Ending Violence Blog

I believe my first February 14th Women's Memorial March was in 1997 in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. I was the support worker at PACE Society at the time and I was asked to say a few words. This was a great honour. During the March we would customarily...

I march because: It is time for us to unite… for the sheer purpose that Indigenous Women and girls are not disposable, for the urgent matter that the lives of Indigenous Women and Girls matter! I march because: It is the time that Indigenous Women and...

Championing Choice & Safety: A Womxn’s World in Three Parts   Battered Women Support Services and Options for Sexual Health are pleased to partner in the Canadian premiere of three short films by writer/director/actor Camille Hollet-French. The films explore...

Danielle Boudreau marches on February 14 in the Memorial March for All the Missing and Murdered Women of Edmonton and she tells Rabble why. It all started for me back in 2004, when Rachel Quinney was found murdered in a field Northeast of Sherwood Park, Alberta. She...

When I was approached and asked if I wanted to create and coordinate a Black Women’s Program for BWSS, my initial feelings were a mixture of overwhelmed and excitement; however, my initial thoughts were of caution and insecurity. I knew I could do the work and put the...

I have many memories of long summers and winter holidays in my Mothers home community of Cross Lake Manitoba.  It was the centre of my world before Hydro development forever changed the landscape and the people. My memories hold some of my greatest moments of joy and...

For Cheyenne, Terra and Bella. Another year has passed since we last stood together in ceremony outside police headquarters in Toronto. Three beautiful, young women have passed on since. Cheyenne was a mother. Terra loved pizza and popcorn. Bella had just completed a...

In 1996 I became involved with the February 14 Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) through my work at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. I was working with Marion Dubick who was helping the women to organize the march for February 14...

This week, Feb 4-8, 2019, we are rallying at the trial of Curtis Sagmoen. Curtis Sagmoen has a long history of violence against women - in particular women who do sex work - and this trial wouldn’t have happened at all if it wasn’t for the advocacy of Jody Leon and...

"The history of Black people in Vancouver is storied, rich and complex and though representing less than 1% of the population, Black people’s presence rallies for visibility for over 40 years after the destruction of Vancouver’s only Black neighbourhood “Hogan’s...

  The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA) has released their report #CallItFemicide Understanding gender-related killings of women and girls in Canada 2018. The report confirms that in 2018 148 women and girls were killed by...