SUPPORTIVE AGENCIES

South Shore Sexual Health offers customized presentations on any subject related to sexual health, including consent workshops for school-aged youth. They also offer professional development sessions for educators, diverse resources for distribution or on their website and safer sex supplies (a donation is requested).

Please contact them directly for more information.

Harbour House is a transition house for female-identified people escaping violence and offers programming for school-aged youth in Lunenburg/Queens counties from Grade 6 - 12 including girls groups and one-on-one counselling.

Please contact them directly for more information.

Second Story’s Youth Coordinator hosts a variety of programs including Girl Talk (a free day camp program for girls 9-12 years old to enhance self-esteem and confidence), Striking Balance (a program to support young women age 13-15 in creating balance in their lives) and Health Relationships for Youth (a school-based violence prevention peer education program offered in partnership with the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre for Grade 9 students). Customized presentations/workshops by request.

Please contact them directly for more information.

YMCA King Street Youth Centre offers a variety of free programming and youth leadership training for those aged 11 – 18.

Please contact them directly for more information.

As well as providing 24/7 medical and forensic care to survivors of recent (within the last 120 hours) sexual assault, aged 13 years and older at South Shore Regional and Fishermen’s Memorial Hospitals by SANE-trained, registered nurses, the SANE Program Coordinator for this region also offers school and community presentations.

Please contact the SANE Program Coordinator directly for more information. For emergencies or to talk to a SANE nurse directly call 1-833-577-SANE (7263).

Trafficking & Exploitation Services System (TESS) is a partnership of over 50 agencies from across Nova Scotia working together to respond to the Commercial Exploitation of Children and Youth. There are multiple working groups including one on the south shore.

Please contact directly for more information.

Download the full TESS Directory of services here.

The iHeal app provides personalized ways for woman to stay safe while addressing their basic needs, such as safe housing, food, health and wellbeing, childcare, finances, and legal options, through interactive activities and topics. It can also be used by frontline workers and service providers across different sectors to help women assess risks as well. iHEAL provides women with 24/7 support and referred to it as a “tangible tool” they can access while awaiting services. The app is available in both English and French, can be accessed from a computer or downloaded to a mobile device. More information about iHEAL can be found here.

RESOURCES

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Domestic Violence Signal for Help
Domestic Violence Signal for Help

The “Signal for Help” is a tool to help those experiencing gender-based violence, created by the Canadian Women’s Foundation. It’s a simple one-handed gesture someone can use, without leaving a digital trace, to communicate they need someone to safely check in and support them.

Queering GBV Prevention & Response in Canada
Queering GBV Prevention & Response in Canada

Addressing service gaps in GBV prevention and responses for the 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Canada.

Sexual Violence Training
Sexual Violence Training

The NS Government and partners have offered this free, online training for those responding to survivours of sexual violence.

TESS Directory
TESS Directory
Non-consensual Sharing of Sexts: Behaviours and Attitudes of Canadian Youth
Non-consensual Sharing of Sexts: Behaviours and Attitudes of Canadian Youth

This 2018 study of Canadian youth and their online behaviours reveals alarming connections between their proclivity to share intimate images and re-share without consent and their adherence to traditional gender norms.

The Fourth 'R': Youth in Relationships
The Fourth 'R': Youth in Relationships
Who Are You — And Will You Intervene?
Who Are You — And Will You Intervene?
Mediasmarts
Mediasmarts

MediaSmarts has been developing digital and media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. Through our work we support adults with information and tools so they can help children and teens develop the critical thinking skills they need for interacting with the media they love.

The Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit
The Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit

The Sexual Violence Prevention Toolkit created by the TriCounty Women’s Centre is a compendium of resources including movie and video recommendations, activities, workshops, websites, and community resources. A kit is available to borrow through Second Story Women’s Centre, including films on DVD: Sext Up Kids (CBC Doc Zone), Sexy Inc. (nfb.ca), Shredded (nfb.ca), The Colour of Beauty (nfb.ca), Dreamworlds, Miss Representation, and Generation.

Positive Action
Positive Action

Positive Action is an educational program featuring a series of scripted lessons for Pre-K through grade 12. Lessons teach and reinforce the intuitive philosophy that you feel good about yourself when you do positive actions. The program teaches actions for the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional areas of the self.