Status of Women committee  It's one of the things we do during every presentation, including school presentations and presentations within the communities. We challenge men and boys to get involved as advocates and allies with our sisters. It's in the sense that this isn't a women's issue; it's a men's iss

Status of Women committee  Are you asking whether we have taken it outside of the province of British Columbia?

Status of Women committee  Yes, we have had the opportunity to train other teams in the CFL to adopt a similar program. We've also worked with other sports organizations, and anyone who really wanted to get involved, including amateur sports. We have also tried to pass on the knowledge, the model, and the

Status of Women committee  Success has been the appetite of the students. There's a real willingness on the part of the students in the schools to hear this information about domestic violence, partner violence, gender-based violence, and then to get involved as part of the solution. I believe there is a

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Ninu. It's an honour and a privilege to be here today. Before I start, I want to recognize the true heroes on this call: all of the women who have dedicated their lives to making our society safer when it comes to gender-based violence. Tha

Status of Women committee  I think that the issue happens everywhere, and certainly the professional sports community is not immune in terms of violence against women and in terms of violence. To your point, it's something that we have to deal with as an organization when we see it. When it happens, we h

Status of Women committee  I think the more people that enter into the conversation, the more people that jump on board to be part of the solution, the better. It's a matter of figuring out the best way to facilitate that. We have been approached by other organizations. We've helped other organizations. I

Status of Women committee  We do it much like we choose our football team. We select the guys. We know the guys on our team who would be interested, who have the right character, and who would also have the ability and the availability to do this. It is work for them. It is absolutely work for them. We g

Status of Women committee  Again, when we started the program, other CFL teams got interested in what we were doing and how we were doing it, and then the CFL itself did. I think part of what triggered it is the horrific incident in the NFL with Ray Rice, when that video went viral. Then the CFL looked a

Status of Women committee  It's a large assembly, with our player and a power point that we put on with videos and everything else. Then it's a breakout session where we go through scenarios with the students in a smaller group. I hope that was 30 seconds.

Status of Women committee  Yes, he trained us.

Status of Women committee  Well, he sat us down, and we're all big men, obviously—professional football players—and we had some of the University of British Columbia football players with us. He asked us all what our plan of action was, what our safety plan was, when we go out for a night on the town. We'r

Status of Women committee  I'd say that the biggest surprise was the appetite for the conversation. Before we started, I was really concerned that it was a very serious topic. Our organization had done a lot in the schools. I would say it was all light and fluffy, and this was a serious topic. I didn't kno

Status of Women committee  It touches on a lot of those things. In one of the scenarios, we talk about texting and how if you have a friend who is controlling his girlfriend, and always needing to know where she is or what's she's doing, that's a real sign of a problem. We do get into some of those issues

Status of Women committee  Thank you.