OCRCC Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
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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…
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…
What is Online Sexual Violence? Online sexual violence can include… Spreading lies online about someone’s sexual reputation Spreading truths online about someone’s sexual reputation Forwarding a sexy, nude or hookup picture or text of someone to your friends without that…
This September, Ontario will revert to an outdated 1998 sex-ed curriculum. Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) believes that this shift will adversely impact Ontario’s young people. Providing comprehensive sex-ed is first and foremost “about making sure that young…
Historically, many cultures in which we live have recommended silence as a way to deal with uncomfortable issues such as sexual violence. Think about the ways in which our parents, grandparents, elders and communities have often dealt with difficult issues…
