SELF DEFENCE
The Street Safe Learning Centre
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The Street Safe Learning Centre is our free library of practical self defence and personal safety guides, drawn from the same reality-based training Rob and Beth Andress have delivered to 32,036 students and more than 7,650 Street Safe REALTORS® across Canada. Find plain-language advice for realtors, parents and teens, women, seniors, healthcare and municipal workers, and anyone who wants to spot danger early and get home safe.
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Explore the experience, qualifications, ethical standards, and trauma-informed teaching skills instructors need to provide responsible, realistic, and effective self-defence training.
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Discover practical strategies for stopping street harassment in 2026. Learn your rights and empower your community to combat public harassment.
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Discover what to expect in a self-defense lesson. Learn essential skills without needing prior experience. Start your journey to personal safety today!
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Learn which qualifications, professional experience, safety standards, ethical responsibilities, and trauma-informed teaching abilities a self-defence instructor needs to provide practical, responsible, and effective training for different participants.
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Learn why self-defence differs from martial arts and must prioritize awareness, prevention, practical decisions, safe escape, and real-world survival.
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Learn what qualifications, experience, teaching methods, and safety standards parents should examine before choosing a self-defence instructor for their daughter.
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Understand how responsible instructors should address fear, stress responses, realistic threats, personal boundaries, and decision-making—not simply teach physical techniques.
- 6 min read
Learn what qualifications, experience, teaching methods, and safety standards parents should examine before choosing a self-defence instructor for their daughter.
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Explore how harmful attitudes toward women existed long before social media, why influential personalities amplify them, and how education, accountability, and healthy role models can challenge the behaviour.
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Learn how real estate professionals, brokerages, and industry organizations share responsibility for improving workplace safety through preparation, communication, risk awareness, practical policies, and effective training.
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See how Street Safe advances practical, behaviour-based violence prevention across Canada.
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Learn how body language, perceived intent, and the brain’s response to danger influence conflict—and why effective prevention begins before physical force becomes necessary.
TESTIMONIALS
Word on the street
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