More Help For Victims of Violence in Ontario
February 4, 2011
McGuinty Government Expands Training For Francophone Frontline Service Providers
Suzanne Cloutier, Front-line worker, Ottawa "When I began to work with the problem of violence, the training I got was in English, but I didn't connect with it. "
Ontario is helping Francophone women who are victims of violence by expanding training for the front-line service providers who work with them.
Over the next three years, workers in shelters, sexual assault centres, and community organizations that serve Francophone communities will be trained through in-person sessions and new formats like web and podcasts.
The training will help workers provide better service by understanding emerging issues including mental health and addiction problems; older women who are being abused; and women who have experienced violence in war-torn countries.
Training will be delivered through the French Language Training Institute on Violence Against Women of Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes in Ottawa.
QUICK FACTS
- Ontario will provide more than $800,000 over three years to train 1,800 front-line workers.
- Previous funding from Ontario has helped to train 1,350 francophone front-line service workers since 2007.
- Front-line workers will deliver services to an estimated 45,000 francophone women in Ontario over the next three years.
