In Waterloo Region, a woman was visiting her doctor’s office when she noticed a sign and phone number for the Sexual Assault Support Centre. She went home and called the number, and shared that she was sexually abused as a…
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#SurvivorsCan’tWait: Ontario rape crisis centres still awaiting funding promised
OCRCC Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Posted in OCRCC Activities, OCRCC in the Media, Uncategorised
Included in the Ontario gender-based violence strategy was up to $14.8-million over three years to increase the capacity of current Sexual Assault Centres — as well as open new ones in communities where none currently exist. The Sexual Assault Centre…
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Ontario: Won’t Say If They’ll Honour Funding Bump For Rape Crisis Centres
Last week, NDP MPP Suze Morrison rose in question period to ask the Ontario Progressive Conservatives if they would honour the previous government’s gender-based violence strategy, which included a promise to increase funding for rape crisis centres by 33 per…
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OCRCC: Ontario elects Progressive Conservative government
OCRCC Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Posted in OCRCC Activities, Policy & Political Action
The Province of Ontario elected a Progressive Conservative, government on June 7, 2018. At Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC), we have appreciated the significant work of the previous Ontario government’s It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan on Sexual…
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Using Technology to Better Support Survivors: Literature Review
Technology can make access to crisis, counselling and other supports easier to access for some populations of survivors of sexual violence in Ontario. This can include women living with disabilities and Deaf women, youth, working women, rural women in regions…
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