Status of Women committee  Another recommendation would be.... There was capacity money that did come out. The two streams came out, and the collateral for it, but it excludes small agencies from participating. We are the only agency in Halton region that will be getting their crisis unit. That means we on

Status of Women committee  There are various models. For our community, we need a sustainable model, not just for bricks and mortar, but for folks to actually be able to own their own place and call it their own place, their home, and to have a really safe corner of their own little world. I don't think th

Status of Women committee  The Male Ally Network is a program that helps young boys and teaches what gender-based violence is. How do we start teaching boys what is positive masculinity? How do we teach them what is toxic masculinity? The conversation has to start at a much younger age. When we applied f

Status of Women committee  Tara, do you want to talk? You work directly with them. Tara is the crisis worker for human trafficking as well, so this is right from the horse's mouth.

Status of Women committee  Talk about the transitional support.

Status of Women committee  We have to put some of the clients outside the region. We have gone to Toronto. We have gone to Hamilton. I have driven clients as far as Windsor. There's also a huge systemic barrier when even those who are verifiable for the special priority.... Sexual assault centres are not d

Status of Women committee  Some of them are, and some of them are not.

Status of Women committee  Black women, indigenous women and women of colour who are also survivors of human trafficking are less likely to access a VAW shelter and resources, as they do not feel their experiences and distinct needs are reflected in this service model. Housing support model shelters need t

Status of Women committee  We're splitting our time. SAVIS of Halton is the only sexual assault centre in Halton Region. We service folks who have been sexually assaulted. We also do public education programs and have long-term counselling programs for them. We also have the anti-human trafficking initiat

Status of Women committee  Okay. For us, it would have to be funding. We are two of us, and we reach Hamilton, Peel, Niagara, St. Catharines, Hagersville. At the end of the day, the community really wants it. The community is reaching out to us and asking us things. Can you come and talk to us? Can you tr

Status of Women committee  Something that also sometimes is missing, and that we are hoping here at SAVIS to change, is also to have cultural relevancy in our community. That means teaching young men in that community, in that sphere, in their own safe environment, whether it's a mosque or a synagogue or a

Status of Women committee  We didn't have an impact. The reason we think this is...and we have noticed that this is very important. Children are telling us at the youth groups that they have either participated in an act that violated the sexual rights of a woman or young girl or they think it's funny. O

Status of Women committee  Specific education is very important, and that is something we are not seeing.

Status of Women committee  For SAVIS of Halton, when Walter, who's the front-line public educator, goes out in the community, we have noticed that the community itself wants the education. We are working on collecting data. The types of questions and the types of responses we're getting from the “guerilla