This section contains information on Ontario's Violence in the Media Coalition (VMC). Sponsored by the Ontario Public School Boards' Association, the VMC includes the following members:
Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA)
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children
Ontario Provincial Police, Crime Prevention Section
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF)
Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association (OCSTA)
Ontario Elementary Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)
Ontario Principals' CounciL (OPC)
Ontario Student Trustees' Association (OSTA)
Ontario Teachers' Federation (OTF)
Ontario Federation of Home and School Associations (OFHSA)
Association of Local Public Health Agencies
Centre for Prevention Science, Fourth R Project, University of Western Ontario
When Violence Becomes Entertaining conference: Panel and keynote speaker descriptions
When Violence Becomes Entertaining conference - agenda
Letter to Toronto Star re adding women & girls to hate law, December 9, 2020
Media Violence delegation meets with Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley, July 21, 2021
Letter to Roots of Youth Violence Secretariat re media violence influence, March 6, 2021
Conference: Confronting Violence in the Media - May 12, 2021
Open letter to federal party leaders re exclusion of girls/women from hate law, March 4, 2021
ETFO News Release: Criminal Code Omission Endangers Girls and Women, March 6, 2021
Presentation to Roots of Youth Violence Secretariat, February 15, 2021
Presentation to School Community Safety Advisory Panel, November 30, 2020
OECTA News release: Amended Criminal Code could address violence, May 2, 2021
OSSTF News Release: OSSTF calls for protection of women, April 16, 2021
VMC News Release: Protect girls and women from hate propaganda, April 16, 2021
Letter to MPs re Bill C-254 April 16, 2021
Lesson in resisting violence - oped in Toronto Star, May 31, 2021
Violence in the Media press conference, January 17, 2021 Queen's Park, Toronto