Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
The project will develop trauma-informed public legal education resources for women who face sexual harassment in the hospitality and service industry in Toronto. Resources will be developed to inform women of their rights, community and legal supports available, and how to navigate the legal system and approach employers. Resources will be translated into multiple languages to ensure accessibility.
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Electricity Human Resources Canada
The project will develop an educational outreach program to inform employers in the electricity industry about sexual harassment, including strategies to address and prevent it. The program will remind employers and employees of laws, responsibilities and rights to actively prevent sexual harassment and respond to complaints appropriately. The program will be supported by a set of educational tools fostering a respectful and harassment-free work environment.
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Mining Industry Human Resources Council
The project will support mining and exploration companies to increase their knowledge of, and address sexual harassment in the workplace. Public legal education and information on workplace sexual harassment will be developed and disseminated to employers, unions, and employees. Through industry collaboration, the project will build capacity to support strategic, sector-wide measures that help to reduce sexual harassment and,
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Equal Voice
The organization will implement a pilot with two legislatures in Canada to address workplace sexual harassment within politics. The project will review existing sexual harassment policies and procedures and work with officials to adopt trauma-informed practices. Training materials and resources will be developed to support legislatures across Canada. The project will also bring awareness to the issue of sexual harassment within politics and empower those impacted with resources,
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Woman Abuse Council of Toronto
WomanACT and the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology will develop partnerships with employers in the STEM sectors, to improve access to legal supports and trauma-informed resources for victims of sexual harassment in STEM industry workplaces across Canada. The project will seek to better understand the needs, barriers, and opportunities related to preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Centre for Education and Research on Violence Against Women and Children, Western University
The organization will partner with Unifor to support employees in the hospitality, gaming and airlines industries to address workplace sexual harassment in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario. An initial research phase will assess the needs and priorities for employees who have experienced workplace sexual harassment. In consultation with Unifor representatives who assist employees with the complaint process,
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White Ribbon
White Ribbon will partner with CSL Group, Sunwing Travel Group, and the Barbra Schlifer Clinic to implement sexual harassment prevention and responses within sector-specific workplaces. The project will adapt, develop, and disseminate PLEI resources, increase and promote awareness of workplace sexual harassment, and build the capacity of industry professionals through training on workplace sexual harassment.
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The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland
20 legal clinics from across Ontario will take a coordinated approach to providing legal information and advice and public legal education on sexual harassment in the workplace. They include 8 legal clinics from South-West Ontario (Elgin-Oxford/Huron-Perth, Windsor, Chatham-Kent, Brant County, Gray-Bruce, Waterloo, Niagara and Sarnia), 8 legal clinics from Eastern/Central Ontario (Northumberland,
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Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo (SASC)
This project enhances knowledge and awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace amongst employees and employers in the Waterloo Region. We have developed a series of workshops that begin with discussing legal rights and responsibilities, and carry through to unconscious biases, bystander intervention, and responding to disclosures of sexual violence. The training can be customized and applied to any level of an organization,
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Pro Bono Ontario
This project will enhance Pro Bono Ontario’s Hotline capacity to assist victims of workplace sexual harassment by; developing knowledge management resources to ensure that staff and volunteer lawyers provide high-quality legal services to victims of sexual harassment; by extending the hours of operation of the Hotline; by working with other funded organizations in Ontario to integrate services and develop intra-agency referral protocols and warm hand-offs and finally;
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