Welcome to the SFCC Education Toolkit, or as we like to call it, the EduKit! This is a resource available to all students at post-secondary institutions in Canada to help you build and supplement your own education initiatives to prevent and address sexual violence on your campus. This is a “take what you need” resource, so we encourage you to take what you need and leave what you don’t! This means there will be more here than you necessarily need for each of your initiatives; that’s okay! We encourage you to drag and drop the pieces that work for you.

To help you with that process, we want to show you what’s available in this toolkit. Then you can use the pieces that make the most sense for you.

Introductory Module:

The first module is an introductory module that serves as a background for facilitators. It includes:

• Text based background information on this project
• Methodology and information about Popular Education
• Train the trainer slides and facilitation script
• Introductory slide templates
• Facilitation tips and tricks
• A guide to organizing training sessions

Content Modules:

This toolkit is broken down into 4 content modules: Consent, Sexual Violence, Prevention, and Responses. These modules cover basic themes that are related to the issues of sexual violence. Each module is then divided into sub-topics. Within each module, you’ll find:

• Text-based background information - these are meant to equip facilitators with the information on each relevant sub topic they need to facilitate their training. We recommend you read background documents for each sub-topic you are including in your training.
• Definitions and notes on language - In the world of sexual violence, language is very important. There are often multiple definitions for terms, lengthy and important histories of words, and constantly changing connotations. For each module, we are including a definitions section to clarify how these terms are used throughout the module. It is not intended to be a singular or definitive answer, but rather provide clarity on what we mean and why. We recommend reading through the definitions in relevant modules prior to facilitating your training.
• Slideshows and facilitation scripts: While popular education discourages lecture style presentations, there is still often a use of slideshows and visual aids in workshops. This is especially true of virtual workshops! For each module, we’ve provided a slideshow that includes presentation slides and accompanying facilitation scripts for those slides. The slides are organized by sub section (in the same order as the background information. We recommend using all the informational slides for each subsection you choose to include; that way the subsection is covered thoroughly. There is of course wiggle room, especially around the use of discussion questions and activities which are also included in those sections. We have not included videos in the slideshows, but you could add them if you want to.
  • Each slideshow has an accompanying facilitation script. These scripts include what you might say for each slide, and in [bracket and italics] what actions you might take during that slide.
• Participatory activities: Popular education is all about engagement! We recommend including 2-3 participatory activities into every session you facilitate. We’ve provided a number of activities you could draw on for each module sub-section. You do not need to use every activity included in each subsection, and you might want to swap out activities or choose which ones to include if you use the slideshows. There may also be activities from different subsections that you find relevant to your training. Many of these can be used in multiple sections, so please feel free to use them as you see fit and don’t feel limited by their categories.
• Videos: Videos are also a great way to engage with students in a different way. We’ve included links to video resources that already exist for you to use as you see fit. You may want to add them to slideshows or show them between activities.
• External resources on those topics: We do not pretend that this toolkit is an exhaustive resource on all things consent and sexual violence. We are including links to other amazing resources you can draw on to continue to supplement the great work you are doing on campus**!**