Tools

It’s My Decision

Public: Girls aged 12 to 18 years-old

The aim of It’s My Decision is to reinforce protection factors for teenage girls at risk for sexual exploitation.

Content:

• Intervention guide
• Activities booklet for girls

Staying Real: Teens Confront Sexual Stereotypes

Public: 10 to 13 year-olds

2010/ 24 min. / National Film Board of Canada / Dir. Sophie Bissonnette / Financial support of Secrétariat à la condition féminine

Content:

• A documentary to make youth aware of the influence of sexual stereotypes in advertising and the media.
• Guide to facilitate group discussions for youth aged 10–13 on sexual stereotypes.

Public: For everyone

Original version: Français / 2011/ Soutien financier du Secrétariat à la condition féminine et de l’UQAM / En collaboration avec le Service des collectivités de l’UQAM

Updated version: 2020

Content:

A guide to assist and facilitate the process of filing a complaint against a sexist or sexual image or content in the media.

2007 / 37 min. / Office national du film du Canada / Réal. Sophie Bissonnette / Soutien financier de l’UQAM et du Secrétariat à la condition féminine

Content:

• A documentary to inspire youth educators to help counter the phenomenon of sexualization. Used as a reference tool, the film allows professionals to deepen their understanding of early sexualization and build on their own intervention practices.
• A guide for educators is also available to encourage discussion, reflective sharing, and identify courses of action to counter the phenomenon.

Le programme Relations NETtes vise à sensibiliser les jeunes de 14 à 17 ans sur les thématiques du cyberharcèlement dans le contexte des relations amoureuses et amicales. Plus particulièrement, l’atelier souhaite développer l’esprit critique des jeunes afin de les amener à identifier des pistes de solutions pour contrer le cyberharcèlement. Un projet utilisant les technologies a été réalisé avec deux groupes de 7 à 8 jeunes dans deux écoles montréalaises. Ce projet technologique permet de sensibiliser les jeunes de leur entourage et de leur école au cyberharcèlement, aux manifestations et aux impacts de ce phénomène. À l’issue du projet en 2016, un guide d’animation thématique a été produit et distribué auprès des intervenant·e·s qui œuvrent avec les jeunes.

Financé par Secrétariat à la Condition Féminine.

And… Action!

And…Action is a program developed by the YWCA Montreal to help youth aged 12 to 18 tackle issues related to teen healthy relationships such as identity, gender, sexuality, consent, mental health, racism, sexism, how the media influences us, and much more. From 2013 to 2017, more than 140 students in ten different high schools across Montreal participated in the program through various interactive media projects, group activities and discussions.

2014 / Soutien financier du Secrétariat à la condition féminine, en collaboration avec Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal et Mise au Jeu.

Public: 16 to 22 year-olds

Content:

This facilitation tool approaches the issue of gender equality in an entertaining way with the help of a short film featuring conflict situations about gender equality. The participants will be engaged to identify such situations in a dynamic manner.

To order, please contact commande.leadership@ydesfemmesmtl.org

2016 / Soutien financier du Secrétariat à la condition féminine

Sexual consent is a topic with many nuances and subtleties and deserves to be demystified in order to promote healthy relationships among youth. Through the use of 360° glasses, the individual is teleported into an alternate world, where they enter the shoes of a young girl who is experiencing a situation where sexual consent is brought into question. Film-maker Emanuel St. Pierre, recipient of the 2013 prize L’égalité à l’œuvre, had the idea to develop the project using virtual reality technology, permitting users to realistically live and feel the experience, thus provoking a deeper understanding of the issue. Actors Sandrine Poirier-Allard and Olivier Koomsatira play the main characters, two youth that meet to work on a group project for school, in a situation with an unexpected turn of events. The messages to convey are that one has to always make sure that both partners want the same things, one does not need a reason to say no, and can do so at any point in time.

Until March 2017, the project will tour schools and several public events and also offer group discussions that permit youth to exchange views on consent.

2013 / Soutien financier de Condition féminine Canada

Public : Girls and boys, 6th grade (elementary school) and 1st year of Secondary school

The Toolkit supports professionals to put in place reflective and dynamic workshops for youth during their transition to high school. The program allows youth to strengthen their social skills, supporting them in their transition to high school and equipping them in preventing and facing gender-based violence.

Excerpts: Gender Roles Boxes / Stereotypes

Content

An Activity Guide with 48 activities and icebreakers, 8 evaluation tools, A Section for Parents, a Peer Mentoring Guide, 90 resources on the topics surrounding the transition to high school and gender-based violence, a CD-ROM version of the guide in English and French.

To order, please contact: commande.leadership@ydesfemmesmtl.org

Public : jeunes de 12 à 25 ans

Financé par Justice Québec, ces outils d’intervention sont destinés aux jeunes de 12 à 25 ans les sensibiliseront au consentement et les agressions sexuelles.

Contenu:

• Guide d’animation
• Carnet de notes