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  • Posted November 25, 2019

Here Are 10 Ways You can Take Action for 16 Days of Activism!

16 Days of Activism is an annual international campaign that starts on November 25th (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) and runs until December 10th (World Human Rights Day). In Canada, we also observe December 6th during this period to remember and honour the fourteen women of the 1989 Montreal Massacre at […]
  • Posted November 12, 2019

Anti-SLAPP Legislation Must Ensure the Dignity, Safety and Equality Rights of Survivors of Gender-based Violence, says BC Coalition to Supreme Court of Canada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 12, 2019   OTTAWA — Today, a coalition of BC anti-violence organizations intervened in Maia Bent, et al. v. Howard Platnick, et al. at the Supreme Court of Canada. The coalition, including Atira Women’s Resource Society, Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS), WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre and West Coast LEAF, is calling on the Supreme Court of Canada to […]
  • Posted September 17, 2019

Meet Our Art Therapist – Luisa!

In August I reached out to our community to ask for gently used art supplies to sustain our Art Therapy group – and we have been so touched by how many of you have donated! Today, I want to introduce you to the person who is going to be putting your art supplies in the hands […]
  • Posted August 27, 2019

Department for Women and Gender Equality Announce Funding for WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre’s Five-Year Meaningful Inclusion Project

For Immediate Release  Vancouver. August 27 2019. On August 27th, 2019, the  Honourable Maryum Monsef, Canada’s Minister of International Development and Women and Gender Equality, announced $985,000 in funding over five years for WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre’s Meaningful Inclusion project. Funded through the Department for Women and Gender Equality’s Gender-Based Violence: Promising Practices to Support […]
  • Posted July 30, 2019

How you can support queer and trans folks this Pride season

Pride is a time of liberation, joy, and expression. However, it has become tightly intertwined with capitalism, consumption, colonialism, and whiteness. It is important to remember that the first Pride was a riot and that if Pride isn’t fighting for the inclusion of the most marginalized members of the queer and trans communities; then it is reproducing many […]
  • Posted April 9, 2019

Register for the 2019 Scotiabank Charity Challenge!

Event Overview The Scotiabank Charity Challenge is an annual event, uniting the community with a unique fundraising program. Each year, this Half-Marathon & 5k inspires runners, walkers, families and friends to register and to raise funds for participating charity organizations. This year’s Vancouver Run and Charity Challenge are taking place in on Sunday, June 23, […]
  • Posted March 20, 2019

It is time for the anti-violence sector to push back against transmisogyny

In the last week, we have witnessed and experienced an increase of transphobic, transmisogynistic hate speech online and backlash in response to a recent funding decision made by the City of Vancouver. As a trans-inclusive anti-violence organization, we feel a sense of responsibility to provide a counter-narrative to this trans-exclusionary radical feminism. It’s no secret […]
  • Posted March 15, 2019

Who We Are: Getting To Know Sonmin, Volunteer and Educational Outreach Coordinator

As a member of our community, you may have heard us describe the work we do as ‘Supporting Survivors and Shifting Society’. We often talk about how we support survivors through our direct services, like counselling, our 24-hour Crisis Line, and police and hospital accompaniment programs. But what about the Shifting Society part? How we […]