Shape Your Life Boxing Program Helps Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

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Public Health Agency of Canada

Shape Your Life is based on a ‘trauma-informed’ approach to public health, which creates an environment of safety, control and respect, and avoids re-traumatizing, shaming or stigmatizing survivors.

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This program will be offered at the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club. Brock University researcher Cathy van Ingen, a national leader in trauma-informed research, is the driving force behind this important and innovative program.