Promising Practices
Engaging Men and Boys as Allies in Preventing GBV Through Community-Based Humane Education Programming
Discover the Promising Practices Project: Engaging Men and Boys as Allies in Preventing Gender-Based Violence
The Promising Practices Project is an impactful Humane Canada initiative that aims to involve men and boys as partners in preventing gender-based violence (GBV) by delivering innovative, community-driven, humane education.
Humane Canada has worked collaboratively with a broad range of stakeholders—spanning women’s shelters, anti-violence agencies, social services, educational organizations, and animal welfare groups—to craft the Promising Practices Framework. This comprehensive approach ensures that humane education programming is both impactful and inclusive.
The Promising Practices Framework has been designed to guide educators as they either weave concepts of ending gender-based violence into their existing humane education program or utilize the framework to design a new program to respond to their community's needs.
We invite educators, community leaders, and allies to explore and utilize Humane Canada’s Promising Practices Online Learning Centre.
The Learning Centre:
Includes interactive modules, activities and practical tools.
Designed to support effective humane education program implementation in your community.
Resources are tailored to help create safe, equitable environments.
Empowers men and boys to actively address and prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV).
Through Promising Practices humane education, we are actively working to end Gender Based Violence to create safer communities for all.
Ready to make a difference in your community? Visit our Learning Centre today to unlock a wealth of tools and resources, and join a growing movement dedicated to positive change. For more information or to get involved, reach out to our team. We look forward to connecting with you!
Promising Practices Framework
The Promising Practices Framework has been designed to guide educators as they either weave concepts of ending gender-based violence into their existing humane education program or utilize the framework to design a new program to respond to their community's needs.
Check out the Resources page to download a PDF of the Promising Practices Framework.
Language & Safety
The language we utilize matters and can be incredibly impactful to survivors of Gender-Based Violence, their animals, male allies, and those impacted by gender-based violence. WomenatthecentrE, an incredible survivor-led organization, has shared this language which we utilize throughout our Online Learning Centre. We encourage you to check out WomenatthecentrE and the work that they are doing to advocate and support survivors across Canada at https://www.womenatthecentre.com/.
Survivor, not victim.
Declarations, not stories.
Reported, not alleged.
Aggressor, not perpetrator.
Accomplice, not ally.
WomenatthecentrE (2022)
The topics discussed throughout the Promising Practices Online Learning Centre are complex and potentially triggering. Practicing self-care and taking time to recognize and respond to your needs while learning about these topics is important. To seek further support, check out the “How to Find Help” guide located in our Tools & Templates section of the ACT to Keep Families Safe Online Learning Centre.
If you or someone you love is experiencing abuse, we encourage you to consider safety while accessing resources on Humane Canada's ACT To Keep Families Safe Online Learning Centre and take precautions such as accessing these resources from a public computer and/or erasing your browsing history. To seek further support, sheltersafe.ca offers information about Gender-Based Violence services across Canada that can offer further safety planning support.
Indigenous Affirmation
As a remote organization, Humane Canada acknowledges the many Indigenous Nations and communities that have relationships with these lands since time immemorial where our work takes place. We express our gratitude to all Indigenous communities – First Nations, Metis and Inuit, for their past, present and future leadership and stewardship. We are inspired by and grateful for Indigenous ways of knowing that teach us the interdependency and interconnectedness of all life forms, and our relationship of mutual reliance and shared destiny with other people, animals and the earth. We encourage everyone to learn more about the Indigenous Peoples who are the original stewards of the lands you reside on.
To learn more please visit https://native-land.ca/.
This affirmation was in part inspired by the words of the late Honourable Murray Sinclair in his speeches to the Senate of Canada regarding Indigenous ways of knowing and animal welfare.
Humane Canada acknowledges the financial support of Women and Gender Equality Canada for this project.
