Dec 19, 2019 | Purple Ribbon
Council and staff of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women extend sincere and heartfelt appreciation to everyone who attended the 30th Montreal Massacre Memorial Service on December 6, 2019. The commemoration was a beautiful and moving honouring of the...
Dec 16, 2019 | Advice to Government, News and Views, Now Available
Input on Consultation Draft Regulations for the Post-Secondary Institutions Sexual Violence Policies Act PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women December 16, 2019 View as PDF The Prince Edward Island Advisory Council on the Status of Women (PEIACSW) is a nine...
Dec 11, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
The selection of photos below are from the December 6, 2019 Memorial Service for Victims of Violence Against Women held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (venue sponsor). Thanks to everyone who attended the service and participated in the 2019 Purple Ribbon...
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 | 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...
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...
