Consent Awareness Week

Consent Awareness Week

Did you know that less than half of the people in Canada fully understand what it means to give consent?

In 2022, High School Too and Possibility Seeds launched Canada’s first Consent Awareness Week (CAW) in collaboration with communities across the country. Held every year during the third week of September, CAW is a national campaign for dialogue, education, and action around consent!

Four things you can do right now for Consent Awareness Week

  • Consent Awareness Week is a national campaign dedicated to promoting education, dialogue, and action around the practice of clear, voluntary, and ongoing consent. 

    Bring Consent Awareness Week to your school: highschooltoo.ca/caw Dates: Sept 21-26,2026

  • So many organizations, individuals and education institutions have made amazing resources about consent. Let’s share them! We’ve got a great list to get you started in our shareables folder below to read and share, grouped by age and audience! Possibility Seeds will also be releasing two very exciting resources for supporting survivors during

    with care when a friend trusts you with something hard. According to Statistics

    Canada (2024), over 90% of young people who experience sexual harassment or

    assault don't report or access services. They turn to a friend. Be ready for that

    moment. This interactive workshop is a brave space for everyone to learn the

    simple steps to support someone you care about. The BRAVE Model: Begin by

    listening, Respect confidentiality, Ask what support looks like, Validate, and

    Empathize with yourself and the person you're supporting. This session connects to

    the Ontario Health and Physical Education curriculum on healthy relationships and

    consent. Come to Be BRAVE to learn how to show up for a friend with care,

    honesty, and confidence, without the pressure to have all the answers. You don't

    have to be perfect. You just have to be BRAVE.

    Presenter Biography (students): Farrah Khan

    Join award-winning advocate and educator Farrah Khan from the High School Too

    project to learn how to show up for the people you love. Farrah Khan is an

    award-winning advocate, educator and artist. She is the founder of Possibility Seeds

    and the creator of The BRAVE Model©, which has trained over 100,000 people to

    support survivors of sexual assault and harassment. She has worked with schools

    across the country, organizations such as the Toronto Raptors and Sephora, and

    every level of government, including the G7. Prioritizing joy over shame, she's

    rewriting how we show up for each other.

  • Most people tell a friend before they tell anyone else that they have been sexually harassed or assaulted. The BRAVE Model© is five simple steps to respond with care. Learn more to bring the BRAVE model to your school board.

  • Subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social media @highschooltoo_ont to get early access to our toolkits, resources and future opportunities!

If you are a current Ontario high school student who wants to create a future where schools are safe for everyone and consent is practiced daily, here are steps you can take right now:

“You are not needed everywhere, but we are all needed somewhere. It’s important to find your somewhere and plant yourself there.”

Mariame Kaba. Organizer, educator, archivist and curator.