About this resource
This guide offers a foundational introduction to key concepts for responding to disclosures of identity-based discrimination and harm. It’s designed to support anyone who may receive a disclosure—whether in a formal role or an informal setting—by building awareness, confidence, and a thoughtful approach. Drawing on trauma-informed principles, this guide encourages reflection, responsibility, and care in navigating these important conversations.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the legal duty to create a safe environment
- Recognize your own positionality and biases (and how they could affect your response to a disclosure)
- Identify the different forms of disclosures of harm
- Develop a trauma-informed and client-centred response
- Develop a toolbox of response strategies: Do's and Dont's
- Understand institutional policies and resources to support harmed individual(s)