DWS Community Response

Dawson Women’s Shelter wants to acknowledge that our community has been hurting and on high alert due to multiple physical and sexual assaults this past week.

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Understanding Stalking

Stalking is pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or suffer substantial emotional distress.

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Stalking Awareness Month

We’re more likely to be able to support a friend who’s being stalked if we learn to recognize what stalking looks like and also learn to challenge the myths we’re taught about stalking.

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National Day of Remembrance and Action

“The moment we surrender our capacity to believe another world is possible is the moment it becomes true.” - Kai Cheng Thom

Ableism and Gender-Based Violence

Resources, links, and videos for folks to unlearn ableism and become better allies to disabled folks.

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World AIDS Day

December 1st is World AIDS Day. Why should we as anti-violence activists care about the stigma that folks living with HIV or AIDS face?

Understanding Gender-Based Violence

From November 25 to December 10 we call on everyone to take action to end gender-based violence. Why do we need 16 Days?

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16 Days of Activism - Community Workshops

Learn the warning signs of abuse and how to help a friend.

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Transgender Awareness Week 2023

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

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Intersex Awareness Day - October 26th

Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop.

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Nihè dä̀ch’e shò tr’ìnląy

Wishing students and staff a joyful and safe school year from Dawson Women’s Shelter.

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Disability Pride Month

Resources, links, and videos for folks to unlearn ableism and become better allies to disabled folks.

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Resources to End Gender-Based Violence

There’s a whole mountain of resources out there to learn more about ending gender-based violence, but good ones can be hard to find sometimes. We’ve collected some here…

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Queer Quotes

“You belong in this world.” - Connie Merasty

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Bystander Intervention

We know that feeling in our stomach when something is wrong, but very rarely are we taught the skills to interrupt behaviour that can lead to sexual assault