Welcome

The Shield of Athena Family Services is a non-profit community based organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and children victims of conjugal and family violence, particularly those coming from ethnic and Anglophone communities. The Shield offers services in a wide variety of languages and uses an approach which is both culturally and linguistically attuned to the needs of the ethnic communities. With one office in Laval and the other in Montreal, it is involved in three core activities:

• Specialized, multilingual, services for victims available at the Montreal and Laval offices

• The Shelter (Athena’s House) provides a multilingual, safe and empowering environment for women and their children victims of family violence

• Multilingual services for communities which informs communities in their language of origin on various topics related to family and conjugal violence

 

"Violence Hurts Us All" Pamphlet

The Shield produces and distributes a number of multilingual audiovisual tools intended to reach ethnic communities in their language of origin based on specific needs and requests of the communities themselves.
Violence Hurts Us All I deals with various aspects of conjugal and family violence. The topics covered and languages available are outlined below. To view a multilingual demo, click here (link forthcoming).

  • Arabic: elder abuse, conjugal violence
  • Armenian: child abuse, elder abuse, conjugal violence
  • Cantonese: elder abuse
  • Farsi: conjugal violence
  • Greek: elder abuse, child abuse, men who abuse
  • Haitian Creole: conjugal violence
  • Italian: conjugal violence, children witnesses
  • Mandarin: children witnesses
  • Portuguese: conjugal violence, socio-cultural aspect, legal aspect, intervention
  • Russian: violence against women, psycho-legal aspect, children witnesses
  • South Asian (Bengali, Hindu, Tamil, Urdu): conjugal violence, children witnesses
  • Spanish: conjugal violence, youth & violence

Cost: $22.50 plus $7.50 for handling Violence Hurts Us All II deals with police and judicial procedures as well as existing community resources. An accompaniment/translation manual is also available. To view a demo of this document in English, click here. (link forthcoming). It is offered in the following 15 languages: Arabic, Armenian, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Haitian Creole, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Cost: $32.00 plus $8.00 for shipping and handling. In order to avoid shipping costs, you can also pick up the material by appointment at our Montreal Centre. To order: 514-274-8117
All documents are available in videocassette and DVD formats. Please specify when ordering.Can be ordered directly from:The Shield of Athena Family Services Montreal officeP.O. Box 25, Mount Royal StationMount Royal, Qc, H3P 3B8Telephone: 514-274-8117Fax: 514-274-7591Email: bouclierdathena@bellnet.ca