Welcome to the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Settlement Sector Strategy Project.
Thank you for visiting our website!
Our project is dedicated to raising awareness about Gender-Based Violence and to offer tools and resources for the settlement sector in collaboration with the anti-violence sector.
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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SETTLEMENT STRATEGY PROJECT
The Gender-Based Violence Settlement Strategy is a national partnership that works collaboratively to build capacity and networks to better support newcomers, immigrants and refugees through research, creating tools and resources and sharing best practices.
EMPOWERING SAFER SPACES CAMPAIGN
EMPOWERING SAFER SPACES CAMPAIGN
The Empowering Safer Spaces campaign is an initiative to end gender-basedviolence (GBV) . This campaign focuses on creating safer environments forimmigrants and refugees by raising awareness, providing resources, and aframework. It emphasizes the importance of community support, education,and collaboration among community agencies to ensure that newcomersand refugees can live free from violence and discrimination.
CAMPAIGN ELEMENTS CHECKLIST
Campaign materials to Show your clients that your agency is a saferspace for disclosures of GBV by signing up. Display these materials to promote a supportive and welcoming environment.
Gender-Based Violence Settlement Sector Strategy
Gain access to plain language definitions of what makes our services safeand relevant for new-comers who experience GBV.
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Anti-Racism
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Anti-Oppression
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Cultural Safety
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Gender-Based Analysis
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Intersectionality
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Trauma and violence-informed approachesOrganizational
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Physically and Emotionally
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Safe SpacesInformed and Aware Staff
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Client Centred Interactions
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Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
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Collaboration and Referral
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Programming Ideas
Explore ways and means of working accross sectors for the benefit of clients expierencing GBV
Bridges to Safety online course
Access FREE training opportunities for leadership and staff to increasecore competence in responding to GBV in settlement settings.
Understand the background and context of GBV in the Settlement Sector.
Click on the badge and download your copy
Download the signature and link it to your email to show your support for the campaign and celebrate International Women's Day 2025.
TOOLS & RESOURCES
Engage in ways to create systemic and DISCUSSIONS social change within organizations serving newcomers, immigrants and refugees.
Discuss challenges, best practices, and innovative programs and services.
Initiate and inspire new possibilities of collaboration across Canada through the National GBV Strategy for Agencies Serving Immigrants.
2024 Event PDF
2023 Event PDF
Environmental Scan Literature Review
This Environmental Scan is a supplementary review that outlines key developments and publications relating to both the settlement and anti-violence sectors from January 2020 to March 2022.
For more information, click the PDF link
Organizational Framework
We are excited to be advancing into the next phase of the project in 2022-2026 and to continue building the capacity of both sectors to better support newcomers, immigrants and refugees through a coordinated, comprehensive approach. Working collaboratively across Canada is a strategic way to make change happen
For more information, see the Organizational Framework page
Collaboration Between Sectors
Collaboration between the immigrant-serving and anti-violence sectors is about working together
towards the common goal of ending GBV. When supporting diverse communities, it’s important that
service providers across sectors share their skills and knowledge.
For more information, see the
This strategy sets out priorities and activities for responding to GBV for newcomers and refugees by building the capacity of service providers in both the settlement and anti-violence sectors.
It highlights the critical importance of collaboration between the anti-violence and settlement sectors as this is key for more and better information sharing, conversations and relationship building – all of which have the potential to improve safety for newcomers, immigrants, and refugees experiencing GBV
For more information, see the GBV Strategy page
Online Cources
Bridges to Safety, is our online course about responding to gender-based violence GBV in the settlement and anti-violence sectors. We look forward to your participation and continuing discussion of the course content. This course will introduce you to GBV, considerations for working with newcomer, immigrant and refugee communities, and the collaborative tools we can use to address it.
For more information, see the Online Courses Page
Resources
Selected resources that may be useful to service providers, refugee sponsors and other community members.
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IRCC list of settlement agencies
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Crisis Resources
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Community Organizations
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Universities
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Canadian Government Resources
For more information, see the Resources page
Webinars
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.
For more information, see the Webinars page
LET'S STAY CONNECTED
We will be hosting discussions and sharing resources through SettleNet. You are invited to join the conversation in the Gender-Based Violence Settlement Sector Strategy Collaboration Across Canada group - a National online Community of Practice for the Settlement Sector where you can ask questions, engage in discussion and search for resources that serve your professional development needs.