Gender Based Violence Prevention Projects
Gender Based Violence Prevention for Service Providers
The Gender- Based Violence Prevention Project at the YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programs is funded by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The project began in September 2017 with a focus on working with newcomer children, youth, and families to raise awareness about gender-based violence, prevention programming and how to access available resources within their community. The project has two main focuses.
1. Build Service Provider Capacity to engage, support and better understand how gender-based violence impacts newcomer communities. This is delivered with free service provider workshops that can be tailored to the specific needs of classes, programs or organizations.
2. GBV Prevention Programming Newcomers focused on building awareness of GBV as well as focusing on the contributing factors and causes of GBV. To view our newcomer client programming.
Local GBVP Service Providers Programs
Service Providers Training
An Intercultural Approach to Gender-based Violence with newcomer communities.
This is a training session (2.5 hours online or 3 hours in-person) designed for service providers, educators, child and youth workers, community leaders, and settlement counsellors.
You will have the opportunity to deepen your understanding of gender-based violence, the unique challenges and barriers newcomers face and some best practices for how to work directly with and support newcomers.
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Briana Miller (She / Her)
Coordinator, Gender Based Violence Prevention Project
YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth I Centre for Immigrant Programs
104-7071 Bayer’s Road Halifax, NS B3L 2C2
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number 902-457-6879
Mobile 902-457-6879
For Newcomer Clients
Gender-Based Violence Awareness and Prevention Workshop
This is a 2-hour workshop that aim to raise awareness and build your knowledge on Gender-Based Violence.
You will learn:
- The laws in Canada around Family Violence
- Forms of child abuse in Nova Scotia
- The signs of a healthy vs unhealthy family;
- Your rights as an immigrant newcomer or a refugee
- Where you can access support.
Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Workshop
This is a workshop that gives you the opportunity to gain knowledge and learn about rights in Nova Scotian workplaces and laws around safety and inclusion.
It covers challenges and concerns newcomers face at work, Canadian workplace culture and social norms, labour standards and laws, rights in the workplace around safety and inclusion, forms of discrimination and harassment, responds and complaints, with sharing resources and what supports are available.
Men Talk Program
Men Talk is a monthly program for newcomer adult men to share, learn and discuss important topics that impact them and their families.
In this men’s only space you will have the chance to connect and talk about the unique experiences, challenges and needs in this new environment. Each month is a different topic or theme.
Men's Action Project (MAP) Program
This is a program for newcomer young men (ages 15-25). Do you want to make a difference in your community around gender-based violence prevention? This is the safe space to do it.
Join this initiative if you are interested in:
- Being part of a youth leadership group
- Being a positive male role model for other young men and boys
- Sharing your voice to make a difference and create a youth-led project
Young women group
Engaging and interactive workshops delivered to newcomer young women (ages 18-30).
In this women-only space you will have the chance to share ideas, passions, and experiences.
Topics include self-care importance, body image and self-esteem, online safety, newcomer women challenges, how to stay connected, women wellness and mental health with sharing some support services.
Girls and Guys In-School Groups
In collaboration with the School Settlement program, the Girls and Guys lunchtime programs are gendered spaces designed for newcomers to explore different topics and themes related to gender-based violence prevention. A variety of workshops and activities done with the youth allows the clients to be more vulnerable in discussions, particularly around issues that may relate to gender, relationships etc.
Briana Miller (She / Her)
Coordinator, Gender Based Violence Prevention Project
YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth I Centre for Immigrant Programs
104-7071 Bayer’s Road Halifax, NS B3L 2C2
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number 902-457-6879
Mobile 902-457-6879
National GBV Settlement Sector Strategy
The YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth is one of the four organizations from the settlement and anti-violence sectors partnered to begin collaborative work on developing a strategy to build capacity to better address gender-based violence (GBV) for newcomers, refugees and/or other immigrant groups.
Between 2019-2022, with input from the settlement and anti-violence sectors, and through funding from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), this project will build the capacity of settlement and anti-violence sectors to co-develop a shared base of knowledge and to better support newcomers and refugees through a coordinated, comprehensive approach. Working collaboratively across Canada is a strategic way to make change happen. By building on current expertise, knowledge and resources in the anti-violence and settlement sectors, this coordinated effort recognizes the reality that newcomers and refugees continue to experience structural barriers to accessing support. Working together in partnership between the four organizations and engaging their members increases our ability to deliver GBV prevention and intervention and better serve individuals and families experiencing violence.
Kathryn Bates-Khan
Manager Gender Based Violence Prevention Project
YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth I Centre for Immigrant Programs
104-7071 Bayer’s Road Halifax, NS B3L 2C2
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number (902) 457-1959
Mobile (902) 456-7223
