Click here for the Peer Health Advocate Training Curriculum. This program draws on the results of
an existing curriculum that was piloted in 2016 in partnership with University of Victoria
based researchers, and was subsequently offered four more times with funding from Island Health and the Public Health Agency of Canada. It has now been updated and developed so that it can be shared and adapted to specific contexts, as well as formatted for online access.
The training covers topics such as Western and Indigenous perspectives on health, sexual health, sex positivity, understanding sexuality and gender identity from both Western and Indigenous cultural contexts, sex work history and activism, trauma-informed care, mental health, internalized stigma and trauma from systemic oppression, therapeutic skills, harm reduction strategies (related to sex and substance use), overdose prevention, and accessing local health and wellness resources.
Below are a number of short videos made by Peers Victoria that are excellent for learning more about the issues around sex work, including bad date reporting, harm reduction, stigma, and the legal context around sex work in Canada.
Sex Work 101
Bad Date Reporting
Harm Reduction
Introduction to Sex Work
Stigma
Legal Context for Sex Work in Canada
