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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

Saadia Muzaffar 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

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

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

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

Earlier this month, Women’s Shelters Canada was invited to appear as a witness before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. The Committee is conducting a study of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women. Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich, WSC’s Communications and Development Manager, presented WSC’s statement and answered questions via video link, along with

Last week, the Rogers family celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary by granting $60 million to several Canadian charitable organizations. Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) was thrilled to be one of these recipients, receiving a generous grant of $4.5 million. Thank you to the Rogers family for recognizing the critical work carried out by Canada’s 500+ violence

Since March 13, the staff of Women’s Shelters Canada has been working hard – from home. We are fortunate that we are able to work from home to support the frontline workers keeping women and children safe in VAW shelters and transition houses across the country. Domestic violence and femicides don’t stop during a global