While social distancing and staying at home is the best practice to limit the spread of COVID-19, home is not always the safest place to be for some people. If you are experiencing abuse, harassment, or violence in any way, know that you are not alone and you do not deserve to be mistreated. There is help available.

Consider following resources as we face this time ahead:

COVID-19 and Gender-based Violence

• COVID-19 and violence against women what the health system can do
• COVID-19 Linked to More Gender-Based Violence by Canadian Women’s foundation
• Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians

Indigenous Wellbeing

• Four Directions Virtual Support Hub

Supporting each other

• Helping family and friends experiencing violence at home
• Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet from the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective

Intimate Partner Violence

• COVID-19 related controlling behaviour from the Learning Network

2SLGBTQ+

• Stuck in Quarantine with your homophobic or Transphobic Family? From EGALE