Ethical Peer Support™ Pathways

Ethical Peer Support Pathways answers the identified need to build capacity, advance survivor leadership, and strengthen Ontario’s anti-human trafficking response by supporting both anti-human trafficking organizations and survivors of human trafficking. 

Organizations receive trauma-informed training and practical tools to understand the scope of peer support roles, create safe and ethical workplaces, improve service quality and continuity of care for survivors, and effectively support staff with lived experience.

Survivors of human trafficking receive specialized training, mentorship, and employment-readiness supports to prepare them for peer support roles as employees or independent contractors, recognizing diverse organizational capacities and service delivery models across Ontario while maintaining ethical standards and worker protections.

Specialized wellness supports, resource navigation, and trauma-informed guidance to promote peer supporter wellbeing and prevent burnout and re-traumatization is embedded in the program.

Program for Survivors (Peer Supporters)

  • Ethical Peer Support™ (EPS) training program

  • Workshops designed and delivered by lived experience experts

  • Ongoing supervision and wellness supports

  • Opportunities to explore entrepreneurship as a peer supporter

  • Skills development in communication, boundaries, self-care, safety, and ethical practice

  • Membership to community of practice

Intake process

You must be in the province of Ontario to participate in this program.

Step one: complete this form.

Step two: attend a scheduled meeting to learn more and ask questions

Step three: open your email invitation for a welcome and instructions on how to start the program!

6 week Ethical Peer Support™ training - theory

Ethical Peer Support™ training - practicum

Organizational Training

Ethical Peer Support™ Pathways will help organizations in Ontario to implement and/or improve peer support programs. Along with having their peer supporter(s) trained, representatives of organizations have the opportunity to attend Peer Support implementation workshops.

These workshops will cover:

  • Foundations of Ethical Peer Support

  • Organizational readiness

  • Applied Case practice

  • Action planning and next steps 

Workshops will be launching in September and will include in -person and virtual classes.

If you would like us to contact you when we are ready with dates and registration, complete this form and we will send you an email with a link to the information.