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When Consequences No Longer Matter
A heart-breakingly familiar story has played out yet again. A woman found the courage to end a relationship she no longer wanted to be in, and ended up dead. Court....
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Casual Shelter Counsellors Needed Women’s Resources of Kawartha Lakes provides emergency shelter services, counselling and support to abused women and their children in the City of Kawartha Lakes. We are....
Read MoreDomestic Violence is Almost Always Men’s Abuse Against Women
When we talked about it at all, we used to call it “wife abuse.” The victims were “abused women” or “battered wives.” Today we talk about “intimate partner violence,” “domestic....
Read MoreSpotlight on Services
It’s right there in the name of our organization — Women’s Resources exists to help women, and particularly women who have experienced violence, frequently by a partner or family member.....
Read MoreIs Violence Against Women a Predictor of Other Violence?
We’ve talked in this space before about why it’s critical to remember that the man who perpetrated Canada’s worst mass killing violently abused his female partner before leaving a heartbreaking....
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Read MorePrivilege – Time for Change
All over the world, people are rising up to demand an end to racism. Why now, when the problem has existed for centuries? You know the names all too well:....
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Executive Assistant Position 21 hours per week (some evening work required) Women’s Resources is looking for an experienced, professional, detail-oriented individual in the role of Executive Assistant to the Executive Director.....
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Night Shift Shelter Counsellor – 6 month contract 36 hours every week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night shifts from 11:30 pm to 7:45 am.) Women’s Resources currently has a....
Read MoreIncel Terrorism
When someone plots to blow up a building in the name of religion, we’re quick to describe that as an act of terror under Canadian law. And we’re increasingly realizing....
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