Frontenac Students Engage in SAC Kingston’s ‘Girls Flip the Script’ Program

Frontenac students recently took part in a training offered by SAC Kingston. The sessions ran on Feb. 27 and Mar. 27, 2026. A total of 13 girls attended the second in-school session.

Program delivery at Frontenac Secondary School

The Sexual Assault Centre (SAC) Kingston brought the workshop into the school. Frontenac Secondary School was the first to host the program during school hours. Sessions held outside school are delivered over a weekend.

Curriculum and participant experience

The program is structured in four units. It covers protection against sexual violence and practical safety skills.

• Assess — recognizing danger cues in situations and behaviour.
• Acknowledge — examining barriers that stop people from prioritizing safety.
• Act — learning physical and verbal plans to protect boundaries.
• Enhance — building skills to express relationship values and desires.

Students responded well to the physical training. Many described the sessions as both awakening and informative.

Evidence and outcomes

The program is evidence-based and aimed at self-identified girls aged 14 to 18 who remain in high school. The curriculum is adapted from research led by Dr. Charlene Senn at the University of Windsor.

Dr. Senn developed the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) model. Her decade of randomized control trials supports the approach.

According to the SARE Centre, one attempted or completed rape is prevented in the year after the course for every 13 women who take Flip the Script with EAAA.

Local facilitator perspective

Stephanie Globus-Hoenich coordinates and facilitates the sessions at SAC Kingston. She said earlier delivery to adolescents came from research findings. Facilitators believed first-year university was often too late for many participants.

Program logistics and credits

The full SAC program runs 12 hours and is offered free of charge. Students may receive 12 community involvement hours if approved by their school.

How to learn more

Interested readers can find program details on the SAC Kingston website. The workshop appears under offerings for adolescents and for prevention education.

Ellice Stephens, a student at Frontenac Secondary School, attended the sessions and reported on them for Filmogaz.com’s Next-Gen Journalism Program. Filmogaz.com hosts bios for Next-Gen reporters and related youth coverage.