OCRCC in the News

News and media articles featuring OCRCC and Ontario sexual assault centres.

  • CHCH: Hate crime investigation launched in assault at Take Back the Night: Hamilton police

    "At SACHA we know that because violence is contingent on power and control, there is an inherent relationship between ending sexual violence and ending all forms of violence."    Read [...]

    Published On: September 25, 2023

  • Amelia Rising could close if funding doesn’t increase – LETTER TO EDITOR

    "Based on decades of established research, it is well understood that the way to reduce sexual and gender-based violence is to remove financial and social power imbalances, teach accurate sexual [...]

    Published On: July 12, 2023

  • Former Niagara cop who ran massage business sexually abused 11 women. Will serve 18 months of house arrest

    "Nicole Pietsch, an advocate with the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, said this decision suggests preferential treatment for police officers and Kukoly should have taken the risks of imprisonment [...]

    Published On: July 6, 2023

  • Has anything changed? Muskoka ‘Unfounded’ sexual assault reports revisited

      Sexual assault is a crime that rarely goes punished by the criminal justice system. Untangling the reasons for this is complicated. In 2017, a Globe and Mail report revealed [...]

    Published On: June 26, 2023

  • Rabble: Supporting survivors with Jessica Bonilla-Damptey

    "As a new executive member of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres and the director of SACHA, one goal for the next year is to keep raising awareness of [...]

    Published On: May 12, 2023

  • Ophea: #DTL16Days Gender-Based Violence Prevention Education in School Communities: Q&A Panel Webinar Recap

    "The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual global campaign that begins on the 25th of November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, [...]

    Published On: February 14, 2023

  • CECE College Talk: Trauma Informed-Care Workshops: What you need to know

    "Since August 2022, the College, in collaboration with the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres and Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes, has been offering members and employers [...]

    Published On: February 1, 2023

  • CECE Employer Newsletter: Highlights from Trauma Informed-Care Workshop for Employers

    "This past September, the College of Early Childhood Educators (the College) facilitated live workshops on trauma-informed care, specifically for employers. The workshops focused on offering ways you may support the RECEs [...]

    Published On: September 23, 2022

  • CBC: Hoping for change this time, as Renfrew County triple femicide inquest looms

    "A lot of ... changes need to happen within the justice and policing system. Is there the wherewithal to make that happen? I don't know." Read the full story here. [...]

    Published On: June 7, 2022

  • CBC: the need for more funding for sexual assault centres

    "We are a privileged country. We have the means to do better." - Deb Singh, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape "We have dealt with one crisis after another, [...]

    Published On: May 30, 2022

  • CBC News: Ontario’s sexual assault support centres say they are stretched thin and need more funding

    "Many of these centres are funded at a 1990s level, but they're seeing service demands that are more reflective of reduced stigma and more people wanting to talk about sexual [...]

    Published On: May 26, 2022

  • Sexual Assault Evidence Kits: interview with the Canadian Women’s Foundation

    Nicole Pietsch, OCRCC Writer and Advocate speaks about sexual assault evidence kits, speaking out against sexual violence, and the ever growing need for sexual assault centre services in this interview [...]

    Published On: May 5, 2022