OCRCC in the News

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

  • Sexual Assault Survivors know Dr. Blasey Ford’s impossible burden

    Testimony in a sexual assault case - which relies on a survivor’s willingness to provide it - has the power to make an unknown and often serious incident visible. Without the [...]

    Published On: October 1, 2018

  • Count Us In: Women will vote on June 7

    Count Us In: Women will vote on June 7 This article was written by Pamela Cross, Lieran Docherty, Amanda Dale, Farrah Khan, Marlene Ham, Lenore Lukasik-Foss (of OCRCC) & Margaret MacPherson, and [...]

    Published On: May 31, 2018

  • Before #MeToo, victims lost everything

    This article by OCRCC Coordinator, Nicole Pietsch, appeared in The Globe & Mail. A cursory look at your social-media news feed in the past several weeks may seem to suggest the [...]

    Published On: February 5, 2018

  • Jailing a sex assault victim: This is not what justice should look like

    This article by OCRCC Coordinator, Nicole Pietsch, appeared in The Globe & Mail.  Popular understandings of sexual assault reflect the shattering impact it can have on the lives of victims. They [...]

    Published On: June 8, 2017

  • Don’t dismiss Ghomeshi’s accusers over their after-the-fact behaviour

    This week saw two witnesses testify in the Jian Ghomeshi trial. Both witnesses are women who shared their descriptions of being romanced – and then suddenly, allegedly slapped, choked or otherwise [...]

    Published On: February 5, 2016