E.A.C.H. trains dynamic
youth-peer facilitators to lead anti-homophobia
activities that encourage participants to think
critically about homophobia and heterosexism in
their communities and the issues faced by
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth.
T.E.A.C.H. activities include:
•
workshops: peer education and
service-provider training
• resource
development: brochures, booklets, and online
resources
•
outreach: to community organizations, other
PPT programs, agencies serving diverse
communities, and youth/special events such as
Toronto Pride
•
partnerships: formal and informal with
community-based organizations across Toronto
serving LGBT youth
•
volunteer opportunities: to develop
facilitation skills and anti-oppression
analysis; learn about violence prevention; and
enhance public-speaking skills
For more
information, call 416-961-0113, email
teach@ppt.on.ca,
or visit
www.teachtoronto.ca.
Hear Me Out:
True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting
Homophobia (2005)
Courageous,
powerful, and compelling, this anthology of true
stories addresses experiences ranging from
isolating and frightening to empowering and
joyous. First-person accounts by T.E.A.C.H.
volunteers talk about the specific challenges of
growing up ‘queer,’ detailing the emotional
roller coaster of negotiating sexual and gender
identities, coming out, and the harassment,
homophobia, and bullying that often follow.
Available at
www.secondstorypress.on.ca for
$12.95CDN/$9.95US, or through Planned Parenthood
of Toronto.
Resources Available through
EWA
Dating Violence
Prevention Kit (2003)
Assembled by
Women’s Habitat, this binder and video target
educators with information, lesson plans, and
classroom activities for use in the classroom.
Code 09.12 $100
Creating Safer
Schools for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth: A
Resource for Educators (2002 Revised Edition)
Developed by
educators, school administrators, parents,
guidance counselors, and equity workers, and
coordinated by Joanne Bacon of EWA, this
resource includes strategies for incorporating
anti-homophobia education into equity and
anti-violence programming and addresses how
teachers can deal with homophobic violence and
overcome barriers to starting anti-homophobia
work in schools and communities. Code 9.9 $25
Helping
Students Manage Violence. A Resource Guide for
Educators (2001)
This Women’s
Habitat guide provides educators with tools to
develop programs on bullying, conflict
resolution, anger management, peer mediation,
and healthy relationships, and provides
age-appropriate education on woman abuse and the
effects on children of witnessing abuse. For
Junior Kindergarden to Grade 8, including
special-needs classes. Code 09.11 $45
Healthy
Relationships: Peers Helping Peers on Issues of
Dating Violence (2000)
By Women’s
Habitat, based on their highly successful
school-based program, this 11-session training
manual is geared to helping high-school teachers
prepare senior students for roles as peer
helpers on issues of healthy dating
relationships. Code 09.10 $40
I WITNESS:
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
(2003)
A video developed
by Counterpoint Counselling, Partner Assault
Response Program, and the Cheche Child and
Family Centre to strengthen families and promote
optimal child development by engaging male
perpetrators of domestic violence in
understanding the effects of their violence on
their children. Practitioner’s guide included.
Code 10.22 $135
Dating Violence
Does Happen. It Can Happen to You! (1993)
A guide to educate
teens about violence and sexual assault in
dating relationships. Code 09.5 $5
Preventing
Violence in Dating Relationships: A Teachers
Guide (1993)
A resource for
educators on violence in teen dating
relationships, jointly produced by Women’s
Habitat and EWA. Code 9.4 $25
Information Sheet and Brochures:
•
For Teens to Think About (1999)
Information Sheet.
Code 03.17 $0.25
•
How to Help a Teen (1999)
Information
Sheet. Code 03.18 $0.25
•
Teen Thoughts (2004)
Brochure. Code 09.14 $0.50
