As Pass It On Phase II is being implemented across the province, young middle school girls are meeting up with their high school mentors. When asked to respond to 3 questions, 2 mentor supervisors from our most Northern communities involved in the project and 1 from...
The Internet has brought pornography to a far bigger and more vulnerable audience than ever before. Technology has made the multi-billion dollar porn industry more accessible, more secretive, and available to far younger people. According to Chris Hedges, author of...
The last week of January was a tough week here in British Columbia. On January 22nd, eighteen-year old Tyeshia Jones from the Cowichan Tribes, was murdered near Duncan. On January 27th, seventeen year-old Chassidy Charlie of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation was murdered...
What makes mentoring work for young women and girls? - having a supportive network. The 10 young female high school mentors on Salt Spring Island had their opportunity to test out their own expectations of what mentoring is this past week. Of the 10 mentors, half were...
We're pretty proud of SWOVA’s R+R program and it turns out that we have reason to be. Recently a review of the evaluation results for our program by Buote and Berglund, was published in the international Journal of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. The...
The Pass It On Project - Phase II is a mentorship program, which partners young high school women with Grade 8 girls. The aim is to foster connections and friendships, which promote the health and safety of young women and girls. Funding from the Status of Women...
A sexual assault in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia in September has aroused much concern and discussion. A young woman aged sixteen was drugged and sexually assaulted at a party by a group of young men. It was videotaped and posted on the internet. The result has...