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 | Nov 4, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, Youth programs
The question is – how do we talk about the prevalence of violence against women in our communities without blaming and shaming the boys and young men in the room? Just the other day I was approached by a member of our community who felt strongly that boys are...
by SWOVA Team | Oct 21, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, SWOVA News
Once again we are off to a great start with the R+R program in the high school on Salt Spring Island. This fall though is particularly special in a different way than it has been in the past. My former co-facilitator Christina Antonick has left Salt Spring Island...
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...