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 | Aug 5, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program
I recently wrote the following feedback for an online facilitator trainee for the Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program. This summer my co-trainer, Kevin Vowles and I are coaching seven new folks in facilitator online...
by SWOVA Team | Mar 31, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, SWOVA News
A big Thank You to Island Savings employees on Salt Spring Island who donated to SWOVA’s R+R program in 2020.
by SWOVA Team | Mar 11, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, SWOVA News
It has been a year indeed. My God, as I look back on it I wonder how I have managed to keep my head above water. I’ve gone through some big losses personally in relationships, and life changing family dynamics. It has been a life-changing year...
by SWOVA Team | Dec 3, 2020 | Programs, Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program
The past month we have been working with Grade 9’s with our Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program and also in classroom sessions of our Peace Kids project with Grade 4 and 5 kids at Salt Spring Elementary. Kevin Vowles (co-facilitator) and I wrote 12 new workshops...
by SWOVA Team | Nov 6, 2020 | From the Headlines, Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program
When I sit in circles with young people to talk about respect, healthy communication and relationships, I find it useful to have names and faces in my own mind and heart of what we’re talking about as it relates to real life couples rather than the Hollywood celebrity...