RePlay 2.0 Project
Youth Alliance Project
Take Action Project
Girl EmPower Project

METRAC is working in partnership with Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions (COPA) to create a French version of the RePlay: Finding Zoe video game, entitled Rejouer: Chercher Zoé. This project was funded by the Ontario Government.

The Youth Alliance Project (YAP), funded by the Canadian Women’s Foundation, seeks to make schools and communities safer for young women. The YAP is a youth-driven collective focused on issues of violence against women and girls, working to strengthen the capacities of youth to advocate for improvements to our city’s existing approaches to addressing this form of violence. The collective is headed up by a 15-member committee, made of youth-led organizations, student unions, and youth and women-serving organizations. YAP members have developed Terms of Reference and are preparing a literature review on gendered violence, including results of a survey for young women on violence and oppression. Over the summer, a training/mentorship program will be implemented with 25 youth aged 13 to 17 - through popular educative sessions, these youth participants will build their civic engagement skills, such as messaging through the media, deputing at City Hall, and organizing community forums and initiatives.

Funded by the United Way of Greater Toronto, this project seeks to develop a collaborative, intersectional, and multi-dimensional analysis of the relationship between women's poverty and violence. Participatory research and community consultations will be conducted to inform the development of a policy brief.

Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada (GGC) recently received funding from the Ontario Government to partner and implement the Girl EmPower Project with METRAC. We’ll work with girls and leaders in GGC groups to create a comprehensive training and activity program to prevent the proliferation of abuse and help young women build healthy, equal relationships. The most exciting part will be the development of a Girl EmPower badge, designed by GGC girls themselves. At the end of the project, thousands of diverse Brownies, Guides, and Pathfinders will have the chance to learn about healthy relationships, challenge violence and oppression, and earn a Girl EmPower badge.

Girl Guides of Canada-Guides Du Canada Press release on the Girl EmPower Project, May 2008 (PDF, 32 KB)