Resource collection

Economic Abuse Screening Tool (EAST): A toolkit for social service providers

This is a screening tool to assist shelter staff in identifying clients who have experienced Economic Abuse.

Defamation Law and Gender-Based Violence in Canada: A Primer for Survivors and Service Providers

A primer for survivors of gender-based violence and service providers on how defamation law is used to hurt survivors in Canada. It also recommends things people can do to challenge the use of defamation lawsuits to harm survivors of gender-based violence.

The law and parenting arrangements after separation toolkit

If you are a woman with children and you are leaving a relationship in which your partner has been abusive to you, this toolkit will help you seek safe arrangements for the children.

Teaching your kids to be safe: a post-separation checklist

This is a checklist that parents separating because of domestic violence can use to teach their kids how to stay safe.

Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence among older adults

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario has new factsheets in English and French about Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence among older adults.

Feminist Law Reform and Media Leadership E-Modules

These free e-modules from Luke's Place help frontline workers in the Violence Against Women (VAW) sector learn advocacy and media leadership skills.

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario Fact Sheets

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario has a series of fact sheets that can help people understand and address the types of abuse that older adults might experience while living at home or in long-term care. The fact sheets are available in both English and French. Topics include:

• What is Elder Abuse?
• Financial Abuse
• Frauds and...

Anishinabek resource for women leaving shelters

The Anishinabek Nation's Nshiimenhiig (My Sisters Toolkit) is for women and girls leaving shelters and returning to their communities after experiencing intimate partner violence. It focuses on empowering them, promoting leadership, and developing culturally relevant and community-based solutions to violence.

Gender-based violence risk identification and safety planning

The Barbara Schlifer clinic has launched Rise Above Risk, a website for front-line service providers working with survivors of gender-based violence or those at risk of violence. The site helps users identify and assess risks, and create personalized safety and action plans using tools like educational modules and a questionnaire.

Migrant women facing gender-based violence

FCJ Refugee Centre has a Resources Toolkit for Migrant Women facing gender-based violence or human trafficking. It includes information on:

• crisis lines and where to get immediate help
• shelters, housing, food, and clothing resources
• language interpretation, including American Sign Language
• health, counselling,...