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 six month contract position available in our emergency shelter for abused women and children. In this position you will be responsible for responding to [...]
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 that the same label applies when someone enters a Muslim house of worship and opens fire on those inside. But the newest description of [...]
You see it all the time in pop culture: a character in a TV show or movie has a few drinks or smokes some drugs and the inhibitions fall. There’s flirting and innuendo and the scene is played for laughs. The reality, of course, is extremely serious. Research from the World Health Organization shows [...]
We are facing such difficult times in our communities, in our province and across Canada. As if the devastation of COVID was not enough, we have faced tragedy after tragedy. Three strong, young courageous women – all from Nova Scotia – recently lost their lives doing what they loved and in the line of [...]
We have been working hard over the last several weeks to put in place all the necessary measures to keep our volunteers, clients, customers, and donors safe. We know that this has been a difficult time for everyone, and we really appreciate all the patience and support from our amazing community! Starting Monday, June [...]
Healthy Workplace Monitor (3 month contract with possibility of extension) Women’s Resources of Kawartha Lakes is currently looking for a full time contract Healthy Workplace Monitor (35 hours per week). The individual will be responsible to greet and screen all visitors to Women’s Resources and provide ongoing sanitation of common areas. In addition, she [...]
The outside world may not see the signs but the woman always does..... It’s a common reaction when a man is arrested for abusing or killing a woman in his life, whether his girlfriend, wife, mother, daughter or sister. “We just can’t believe he would do something like that,” neighbours, friends and coworkers say. [...]
Between April 1 and May 4, 2020, nine women and girls were killed in Canada. Police believe all of them died at the hands of a man in their lives — a husband, father, son or boyfriend. One unfortunately common reaction to those numbers is to say, “Oh, right; the pandemic. People isolated at [...]
Violence against women is often just the beginning. Now that we know the three worst mass murders in Canada — the shootings at L’École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989, the van attack in Toronto in 2018 and now the murders that began in Portapique, Nova Scotia — all have a clear connection to misogyny [...]
For the past two months, Canadians have been asked to remain at home in isolation and to go out only when necessary. The sad reality though is that 'home' is not safe for all women. Imagine being locked at home 24/7 for 60 days with a man who calls you names, hits you and [...]
