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Keeping Moves Safe in Southwestern Ontario

The number one priority of Shelter Movers Southwestern Ontario (SMSWO) is keeping our volunteers and clients safe on moves. SMSWO conducts three types of moves: low, medium, and high-risk. To ensure everyone’s safety, our chapter enlists the help of either security or police services during medium and high-risk moves. Security or police are always present …

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Recognizing Pride Month at Shelter Movers

June marks Pride Month in Canada, an opportunity to bring awareness to issues faced by 2SLGBTQI+ communities. At Shelter Movers, we support and respect all survivors regardless of gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, age, race, ethnicity, race, disability, education, or any other distinguishing character or trait.  The effect of intimate partner violence on 2SLGBTQI+ communities …

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Shining the spotlight on gender-based and intimate partner violence

Gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are characterized by stalking, sexual and physical violence and psychological aggression by a current or former partner.   These types of abuse don’t discriminate. In fact, these types of abuse can affect anyone regardless of age, race, culture, gender, sex, education or socioeconomic status.  The statistics for GBV …

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Common emotional abuse tactics: recognizing the signs and seeking support

At Shelter Movers Waterloo Region, the majority of the individuals we support have experienced some form of emotional abuse. Many abusers may use subtle tactics before eventually building to more persistent abusive behaviours. Emotional abuse involves attempts to frighten, control or isolate an individual, and may also include threats of violence directed toward you or …

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The Impact of Gender-Based Violence on Children

We know that every 2 days a woman or girl is killed in Canada, but gender-based violence (GBV) also takes less obvious forms including sexual, emotional and financial abuse. GBV reverberates outwards, affecting many others in a wide web of trauma. Many children who witness violence within their families experience pain and suffering that they …

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‘Project Willow’ outlines the reality of gender-based violence against women experiencing homelessness

A recent report co-authored by YW Kitchener-Waterloo (YWKW), the longest-serving and largest social services organization for women and youth in the region, Coalition of Muslim Women, and Community Justice Initiatives, is part of Project Willow, a study depicting violence against women in the Waterloo Region. The study highlights the fact that 92 per cent of …

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Community Spotlight: SASC

Community Spotlight: Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region

Get to know our regional partner, Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) At Shelter Movers Waterloo Region, we work with a number of partner organizations to support families experiencing abuse throughout the region. One such partner organization is the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC), whose mission is based on using an intersectional feminist approach to transform …

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