Shift2Learn
Location: Calgary, AB
Scope/Scale: Local, Provincial, National, International
Type of Org: Social Enterprise
Scope of Work: Primary prevention, Knowledge translation, Capacity building, Policy and systems change
Organization Description: Shift2Learn is an online learning platform dedicated to enhancing the capacities of leaders and practitioners in advancing primary prevention efforts to stop the perpetration of violence. Our overall goal is to build a skilled primary prevention workforce that can stop violence before it happens. We do that by offering self-paced online learning so that practitioners, policy makers and anyone interested in violence prevention can acquire knowledge and capacities to create the social conditions that prevent violence and build equitable communities.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Lana Wells is a co-founder of Shift2Learn and a founder of Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence at the University of Calgary where she has been engaged in advancing the field of engaging men and boys in violence prevention and gender equality for the last 14 years. Shift has developed men and boys’ government action plans, community action plans, built programming targeting men and fathers, and designed and tested behavioural approaches within male-dominated settings, all with the focus to engage and mobilize men and boys in violence prevention and gender equity efforts. In the past few years, Shift has focused on synthesizing best and promising practices while working alongside the anti-violence sector and two orders of government (federal and provincial) to integrate evidence into their decision-making. At Shift2Learn, we integrate all that knowledge and evidence into our online modules so that the workforce (policy makers, practitioners, etc.) can acquire knowledge, skills, and capacities to create the social conditions to prevent the perpetration of violence and build equitable communities.
One of Shift2Learn online modules is called Breaking Barriers Together: A Guide to Engaging Men in Gender-Based Violence Prevention. This e-learning provides a strong case on why it is important to engage and mobilize men in gender-based violence prevention. It also highlights key barriers impeding men’s participation while also offering 13 pragmatic tips to overcome these challenges, with an emphasis on the importance of framing calls to action that are strength-based. Powered by academic and community research, this module was developed to support practitioners, policy makers and advocates who have become interested in working with men to advance violence prevention. It will be of interest to individuals getting started in their work with men and want to apply research-based practices to their approach.
Links / Resources: Website .
Location: Calgary, AB
Scope/Scale: Local, Provincial, National, International
Type of Org: Social Enterprise
Scope of Work: Primary prevention, Knowledge translation, Capacity building, Policy and systems change
Organization Description: Shift2Learn is an online learning platform dedicated to enhancing the capacities of leaders and practitioners in advancing primary prevention efforts to stop the perpetration of violence. Our overall goal is to build a skilled primary prevention workforce that can stop violence before it happens. We do that by offering self-paced online learning so that practitioners, policy makers and anyone interested in violence prevention can acquire knowledge and capacities to create the social conditions that prevent violence and build equitable communities.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Lana Wells is a co-founder of Shift2Learn and a founder of Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence at the University of Calgary where she has been engaged in advancing the field of engaging men and boys in violence prevention and gender equality for the last 14 years. Shift has developed men and boys’ government action plans, community action plans, built programming targeting men and fathers, and designed and tested behavioural approaches within male-dominated settings, all with the focus to engage and mobilize men and boys in violence prevention and gender equity efforts. In the past few years, Shift has focused on synthesizing best and promising practices while working alongside the anti-violence sector and two orders of government (federal and provincial) to integrate evidence into their decision-making. At Shift2Learn, we integrate all that knowledge and evidence into our online modules so that the workforce (policy makers, practitioners, etc.) can acquire knowledge, skills, and capacities to create the social conditions to prevent the perpetration of violence and build equitable communities.
One of Shift2Learn online modules is called Breaking Barriers Together: A Guide to Engaging Men in Gender-Based Violence Prevention. This e-learning provides a strong case on why it is important to engage and mobilize men in gender-based violence prevention. It also highlights key barriers impeding men’s participation while also offering 13 pragmatic tips to overcome these challenges, with an emphasis on the importance of framing calls to action that are strength-based. Powered by academic and community research, this module was developed to support practitioners, policy makers and advocates who have become interested in working with men to advance violence prevention. It will be of interest to individuals getting started in their work with men and want to apply research-based practices to their approach.
Links / Resources: Website .
ACWS
Location: Edmonton, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial
Type of Org: Charity / Member Organization
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building, Advocacy, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Organizations, Government, Practitioners, Academic Institutions, Communities
Organization Description: A registered charity, ACWS is the provincial network organization of domestic violence shelters in Alberta. They bring four decades of experience and knowledge to serve their members operating over 50 shelters across the province for women, their children, and seniors facing domestic abuse. We advocate for ACWS members and work with them to end domestic violence through culture-shifting violence prevention programs, collective data and research, and front-line training.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Leading Change™ programming by ACWS has been used successfully in schools, sports teams, workplaces, and communities. ACWS facilitates in-person and online workshops for all ages, hosts violence prevention events (With the Guys, the Leading Change Summit) to share ideas, and offers the Leading Change Expansion Pack for FREE to help men better understand their role and opportunity to make the world a better place. ACWS also stewards the Men’s Attitudes Survey – a recurring survey of Albertan men aimed at better understanding trends in men’s attitudes toward and understanding of gender-based violence.
Links / Resources: Leading Change Program . Instagram . Facebook . LinkedIn
Location: Edmonton, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial
Type of Org: Charity / Member Organization
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building, Advocacy, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Organizations, Government, Practitioners, Academic Institutions, Communities
Organization Description: A registered charity, ACWS is the provincial network organization of domestic violence shelters in Alberta. They bring four decades of experience and knowledge to serve their members operating over 50 shelters across the province for women, their children, and seniors facing domestic abuse. We advocate for ACWS members and work with them to end domestic violence through culture-shifting violence prevention programs, collective data and research, and front-line training.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Leading Change™ programming by ACWS has been used successfully in schools, sports teams, workplaces, and communities. ACWS facilitates in-person and online workshops for all ages, hosts violence prevention events (With the Guys, the Leading Change Summit) to share ideas, and offers the Leading Change Expansion Pack for FREE to help men better understand their role and opportunity to make the world a better place. ACWS also stewards the Men’s Attitudes Survey – a recurring survey of Albertan men aimed at better understanding trends in men’s attitudes toward and understanding of gender-based violence.
Links / Resources: Leading Change Program . Instagram . Facebook . LinkedIn
Shift: The project to end domestic violence, University of Calgary
Location: Calgary, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial, National, International
Type of Org: Action Research / Academic
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Knowledge Integration, Capacity Building, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Human Service Organizations, Networks and Coalitions, All Orders of Government, International Governing Bodies, Researchers and Academic Institutions, NGOs, Communities and Civil Society
Engaging Men and Boys Work: The focus of Shift’s work is to design, test and scale approaches that nurture and support men and boys to become allies, partners, violence disrupters and co-beneficiaries in the movement to stop gender-based violence. Their focus is in four areas:
Changing the policy environment to support equity, inclusion, and violence prevention.
Partnering with community leaders, systems and organizations to engage and mobilize men and boys in their violence prevention strategies.
Building a workforce to engage and mobilize men and boys.
Provide strategic support, research, facilitation, training and capacity building to advance equity, inclusion, safety and violence prevention.
Links / Resources: Website
Location: Calgary, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial, National, International
Type of Org: Action Research / Academic
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Knowledge Integration, Capacity Building, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Human Service Organizations, Networks and Coalitions, All Orders of Government, International Governing Bodies, Researchers and Academic Institutions, NGOs, Communities and Civil Society
Engaging Men and Boys Work: The focus of Shift’s work is to design, test and scale approaches that nurture and support men and boys to become allies, partners, violence disrupters and co-beneficiaries in the movement to stop gender-based violence. Their focus is in four areas:
Changing the policy environment to support equity, inclusion, and violence prevention.
Partnering with community leaders, systems and organizations to engage and mobilize men and boys in their violence prevention strategies.
Building a workforce to engage and mobilize men and boys.
Provide strategic support, research, facilitation, training and capacity building to advance equity, inclusion, safety and violence prevention.
Links / Resources: Website