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POST-SEPARATION ABUSE & CONTROL
By Andrea Turcotte Sexual Assault Counsellor Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey When a woman leaves an abusive and controlling partner,…
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 2024.
News | Dec 5th, 2024
Letter | Dec 4th, 2022
Letter | Dec 4th, 2022
News | Nov 29th, 2022
News | Nov 28th, 2022
Letter | Nov 29th, 2022
News | Nov 28th, 2022
Letter | Nov 28thth, 2022
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
By Jessica St.Peter, Public Education and Volunteer Coordinator WHSBG The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) runs from November 25…
By Jessica St.Peter, Public Education and Volunteer Coordinator, WHSBG With decades, if not centuries, of raising awareness of this issue, many of…
News | Nov 28th, 2022
Letter | Nov 28th, 2022
You Have a Role in Ending Gender-Based Violence
You Have a Role in Ending Gender-Based Violence By Abbi Barrie & Jessica St. Peter November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month, and…
Dec 6th Vigil 2022 - Owen Sound
Owen Sound, November 22, 2022 – Again this year, several local agencies are working together to commemorate the 14 women who were…
News | Nov 25th, 2022
News | May 20th, 2022
Letter | May 13th, 2022
Letter | May 20th, 2022
News | May 6th, 2022
Letter | Dec 8th, 2021
May is Sexual Violence Awareness Month! Community-based sexual assault centres have been providing crisis and counselling support to survivors of sexual violence…
16 Days of Activism Spotlight: The Women’s Centre
By Jessica Ingram Founded in 1991 and recognized internationally, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begin November 25, the International Day for…
News | Dec 6th, 2021
Letter | Dec 8th, 2021
Letter | Dec 2nd, 2021
Letter | Nov 30th, 2021
Letter | Nov 26th, 2021
Letter | Nov 26th, 2021
Letter | Nov 26th, 2021
Letter | Nov 26th, 2021
Letter | Nov 26th, 2021
News | Nov 24th, 2021
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Letter | May 27th, 2021
VPGB Response to October Femicide
Violence Prevention Grey Bruce expresses its condolences to the family, friends, and community of the woman whose body was found in Northern Bruce…
News Grey Bruce Anti-Human Trafficking Reference Manuals
Violence Prevention Grey Bruce has published two new resources to help both parents and youth, and service providers identify and respond to…
News | May 13th, 2021
Letter | May 16th, 2021
Letter | May 10th, 2021
Letter | May 5th, 2021
Talking About Sexual Violence? Include Men
By Jon Farmer May is sexual assault prevention month; an annual opportunity to start conversations about sexual violence in our communities. Too…
Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap
By Andrea Turcotte Sexual assault is one of the least reported crimes. Statistics Canada states that only 50 out of every 1,000…
News | Jan 22nd, 2021
News | Mar 7th, 2021
News | Jan 8th, 2021
Letter | Dec 4th, 2022
Zonta Club marks international day for the elimination of Violence Against Women
By Joachim Ostertag On December 6, 1989, a gunman intentionally targeted and killed 14 women because they were women. They studied engineering…
By Joachim Ostertag On December 6, 1989, a gunman intentionally targeted and killed 14 women because they were women. They studied engineering…
Male Allyship and Male Champions Inspire Change
By Jessica St.Peter, Public Education and Volunteer Coordinator, WHSBG The elimination of GBV is an issue that impacts us all, and requires us…
Why do we Need Family Court Awareness Month?
By: Paige Harrigan, Lucia Vitaro, and Kyoka Tabei What Is Family Court Awareness Month? Tina Swithin, the founder of One Mom’s Battle,…
Violence Against Women is and Election Issue
The provincial government makes laws and funds services that directly impact and respond to gender based violence. As we approach election day,…
For this year’s 16 days of activism, we’re sharing infographics created by Luke’s Place to highlight key recommendations from the Renfrew Inquiry.
How Youth Sex Trafficking Stays Under the Radar
Written by Abbi Barrie By now we’ve all heard the term “human trafficking”, and many of us have a sense of what…
Your Sexual Assault Didn’t Make You Stronger
By Abbi Barrie Maybe you’ve heard someone say that what happened to you made you stronger, or perhaps you’ve even said this…
We NEED to Talk About Coercive Control!
By: Nish Israni (She/Her), Rosemary Moore (She/Her) and Maya Donald-Hamblin (She/Her) What is Coercive Control in Domestic Violence? Coercive control is a form of gender-based violence (GBV) that is prevalent in…
Speech from Dec 6th Vigil 2021
By Karen Houle 32 years ago 14 women were violently killed, by a man – because they were women 32 years ago,…
CW: incest, childhood abuse, domestic violence By Wendy I am so worth the effort. I am so grateful for my three children…
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
By Joachim Ostertag The events of December 6, 1989 are engraved in my brain and soul. I learned about the killing the…
By Madeline Matcheski On September 11th, 2021 over 30 young women at Western University were allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted at Medway-Sydenham…
By Jon Farmer When a guy is told to ‘Man Up’ the implication is usually that he needs to be tougher or…
By Laura Wood and Carol Merton November 29 is International Women Human Rights Defender Day. In many places around the world, women…
Women Human Rights Defender Day
By Tanya Coulter Did you know that November 29 is internationally recognized as Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD)Day? There are many who…
VPGB Marks 16 Days of Activism
November 25th is the International Day Against Violence Against Women and marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism, an international…
By Andrea Turcotte – Sexual Assault Counsellor, Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey Rape culture. You have likely heard the term; it…
Anti-Human Trafficking Resource Manuals NOW AVAILABLE
Violence Prevention Grey Bruce just published two new resource manuals to improve community responses to human trafficking. Both manuals are available on…
Connecting the Dots About Sexual Violence
By Joachim Ostertag We all know someone who has experienced sexual violence. It could be a sister, a brother, our partner, our…
Register Now for Elder Abuse Information Sessions (Feb & March)
Grey Bruce Elder Abuse Prevention is partnering with Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario to offer virtual information sessions about elder abuse on February…
Free Elder Abuse Presentation March 11th
Grey Bruce Elder Abuse Prevention (GBEAP)will host a free elder abuse awareness presentation on Thursday, March 11 at 1pm. The presentation is…
News Resource Addresses Elder Abuse
By Joachim Ostertag On December 6, 1989, a gunman intentionally targeted and killed 14 women because they were women. They studied engineering…
How to Request Elder Abuse Posters
To request copies of the Elder Abuse Resource Poster, email coordinator@violencepreventiongreybruce.com. Include Elder Poster in the subject, specify whether you’d like the 8.5X11 or 11X17…