RESOURCES
These are selected resources that may be useful to service providers, refugee sponsors and other community members.
IRCC list of settlement agencies
As the IRCC information are keeping updated, please visit IRCC website to find all agencies based on each province by entering the province name on the box under the "Newcomer Services".
Resources about GBV & Newcomers, Immigrants & Refugees
Crisis Resources
This is one in a series of Public Legal Education and Information publications produced under the Family Violence Initiative of the Department of Justice Canada. Other publications in the series can also be found at the link.DOJ violence is wrong in any language resource: It is also available in Punjabi but not Hindi.
Qualified crisis support at http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ or by calling 1-866-863-0511, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Forced marriage is a practice in which a marriage takes place without the free consent of the individuals getting married, where pressure or abuse is used to ‘force’ one or both people to marry against their will.
The Trans Newcomer Online Resource Hub is an online community where newcomer transgender folks (refugee claimants, refugees, protected persons, immigrants, work/study permit holders, and anyone who feels new to B.C.) can access settlement related information and resources, find peers and mentors, and build a network of support.
The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) is committed to the development and application of knowledge for the prevention of violence against women and children through promoting innovation, collaboration and equality.
GENDER-NET PlusViolence Against Women Migrants and Refugees: Analyzing Causes and Effective Policy Response Funded in Canada by CIHR as one of the international partners in the GBV-MIG Project, a winning project of the Gender-Net Plus Consortium
Established in 2005, the Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence focuses its research activities on understanding the impacts of social and legal responses to violence.
IRCC page on family violence with resources for spouses or partners who are experiencing abuse. This page can help with identifying abuse or neglect and getting help. It also has some resources cards in different languages
The Gender-Based Violence Knowledge Centre (KC) is the focal point of the Gender-Based Violence Strategy. The KC is responsible for coordination, data and research, reporting, and knowledge mobilization.
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This is one in a series of Public Legal Education and Information publications produced under the Family Violence Initiative of the Department of Justice Canada. Other publications in the series can also be found at the link.DOJ violence is wrong in any language resource: It is also available in Punjabi but not Hindi.
The Public Health Agency of Canada empowers Canadians to improve their health. In partnership with others, its activities focus on preventing disease and injuries, promoting good physical and mental health, and providing information to support informed decision making.
Canada’s primary source of information on government and community based health and social services, and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 150 languages. 2
Kids Help Phone is available to help address the well-being and mental health of children and youth through culturally responsive, immediate mental health services free of charge 24/7
Community Organizations
Universities
Canadian Government Resources
Women’s shelters and transition houses are open during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect women and children fleeing violence.
OCASI's Initiative to End Gender-Based Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities provides resources, education and leadership to the settlement sector and the broader community on gender-based violence prevention and survivor support.
IRCNFF
The goal of the Immigrant and Refugee Communities - Neighbours, Friends and Families (IRCNFF) Campaign is to raise awareness about the warning signs of woman abuse and promote bystander intervention within immigrant and refugee communities across Ontario.
The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children. The FREDA Centre is one of five violence research centres established in 1992 with a five-year grant from Health Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Le RAIV (Recherches Appliquées et Interdisciplinaires sur les Violences intimes, familiales et structurelles) regroupe des chercheurs-es, des intervenants-es des milieux de pratique communautaires et institutionnels ainsi que des étudiants-es qui poursuivent un même objectif : réaliser des activités de recherche, de formation et de transfert des connaissances sur les violences intimes ...