by SWOVA Team | Mar 2, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, SWOVA News, Youth programs
I’ve just recently completed 4 weeks of delivery of Respectful Relationships and Peace Kids programs at Salt Spring Island Middle School. This is my first time in my role as male facilitator in these programs working alongside Christina Antonick, an experienced...
by SWOVA Team | Dec 1, 2020 | Programs, Youth programs
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is yet to come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Theresa During the month of October and November Christina Antonick and I were in the classes of primarily grade 3, 4 and 5 students delivering the...
by SWOVA Team | Feb 17, 2020 | From the Headlines
There’s a lot of big stuff going on right now, that as my colleague at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Diane Hill, noted recently are watershed moments. From Jian Ghomeshi and our MPs, to conversations about what consent really means, reporting violations, and an...
by SWOVA Team | Oct 6, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, SWOVA News, Youth programs
“The Internet is an interruption system. It seizes our attention only to scramble it.” – Nicolas Carr This summer my co-facilitator, writer and good friend Christina Antonick, and I have been writing internet safety curricula for SWOVA and...
by SWOVA Team | Jun 17, 2020 | Programs, SWOVA News, Youth programs
The days when etiquette encompassed topics such as who should open a door for who and how to set a table correctly, definitely predated the internet and social media. We live in a whole new world now where communication is instantaneous and anonymous. When we...