Item - 2025.MM33.28
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on October 8 and 9, 2025 without amendments.
MM33.28 - Shining a Light on Intimate Partner Violence: Empowering Survivors Through Awareness, Support and Prevention - by Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Caution: Motions and votes are shown below. Any motions or votes should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the decisions for this meeting have been confirmed.
Recommendations
Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, recommends that:
1. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, in consultation with the Chief Communications Officer, Strategic Public and Employee Communications, the Medical Officer of Health, the Toronto Police Service, the Mayor’s Champion to Eradicate Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence, and frontline Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence organizations, to deliver a citywide public education campaign in 2026 and 2027, within existing and approved budget, to address the ongoing epidemic of Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence in our city to both highlight resources, programs and services that support and empower survivors specifically targeting locations where survivors interact with City programs and services, and prevent intimate partner violence and gender-based violence.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/comm/communicationfile-196609.pdf
(October 8, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM33.28 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
Vote (Adopt Item) Oct-09-2025 7:49 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required - MM33.28 - Adopt the item |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 20 | Members that voted Yes are Alejandra Bravo, Jon Burnside, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Stephen Holyday, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Dianne Saxe, Neethan Shan, Michael Thompson |
| Total members that voted No: 0 | Members that voted No are |
| Total members that were Absent: 6 | Members that were absent are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Mike Colle, Vincent Crisanti, Paula Fletcher, Jamaal Myers |