YWCA Regina

Location: Regina, SK

Scope/Scale: Provincial

Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit

Scope of Work: Primary Prevention, Intervention, Crisis Support, Advocacy, Capacity Building

Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations

Organization Description: YWCA Regina empowers women, youth, and children to realize their full potential. Our programs offer members of our community opportunities to learn and grow safely, while providing hope for a brighter tomorrow. An investment in YWCA Regina’s programming is an investment in the future.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Upstander in Schools is an 8-week leadership program for boys and gender-diverse youth in grades 6-8 to build knowledge and skills in topics of positive masculinity, emotional literacy, healthy relationships, and the issues impacting their lives. In this course, boys will learn how to feel more empowered in expressing their emotions and taking action against gender inequity.

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Location: Regina, SK

Scope/Scale: Provincial

Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit

Scope of Work: Primary Prevention, Intervention, Crisis Support, Advocacy, Capacity Building

Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations

Organization description: YWCA Regina empowers women, youth, and children to realize their full potential. Our programs offer members of our community opportunities to learn and grow safely, while providing hope for a brighter tomorrow. An investment in YWCA Regina’s programming is an investment in the future.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Upstander in Schools is an 8-week leadership program for boys and gender-diverse youth in grades 6-8 to build knowledge and skills in topics of positive masculinity, emotional literacy, healthy relationships, and the issues impacting their lives. In this course, boys will learn how to feel more empowered in expressing their emotions and taking action against gender inequity.

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Changing Ways

Location: Camrose, AB

Scope/Scale: Local

Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit

Scope of Work: Early Intervention, Crisis Support

Populations Served: Individuals

Organization Description: Changing Ways help people of all ages understand family violence, heal their relationships and move forward. Here, you can find support groups and gain skills to improve relationships.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Changing Ways coordinates the Camrose Family Violence Response Council and is involved in various local initiatives; Changing Ways are happy to meet with agencies and community groups to discuss family violence, including appropriate intervention and prevention.

Changing Ways offer Intimate partner violence education/counselling groups for adults who have experienced any form of abusive behaviour in relationships. They offer separate groups for those who identify as men and women. They also offer an 8-week educational group for adults who want to deal with chronic rage or anger unrelated to their intimate relationships.

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Location: Camrose, AB

Scope/Scale: Local

Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit

Scope of Work: Early Intervention, Response

Populations Served: Individuals

Organization description: We help people of all ages understand family violence, heal their relationships and move forward. Here, you can find support groups and gain skills to improve relationships.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Changing Ways coordinates the Camrose Family Violence Response Council and is involved in various local initiatives; Changing Ways are happy to meet with agencies and community groups to discuss family violence, including appropriate intervention and prevention.

Changing Ways offer Intimate partner violence education/counselling groups for adults who have experienced any form of abusive behaviour in relationships. They offer separate groups for those who identify as men and women. They also offer an 8-week educational group for adults who want to deal with chronic rage or anger unrelated to their intimate relationships.

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SACE

Location: Edmonton, AB

Scope/Scale: Local

Type of Org: Non-Profit / Charity

Scope of Work: Advocacy, Crisis Support, Early Intervention, Primary Prevention, Knowledge Dissemination

Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations, Communities

Organization description: SACE provides an extensive range of support services for people who experience sexual violence, including: crisis support, counselling, court support, and advocacy. We also aim to foster prevention of sexual violence through direct public education and advisory consultation with groups and agencies undertaking their own prevention efforts.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: SACE provide counselling services for men healing from sexual violence, offers a men’s group (trans-inclusive) and serves male and masculine clients on an individual basis. Topics covered include masculinity, shame & anger and mental health.

To help our next generation of men and masculine folk learn more about positive masculinities, healthy relationships, consent and sexual health, SACE offer WiseGuyz, a gender-transformative healthy relationships program for mid-adolescent boys and masculine youth that aims to reduce sexual and dating violence, improve mental and sexual health, and decrease homophobic attitudes by creating a safer space to critically examine and deconstruct conventional masculine norms.

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Location: Edmonton, AB

Scope/Scale: Local

Type of Org: Non-Profit / Charity

Scope of Work: Advocacy, Crisis Support, Early Intervention, Primary Prevention, Knowledge Dissemination

Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations, Communities

Organization description: SACE provides an extensive range of support services for people who experience sexual violence, including: crisis support, counselling, court support, and advocacy. We also aim to foster prevention of sexual violence through direct public education and advisory consultation with groups and agencies undertaking their own prevention efforts.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: SACE provide counselling services for men healing from sexual violence, offers a men’s group (trans-inclusive) and serves male and masculine clients on an individual basis. Topics covered include masculinity, shame & anger and mental health.

To help our next generation of men and masculine folk learn more about positive masculinities, healthy relationships, consent and sexual health, SACE offer WiseGuyz, a gender-transformative healthy relationships program for mid-adolescent boys and masculine youth that aims to reduce sexual and dating violence, improve mental and sexual health, and decrease homophobic attitudes by creating a safer space to critically examine and deconstruct conventional masculine norms.

Links / Resources: Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram

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Sagesse

Location: Calgary, AB

Scope/Scale: Provincial

Type of Org: Non-Profit

Scope of Work: Early Intervention, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building

Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations, Communities

Organization Description: Sagesse empowers individuals, organizations and communities to disrupt structures of domestic abuse through curating environments for people to develop skills and lead safe, healthy lives. They work each day to support individuals impacted by abuse, while also challenging norms and advocating for large-scale societal change that will eradicate abuse in Alberta. At the heart of their programming is a commitment to innovation in all facets of the organization.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Through their program, Men's Real Talk, Sagesse host important discussions about how men both experience or use domestic abuse and provide a place for men to find hope as we navigate accountability and support, together as informal supports in our communities.

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Location: Calgary, AB

Scope/Scale: Provincial

Type of Org: Non-Profit

Scope of Work: Early Intervention, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building

Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations, Communities

Organization description: Sagesse empowers individuals, organizations and communities to disrupt structures of domestic abuse through curating environments for people to develop skills and lead safe, healthy lives. They work each day to support individuals impacted by abuse, while also challenging norms and advocating for large-scale societal change that will eradicate abuse in Alberta. At the heart of their programming is a commitment to innovation in all facets of the organization.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Through their program, Men's Real Talk, Sagesse host important discussions about how men both experience or use domestic abuse and provide a place for men to find hope as we navigate accountability and support, together as informal supports in our communities.

Links / Resources: Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram

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