EVA BC kicked off the new year with the BC Lions, training a new crew of the team’s players to take the Be More Than a Bystander message out to schools across BC later in the coming months. Since 2011, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Bystander In the News
Heart of a Lion Award Recipient Tracy Porteous
The BC Lions Football Club, our Be More Than A Bystander partner, and Amacon have named EVA BC’s Executive Director Tracy Porteous as recipient of their Heart of a Lion Award. This campaign recognizes recognize local leaders who create positive … Continue reading
BC Women’s Health Foundation Face Masks – Partnership with EVA BC
BC Women’s Health Foundation has created face masks to raise funds and awareness for gender-based violence. 100% of the net proceeds from their Ending Violence Together Mask will be donated to EVA BC to support community-based anti-violence services and cross-sector … Continue reading
1st and Now Podcast: Jamie Taras on BC Lions and Be More Than A Bystander
“It’s more important than ever. Incidents of domestic violence tend to increase during crisis.” LISTEN 🎙to the 1st and Now Podcast, Episode 28 interview with BC Lions’ Director of Community Partnerships and #BeMoreThanABystander spokesperson, Jamie Taras. In this interview, Jamie talks about the … Continue reading
Be More Than A Bystander – BC Lions Community Blog Post
Unfortunately the incidences of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse increase during crisis and this pandemic is a crisis. Find out what the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia and the BC Lions are doing to spread awareness of … Continue reading
Op-Ed: I Was Told Women Are Too ‘Distracting” to Work Construction
In this Op-Ed, Red Seal carpenter Kristine Byers writes about the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and speaks to changes that are now taking place to reduce barriers faced by women in the trades, including a … Continue reading
Be More Than a Bystander Program Visits CSS
Clearwater Times spotlight on our Be More Than A Bystander Program presentation at Clearwater Secondary School – Be More Than a Bystander program visits CSS.
BC Lions Visit Kamloops School to Connect With Students About Preventing Gender-Based Violence
This CFJC article and video clip spotlights a recent visit by our Be More Than A Bystander Program to Kamloops to connect with students about preventing gender-based violence: BC Lions Visit Kamloops.
CBC Early Edition Interview: Impacts of #MeToo Outside the Entertainment Industry
As Harvey Weinstein’s trial process began in New York this week, Stephen Quinn from CBC Radio‘s Early Edition interviewed EVA BC’s Executive Director Tracy Porteous to talk about the impacts of the #MeToo movement outside the entertainment industry: The Early … Continue reading
CTV News Interview: Shifting Public Attitudes on Sexual Assault
Tracy Porteous, Executive Director of the Ending Violence Association of BC and Genesa Greening, president and CEO of BC Women’s Health Foundation, sat down with CTV News to talk about Changing Perceptions and We Can All Help, two initiatives aimed … Continue reading