Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to thank the committee members for inviting Carrefour pour Elle to take part in this study you have begun. First, I should tell you that Carrefour pour Elle is the first shelter for women and children victims of spousal violence to open its

Status of Women committee  I will answer questions later if the committee members have any specific questions about our services or our prevention activities. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Both tools are from the same association. We will be happy to send them to you.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Yes, Pacifix.

Status of Women committee  The PACIFIX program is funded by the Community Action Program for Children. We receive about $60,000 a year for the project. It's part of our external services, and it enables us to work with mothers and children and, sometimes with fathers who are violent. Unfortunately, we don'

Status of Women committee  That's a very good question. It's hard to choose one good initiative. In fact, I think we have to use all the projects and be creative when we raise awareness. I listened to my colleagues and Ms. Duhamel and, in my opinion, it's a matter of funding and human resources on the gro

Status of Women committee  We have the PACIFIX program. Otherwise, it's really high school students that we work with. Currently, our project—“les couloirs de la violence amoureuse”—is really very interesting. The idea is to get youths involved through a multimedia labyrinth that shows them what dating vi

Status of Women committee  That comes from the Community Action Program for Children, which is a federal initiative.

Status of Women committee  Carrefour pour Elle is mainly funded by Quebec's health and social services department, but we also receive a $60,000 federal subsidy. Be that as it may, we deliver most of our outreach services and awareness-raising programs thanks to the Carrefour pour Elle foundation. That's w

Status of Women committee  We try to establish a relationship with schools we go to. We provide age-specific activities for students. We deliver workshops for students in secondary II, III and IV. We speak to all students, but we then invite those who need assistance to contact us by telephone. We have a y

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Yes, exactly.

Status of Women committee  The schools themselves decide in what classes our presentations will be made—for instance, it may be during a French course or a religious ethics course. It depends on the school. Our presentations are intended for mixed groups. We think it is important to reach both the boys and

Status of Women committee  Those are two different things. The first training, which is intended for newcomers, is called “Quand on s'aime, on s'aime égal”. We co-facilitate these sessions with community police. We provide those 2.5-hour presentations in francisation classes and talk about what constitutes