First off, I know many people who were abused and neglected as children who went on to live healthy, happy lives. Sometimes they received the right type of help and the right type of support but sometimes they got there… Read More ›
Trauma
Stress and taking care of yourself
I think it all starts with small things that I probably don’t notice. Things like maybe being less patient or being less tolerant. I think my eating habits get a little messed up from eating all the time and never… Read More ›
Healing and Human Trafficking
I worked with this lady once who was in an abusive relationship and it took a really long time before she was able to safely leave. There were a lot of logistical problems to sort through. Things like how he… Read More ›
My once upon a time
So for the first time ever, we are thrilled to send out a blog post from a guest! This wonderful person has survived a life of sexual and domestic violence and is now in a position to help others. After… Read More ›
The many forms of healing
So our site is getting ready for our Christmas craft show and sale (coming this weekend!). It’s an annual event for us. It doesn’t necessarily raise us much money but it allows us to support our local artisan community while… Read More ›
Creating an Emergency Escape Plan
November starts the 16 Days of Activism which is focused on violence against women, most often in the forms of domestic violence. So in honour of our ongoing conversations about gendered violence, oppression and relationship violence, we have a blog… Read More ›
Empowerment Toolkit
In Canada, this is Victims and Survivors of Crime Week and that means a week dedicated to focusing on victims and survivors, centered around a general theme. There are training opportunities galore across the province as Victim Service sites take… Read More ›
Human Trafficking Recruitment Tactics
January is human trafficking awareness month and like many other Victim Service sites across the province, we are busy building our own Human Trafficking programming in order to provide specialized front-line response, on-going support and public education to our community… Read More ›
Financial Checklist when leaving an abusive relationship
Many times trying to leave an abusive relationship is filled with crisis and emergency. Sometimes police are called, sometimes charges are laid, sometimes people are hurt. It can be stressful and overwhelming and trying to remember people’s names and phone… Read More ›
Child Abuse, Neglect and our brains
The most searched area on this blog are posts about child abuse. It never ceases to amaze me just how often and how regularly everything and anything about child abuse and trauma is read or clicked on or shared. In… Read More ›
Victim Services 