What’s New with OCRCC

The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) is proud to announce a virtual mini-conference during May, Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Conversations on Online Sexual Violence ...
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Since 2016, Ontario’s community-based sexual assault centres have faced increased demands for service and wait lists for supportive counselling to ...
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Last week, Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) learned of a sexual assault survivor in Waterloo Region who was ...
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Who we are The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) is an equity-seeking network of community-based rape crisis/sexual assault ...
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14 women were killed at École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989. Over 35 women and girls in Ontario were killed ...
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Once again, A Canadian court challenges the law barring self-induced intoxication as defence for sexual assault. As sexual violence survivor ...
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We are witness to systemic violence committed against Black individuals and the Black community, in places both far from and ...
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Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) stands in solidarity with the communities of Nova Scotia, Canada. We were saddened ...
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In 2020, OCRCC completed an Environmental Scan on the Coalition, its history, and the many social contexts impacting its work ...
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Support for survivors of sexual violence in our communities continues. Ontario sexual assault centres are operating, with some modifications to ...
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Ontario's rape crisis centres await details from the provincial government on a $2 million funding announcement addressing resources for sexual ...
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Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) has learned that the PC Government intends to commit to $2 million in ...
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Last year, the provincial government announced stopgap funding to help shorten wait times for victims of sexual violence to speak ...
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Advocates for Ontario’s 42 sexual assault centres say the provincial government will not renew a $1-million funding boost next year, ...
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The Ontario government will not provide cash-strapped rape crisis centres with any additional funding this year, despite a spike in ...
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Ontario's 42 rape crisis centres have learned the $1 million funding boost they received last year from the province will ...
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Two weeks before International Women’s Day, a network of sexual assault centres across Ontario received news that additional funding provided ...
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The province has axed an additional $1 million in funding for the province’s 42 rape crisis centres, which are now ...
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A year ago, in the face of increased demands for service and crushing wait lists for supportive counselling to survivors ...
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The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre and Ontario’s 41 other sexual-assault centres are a lifeline to scores of survivors of sexual ...
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In Toronto, wait times for sexual violence counselling are around 11 months. The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre in Halifax stopped putting ...
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With the start of the criminal trial of Harvey Weinstein, the pervasiveness of sexual assault is back in the public ...
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“The day in march 2018 when the Ontario Liberals announced their gender-based violence strategy, I cried with joy. The plan ...
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On December 6, 1989, a gunman killed 14 women − 13 students and one staff – at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, ...
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The network of sexual assault and rape crisis centres across Ontario is demanding Ontario's attorney general reverse recent changes to victim ...
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In September, the Ontario Government announced supports meant to “make it easier for victims of violent crime and their families ...
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Thinking about the impacts the upcoming federal election could have on important issues, such as reproductive rights, gender-based violence, the ...
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People working on the front lines to support victims of crime say Ontario’s changes to support programs will rob some ...
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Canadian research shows that “there is a direct link between economic empowerment and gender-based violence. Women with domestic violence experiences ...
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Last week, Statistics Canada released recent findings of Incident-based crime statistics[1] in Canada. In these statistics, we can see that ...
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As women’s advocates, we know that the threat of violence continues to loom too large as a reality in the ...
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Three-quarters of Ontarians are opposed to the province’s cuts to Legal Aid Ontario, a new poll has found. Legal Aid ...
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While all survivors of violence face barriers to getting the support they need, rural survivors of sexual violence face concerns ...
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Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) acknowledges and condemns the targeted violent attack at a Chabad synagogue in Poway, ...
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Sexual violence can happen anywhere. Yet colleges and universities in Canada are home to those who are at the highest ...
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York Region’s only sexual violence crisis centre faces an uncertain future after promised provincial funding falls through. The Women’s Support ...
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A year ago, on March 1, 2018, the Province of Ontario launched a strategy which would see a significant increase ...
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The #MeToo movement surged in the fall of 2017. But it hasn’t exactly changed everything. When it comes to sexual ...
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The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) responds with concern to recent government spending cuts impacting Indigenous programming in ...
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On this date in 1989, a gunman killed 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, before killing himself. In the suicide note ...
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Last week, Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues Lisa McLeod announced a $11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling services. While ...
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Rape crisis centres don’t yet know if they will receive additional funding promised by Ontario’s previous Liberal government earlier this year as ...
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Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) denounces resolution R4, the PC government's recent draft   resolution to not recognize gender ...
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In Waterloo Region, a woman was visiting her doctor's office when she noticed a sign and phone number for the ...
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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 ...
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Last week, NDP MPP Suze Morrison rose in question period to ask the Ontario Progressive Conservatives if they would honour ...
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Testimony in a sexual assault case - which relies on a survivor’s willingness to provide it - has the power ...
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What is Online Sexual Violence? Online sexual violence can include... Spreading lies online about someone’s sexual reputation Spreading truths online ...
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Sexual violence can impact anyone. But Canadian and global statistics tell us that the prevalence of sexual and relationship is ...
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This September, Ontario will revert to an outdated 1998 sex-ed curriculum. Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) believes that ...
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Get the facts on Healthy Relationships...and signs of a less-healthy relationship. Read more about healthy relationships and relationship abuse in ...
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Historically, many cultures in which we live have recommended silence as a way to deal with uncomfortable issues such as ...
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Get the facts on Sexual Assault Read more about sexual assault in our Sexual Assault Definition Fact Sheet (English). Sexual ...
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The Province of Ontario elected a Progressive Conservative, government on June 7, 2018. At Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres ...
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Get the facts about consent. Read more about consent in our Consent Fact Sheet ...
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Count Us In: Women will vote on June 7 This article was written by Pamela Cross, Lieran Docherty, Amanda Dale, Farrah ...
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What is Consent? Get the facts about consent. Read more about Consent in our Consent Fact Sheet (English). Consent Fact ...
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The last few months have seen the public extremely engaged on issues related to sexual violence, safe workplaces and many others connected to gender equity. The ...
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Technology can make access to crisis, counselling and other supports easier to access for some populations of survivors of sexual ...
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Get the facts on abuse and older women. Read more about abuse and older women in our Myths and Facts: Abuse and ...
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Do you know what your local political candidates will do to prevent sexual assault if elected? Ask them. Download the OCRCC Election Toolkit 2018 ...
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On March 1, 2018, the Province of Ontario launched the It's Never Okay: Ontario's Gender-Based Violence Strategy. Announced by Harinder ...
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This article by OCRCC Coordinator, Nicole Pietsch, appeared in The Globe & Mail. A cursory look at your social-media news ...
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The impacts of sexual violence are most commonly understood via trauma or mental health frameworks. But we believe that sexual ...
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We believe that a gender-based analysis of violence is critical to understanding how certain barriers impact different populations – women, ...
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This article by OCRCC Coordinator, Nicole Pietsch, appeared in The Globe & Mail.  Popular understandings of sexual assault reflect the ...
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Press release: Bill C-16 An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code aims to amend the ...
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Press release: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) stands in support of a survivor of sexual assualt and her ...
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Press release: A 20-month Globe and Mail investigation into police-reported sexual assault allegations has revealed how police services across Ontario record some sexual assault ...
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Press release: OCRCC is writing regarding the case concerning Duilio “Nick” Franchino. Earlier this week, he was sentenced to nine months ...
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Press release: In 2014, when allegations of violence against women were first brought against Jian Ghomeshi, many responded with disbelief: but ...
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Press release: In 2014, when allegations of violence against women were first brought against Jian Ghomeshi, many responded with disbelief: ...
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This week saw two witnesses testify in the Jian Ghomeshi trial. Both witnesses are women who shared their descriptions of ...
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In the fall of 2014, Ontarians were shocked by the news of several high profile cases of sexual violence and ...
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'Draw The Line' is an interactive campaign that aims to engage Ontarians in a dialogue about sexual violence. Get free ...
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'Draw The Line' is an interactive campaign that aims to engage Ontarians in a dialogue about sexual violence. Get free ...
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