What is Boundary Education

Boundary education is how we start teaching about consent to younger ages, but is something everyone can benefit from learning. When we think about consent as boundaries, it opens the conversation to discussions of respect beyond just sexual interactions.

In order to create a safe environment for everyone, we teach consent and boundary education to give people the skills to constantly evaluate their experience, learn how to say “no”, and learn how to respect another person’s “no”. By practising these concepts, you can be more aware of not only your own internal feelings, but become more emotionally intelligent and aware of how to respect others. You will be better able to identify when something is a boundary violation, and what steps you can take to offer repair, or what to do after your own boundaries are violated. 

While the goal is to not find yourself in a sexual assault encounter, boundary trainings clearly lay out what to do in the event of sexual assault, who are your resources and supports, what steps need to be taken after an encounter, and how to support another after an assault. 

Great boundary education will elaborate on the many types of boundaries a person can have, including physical boundaries.