Five Years On: Reflecting on Circles of Safety
In 2019, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) launched a new project to explore whether the collaborative safety planning process known as Circles of Safety, developed in Prince Edward Island (PEI), could be useful in rural, remote, [...]
Struggles in the VAW Shelter Sector: 50 Years On
In early March 2024, Meghan Tibbits-Lamirande wrote about the feminist occupation of Nellie’s Hostel. Her work documented the early activism that happened at Nellie’s in 1976, when staff and residents organized to resist funding and [...]
The Power of Connection: PEACE Training in Nunavut (Part 2)
In March 2023, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) had the honour of facilitating a special in-person PEACE for Canadian Children and Youth training in Iqaluit, Nunavut. A few weeks ago, we released part one of a [...]
The Power of Connection: PEACE Training in Nunavut (Part 1)
Aline Mananda (left) and Tracy Myers (right) In March 2023, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) facilitated an in-person PEACE for Canadian Children and Youth training in Iqaluit, Nunavut. PEACE facilitators Tracy Myers and Aline [...]
Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission: The Last Recommendations Needed?
On March 30, 2023, the Mass Casualty Commission released its final report from its inquiry into the mass shootings in April 2020 in Portapique, Nova Scotia. Within its more than 3,000 pages and 130 recommendations [...]
WSC’s Kyla Tanner Talks New Second Stage Transitional Housing New Build Project
Kyla Tanner Last year, former Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) Research and Policy Director, Krys Maki, gave us an exciting preview of the new Second Stage Transitional Housing (SSTH) New Build project. Made possible [...]