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.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, 24 Hour Support Line, Connection, Helping A Friend, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterAugust 21, 2024community response, gendered violence, support, support survivors, supporting survivors, violence prevention, community, assaultComment

Drug Users Deserve Dignity Not Death

Dr. Daniel Sumrok challenge us to instead of thinking about ‘addictions’ think about “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking” because “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.”

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting Survivors, 24 Hour Support Line, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 19, 2023drop in, services, support, support survivors, opioid, crisis, catastrophe, yukon, health crisis, epidemic, addictions

DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services

Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 21, 2022drop in, services, shower, library, support, support survivors, laundry

What is Case Review? (And why do we care so darn much?)

Let’s get into what case review looks like, how it was created, and why folks care about it so darn much.

FKA twigs Shuts Down Victim Blaming

There are so many more important q’s to ask…

Taking Action, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 22, 2021sexual assault, sexual violence, prevention, taking action, support, violence, power, safety, consent, stalking, criminal harassment, support survivors, advocate, yukon, understanding violence

RCMP Pull The Plug on Yukon Case Review

Several Yukon-based non-profit organizations that advocate on behalf of women who have been sexually assaulted in the Yukon are looking for answers after RCMP National Headquarters pulled the plug on a three-year project.

Services, Taking Action, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 10, 2021sexual assault, sexual violence, prevention, taking action, 16 Days, support, violence, power, safety, consent, stalking, criminal harassment, support survivors

You Are Fabulous

You are fabulous.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Dawson Women's ShelterFebruary 3, 2021support, support survivors, affirmations, you are enough, you are fabulous

Modified Drop-In Services at DWS

Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 28, 2021drop in, services, shower, library, support, support survivors, laundry

Lies We're Taught About Stalking

Links to DWS’ Instagram chat with activist and educator Julie S. Lalonde as well as resources to prevent stalking.

DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services

Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening what are usually called ‘drop-in’ services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterJune 24, 2020drop in, services, shower, library, support, support survivors, laundry

Survivors Speak

It’s a misconception that in order to heal you M U S T tell every detail of the abuse. The pressure of changing rape culture should not fall onto survivors of sexual violence. Creating a world based on consent is all of our jobs.

Education, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterMay 20, 2020support survivors, sexual violence prevention month, svpm, listen, survivor stories

Sexual Violence & COVID-19

Sexual violence is still occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, sexual violence is often made possible by situations of increased isolation and social marginalization.

Education, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterMay 15, 2020covid, covid-19, svpm, support survivors, sexual assault, sexual violence

New Yukon Support Line Available for Survivors

The Sexualized Assault Response Team (SART) has created a Yukon-wide 24 hour support line for survivors of sexual violence and folks supporting survivors - 1-844-967-7275.

24 Hour Support Line, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterMay 13, 2020svpm, sexual assault, sexual violence, support survivors

No One Asks for It

This Friday, May 1, wear purple and let folks know why: No one asks to be sexually assaulted.

No matter how sexy someone is dressed. Not if they’ve had a drink. Not if they’re drunk. Not if they’ve had sex before. Not if they invited someone into their house or room. Not if they accepted a ride. Not if they’re on a date. No one ever asks to be sexually assaulted.

Consent, Education, DWS Events, Services, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterApril 29, 2020sexual assault, sexual harassment, no one asks for it, wear purple, sexual violence prevention month, may, SVPM, sexual violence, support survivors, believe survivors

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