Cyberheroes is a prevention initiative funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada that tackles gender-based cyberviolence targeting girls, women, and 2SLGBTQI+ people. It focuses on boys aged 14 to 17 who may be exposed to or influenced by content from the manosphere. By engaging young male allies and embedding the program within their communities, Cyberheroes fosters dialogue, critical thinking, and positive models of masculinity.

This initiative is part of the Women and Gender Equality Canada Gender-Based Violence Program, which supports promising practices with strong potential to help prevent and address gender-based violence. The department describes promising practices as:

• « Programs, services, interventions, strategies, or policies that have already shown potential to have positive impact and are now being further elaborated or adapted to a different context, or scaled to a new level. »
• « Practices that have already been developed and tested/evaluated by your organization or another organization, but the evidence for the practice’s effectiveness has not been fully documented. »

For more information, visit the Promising Practices page on the Women and Gender Equality Canada website.

To ensure the long-term impact of this promising practice and help counter gender-based cyberviolence, this project is organized into three areas:

1. Development: conducting a literature review and producing a research report;

2. Implementation: creating educational videos, online workshops, and practical guides;

3. Dissemination and evaluation: sharing and assessing the program, and working with institutions and partners to integrate it into their practices.