Online Interventions to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: Building Online-to-Offline Pathways

In 2025, Yorktown Family Services received funding through Ontario’s EngageON Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and partnered with Moonshot to develop RightPlace - an innovative online service and outreach model that connects individuals affected by gender-based violence (GBV) with support services across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Since launching in November, this trauma- and violence-informed initiative has used targeted digital campaigns to connect thousands of people, including GBV survivors, bystanders, and individuals causing harm who are seeking change, to resources and live support. This Resource Spotlight will be of interest to those who are thinking about how digital and online approaches can support and extend pathways for GBV prevention and support.

This Resource Spotlight will have ASL interpretation and English closed-captioning.