News & Updates

Join Salal for a Vigil of Remembrance and Community Care on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women On Saturday December 6, 2025 we will gather to honour the fourteen...

As an organization dedicated to supporting survivors and challenging the systems that enable sexual violence, we believe cultural moments like this require clarity and unwavering solidarity. We...

Over the past six months, our community - survivors, supporters, service providers, feminist organizations, and advocates came together in powerful ways to stop the proposed 80% cuts to Women and...

By Tammy Desjardins, Indigenous Program Coordinator and Counsellor When many people speak of the “First Thanksgiving,” they picture a peaceful meal — settlers and Indigenous peoples sharing food in...

“We may not achieve reconciliation within my lifetime, or within the lifetime of my children, but we will be able to achieve it if we all commit to working towards it properly. Part of that commitment is that every year we will stand up together and we will say ‘never again.”

In the anti-violence sector, we often emphasize harm caused by men. And necessarily so, since it shapes our world in profound and violent ways. However, survivors accessing Salal’s support services...