BWSS Battered Women’s Support Services
@EndingViolence
BWSS takes action to end intimate partner, domestic & sexualized violence through support services, training, education & advocacy
We placed these signs in the exact places where women and girls were harmed—because no one else did. 📍Public safety is failing survivors. It’s time to confront that truth—and build something better. #DesignedWithSurvivors #EndVAW #PublicSafetyCrisis
She always defended the manosphere. Now, they won't defend her, after she reports Andrew Tate raping her. The discarding of Lauren Southern by the alt-right demonstrates that the modern conservative ideal of masculinity was never about protection. msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in fatal stabbing of Toronto 71 year old senior woman. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
On Thursday, Justice Maria Carroccia will deliver decisions in the world junior hockey sexual assault trial — a case that dates back to 2018 and has manoeuvred numerous curves as it played out over eight weeks in a London, Ont., court. What could happen. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…
Rest in Power Michelle Ahenakew #MMIW #MMIWG
RCMP say woman reported missing July 12 has been found deceased in a "remote rural area" of Saskatchewan. aptnnews.ca/?p=274181
Revenge against her Mother. Misogyny.
Why would a father kill his daughter? cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
Do you wonder what #FemicideIs? If you wish to understand the term #femicide, please see this accessible article using #Canadian cases or the infographic below. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02… #CallItFemicide
Why would a father kill his daughter? cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
#Femicide
Montreal girl, 9, allegedly killed by father was drowned, initial autopsy finds #CallItFemicide cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
A 5-year-old girl, 8 women and 2 men were killed in the alleged car-ramming attack. 3 more murder charges laid against suspect in Lapu-Lapu Day Vancouver festival tragedy cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Man charged with second-degree murder after homicide in Richmond, B.C. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vanc…
Days before the eight-year anniversary of Chelsey Gauthier’s death, the man accused of killing her has been convicted, but he’s still out in the community. Gary Losch was charged with second-degree murder, but on Tuesday, a judge in Abbotsford found him guilty of the lesser…
Manslaughter conviction in case of young mother killed in Mission, B.C., 8 years ago ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
‘Home is the most dangerous place for women,’ but private and public violence are connected.
Yes, as written in 2021 and still unfortunately relevant: ‘Home is the most dangerous place for women’ but private and public violence are connected. theconversation.com/home-is-the-mo… #CallItFemicide
Yes, as written in 2021 and still unfortunately relevant: ‘Home is the most dangerous place for women’ but private and public violence are connected. theconversation.com/home-is-the-mo… #CallItFemicide
Woke up thinking about all the women who shared their stories after Breaking the Silence - Kate’s Story featuring my client Kate Kniveton. The legal system shouldn’t require survivors to be extraordinary to be believed. It should protect them. Full stop. #FamilyCourtReform…
The system is broken, but people don’t realise it until it’s too late and they themselves are in it. Most of the public still believes the legal system operates with fairness, integrity, and justice. But those who enter the family courts—especially victim-survivors of…
It is hard for us to share this news article and it’s difficult facing the reality that there are men doing this kind of sexual violence to children. However, our work involves responding to youth and adult victims who tell us about similar experiences they’ve had when they were…
NEW DETAILS: Children drugged in human trafficking sex ring uncovered in Bibb County, Alabama in an underground bunker of horror. If ever there was a case to use the death penalty in the most prolonged and painful way this is it.
Economic austerity always has gendered consequences.
With August 1 looming, so important for 🇨🇦 trade negotiators to stay firm. A bad deal with Trump (including tariffs that would hit Canada harder than almost any other country) is worse than no deal at all. See our @futurework_cda report: centreforfuturework.ca/2025/07/22/a-b… #cdneon #canlab /2
Not "victimless": How ‘virtual’ child sexual abuse material harms children Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) refers to images and videos where children are sexually abused and exploited. It is the photographic or video record of the rape, sexual abuse and torture of children…
Police looking for information about death of Sherry Michelle Ahenakew, 50, found. #MMIWG #CallItFemicide?
RCMP say woman reported missing July 12 has been found deceased in a "remote rural area" of Saskatchewan. aptnnews.ca/?p=274181
Holy Creation when will it stop. #MMIWG #CallItFemicide
RCMP say woman reported missing July 12 has been found deceased in a "remote rural area" of Saskatchewan. aptnnews.ca/?p=274181