Interval House of Hamilton

Published purpose

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Interval House of Hamilton will achieve this by building and expanding partnerships with the Hamilton public school boards and private schools, the local sports community, and McMaster University to formalize their commitment to engage with men and boys to address gender-based violence (GBV) in the Hamilton area. This work will be supported by scaling-up and launching the ‘Be More Than A Bystander’ initiative, developing and piloting a community and campus Anti-Violence Strategy, and scaling-up and launching the ‘Steel City Allies’ campaign. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by persistent and harmful gender norms and attitudes, advancing inclusive policies and practices, and increasing networks and collaboration to support women’s equality. Interval House of Hamilton will work with partners, including Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, McMaster University, Healthy Youth Network, Hamilton Tiger Cats, Forge FC, Hamilton Bulldogs, and SportHamilton. These partners will support training, community engagement, awareness raising and policy and program changes that will ensure that progress on preventing and addressing GBV in the Hamilton area is not rolled back as a result of the pandemic.