During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is incredibly important to stay safe and healthy. Here is a list of information and resources available that can help support those impacted by violence and harm during the pandemic:
McGill resources | Safety planning | Educational resources | Self-care
Apps | Community care | Technology safety
Identity-specific resources | Sexual safety
McGill resources:
- COVID-19 Information from McGill University
- OSVRSE's list of safety planning resources
- OSVRSE's list of off-campus resources
- Emergency financial support for Undergraduate Students
- Emergency financial support for Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
- Sexual violence resources at McGill
Safety planning:
Resources addressing domestic violence, safe parenting, child protection, and others:
- Signal for Help Campaign by the Canadian Women's Foundation
- Resources on Gender-Based Violence and the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Learning Network at Western University
- Keeping Children Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Keep Children Safe from Online Sexual Exploitation & Abuse During the Pandemic
- Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence During COVID-19 Reopening
- Resources for Safety and Support during COVID-19 from Futures Without Violence
- Creating a Safety Plan from BC Housing and the Ministry of Justice
- Living in an Abusive Relationship Safety Planning Guide from Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick
- Healthy Parenting from the World Health Organization
- Supporting Families and Children Beyond COVID-19 report from UNICEF
- Strategies for remote work to address gender-based violence from Courage to Act
- Preventing and managing the spread of COVID-19 within domestic violence programs from the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- Protecting children during COVID-19 from End Violence Against Children
- Staying Safe during COVID-19 from the National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Social Isolation with Homophobic or Transphobic Family by ÉGALE
- Social distancing tips for women living with an abusive partner by Luke’s Place
- Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Package from Women's College Hospital
- Do It Yourself Online Safety
- Positive Discipline in Everyday Life, a rights-based parenting program
- Recognizing and Intervening in Emotionally Abusive Teenage Relationships
Educational resources:
Self-care:
Mental, Physical, Sexual, Workplace Health Resources:
- Recovery Village: online resources and free support meetings for substance use
- Mind Your Mind
- Maple Online: medical advice, virtual health and prescription in Canada Available 24/7
- Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- Soul Medicine: self-care notes for survivors
- Beyond the Cliff: TEDx talk by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky on self-care for frontline workers
Meditation apps and resources:
Community care resources:
Technology safety:
- Surveillance Self-Defence: guide on tools and how-to’s on safer online communication
- Technology Safety: resources for agencies supporting survivors and tips on using technology to connect with survivors
Identity-specific resources:
- “More Exposed And Less Protected” In Canada: Systemic Racism And COVID-19 from the Learning Network at the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
- LGBTQI2S Mental Health Tips during the COVID-19 Pandemic from ÉGALE
- The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guide from the National Center for Transgender Equality
- COVID-19 - Racial Equity and Social Justice Resources from Racial Equity Tools
- The Importance of Gender Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth
- Guide: Adjusting to Coronavirus & Autism from Elemy
Sexual safety:
- Safer sex and Covid-19 from the NYC Health Department
- Sex Work and COVID 19: Guide for Sex Workers, Third Parities and Allies
