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Gender-based violence takes many forms, including physical and sexual assault, coercive control, economic abuse, tech-facilitated violence, and harassment. It can occur in your home, your workplace, online or anywhere else. If you or someone you know is experiencing gender-based violence, or is otherwise in crisis, help is available. Below is a list of crisis services that provide support. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Common Sense Media

Resources for parents and youth to help navigate social media.

Dilico Anishinabek Family Care

Dilico offers services, rooted in culture, that address issues related to child welfare & mental health.

Learning Network Glossary

Provides a central place to find the meaning of key terms in Gender-Based Violence work and to access resources for further learning.

Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre

NWOWC is a non-profit feminist organization that supports self-identified women by helping to access knowledge, skills and resources. NWOWC is a member of the Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse in Thunder Bay & District and offers a range of resources and supports related to gender-based violence.

NorWest Community Health Centres

NorWest Community Health Centres provides high quality and integrated primary health care services, fosters community development and advocates to improve health and wellbeing for vulnerable people and communities with locations in Thunder Bay, Armstrong, Longlac, and Mobile Services.

PREVNet 

PREVNet is a national network of researchers and organizations, working together to address youth dating violence. PREVNet has complied resources and supports related to youth dating violence for parents and caregivers.

SACE

Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton offers resources related to consent, bystander intervention, and responding to sexual violence.

School Mental Health Ontario

School Mental Health Ontario offers resources for parents/families to support understanding of mental health and outlines pathways for support in Ontario schools.

Thunder Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking

Supports survivors / victims & educates community members on impacts of Human Trafficking in the Thunder Bay area. The coalition offers resources and information session specifically for parents and caregivers to learn about human trafficking.