The Learning Network

Mobilizing knowledge to end gender-based violence

The Learning Network is a valuable source of evidence-informed resources for individuals, service providers, and organizations working to end violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV).

Featured Resources

	Issue 31:Trauma- and Violence- Informed Approaches: Supporting Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence This Issue shares information about trauma- and violence- informed approaches to supporting children exposed to intimate partner violence. It is relevant to shelter workers, child and youth workers, teachers, and community-based services working with children. Learn more
	Issue 30: Gender Equity This Issue addresses the topic of gender equity in Canada, and it explores how gender intersects with other systems of marginalization to produce unique challenges for achieving a fair and equal society.   Learn more
	Issue 29: Thirty Years after the Montréal Massacre This Issue highlights how misogyny was one of the factors fueling the fatal violence against 14 young female students on December 6, 1989. We dedicate this Issue to the women killed in the Montréal Massacre and to all women and girls that have experienced and too often, died due to gender-based violence. Learn more

What's New?

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT RECORDING: Gender-Based Violence Through an Intersectional Lens
Monica Samuel (Executive Director, Black Women in Motion) shares information about the erasure experienced by survivors from BIPOC communities, in addition to resources and tools to better show up as allies.

BACKGROUNDER: COVID-19 & Gender-based Violence in Canada: Key Issues and Recommendations
This Backgrounder examines how COVID-19 may create pathways and barriers leading to gender-based violence and highlights key recommendations for responding to these issues, with a specific focus on the Canadian context. 

BRIEF: Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence During COVID-19 Reopening
This Brief summarizes current research and advocacy on domestic violence against women and children in the context of COVID-19 reopening, as well as policy recommendations for addressing the needs of survivors and the organizations that support them.

WEBINAR RECORDING: Digital Platforms and Violence against Women: User Experiences, Best Practices, and the Law
This webinar presents a personal experience of being targeted by digital hate groups in order to describe experiences of violence, doxing, the precarity of being visible in online spaces, and the importance of fostering a feminist security culture.