{"id":154547,"date":"2024-05-12T20:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T00:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=154547"},"modified":"2024-05-12T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T01:00:10","slug":"ontario-says-it-is-combating-gender-based-violence-in-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/ontario-says-it-is-combating-gender-based-violence-in-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Province announces investment to combat gender-based violence in youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the Ontario government<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Ontario government is investing nearly $875,000 to train high school coaches on prioritizing important conversations with young male athletes about youth dating- and gender-based violence, consent and healthy relationships, and building cultures free from violence. This will help support safer schools as Ontario implements restrictions on cellphones, removal of social media from school devices, and the banning of vaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through this funding, Interval House of Hamilton will certify up to 23 violence against women (VAW) agencies across the province in the Coaching Boys into Men program. In turn, these agencies will work with local school boards to train up to 400 coaches\/teachers to engage with students aged 12 and up through sports on healthy relationships, mental health practices and gender-based violence. The program will benefit students in approximately 200 high schools in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This investment builds on Ontario\u2019s plan to make schools and school settings safer, bring awareness to students about the dynamics of healthy relationships, consent, and new efforts to re-focus classrooms as places of learning and universal respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is critical that boys and young men in this province learn how to build healthy relationships, prevent violence, and respect girls and women in schools and across our society,\u201d said Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education. \u201cThanks to the leadership of Jess Dixon, we are taking action to advance Ontario\u2019s commitment to getting distractions out of the classroom and restoring focus and safety back in schools. These real-life skills will support students well beyond the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coaching Boys into Men is a 12-week, evidence-based violence-prevention program that trains high school coaches to engage with male athletes about healthy relationship skills and that violence is not a sign of strength. The program leverages sports to help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n