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BECOME
A SIGNAL
FOR HELP
RESPONDER
News
and
Social
Media
If someone in your life told you they were
experiencing abuse, would you know how to help?
Learn how to support a friend, family member,
or colleague: Go to signalforhelp.ca and sign
up to be a Signal for Help Responder.
You’ll receive the quick-reference guide and
enroll in a short email learning series to get
more tools and access to the Signal for Help
Online Mini Course and the Signal for Help
podcast, hosted by award-winning journalists.
• 78% of responders surveyed now know how
to support survivors of gender-based violence
• 74% of mini-course learners feel more
knowledgeable and inspired to act
• Almost 6,000 people have downloaded a
podcast episode
Responder in Action:
Arlene’s story
“There were four of us meeting online,
and while we were in the middle of our
conversation, behind one of the women we
could hear this noise … I could tell by the
look on her face that she was surprised to
hear that noise and she had that sort of
fearful look … Change came over her right
away, and then she made the hand signal.
And so, we all knew and you sort of freeze
in that second because you’re just not
expecting it at all ...
And so we just kept talking and I had her
cell phone number, so I texted her and just
asked her if she had a safety plan ...
We ended up calling 911 for her because
she asked for that in the chat.”
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