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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Transgender Awareness Week 2023

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

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What is Gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a kind of emotional abuse where someone makes you question your reality.

Connection, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 30, 2022taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, gaslighting, control, manipulation, abuse, tactics of abuse

Gender Justice Must Include Two Spirit, Trans, and Queer Folks

As we work to prevent gender-based violence, we need to make sure we’re including Trans, Queer, and Two Spirit Folks.

Consent Education is Violence Prevention

Learning and practicing great consent skills is an everyday way to prevent violence.

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Gender-Based Violence: Fact or Fiction?

Test your knowledge of gender-based violence. Take the DWS quiz!

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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?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 25, 2022taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

Transgender Awareness Week Reading List

DWS has got some great books about trans identities if you’re looking to do some reading. Drop-in to borrow one of these awesome reads!

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Transgender Awareness Week 2022

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 16, 2022taking action, 16 days, tdor, trans day of remembrance, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit, transgender awareness week, intersex, yukon, queer yukon, gender

Do Healthier Men Make Healthier Communities?

We’ve heard, “improve women’s health and the whole community’s health improves,” but is the same true for men?

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We Remember. We Take Action.

Today is a national day of mourning. Today is a national day of action.

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Shine a Light

For December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we’re asking everyone to light a candle to remember the women, Two Spirit folks, and non binary folks murdered this year and to rekindle the fight to end sexist violence.

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Who Are You Following?

Is your social media feed full of joyful learning?

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What's on DWS' Walls?

Seen the new buttons at DWS?

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Understanding Consent

Consent is so much more than just asking! Learn how we can practice consent in small ways everyday.

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Whole Lotta Learning!

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…

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 27, 2021taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

16 Days of Activism Reading List

DWS has got a fab selection of books to deepen our understanding of how gender-based violence happens and to create a world based on consent

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 26, 2021taking action, 16 days, stalking, tdor, trans day of remembrance, library, reading list, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit, reading

16 Days of Activism Against 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?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 25, 2021taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

Trans Day of Remembrance 2021

November 20th is Trans Day of Remembrance. We work to end transphobic violence and we celebrate with joy the incredibleness, talents, and diversity of the trans community.