Out of the Shadows and Into the Light
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Our production service, Five Points Media (http://www.fivepointsmedia.ca/), is a not-profit-motivated social enterprise that donates all services to charities and not-for-profit benevolent community groups. We are stepping up for our community by producing a ten-part online video series through which women can take a transformative journey as guided by Sasha Parrell and Ashley Snowball, the creators of Born Legacy (https://bornlegacy.ca/).
The goal is to help women viewers who have suffered trauma to learn how to reclaim their power and rebuild the confidence to redesign their own life. Male viewers have the opportunity to learn more about how they can communicate with and support the women in their life.
This project has been endorsed by local politicians at all levels, and by a wide variety of community leaders. Many of their endorsements can be seen at (http://www.shadowtolight.ca/). Currently, in Canada women make up slightly more than half our population and the statistics regarding the percentage of women who have experienced the types of trauma being addressed in this show are heartbreaking.
Sadly, last year, 2019, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ranked Barrie as being the worst place in Canada to be a woman. Only by working together can we hope to change that grim distinction.
The project is currently designed around ten subject-based episodes. The presentation will be a combination of interviews with experts, conversations with those who have experienced the issue, and a theatrical presentation of the events. The subjects will include but will not be limited to:
Entrapment and Dependency
• Trauma and Abuse
• Drug and Alcohol Addictions
• Psychological Impact of Trauma
• Isolation - COVID-19
• Domestic Violence
• Mindset and Healing Methods
• Sexual Assault
• Trafficking and Prostitution
• Born Legacy Workshop Series
On their website (https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/best-and-worst-places-be-woman-canada-2019), the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives states the following about their study: "This annual study provides a snapshot of the gaps in men and women’s access to economic security, personal security, education, health, and positions of leadership in Canada’s largest 26 metropolitan areas. The fifth report in this series, the study measures these gaps in a given community in order to capture inequalities that can be attributed, at least in part, to discrimination based on gender; it also serves as a reminder that, with the right choices and policies, these gaps can be closed. This year's list shows no clear winner with the difference between first place Kingston and last place Barrie being separated by only 7.1 percentage points, suggesting that all of Canada's cities need to be doing more to close their gender gaps."
In a story by BarrieToday, dated May 15, 2019, (https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/barrie-is-worst-large-city-in-canada-for-women-study-1322727) Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman is quoted as saying “A small change in one number would put us near the top. That said, it’s a very embarrassing headline and we should look ourselves in the mirror and ask why our numbers are lower."
• All Canadians pay a steep price for gender-based violence. It’s estimated that each year, Canadians collectively spend $7.4 billion to deal with the aftermath of spousal violence alone, according to the Department of Justice. This figure includes immediate costs, such as emergency room visits and related costs, such as loss of income. It also includes tangible costs such as funerals and intangible costs such as pain and suffering.
• Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.
• Sixty-seven percent of Canadians say they have personally known at least one woman who has experienced physical or sexual abuse.
• Approximately every six days, a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.
• Out of the 83 police-reported intimate partner homicides in 2014, 67 of the victims—over 80%—were women.
• On any given night in Canada, 3,491 women and their 2,724 children sleep in shelters because it isn’t safe at home.
• On any given night, about 300 women and children are turned away because shelters are already full.
The goal is to help women viewers who have suffered trauma to learn how to reclaim their power and rebuild the confidence to redesign their own life. Male viewers have the opportunity to learn more about how they can communicate with and support the women in their life.
This project has been endorsed by local politicians at all levels, and by a wide variety of community leaders. Many of their endorsements can be seen at (http://www.shadowtolight.ca/). Currently, in Canada women make up slightly more than half our population and the statistics regarding the percentage of women who have experienced the types of trauma being addressed in this show are heartbreaking.
Sadly, last year, 2019, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ranked Barrie as being the worst place in Canada to be a woman. Only by working together can we hope to change that grim distinction.
The project is currently designed around ten subject-based episodes. The presentation will be a combination of interviews with experts, conversations with those who have experienced the issue, and a theatrical presentation of the events. The subjects will include but will not be limited to:
Entrapment and Dependency
• Trauma and Abuse
• Drug and Alcohol Addictions
• Psychological Impact of Trauma
• Isolation - COVID-19
• Domestic Violence
• Mindset and Healing Methods
• Sexual Assault
• Trafficking and Prostitution
• Born Legacy Workshop Series
On their website (https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/best-and-worst-places-be-woman-canada-2019), the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives states the following about their study: "This annual study provides a snapshot of the gaps in men and women’s access to economic security, personal security, education, health, and positions of leadership in Canada’s largest 26 metropolitan areas. The fifth report in this series, the study measures these gaps in a given community in order to capture inequalities that can be attributed, at least in part, to discrimination based on gender; it also serves as a reminder that, with the right choices and policies, these gaps can be closed. This year's list shows no clear winner with the difference between first place Kingston and last place Barrie being separated by only 7.1 percentage points, suggesting that all of Canada's cities need to be doing more to close their gender gaps."
In a story by BarrieToday, dated May 15, 2019, (https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/barrie-is-worst-large-city-in-canada-for-women-study-1322727) Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman is quoted as saying “A small change in one number would put us near the top. That said, it’s a very embarrassing headline and we should look ourselves in the mirror and ask why our numbers are lower."
• All Canadians pay a steep price for gender-based violence. It’s estimated that each year, Canadians collectively spend $7.4 billion to deal with the aftermath of spousal violence alone, according to the Department of Justice. This figure includes immediate costs, such as emergency room visits and related costs, such as loss of income. It also includes tangible costs such as funerals and intangible costs such as pain and suffering.
• Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.
• Sixty-seven percent of Canadians say they have personally known at least one woman who has experienced physical or sexual abuse.
• Approximately every six days, a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.
• Out of the 83 police-reported intimate partner homicides in 2014, 67 of the victims—over 80%—were women.
• On any given night in Canada, 3,491 women and their 2,724 children sleep in shelters because it isn’t safe at home.
• On any given night, about 300 women and children are turned away because shelters are already full.
Organizer
John Ironside
Organizer
Barrie, ON
