The Journeys to Hope and Healing podcast is Rowan House Society’s educational tool to increase awareness about domestic violence and abuse in the community and beyond. The podcast talks about various aspects of domestic violence and abuse by interviewing experts across human services like health care professionals, activists, and law professionals. Each episode shares additional resources for the audience to access if required.

Circles of Safety by Justice Options for Women is a collaborative safety planning process. The survivor in need of the safety plan builds a team of 4-7 support members, which may include both personal contacts and community members such as police, family members, and employers. The group is led by a facilitator who is trained in interest-based mediation and facilitation, with a focus on the values and needs of the client. Together, they generate multiple solutions that work for all members of the circle.

The Harm Reduction Needs Assessment project supports Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter to better understand the gaps in shelter services and barriers experienced by diverse communities of survivors who use substances. Ernestine’s has conducted a study that centres the voices of people who have experienced violence and use substances. The study highlights knowledge, experiences, gaps, and barriers that survivors experience. It also includes a list of recommendations for service providers to offer safe services with reduced barriers. Ernestine’s has successfully implemented some of the recommendations to create inclusive services for clients who use substances.

Rowan House Society’s Safe at Home project is an 18-week voluntary program designed to be an alternative approach to helping families experiencing domestic violence and abuse. The Safe at Home program provides the following options for clients: a cool-down facility, individual sessions, and group sessions. The program provides education and awareness, individual case planning, support in developing an accountability plan, and navigation of community resources.

The NYWS Violence Against Women Language Guide is a 15-page communication guide for VAW shelter workers, advocates, and anyone interested in gender-based violence. The document guides the reader through definitions and proper usage of commonly used terms like anti-racism, anti-oppression, harm-reduction, and trauma-informed,  and outlines what it means to use them in shelter frontline work, clinical work, and advocacy. It asks the reader to reflect on their use of language and write in a way that is empowering, not harmful, to survivors. The language guide is a working document that reflects the ever-changing violence against women’s work and language.

The Violence is Preventable video series  by Victoria Women’s Transition House Society is a series of short video clips developed to reach youth and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers a non-traditional way of sharing information that is engaging and can be accessed by anyone at any time, especially those the shelter cannot reach in person. The videos empower youth by giving them some tools to keep themselves safe from gender-based violence.