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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
Getting ready to disclose
We have a unique program with our Victim Services site that puts us in a position where we work with a lot of youth victims, the vast majority having been sexually abused or something related to relationship abuse (theirs or… Read More ›
The Legal System and Sexual Assault
Below is a collection of bits of information about criminal court and civil court as it relates to sexual assault. What is a bail hearing? A bail hearing is used to determine whether or not an accused should stay in jail or… Read More ›
What to do after a sexual assault
What is sexual assault? Sexual assault: any sexual act you are forced to do that you haven’t agreed to. It is against the law for one person to force unwanted sexual acts on another person. Sexual assault is the legal… Read More ›
Child sexual abuse and disclosure
One of the things we deal with a lot here is child sexual abuse. It’s not that these communities have higher rates of child sexual assault than anywhere else in the province (or the country for that matter), it’s just… Read More ›
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
This is a big topic and there is no way to cover it all in one post. It is however, an important topic and one that should be discussed frequently. October is child abuse prevention and awareness month in Canada…. Read More ›
Hope, healing and what might be helpful
Every once in a while I look up a summary of the search engine words that connected people to this blog. It’s interesting to me to see what people are looking for and what types of things they are searching… Read More ›
Dysfunctional homes and teenage victims
It’s difficult to write a blog post about this without making it seem like I’m ‘dissing’ on a lot of families but I’m not. A family going through a hard time is not a ‘dysfunctional’ family. All families have stuff happen… Read More ›
Victim Services 