Symbolism of ONYX
It is said that ONYX is the stone of
endurance and guides positive de-
cision making in challenging times.
This reflects the goals of the
ONYX program: to empower young
women to learn how to be assertive
and set healthy relationship
boundaries as they are bombarded
daily with mixed messages
through media, music, and print.
Preventing Sexual
Violence
SAFFRON staff are aware of the need
for pro-
pro-active services in the commu-
nity to address the vulnerability of
today’s youth, and the challenges
they face in present society when
dealing with issues of sexual violence.
By creating strong, independent, and
empowered young women, they will
be able to withstand negative influ-
ences of sexual connotations and learn
Printing Donated By
the skills necessary to make positive
decisions for themselves and their fu-
ture.
ONYX is Funded By:
The Canadian Women’s Foundation, in
partnership with The Body Shop STOP
Violence Against Women Fund, the HBC
Foundation Fund, the Royal LePage Shel-
ter Foundation Fund, the Scotiabank Fund,
the Shelter from the Storm campaign,
supported by campaign partners Winners
and Home Sense, Rogers Media Group,
BMO Financial Group and W Network, the
Social Justice Fund at Tides Canada Foun-
dation and the Canadian Women’s Founda-
tion Violence Prevention Fund, supported
by Aimee Quitevis Memorial Fund, The
Tony McNaughton Memorial Fund, The
Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation and
many individual donors across Canada.
#44, 48 Brentwood Blvd.
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 2H5
Phone: (780) 449-
449-0900
Fax: (780) 416-
416-2393
www.saffron-
www.saffron-ssac.com
Email: info@saffron-
info@saffron-ssac.com
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Who
Am I
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Participants take a closer look
at their self-
self-esteem and
sense of identity. ONYX will
also explore body awareness
and how the media influences
today’s young women’s per-
sonal beliefs. The program also
covers labels that are put on
groups or certain people, and
how to see and deal with
them
10 Weeks, 1.5 hour sessions OR
5 day week, 4 hour sessions per day.
$20 per participant (subsidies available)
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learn and teach
The participants will share experiences
one another dif-
about their relationships with family and
ferent healthy methods and skills for
friends, and will learn appropriate skills to
dealing with anger, stress and other
make new friends. This will be helpful to
emotions. They will learn how to recog-
those youth who have had experienced
nize the signs their bodies reveal when
abusive or hurtful relationships. Many young
feeling these emotions, and how to apply
women use bullying or peer pressure to in-
the coping skills that they will learn.
so-called friends into doing what
they want. This is discussed in the group, to
help participants deal with the pressures of Seeing as the ONYX program
friendship. touches on some sensitive is-
sues for young women, SAF-
FRON has made sure that a
f ely Youth Therapist is available to
g Sa all participants in need of
Datin short term intervention. This
therapist can appropriately
This session will
focus on dating. decide on a course of action
The young women after seeing the young woman,
will learn how to and can adequately refer to an
differentiate be- appropriate service within the
tween a healthy and unhealthy relationship, community. Five sessions are
and what to do if they find themselves in available to the girls, free of
difficult situations. The participants will also charge for those who require
learn how to set healthy sexual boundaries,
additional support.
that will help them through school and life.