Nov 25, 2021 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Purple Ribbon Campaign
2021-2022 Purple Ribbon Campaign The 2021-2022 Purple Ribbon Campaign theme is “Reimagining Safety: self * relationships * world.” As we continue to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, we encourage everyone to imagine what true safety for all people, of all genders, can...
Oct 27, 2021 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
The Advisory Council on the Status of Women is hosting an evening pinning bee to prepare ribbons and bookmarks for their Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women. Reflecting on the many changes in the past months, the 2021-2022 theme is REIMAGINING...
Sep 1, 2021 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Jane Ledwell, Executive Director of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women and member of the national advisory panel of the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability poses for a recent photo. (Photo credit: Stephen B. MacInnis) August 24,...
Feb 12, 2021 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign
During PEI’s Family Violence Prevention Week, I am reflecting on the days of action and remembrance on violence against women we marked at the end of November and beginning of December with the Purple Ribbon Campaign. The December 6th Montreal Massacre Memorial...
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...
