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Life After Impact

Gender-Based Violence and Concussion Support Program

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What is Life After Impact?

  • Life After Impact is a program specifically designed to support adults who have experienced a brain injury, including concussion, and gender-based violence.
  • Through a compassionate, empowering, and trauma-informed approach, our team will walk alongside you as you rebuild stability, strengthen your autonomy, and enhance your overall quality of life. As part of this process, we also support you in improving your financial health and well-being, including assisting you with goals related to employment, education, and long-term independence.
  • The program is completely FREE and virtual.
One-on-One Support Services
Receive one-on-one support from a social worker, occupational therapist, and/or vocational rehabilitation specialist.  
Online Training Program
Complete courses on topics such as coping with symptoms of brain injury, job skills, financial literacy, healthy relationships, and more.
Peer-led Support Group

Together We Thrive is an online peer-led support group where you can connect, share experiences, and learn from others.

Can I Participate in
Life After Impact?

  • Have you experienced a brain injury, including concussion?
  • Have you experienced gender-based violence?
  • Are you at least 18 years old?
  • Do you live in Ontario, Canada?
  • Are you open to exploring goals related to financial health and well-being (e.g., improving your financial literacy, learning about budgeting, seeking or maintaining employment, starting or continuing education, etc.)?

If you answered yes to all five questions, you are eligible to participate in the Life After Impact program.

*Please note that you do not need a formal diagnosis to be eligible for the program.

What is Gender-Based Violence?  

People in Ontario experience violence every day because of their gender, gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender. It is important to know that gender-based violence (GBV) can be physical, but it can also be verbal harassment, behaviours, or actions that intend to control, intimidate, coerce, threaten, or harm another person. In some circumstances, neglect and discrimination can be gender-based violence.
People who may be at a higher risk of gender-based violence include:
  • Indigenous women and girls
  • Black and racialized women
  • Immigrant and refugee women
  • Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and additional sexually and gender diverse (2SLGBTQI+) people
  • Women with disabilities
  • Women living in Northern, rural, and remote communities 

https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/gender-based-violence/about-gender-based-violence.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/gender-based-violence/facts-stats.html#affected

The Reality: GBV Statistics in Canada


44%

of women report having experienced some form of intimate partner violence.1

Up to
92%

of intimate partner violence incidents that involve hits to the head and face and/or strangulation result in a traumatic brain injury.2 


50%

of lesbian, gay, bisexual+ (LGB+) women and 26% of LGB+ men have been sexually assaulted since the age of 15.3


3/5

trans women have experienced intimate partner violence since the age of 16.4

-[1]Government of Canada. (2024, December 4). Facts, stats and WAGE’s impact: Gender-based violence. Women and Gender Equality Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/gender-based-violence/facts-stats.html#affected
-[2]St. Ivany, A., & Schminkey, D. (2016). Intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury: State of science and next steps. Family and Community Health, 39(2), 129-137. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48515473
-[3]Government of Canada. (2024). 2023-2024 Annual progress report on the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence. https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/gender-based-violence/intergovernmental-collaboration/bilateral-agreements/annual-progress-report/2023-2024.html
-[4]TransPulse Canada. (2021). Trans women and intimate partner violence: Fundamentals for service providers. https://transpulsecanada.ca/data-in-action/trans-women-and-intimate-partner-violence-fundamentals-for-service-providers/

Additional Resources

If you or someone you know is experiencing gender-based violence, you are not alone—help is available. Below are trusted, confidential resources offering support, safety, and guidance when you need it most.

OBIA
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OBIA’s Helpline
1-800-263-5404

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Community
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Funding

This program is funded by the Government of Ontario through Ontario’s Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. Ontario’s Action Plan is supported through The National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence (NAP GBV), a joint agreement between Ontario and the federal government. The views expressed in this program are the views of the Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Ontario.  

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