Dec 6, 2023 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign
Each year on December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada, we gather to remember and light candles for the 14 women who were murdered because of their gender at l’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, and the 10 women...
Dec 16, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
When you looked at me did you see me? Did you see my arms and think of how wildly they gesticulate when I’m telling a story? Or did you see my arms and picture how you would use them to pin me down? Did you see my lips and visualize how they must look when...
Dec 16, 2020 | News and Views, Purple Ribbon Campaign
Roxanne Carter-Thompson and Debbie Langston prepare for Roxanne to tell her story. Roxanne Carter-Thompson is the Executive Director of the Adventure Group in Prince Edward Island, and she told her story of being a survivor of violence for the first time in public to...
Nov 19, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
For decades we have gathered as a community to honour the lives of women that have been lost to violence. While we cannot be together physically at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, we can join with others for an online video commemoration. This year, you are...
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...
