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Stepping Up

What makes a healthy relationship?


We are currently recruiting Peer Facilitators for Stepping Up 2017/2018! Click here to apply today.

In the age of dating apps and hook up culture, the lines of healthy, consensual relationships can sometimes become blurred. We need your help in Stepping Up to dating violence and creating a healthier campus for everyone at MRU.

According to the National College Health Assessment Survey (Warthe & Tutty, 2013), approximately one in three Mount Royal students has experienced some form of dating violence. As you explore this site and when you are involved in Stepping Up, you’ll see that relationship violence can come in many shapes and forms. Click here to learn more about the different kinds of relationship violence and abuse.

Stepping Up is a research-based program that focuses on the prevention of dating violence on campus. Stepping Up isn’t about instructors or other faculty members lecturing students about dating violence. The program is designed by students, for students. We recruit students to facilitate the Stepping Up program because we know that students are an expert in their own experiences and can have the greatest impact on the MRU community by starting honest and critical conversations with their peers about what dating looks like today.

How can I be involved?

We are currently recruiting Peer Facilitators for Stepping Up 2017/2018! Click here to apply today. Peer Facilitators are individuals who are passionate about talking to their peers about healthy relationships and preventing dating violence in the community. Peer facilitators will:

    • Need to commit to the following dates for development/training opportunities: October 21/22, November 6/7/8/9, November 25/26, January 13, January 19/20/21.

    • Gain understanding and knowledge about dating, domestic and sexual violence as it pertains specifically to University students.

    • Increase group facilitation skills and understanding of how to develop and implement program curriculum.

    • Get volunteer/practicum hours!  

    • Get free food and swag!

Stepping Up 2018 will be running on January 19/20/21, 2018! Participants of Stepping Up 2018 will:

    • Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of dating, domestic and sexual violence as it pertains to University Students

    • Attendees will have the opportunity to develop a University-wide project that shares information about dating, domestic and sexual violence

    • Connect with students, faculty and community agencies that are passionate about issues surrounding dating, domestic and sexual violence with University Students

    • Get volunteer/practicum hours!  

    • Get free food and swag!


This program has a research component that has received clearance from the MRU Human Research Ethics Board HERB at hreb@mtroyal.ca.

The information provided on this web page is intended for the Mount Royal community: students, staff, and faculty.

Many thanks to the Government of Alberta, Ministry of Human Services for continued funding of the Stepping Up project.

If you have any questions or would like more information about anything on this page, please contact the Program Coordinator, Morgan Parker at 403-440-5684 or mparker@mtroyal.ca