Cyberbullying Survivor and Family Support

Offers assistance and support to individuals affected by online abuse or exploitation. This may include, but is not limited to, those who have been affected by luring, sextortion, and non-consensual distribution of intimate images, or who have had child sexual abuse images shared online. Supports include:

• Providing information to caregivers or those concerned about situations they have encountered online and work with them to determine their next steps.
• Helping survivors and caregivers manage through a crisis situation to provide support and navigate next steps.
• Offering information and support for reporting what's happened to the appropriate services.
• Supporting survivors and caregivers with safety planning throughout the situation.
• Helping to disrupt the availability of the abusive and harmful material online.
• Helping connect survivors and caregivers to additional support services, like counselling/therapy, peer support, or victim services that may be available in their region.
• Advocating for families to help coordinate multi-system responses.
• Assisting victims of online sexual exploitation with victim impact statements for criminal proceedings.
• Providing survivors with information about financial supports/remedies specific to online victimization that may be available in their region.