ACT To Keep Families Safe
Online Learning Centre
More asynchronous learning modules are coming soon!
Free
The Violence Link & Gender-Based Violence
Free
Trauma-Informed Care with Animals in Social-Service Settings: Supporting Survivors with Animals
Free
Trauma-Informed Care in Animal-Service Settings: Supporting Survivors with Animals
Free
Co-Sheltering On-Site
Free
Sheltering Animals Offsite
Free
Supporting Rural, Remote, Northern & Farming Communities
Free
Service Animals & Disability Rights
Free
Awareness, Engagement & Confidentiality
Free
Self-Care, Compassion Fatigue & Setting Boundaries
Free
The Bethesda House Experience
Language & Safety
The language we utilize matters and can be incredibly impactful to survivors of Gender-Based Violence, their animals, and those supporting their journey. WomenatthecentrE, an incredible survivor-led organization, has shared this language which we utilize throughout our Online Learning Centre. We encourage you to check out WomenatthecentrE and the work that they are doing to advocate and support survivors across Canada at https://www.womenatthecentre.com/.
Survivor, not victim.
Declarations, not stories.
Reported, not alleged.
Aggressor, not perpetrator.
Accomplice, not ally.
WomenatthecentrE (2022)
The topics discussed throughout the ACT To Keep Families Safe Online Learning Centre are complex and potentially triggering. Practicing self-care and taking time to recognize and respond to your needs while learning about these topics is important. To seek further support, check out the “How to Find Help” guide located in our Tools & Templates section.
If you or someone you love is experiencing abuse, we encourage you to consider safety while accessing these resources and take precautions such as accessing these resources from a public computer and/or erasing your browsing history. To seek further support, sheltersafe.ca offers information about Gender-Based Violence services across Canada that can offer further safety planning support.
Indigenous Affirmation
As a remote organization, Humane Canada acknowledges the many Indigenous Nations and communities that have relationships with these lands since time immemorial where our work takes place. We express our gratitude to all Indigenous communities – First Nations, Metis and Inuit, for their past, present and future leadership and stewardship. We are inspired by and grateful for Indigenous ways of knowing that teach us the interdependency and interconnectedness of all life forms, and our relationship of mutual reliance and shared destiny with other people, animals and the earth. We encourage everyone to learn more about the Indigenous Peoples who are the original stewards of the lands you reside on.
To learn more please visit https://native-land.ca/.
This affirmation was in part inspired by the words of the late Honourable Murray Sinclair in his speeches to the Senate of Canada regarding Indigenous ways of knowing and animal welfare.