Jimmy Carter's Stand for the Rights of Women

Respectful Relationships is Back in the Classroom

At the end of this month, Respectful Relationships will return to SD #64 for its 12th consecutive year of delivery! We are excited for another year of classroom delivery as well as training both new and returning youth facilitators who will then join us in the...

Respecting September

September is a time for fresh starts. No one enters school thinking they are going to start a fight, be a victim of a violent attack, or feel ostracized because of their gender orientation. Anticipation runs high. Sometimes too high. Youth have high expectations...

Ground Spark

Working in the classroom with Respectful Relationships (R+R) youth, we often find that media tools including YouTube videos, documentaries, and magazine articles assist us in our dialogues with youth. We encourage youth in their critical thinking about Media and its...

Super Hero Reflects Diversity

Examining the relationship between stereotyping, the media, and violence is a major focus of SWOVA's Respectful Relationships program (R+R). Our workshops examine how media stereotyping can legitimize and normalize inequality and treat generalizations about groups of...

In An Age of Social Media – A Project Founded on Human Relationships

In an age of social media, along comes a project founded on human relationships. Pass It On – Phase II has been a project inspired by a mentorship pilot project of the same name implemented on Salt Spring Island in 2009. With funding from the Status of Women Canada,...

Sexual Health for Youth

This spring SWOVA organized the first Sexual Health Fair at Gulf Islands Secondary School and an afternoon of workshops on sexual health for the grade 11 students. There were information booths set up during the lunch break for students from the whole school to browse...

Spark Fest Unplugged

What does it take to reach out to the community and let your voice be heard? A clear vision, a number of passionate willing youth, and ways to engage your audience. Kate Maurice, the Mentor Supervisor for the Pass It On Project on Salt Spring Island had the vision - a...

SWOVA Facilitator Training Goes Online

We thought if we were going to enter the 21st century, we would go all out! We are making our Respectful Relationships (R+R) Facilitator training program more accessible using online tools. This is an exciting new path for us, utilizing E-learning. Soon, when...

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