Recent project:
Building Community-Based Partnerships for Local Action on Women's Safety
Pilot sites description: Peel, Ontario
Peel
| A little about the Region of Peel
The Region of Peel is a large urban community situated in the Greater
Toronto Area. It is made up of three municipalities: the City of
Mississauga, the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon. The region
has a population of almost 1 million. Peel has 38% visible minority
and 45% foreign born population. It is one the fastest growing regions
in Canada. For more information on the region of Peel: |
The Peel Committee Against Woman Abuse (PCAWA - www.pcawa.org) and The Peel Committee on Sexual Assault (PCSA - www.sexualassault-peel.com) are the co-applicants for the pilot site for the WICI initiative.
Peel Committee Against Woman Abuse (PCAWA) is a collaborative of over 30 member agencies in the Region of Peel that are directly involved, or concerned with, the issue of woman abuse. These agencies work together to promote a more effective and coordinated response to woman abuse in the Region of Peel. Agency representation includes, but is not limited to, legal, education, social service, settlement and health sectors. The Region of Peel is also represented on the membership.
The Peel Committee on Sexual Assault (PCSA) is a program of Trillium Health Centre's, Women's and Children's Health . Trillium Health Centre is Peel's Regional Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Treatment Centre. PCSA is a group of concerned individuals and service providers working collaboratively to establish a comprehensive and effective community response to end sexual violence. This Committee is also represented by a broad agency representation and is working collaboratively with the Region of Peel.
PCAWA and PCSA currently have active members representing the following sectors in the Region of Peel: Education, Hospital, Police, Sexual Assault Centre, Woman's Shelters, Legal and Police Services, Peel Children's Aid, Ontario Works, Peel Housing, Peel Health and Children's and Youth Services.
Some initiatives include:
- A violence prevention strategy targeting parents and caregivers with children 0-6 years of age. This initiative includes the development and distribution of a resource kit (book & toy blocks), which promotes violence-free play and learning among young children.
- The distribution of ethno-specific resources ("Creating a Safety Plan") and the promotion of routine screening for woman abuse in health clinic/hospital setting, and to increase awareness of violence against women among health professionals.
- The Region of Peel: Woman Abuse Protocol: Best Practice Guidelines which seeks to promote a coordinated response system to woman abuse in the Region of Peel. The Protocol has over thirty signatory agencies from the Region of Peel.
- The Region of Peel's Emergency Response Protocol, which provides best practises and accountability for first responder agencies to sexual assault.
- Facilitating a more effective, comprehensive referral process within the VAW sector and between VAW agencies and social service agencies in the Region of Peel.
Media Outreach Project
Goal: To increase the community awareness of woman abuse and to facilitate an effective regional response to issues of women's safety.
Objective 1: To increase the communication of consistent and comprehensive
messaging about woman abuse in the Region of Peel
Objective 2: To facilitate the involvement of women's organizations in
the public policy process and to increase the regional support and resources
for VAW services.
The PCSA and PCAWA Joint Advocacy Committee will provide direction and guidance to the media outreach project. The members of this committee represent agencies from both the Peel Committee Against Woman Abuse and Peel Committee on Sexual Assault.
A strategic partnership has been formed with The Region of Peel Police Media Department to assist the Joint Advocacy committee in the delivery of the media outreach project. A representative from the media department will be attending monthly meetings for the duration of the media outreach project and will be a key player in distributing the media tool kits and assisting the access of effective VAW messaging in the media.
This project will build the capacity of the VAW community to effectively engage the local media with effective messaging about woman abuse through the development and implementation of a media tool kit, needs assessment and media outreach training.
The Regional Representative for the Project:
Region of Peel Representative- to be announced
List of Partners:
PCSA
Catholic Cross-Cultural
Services
Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin
Crown Attorney's Office
Elizabeth Fry Society
Family Services of Peel
Interim Place House II
Peel Collaborative Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse Treatment Program
Peel Dist School Board
Peel Health
Peel Regional Police
Salvation Army
Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Centre of Peel
Social Planning Council of Peel
Trillium Health Centre
Victim Services of Peel
William Osler Health Centre
Halton-Peel District Health Council
Trillium Health Centre
United Way of Peel Region
Credit Valley Hospital
Caledon OPP
Caledon Community Services
Caledon/Dufferin Victim Services
Headwaters Health Care Centre
Family Transition Place
Peel Children's Centre
Family Education Centre
Multicultural Interagency Group of Peel (MIAG)
PCAWA 2005/2006 Membership
Full membership:
Armagh
Brampton Multicultural Centre
Brampton Neighbourhood Resource Centre
Children's Aid Society of Peel
Catholic Cross-Cultural Service of Peel
Catholic Family Service of Dufferin
Credit Valley Hospital
Dixie-Bloor Neighbourhood Centre
Family Service of Peel
HEAL Network
India Rainbow Community Services
Interim Place
Intercultural Neighbourhood Social Services
Malton Neighbourhood Services
Merge Counselling & Educational Services
Muslim Community Services
Peel Health Department
Peel Regional Police
Salvation Army Family Life Resource Centre
Punjabi Community Health Centre
Salvation Army Women's Counselling Centre
Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Centre of Peel
Trillium Health Centre
Victim Services of Peel
Victim Witness Assistance Program
Vita Centre
Ontario Works
Supporting Members:
African Community Services
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Peel
Elizabeth Fry Society of Peel
MIAG
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Peel Crown Attorney's Office
Peel Committee on Sexual Assault
Social Planning Council of Peel
United Achievers Community Services
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