High School Too is an invitation to create care, consent and accountability in Ontario schools
Working with students and educators, parents and caregivers, advocates and experts, we dream of a future where...
School is safe for everyone.
Consent is practiced daily.
Disclosures are responded to with care.
Relationships are free from harm.
Harm should not be the price students pay to graduate
Nearly 1 in 5 students in Canada have been subjected to sexual assault or harassment in high school (CBC).
Only 1 out of 3 Canadians understands what consent is (Canadian Women’s Foundation).
1 in 3 high school students who date in grade 9 and 10 report being subjected to dating violence (Exner-Cortens, 2021).
98% of teen dating violence is not reported to the police and 92% do not access services (Statistics Canada, 2024).
These are not just statistics; these are students’ lives.
Every day, young people in classrooms, hallways, homes, and communities are impacted by sexual harassment. None of this happens in isolation so it demands a collective response.
What can we do?
Build consent culture
Before schools are free from sexual violence and harm, we all need to understand what consent is and isn’t.
Receive a disclosure with care
Watch our BRAVE Model© video that maps out simple steps you can take to respond with care if someone discloses sexual harassment.
Join our Caregivers Collaborative
We are launching a Caregivers Collaborative Working Group for parents and guardians. Share your early interest with us.
Partner for school board resources
We are partnering with school boards interested in free toolkits and training. Connect with us to bring this work to your board.
You are not alone
While High School Too addresses complex topics, we do not offer therapy or crisis response. If you or someone you know needs help, we encourage you to connect with the services listed on our support page, including local sexual assault centres and crisis lines. They are here to listen and walk alongside you.
Thank you Tarana Burke
Long-time anti-sexual violence activist Tarana Burke inspired the name High School Too.
In 2006, she created the rallying cry #MeToo to empower sexual assault survivors, especially young Black women, to help them know they are not alone. We are grateful for her leadership in ending harm. MeToo is now a global movement to support survivors’ healing and end sexual violence.
Land acknowledgement
We learn, work and play on and across the traditional territories of many Indigenous nations. We recognize that gender-based violence is one form of violence caused by colonization that is still used today to marginalize and dispossess Indigenous Peoples from their lands and waters. We must centre this truth in our work to address gender-based violence in our schools and communities. We commit to continuing to learn and take an anti-colonial, inclusive approach in all our work. One way we are honouring this responsibility is by actively incorporating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the Calls for Justice within Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.