Shelter Voices

Shelter Voices 2014-2024

Each year, WSC publishes Shelter Voices from data collected from shelters across the country. Shelter Voices highlights the voices behind the numbers – the voices of shelter workers dedicated to providing services to the women and children they serve.

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Shelter Voices 2024: Crisis Within Crisis

The tenth national survey of VAW shelters, this issue was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the housing crisis and its impact on shelters, including individuals working in these spaces and survivors accessing supports.

Shelter Voices 2023. Sub-theme: Non-Residential and External VAW Shelter Services
Shelter Voices 2022. Sub-theme: Labour Issues and the VAW Sector
Shelter Voices 2020. Sub-theme: VAW Shelters and COVID-19
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Shelter Voices 2019. Sub-theme: Violence Against Older Women
Shelter Voices 2018. Sub-themes: Wheelchair Accessibility, Counselling Programs for Children, Pet Sheltering
Shelter Voices 2017. Sub-theme: Technology-Enabled Abuse
Shelter Voices 2016. Sub-theme: Housing and Violence Against Women
Shelter Voices 2015
Shelter Voices 2014