Excerpt from our Winter 2017 newsletter. For this article and others, please click here: Winter 2017 Newsletter. As you can imagine, the most difficult part of our job is hearing about things that have happened to the women and children we serve each day and seeing the impact that it has had in their lives. [ Read more… ]
Excerpt from our Winter 2016 newsletter. For this article and others, please click here: Winter 2016 Newsletter I think that it must be difficult to imagine what life is like in a transition house, particularly if it is far outside the realm of your own personal experience. You might ask “what does a typical day [ Read more… ]
Excerpt from our 2015 newsletter. For this article and others, please click here: Winter 2015 Newsletter Is Violence Against Women Still a Serious Problem in Canada? Unfortunately, statistics show that… Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16. 67% of all Canadians say they personally know at least [ Read more… ]
Excerpt from our 2014 newsletter. For this article and others, please click here: Winter 2014 Newsletter From the NFL shocking incidents to the recent CBC Jian Ghomeshi scandal, to the ongoing epidemic of rape and sexual assault on campuses across North America, violence against women has been steadily in the headlines. In a series of papers [ Read more… ]
Excerpt from 2013 Newsletter (for this article and others from the 2013 newsletter, click here: Winter 2013 Newsletter) I’ll never forget my first Christmas working at Monarch Place. I was tasked with overseeing the organization, distribution, and packing of gifts for the children and teens. Not only did most of the volunteers know more about our [ Read more… ]