menuDec 4, 2022
POST-SEPARATION ABUSE & CONTROL
By Andrea Turcotte Sexual Assault Counsellor Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey When a woman leaves an abusive and controlling partner,…
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Dec 4, 2022
Dec 6 – 2022
By Joachim Ostertag On December 6, 1989, a gunman intentionally targeted and killed 14 women because they were women. They studied engineering…
Nov 29, 2022
Why Do We Need Family Court Awareness Month?
By: Paige Harrigan, Lucia Vitaro, and Kyoka Tabei What Is Family Court Awareness Month? Tina Swithin, the founder of One Mom’s Battle,…
Nov 28, 2022
Women Abuse Prevention Month
By Jessica St.Peter, Public Education and Volunteer Coordinator, WHSBG With decades, if not centuries, of raising awareness of this issue, many of…
Nov 28, 2022
You Have a Role in Ending Gender-Based Violence
You Have a Role in Ending Gender-Based Violence By Abbi Barrie & Jessica St. Peter November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month, and…
May 20, 2022
Your Sexual Assault Didn’t Make You Stronger
By Abbi Barrie Maybe you’ve heard someone say that what happened to you made you stronger, or perhaps you’ve even said this…
May 13, 2022
How Youth Sex Trafficking Stays Under the Radar
Written by Abbi Barrie By now we’ve all heard the term “human trafficking”, and many of us have a sense of what…
Dec 8, 2021
16 Days of Activism Spotlight: The Women’s Centre
By Jessica Ingram Founded in 1991 and recognized internationally, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begin November 25, the International Day for…
Dec 8, 2021
Speech from Dec 6th Vigil, 2021
By Karen Houle 32 years ago 14 women were violently killed, by a man – because they were women 32 years ago,…
Dec 2, 2021
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
By Joachim Ostertag The events of December 6, 1989 are engraved in my brain and soul. I learned about the killing the…