WSC’s Krys Maki Talks New Second Stage Shelter Project, $2M Grant from Slaight Family Foundation
Krys Maki In September 2020, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) released a ground-breaking report on second stage shelters entitled, Breaking the Cycle of Abuse and Closing the Housing Gap: Second Stage Shelters in Canada. [...]
Upholding Dignity Through the PEACE for Canadian Children & Youth Project: A Conversation with Tracy Myers
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 [...]
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 [...]
Where Do We Go from Here? Reflections on the VAW Shelter Sector and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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 [...]
Where We’ve Been: Reflections on the VAW Shelter Sector and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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 [...]
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 [...]