Making Waves/Vague par vague is an innovative and successful relationship violence prevention program. Established in 1995, we work primarily throughout the province of New Brunswick. Guided by principles of equality, equity and diversity, we engage youth in a peer process to explore and raise...
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Making Waves/Vague par vague is an innovative and successful relationship violence prevention program. Established in 1995, we work primarily throughout the province of New Brunswick. Guided by principles of equality, equity and diversity, we engage youth in a peer process to explore and raise awareness of relationship violence issues. Teens are empowered to take leadership roles and become active partners in creating a world in which violence is not tolerated.
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Accomplishments
Making Waves/Vague par vague has realized many goals and accomplishments. Some highlights include:
* Over a decade of provincial leadership in teen relationship violence prevention
* MW/Vpv is one of only four...
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Accomplishments
Making Waves/Vague par vague has realized many goals and accomplishments. Some highlights include:
* Over a decade of provincial leadership in teen relationship violence prevention
* MW/Vpv is one of only four youth relationship violence prevention programs in Canada chosen to participate in a national evaluation process conducted by the Canadian Women’s Foundation in 2006
* The MW/Vpv program was chosen by the National Crime Prevention Council as a model program for the country, and the team was asked to present their model at the Atlantic Crime Prevention Conference held in Fredericton in June 1998, PEI in the summer of 2000 and again in Fredericton in 2002.
* MW/Vpv developed a pilot project called "Riding the Wave/ La vague continue", to deliver dating violence prevention workshops to high schools in rural communities throughout New Brunswick.
* MW/Vpv was invited to Natuashish, a remote community in Northern Labrador to present workshops to students, teachers and members of the Mushuau Innu Health Commission.
* Senators Ermine Cohen and Sharon Carstairs invited MW/Vpv team members to Ottawa in the spring of 2000, to present our program to interested Senators and their assistants. The issue of teen dating violence and its effect on our youth was brought to the floor of the Senate.
* MW/Vpv was invited to present a workshop on the success of the project to Creating a Legacy of Hope - an International Conference on Child Witnesses of Family Violence in Vancouver in October of 1999.
* MW/Vpv partners with the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority to provide yearly dating violence prevention workshops for young men and women who are Deaf/hearing impaired and/or blind/visually impaired. Our student manuals have now been translated into Braille and large print.
* MW/Vpv team members hold seats on the provincial Minister’s Working Group on Violence Against Women.
* MW/Vpv team members offered special learning opportunities for students in Alternative Education Sites throughout New Brunswick in 2003 and again in 2005
* MW/Vpv was the recipient of the 1998 Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Award in recognition of work toward eliminating family violence
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Older Teens
* Abuse and Violence
* All About Relationships
* Boundaries & Communication
* Dealing with Abuse
* Stereotypes
Younger Teens
* All About Relationships
* Boundaries & Communication
* Dealing with Abuse
* Learning About Abuse
* Peer Pressure & Bullying
* Self-Esteem
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