Strengthening Ties was established to engage 100 men in helping to end violence against women. The vision for this circle of male allies was to address the gender balance of support for women’s shelters and transition houses. Strengthening Ties was a specific invitation to men to become part of the shelter initiative through financial pledge, providing both connection and critical funding to our work to end violence against women.
The 100 men who participated in this campaign made their contributions in honour of their mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and sons.
The 100 founding members of Strengthening Ties:
Giovanni Agozzino
Brian Alkerton
Fahd and Arulvizhy Ananta
Alexander and Tereza Bakus
Satraj Bambra
Jordan Banks
Andrew Bradbury
Sam Broadbent
Steven Brougham
Nick Burka
Simon Burke
Bob Clark
Brett Code
Michael Cotterill
Howie Crone
Simon Dean
Derek Decloux
Serge Delannoy
Paul Dick
Mark Dowdell
John Drake
Jordan Elliott
Mitchell Gillespie
Bob Goldberger
Peter Goodwin
Rob Groulx
David Hardy
Paul Harrietha
Jonathan Hartman
Jonathan Hera
David Hillock
Christopher Holz
David Howcroft
Aaron Kotick
Daniel Langer
Nicholas LeBlanc
Alan Levine
Leo Liao
James Lochrie
Ted Macklin
Mark MacLeod
David Maisey
Josh Matthews
Benjamin McCammon
Bob McGill
Michael Mikelberg
Doug Mizzi
Daniel O’Brien
Alex Ocsai
Dana Peebles
Anthony Phillips
David Price
William Revington
Pete Roch
Stewart Schaefer
Michael Shapiro
Gavin Sharp
James Sheldon
Andrew Sheppard
Kip Southam
Ray Stasiulis
Matthew Trevisan
Paul van Donkelaar
Amar Varma
Bill Walker
Sieg Will
Greg Wilson
David Wiseman
Michael Worb
Bill Young
Strengthening Ties Supports:
sheltersafe.ca connects abused women to help 24/7
Emergency shelters across Canada
A future where shelters are no longer needed