Maverick School is trying to bring awareness to violence against women, taking part in a nearly 30-year-old tradition.

The White Ribbon Campaign was created in response to the killing of 14 women in 1991, where a white ribbon is adorned during the week leading up to December 6, to acknowledge violence against women.

The ribbon acts as a pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.

The school will be participating in the campaign by showing videos on relationship violence, having a class meeting with all students about violence against women, holding group discussions with male students, and Southwest Crisis Services will be making a presentation to male students at the facility as well, focusing on healthy relationships.

Tanner Lange, a teacher at Maverick School, said that the school has been participating in the movement since around November 22, and during that time have been able to speak with young people, hopefully being able to educate them about unhealthy relationships.

"As a staff here at the school, we see it's very important for us to try and talk to the kids about these things when they're young as possible, because the younger they are, hopefully the more adept they are at making those changes, and obviously older people aren't exempt from us pushing this change, or wanting to enforce this change, but we just figure the younger they are the better."

Lange said that he hopes that the program can make an impact on current or future relationships that students are in.

"What they chose to do with the information is completely on them, we try and do our very best at the school to try and make it as personal as possible and talk about it, because I think, especially, I think for all the staff here, but specifically the male staff, when it comes to this White Ribbon campaign, it's something that we're all very passionate about, so we try and convey that when talking with the kids about it, and hopefully through sharing own experiences and stuff like that, we can kind of make it hit home with them."

Speaking on experience carrying out the campaign in the past, Lange said that in the past students had come forward to talk about their experiences with abusive relationships, responding to teachers speaking about their own experiences.

Students from the school also created white ribbons to hand out to male staff in schools in the Chinook School Division, as well as extras for students who wish to participate.