Family Violence Initiative

COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA

INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES

Healthy Relationships: Children and Youth

Program Name:

Youth Violence Prevention and Healthy Relationships Project

Organization/Community:

Yukon Women's Directorate

Location:

Whitehorse, Yukon

Website:

www.womensdirectorate.gov.yk.ca

Goals and Objectives:

To create a dialogue with youth on the impacts of violence, healthy relationships and healthy families by engaging them in a series of workshops that will discuss key issues youth are facing (including healthy sexuality, relationship skills, anger management, self esteem, traditional roles, cultural workshops for girls and women).

Target Group Description:

Aboriginal youth in the Kaska Dene region of southeastern Yukon.

Program Description:

The Youth Violence Prevention and Healthy Relationships Project has the following components: contacting schools and similar programs to examine models of delivery and production; recruiting youth, through the schools, for participation in this project; setting up youth focus groups to determine the content of workshop and information sessions; working with youth in workshops to determine potential media projects; and designing and producing youth media projects (pinpoint media messaging, locate media resources)

Program Successes/Impact:

The Youth Violence Prevention and Healthy Relationships Project has raised awareness about the violence faced by youth in Yukon communities.

Key Lesson/Challenge:

The main challenge of the Youth Violence Prevention and Healthy Relationships Project has been a lack of time and tight deadlines. The timeline has been amended to reflect community participation and capacity.

Program in operation since:

2007.

Program:

Ongoing.