RAISE THE BAR

Poster with an image of the Raise the Bar logo with text in the centre and wavey lines around the edge and text: Hǫzǫ Łëkʼä̀nä̀cha, We Take Care of Each Other. Worried about safety? Staff wearing a Raise the Bar pin have taken a bystander intervention workshop with Dawson Women’s Shelter and are ready to help. 24 Hour Support: 867.993.5086. dawsonwomensshelter.com, @DWS_EndViolence

This summer, Dawson Women’s Shelter is working with bars, restaurants, and Dawson City Music Festival to prevent sexual and gender-based violence.

If you see a staff or volunteer wearing a Raise the Bar pin, they have been to a bystander intervention workshop facilitated by Dawson Women’s Shelter and are ready to help.

What you can do:

  1. Learn more about sexual and gender-based violence.

  2. Learn about bystander intervention skills, what keeps us from helping, and how we can increase safety during an intervention.

  3. Have conversations with your friend before going out about how to respond if you see something sketchy happening.

  4. Organize a bystander intervention workshop for your workplace or community group. Email crickett@dawsonwomensshelter.com.

  5. Know the resources, both so you can offer support to someone in need and so you can get support to debrief after an intervention.

  6. Take a FREE online bystander intervention training with Right to Be.

Bathrooms

You’ll see posters in the bathrooms of Dawson restaurants and bars that have staff trained in bystander intervention.

‘Absolutely take this workshop, it will give you a much better understanding of sexual violence prevention and bystander intervention.’ - Dawson bar manager

‘Absolutely take this workshop, it will give you a much better understanding of sexual violence prevention and bystander intervention.’ - Dawson bar manager

 
 

Workshop Details

‘NOT BORING AT ALL! Meaningful content that will build your confidence in handling sensitive situations.’ - Viki Paulins, General Manager of Diamond Tooth Gerties

‘NOT BORING AT ALL! Meaningful content that will build your confidence in handling sensitive situations.’ - Viki Paulins, General Manager of Diamond Tooth Gerties

We've all had that feeling in the pit of our stomach: something sketchy is happening at work and we want to help but were unsure.  

Learn skills to help guests have a better, safer night out using examples from bars and restaurants. We will practice recognizing and interrupting sketchy behaviour in a way that increases safety and decreases risk. The skills we learn at Raise the Bar are like first aid: we don't want to have to do CPR, but it's an essential skill to have. Our goal is to make things safer for everyone: staff and guests alike.

“NOT BORING AT ALL! Even though the content was very heavy Crickett was able to maintain a light and fun environment and provided a very safe space for everyone to learn, question, and feel feelings. ”
— Viki Paulins, General Manager of Diamond Tooth Gerties

Questions? Contact crickett at dawsonwomensshelter.com or call 867.993.5086.

“Absolutely take this workshop, it will give you a much better understanding of sexual violence prevention and bystander intervention.”
— Dawson Bar Manager