Team Resources
These resources were created by the Justice for Women Review team and are available in hard copy at HNWS, and can also be accessed by clicking on the images below.
If there is a resource you would like to see available in our community, please let us know.
The J4w H&N REsource card
The H&N Resource card provides information on services available to individuals and families in H&N including emergency services, abuse related services, mental health and addiction services, legal, health, parenting supports, financial and housing services. The Resource Card was last revised in May 2023.
a woman’s guide for help
A Woman’s Guide for Help is a booklet designed to help women in H&N navigate systems after leaving an abusive relationship. The booklet contains information about abuse and sexual assault as well as local services. A Woman’s Guide for Help was last revised and printed in November 2019.
The J4W RACK CARD
The Justice for Women Rack Card is a new resource, first printed in November 2019. The card provides an outline of the team’s purpose, projects, resources and how to request a case review or provide anonymous feedback as a service provider or women who has received services in H&N related to the violence/abuse.
safety plan
The J4W Safety Plan was developed by the team to assist service providers in reviewing risk factors and creating a safety plan to help reduce the risk of emotional, physical and sexual harm as well as lethality when supporting women who have experienced intimate partner violence. The plan contains tips for staying safe while in abusive relationships, while in the process of leaving, in the community and at work. The J4W Safety Plan was last revised and reprinted in March 2019.
Provincial Resources for Survivors
Find your local VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SERVICE (including women’s shelters, abuse counselling, transitional services, and more)
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Find your local SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE (for information about support, sexual assault counselling, and more)
Talk 4 Healing
Talk 4 Healing is a free and culturally safe telephone help line for Aboriginal women living in Northern Ontario. Support via text is also offered.
1-855-554-HEAL
Services are fully grounded in Indigenous culture, wisdom and tradition and are available in the following languages:
Oji-Cree
Cree
Algonquin
Inuktitut
Mohawk
Oneida
Odawa
Potawatomi
Micmac
Black Foot
Anishinaabe
Moose Cree
Swampy Cree
English
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Fem'aide
Fem'aide is a provincial crisis line confidential services for Francophone women who are victims or survivors of any form of violence or are in distress, providing crisis intervention, support and referrals to community agencies.
Fem'aide: 1-877-336-2433 (1-877-FEMAIDE) TTY: 1-866-860-7082
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Resources, Projects and Information for Service Providers
Building A Bigger Wave Network (BBWON)
The Building a Bigger Wave Ontario Network provides the infrastructure that supports connectivity between Violence Against Women Coordinating Committees (VAWCCs) and with other local, regional and provincial allies. BBWON does not represent any committee, community or single perspective. Instead, BBWON strives to make the many diverse voices more visible. As such, the network aspires to serve as the circulatory system for the VAW sector, linking passionate professionals, advocates and citizens, working in partnership with government, under a common agenda to end violence against women and children on a wide variety of issues and topics.
The H&N Justice for Women Review team coordinator is a member of the BBWON steering committee.
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Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women
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. Projects include Neighbours, Friends, and Families, the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative, and the Violence Against Women Learning Network.
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Danger Assessment by J. Campbell
The Danger Assessment helps to determine the level of danger an abused woman has of being killed by her intimate partner. It is free and available to the public. Using the Danger Assessment requires the weighted scoring and interpretation that is provided after completing the training. The Danger Assessment is available in a variety of languages. Certification is available online for service providers, and is recommended by the team as a tool which helps to communicate risk ratings to women experiencing violence.
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DAWN Canada was founded in 1985 following a meeting between seventeen women from across Canada who came together to discuss issues of mutual concern. DAWN provides information and resources focused on women with disabilities.
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Make It Our Business (MIOB) develops resources to engage employers and other workplace stakeholders to prevent workplace domestic violence, to support employees at risk of or currently experiencing domestic violence, and to improve workplace health and safety. We outline how employers, supervisors, managers, human resources professionals, security personnel, union representatives, and co-workers can recognize abusive relationships, respond to domestic violence, and refer victims and abusers to supports that offer help.
MIOB also offers a variety of training options for the workplace. In addition to helping people understand the dynamics of domestic violence and abusive relationships (including physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse), we engage your employees, with their varying roles and responsibilities, to create a safe and supportive workplace culture. Contact us to request a MIOB presentation for your workplace today.
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This interactive tool and alternative to colonial based maps, created by Victor Temprano, allows users to discover the traditional Indigenous territories and languages regions across Canada.
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Native Women’s Association of Canada
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women. NWAC is an aggregate of thirteen Native women’s organizations from across Canada and was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1974.
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Neighbours, Friends, and Families
Neighbours, Friends, and Families is a public education campaign to raise awareness of the signs of woman abuse so that those close to an at-risk woman or an abusive man can help. The Ontario Women’s Directorate has funded the campaign since November 2005. The Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children at Western University has managed the campaign. An Expert Panel has guided the development of the campaign and supported the initial implementation in communities across the province, including Haldimand & Norfolk. Many communities have participated in the campaign. Each has spread the word that, “We all have a role to play in ending woman abuse,” through tapping into local networks and relationships.
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The Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH) is a coalition of first stage emergency shelters, 2nd stage housing organizations and community-based women organizations who work towards ending violence against all women. OAITH maintains a training portal and resource library focused on gender based violence which can be accessed by frontline workers, managers, and policy makers across sectors. OAITH also sponsors the Aging Without Violence project, focused on violence against older women and publishes the Annual Femicide List.
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October 4th Sisters In Spirit Vigils
Each year on October 4th communities across Canada come together to honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. As we do so, we remember the lives of sisters, daughters, mothers and grandmothers tragically taken from us.
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Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO) is a province-wide program of Sherbourne Health that works to promote the health of Ontario’s LGBT2SQ communities and improve their access to services. RHO creates resources, provides information and consultation services, delivers education and training, and supports research to develop evidence-based practice and informed public policy. Visit the Rainbow Health Ontario website to learn more about gender based violence against LGBTQ+ women and access service provider listings, training and research.
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Springtide Resources is a registered charity that develops and implements programs aimed at responding to the growing prevention, intervention and educational needs of those working toward ending violence against women and their children. Visit the Springtide website to access information and resources focused on gender based violence, and access online training focused on gender based violence against women with disabilities.
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Through education, awareness-raising, outreach, technical assistance, capacity building, and partnerships, White Ribbon's programming challenges negative, outdated concepts of manhood and inspires men to understand and embrace the incredible potential they have to be a part of positive change as we work towards a future without violence against women and children.