Our National Youth Advisory Committee is passionate about creating resources to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence.
These valuable resources created by youth, for youth can all be found here: https://t.co/9AvwEW9rPf
To help put trans inclusion into practice, PREVNet partner @wisdom2action has created informative resources on topics such as gender-neutral language, creating welcoming environments, and avoiding harmful phrasing. Find all 10 resources here: https://t.co/QB1JXZ6OWz
Our National Youth Advisory Committee is passionate about creating resources to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence.
This #InternationalYouthDay, we're highlighting the amazing work of our Youth Committee⤵️
A nurse retired today after 20 years in the same Emergency department. Not an email was sent from leadership to acknowledge her decades of service.
If we didnt already suspect we nurses are undervalued, we learned we are today. No wonder no one will work. #ontario#Nurse
Today is Red Dress Day. It is a day when we honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls & gender diverse people. We remember & uplift them. We support their families. We recognize this disproportionate violence as a national tragedy. We advocate for change. #MMIWG2S
Jacqueline Suchite Rivas thought she knew what abuse looked like. When her ex-husband hit her, that was abuse. When he pointed a gun at her and threatened her life, that was abuse.
But the name-calling, the jealousy, the isolation? That was just life.
https://t.co/xkAZ7H550f
1 in 3 adolescents in Canada experiences aggressive, violent, threatening, and/or manipulative behaviour from their romantic or sexual partners, also known as dating violence.
Learn more about the prevalence of youth dating violence: https://t.co/YUvF8Uz8B7
#TDVAM2022
The day may be coming to an end, but the mental health movement continues 365 days a year! Together let's continue talking, listening & taking action. Follow us throughout the year for more ways to get involved—we won't stop until #MentalHealthisHealth for everyone.
As of today,
It is illegal to intimidate doctors
It is illegal to intimidate nurses
It is illegal to intimidate patients,
It is illegal to obstruct them from providing care or receiving it.
This law was passed unanimously in the House of Commons, and it comes into force today.
As nurses, we need to acknowledge and understand that differences exist and that heteronormativity and cisnormativity are prevalent. Nurses can also advocate for patient intake forms to become more gender-neutral.
Read more: https://t.co/gABmfOztjV
November is National #DomesticViolence Awareness Month. As involvement in youth dating violence is a key risk factor for domestic violence in adulthood, addressing youth dating violence is important to preventing domestic violence 1/
30% of Gr. 8 girls & 27% of Gr. 8 boys reported being victimized by #Bullying at school. Bullying intervention & prevention programs can prevent future abuse and support healthy development.
We have resources for creating safe and accepting classrooms: https://t.co/b2hBTu45bo
PREVNet's Scientific Co-Directors @D_ExnerCortens and @profwendycraig write about adolescent dating violence policy and our new interactive policy map in @ConversationCA
Read it here⤵️