Thank you very much for that question.
The first thing I should say is that I circulated with the clerk a report we did for WAGE on all the prevention programs we have evaluated across Canada. I recommend you review that report, but the highlights are that we have unique opportunities to intervene with children who live with violence, and also with their peer group.
The one thing I was going to highlight is that we have a universal prevention program that's built into our school system. We call the curriculum “The Fourth R”, which stands for healthy relationships. It's a 21-lesson plan built into grade 9 health and physical education. It's now available in 5,000 schools across North America. It's translated into French and actually into Spanish, as it's used in several U.S. states as well.
It's a program that doesn't require specialists to come to the school. Teachers are trained to deliver the program. It meets every provincial and territorial curriculum expectation about what all students should be learning about healthy relationships. It's been evaluated. In one study we found that, between grade 9 and grade 11, we reduced incidents of domestic violence by 50% simply through students being involved in this program.
Again, there's information in the material I gave to the clerk, but I'd really encourage you to review it.