Education as Prevention: Mental Health, Mental Illness, Youth and Sexual Violence
Organization: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Intermediate and secondary educators
Description: This resource discusses mental health, mental illness, the impact of sexual violence on mental health, sexual violence prevention, and supporting students who have experienced sexual violence.
Topic: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention, Mental Health and Well-Being, Sexual Violence
Find Support: List of Sexual Assault Centres
Organization: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Format: List of sexual assault centres
Audience: General
Description: Sexual assault centres provide free counselling and information about sexual violence. This list allows you to find sexual assault centre contact information by centre name and region.
Topic: Sexual Violence, Personal Safety and Injury Prevention, Community Resources
Get the Facts: Consent
Organization: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Intermediate and secondary educators
Description: This resource discusses what consent is and when it cannot be given, as well as resources for those who have experienced sexual assault. This resource works to differentiate truths from myths concerning sexual violence in order to help youth and adults understand what consent is in plain and accessible language.
Topic: Consent, Healthy Relationships, Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
Get the Facts: Healthy Relationships
Organization: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Intermediate and secondary educators
Description: This resource discusses key components to healthy relationships, warning signs of an unhealthy relationship, and four types of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional, and financial.
Topic: Consent, Healthy Relationships, Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
Get the Facts: What is Sexual Assault
Organization: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Intermediate and secondary educators
Description: This resource discusses what sexual assault is as well as how to seek support if you or someone you know experiences sexual violence. This resource works to differentiate truths from myths concerning sexual violence, helping youth and adults understand what consent is in plain and accessible language.
Topic: Consent, Sexual Violence, Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
Ideas for Action: Growth and Development
Organization: Ophea
Format: Activities
Audience: Elementary and secondary educators
Description: Ideas for Action is a free activity-based resource supporting leaders of all ages in the planning and implementation of activities that promote and enhance the health and well-being of students, school staff, and the broader community.
Topic: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention, Human Development and Sexual Health, Healthy Relationships
The Trap
Organization: Government of Ontario
Format: Digital Education Tool
Audience: Intermediate and Secondary educators
Description: This human trafficking education tool simulates being targeted and recruited by a sex trafficker. It is intended to raise awareness about sex trafficking among youth in middle and high school teaching them what the dangers are, how to avoid them and where to get help. The Trap is designed to be used as part of a facilitated discussion led by an adult.
Topic: Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation, Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
WRPrevent
Organization: White Ribbon
Format: Resources, Lesson Plans
Audience: Intermediate and Secondary educators
Description: This resource provides educator resources and lesson plans relating to ending child sexual exploitation.
Topic: Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation, Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
