Consent is as easy as FRIES!

Consent is as easy as FRIES!

Although 96% of Canadians believe all sexual activity should be consensual, only 28% understand what it means to give or get consent (Canadian Women Foundation, 2018). This was a decrease from 2015 where 33% said they understood consent. That means that as Canadian’s...
“Sound of Freedom” Movie Trivializes Some Harmful Myths

“Sound of Freedom” Movie Trivializes Some Harmful Myths

Child trafficking is a real, worldwide issue. Trafficking “involves the recruiting, transporting, transferring, receiving, holding, concealing, or harbouring of a person- or the exercise of control, direction, or influence over the movements of a person – to exploit...
FRIES Participating Restaurants

FRIES Participating Restaurants

Below is our list of restaurants participating in our FRIES Campaign. This list will be updated if more restaurants want to participate. Please note that the below are in alphabetical order by community.  Athabasca  49th Street Grill  A&W  Fox Den  Neighbours Pub ...
Mandatory Reporting

Mandatory Reporting

Mandatory Reporting   What is it?   We all share a responsibility to protect children from harm. In Alberta, the Child, Youth, and Family Enhancement Act states that anyone with “reasonable or probable grounds” to believe that a child is in need of intervention must...
Non-Consensual Photo Sharing

Non-Consensual Photo Sharing

What is it?   Non-consensual photo sharing, “revenge porn”, or intimate image abuse are all names to describe the same act of posting or sharing intimate images of someone else without their consent. Consent is required for sexual activities in person, and online.  ...
What’s the deal with Consent??

What’s the deal with Consent??

Welcome to THE SHIFT!!  Dragonfly Centre’s Blog!!  (2 min read) With everything that has happened in the last few years, #MeToo, #IBelieveYou, Weinstein, Epstein, Cosby, Spacey (the list can go on and on), we’ve heard a lot about “consent”. ...