WSC Blog
Upholding Dignity Through the PEACE for Canadian Children & Youth Project: A Conversation with Tracy Myers
Created in 1992 by transition houses in British Columbia, the Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling, and Empowerment (PEACE) Program is a free, confidential, community-based program dedicated to supporting children and youth who have experienced violence at home. PEACE counsellors offer services such as individual and group programming, information-sharing to non-offending caregivers, and anti-violence co-presentations in schools. […]
NACAFV and WSC Research Study on Funding Parity in VAW and VAIW Shelters
Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) and the National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence (NACAFV) are collaborating on a new research project exploring the funding that violence against women (VAW) and violence against Indigenous women (VAIW) shelters receive and identifying gaps and disparities. In this interview, Krys Maki (Research and Policy Manager at WSC) and Anita Olsen […]
Where Do We Go from Here? Reflections on the VAW Shelter Sector and the COVID-19 Pandemic
On April 6, 2021, three WSC Board members had a virtual discussion to reflect on what the VAW shelter sector has learned after a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it will be carrying forward. Saadia Muzaffar, Public Director and founder of TechGirls Canada, facilitated a conversation between Board Co-Chairs Jo-Anne Dusel (Executive Director […]
Where We’ve Been: Reflections on the VAW Shelter Sector and the COVID-19 Pandemic
On April 6, 2021, three WSC Board members had a virtual discussion to reflect on what the VAW shelter sector has learned after a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it will be carrying forward. Saadia Muzaffar, Public Director and founder of TechGirls Canada, facilitated a conversation between Board Co-Chairs Jo-Anne Dusel (Executive Director […]
Reflecting on Black History Month
During Black History Month, I had the privilege to digitally meet a few Black women leaders in violence against women (VAW) shelters throughout Canada. My goal was to have a meaningful discussion on what it’s like for Black women to work in this sector and how shelters can better serve Black women and children fleeing violence. As someone new to this sector, I didn’t know much about what was […]
Guest blog post on CCMW’s Legal Services Project
The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) is a national non-profit organization committed to attaining equality, equity, and empowerment for all Muslim women in Canada. Founded in 1982, the organization promotes Muslim women’s identity in the Canadian context. For more than 38 years, CCMW has proudly advocated on behalf of Muslim women and their families and has developed national projects that enrich […]
Starting a New Job as a POC During COVID
Starting a new job often comes with the all too familiar combination of excitement and nerves. On your first day, you go through your standard introductions to your coworkers and get up to speed on the work you’ll be doing. Onboarding is usually textbook, but what happens when the world is propelled into a pandemic […]
An End of Year Message from Women’s Shelters Canada
Like many of you across the country, our last normal day at the Women’s Shelters Canada office was Friday, March 13, 2020. After that, we struggled to work from home with our uncertainty and fear – for us, for our loved ones, and for women and children living with violence. Women’s shelters and transition houses […]
Guest Blog: Using Yoga in Our Work – The Reaching Out with Yoga Research Project
What did we study and who participated? Reaching Out with Yoga (ROWY) was a 5-year collaborative research project between the BC Society of Transition Houses and Yoga Outreach, which piloted Trauma-Informed Yoga (TIY) in Transition and Second Stage Houses and PEACE (Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling and Empowerment) Programs in British Columbia. The project studied how […]
Guest Blog: Funding Opportunities for Shelters
This is a guest blog written by Marina Sloutsky of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) In 2016, 44% of violence against women (VAW) shelters in Canada were full on any given night. This lack of appropriate spaces for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) affects women’s ability to get the right services at the […]
