*** Note that this tool has several limitations raised by the Review Team. See section Clarifications by the Review Team for further information. ***

Tool's Title
Empreinte Program: Prevention of Sexual Violence

Languages
✎ French
✎ English

Target Audiences
• Teenagers
• People in parental/family roles
• Health, social services and education professionals

Types
• Education and/or awareness program
• Videos

Duration
Four workshops (short version) or six workshops (long version) that can be animated during school classes.
One-day training for health, social services and education professionals.
Six videos oriented towards parents with a duration of 4 to 7 minutes each.

Conception by
Regroupement québécois des centres d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (RQCALACS)

Release Date and Last Update
2016 (No update as of the review date)

Description
Empreinte – Agir ensemble contre les agressions à caractère sexuel is a new sexual violence prevention program for highschool students, their parents and school staff. This program was co-developed by professors Manon Bergeron and Martine Hébert from the Sexology department of UQAM in collaboration with the Québec Coalition of Sexual Assault Centers (RQCALACS) and the Service aux collectivités de l'UQAM.

The goal of the program is to reduce social tolerance towards different forms of sexual violence. In order to attain this goal three complementary components were developed :
♦ Six in class workshops tackling the six important themes with students in an interactive and dynamic way.
♦ School Staff training, teaching and non-teaching.
♦ Videos for parents presenting the same themes as the student workshops. The goal of these videos is to help parents create opportunities do discuss sexual violence prevention with their teens.

The program is offered by 26 CALACS (Sexual Assault Centers) in schools across the province, depending on their resources and availability.

Official Reference 
Bergeron, M., Hébert, M., Fradette-Drouin, L., CALACS Entraid’Action, CALACS Agression Estrie, CALACS Laurentides, L’Élan-CALACS, La Pointe du jour *CALACS Sept-Îles, Regroupement québécois des CALACS. (2016). Programme Empreinte : Agir ensemble contre les agressions à caractère sexuel – Facilitator’s Guide with High School Youth.  Montréal, Québec : Université du Québec à Montréal.

Bergeron, M., Fradette-Drouin, L., Hébert, M., CALACS Agression Estrie, CALACS Châteauguay, CALACS Entraid’Action, [...] Regroupement québécois des CALACS. (2017). Programme Empreinte : Agir ensemble contre les agressions à caractère sexuel – Training Guide for School Staff. Montréal (Québec), Université du Québec à Montréal.

Bergeron, M., Fradette-Drouin, L., Hébert, M., Regroupement québécois des CALACS. (2017). Videos for parents. Programme Empreinte. Retrieved from: http://www.programmeempreinte.com/videos/

*** Note that this description was written by the team behind the Empreinte Program. ***

To Access the Tool
For the class workshops and the school staff training, contact the program coordinator at RQCALACS : (this section of the website is only available in French). http://www.programmeempreinte.com

Videos for parents are available at the following address: http://www.programmeempreinte.com/videos/