Ending Violence Blog

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...

On December 12th, 2018 we came together at the BWSS My Sister's Closet Pop Up Shop celebrating community party to honour the ongoing action taken by our community to end gender based violence and wrap-up the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2018. It...

For over a decade, at BWSS we have responded to arrests of survivors of intimate partner violence. In 2008, we became alarmed by the growing number of women who accessed our services who had been arrested for allegedly perpetrating domestic violence against their male...

BWSS  is a Party with Standing at the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and has participated in all three phases of the Inquiry. On December 12, 2018 Summer-Rain, BWSS Manager Indigenous Women’s Program and Jennifer Mackie, BWSS Board...