16 Days of Activism - Community Workshops

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

Education, Connection, DWS Events, Helping A Friend, Supporting Survivors, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 20, 202316 Days of Activism, gendered violence, gender-based violence, learning, workshop, education, skills, supporting survivors, preventionComment

Consent Education is Violence Prevention

Learning great consent skills is one way to prevent sexual violence.

Education, Consent, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterMay 23, 2023consent, prevention, education, sex ed, julie lalonde, coercion, sexual violence, sexual violence prevention month

Consent Education is Violence Prevention

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

Education, Consent, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 28, 2022consent, 16 days, 16 days of activism, prevention, education, sex ed, julie lalonde, coercion

16 Days of Activism - Community Workshops

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

Education, Connection, DWS Events, Helping A Friend, Supporting Survivors, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 1, 202216 Days of Activism, gendered violence, gender-based violence, learning, workshop, education, skills, supporting survivors, preventionComment

Until They Are All Home

“As long as us men and boys fail to respect indigenous women and girls, not because we have mothers, sisters or daughters but as human beings deserving of respect; then we share responsibility for our community’s pain.” - Ricky Mawunganidze

Education, DWS Events, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterOctober 28, 2021lgbqt, two spirit, queer, indigenous, mmiw, WWO, MMIW2SG, sisters in spirit, allies, learning, education, missing and murdered indigenous women, Georgette McLeod

Niyajè chʼonkʼą̈̀ zhìt hänjit tr’ädäl - We walk for our sisters in spirit

“These women, girls, two-spirited people were all once part of a community across this country. All these individuals were once part of a family, they were a loved one. They might have attended the same school, and they might have been a neighbour.” - Georgette McLeod