Thank you for the question.
I speak to a broad range of agencies. I'll start with the police.
I regularly speak at the Justice Institute of British Columbia for the training of new police recruits in municipal policing. First of all, I tell them how to approach a victim and how to talk to a victim. I tell them about the body language. I tell them not to stand in front of them and to give them space. I show them my injuries. I show them pictures through slides.
This is a question that so many of us victims have been asked: “If it was that bad, why didn't you just leave?” My approach to that question is “Do you believe it wasn't that bad?” The violence, no matter if it's hidden, if there are no signs, such as sexual, such as emotional or threats and all of that, is still abuse, and it still causes a lot of harm. In every situation, take us seriously. Don't give up on us.
I also speak to different agencies and to a lot of first nation communities and schools.