Dec 6, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
Support Survivors – Comments by Debbie Langston from peistatusofwomen on Vimeo. La version française suit December 6, 2019 Today, we gather to honour women. Women who have been murdered, women who are survivors of sexual assault, women whose lives have been...
Dec 5, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
To create a resource for our Purple Ribbon Teachers’ Guides, Advisory Council staff interviewed three women with different perspectives on the Montreal Massacre, thirty years since it happened. We interviewed an engineer of the same generation as the women who...
Nov 28, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
“We are so much individualistic that we don’t want to interfere in other people’s lives… (But) if you feel there is something bad happening, confide in somebody and say, ‘Look, I don’t think this behaviour is right.’” On December 6, 1989, Joy Ikede was working...
Nov 28, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
“Knowing that it makes you a target just by being a woman was and is very scary for me… Once a year we gather and remember the women who were murdered just for being women.” On December 6, 1989, Brittany Pellissier was not yet born. She grew up in the years...
Nov 28, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
“It is very personal for me, but I think over the 30 years, I’ve been able to step back a bit more and say, yes, this is more than just 14 young engineers massacred. It’s more than that.” On December 6, 1989, Sharon Ledwell was working as an engineer in Perth,...
Nov 28, 2019 | Now Available, Purple Ribbon
SUPPORT SURVIVORS. Support the person ~ Involve the community ~ Right the World. The ACSW purple ribbon theme focuses on supporting survivors of sexual violence to thrive. Being open, listening and speaking without judgment, and knowing how best to respond can have a...
