{"id":197,"date":"2026-01-29T21:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.witsprogram.ca\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:36:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.witsprogram.ca\/fr\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A propos de nous"},"content":{"rendered":"

A propos de nous<\/p><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mission<\/p><\/h3><\/div>

Mission<\/p><\/h3><\/div>

to empower children and youth to cultivate
healthy relationships through
community-based educational initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Vision<\/p><\/h3><\/div>

Vision<\/p><\/h3><\/div>

all children and youth are living, learning, and playing in safe and caring communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Since 1998, the WITS (formerly Rock Solid) Foundation is a Canadian charity that is dedicated to nonviolence in society, safe school and community environments for children and youth, and empowering youth to manage conflict and act with kindness.<\/p>\n

We create & disseminate educational resources, train educators and community leaders in our approaches to ending discrimination and bullying. The award-winning WITS, our flagship program, started in Victoria and spread into elementary schools across Canada, into the USA, Brazil, Egypt, Belgium and Germany.<\/p>\n

Since 2019, WITS has brought Pink Shirt Day\u2019s messages of resilience, inclusion and kindness to children and youth in a nationally-broadcast show held on the last Wednesday each February, Canada\u2019s Pink Shirt Day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I found the WITS Program to be an exceptional tool to help children to deal with peer victimization, and how important it is to treat each other with respect. I strongly encourage other schools to implement the WITS program on an annual basis.<\/p>\n

Louie Scigliano
<\/strong>Principal, Glanford Middle School<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Twenty-three years after , WITS was recognized as the leading program of its kind (Dalhousie 2016 report). There are now four Program components:<\/p>\n