Blog — Dawson Women's Shelter

Blog — Dawson Women's Shelter

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What is Gaslighting?

What is Gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a kind of emotional abuse where someone makes you question your reality.

Connection, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 30, 2022taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, gaslighting, control, manipulation, abuse, tactics of abuse

Gender Justice Must Include Two Spirit, Trans, and Queer Folks

Gender Justice Must Include Two Spirit, Trans, and Queer Folks

As we work to prevent gender-based violence, we need to make sure we’re including Trans, Queer, and Two Spirit Folks.

Consent Education is Violence Prevention

Consent Education is Violence Prevention

Learning and practicing great consent skills is an everyday way to prevent violence.

Education, Consent, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 28, 2022consent, 16 days, 16 days of activism, prevention, education, sex ed, julie lalonde, coercion

Gender-Based Violence: Fact or Fiction?

Gender-Based Violence: Fact or Fiction?

Test your knowledge of gender-based violence. Take the DWS quiz!

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 26, 202216 days, gender-based violence, myths, fact, fiction, sexual assault, false reporting

Understanding Gender-Based Violence

Understanding Gender-Based Violence

From November 25 to December 10 we call on everyone to take action to end gender-based violence. Why do we need 16 Days?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 25, 2022taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

Transgender Awareness Week Reading List

Transgender Awareness Week Reading List

DWS has got some great books about trans identities if you’re looking to do some reading. Drop-in to borrow one of these awesome reads!

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 17, 2022taking action, 16 days, stalking, tdor, trans day of remembrance, library, reading list, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit

Transgender Awareness Week 2022

Transgender Awareness Week 2022

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 16, 2022taking action, 16 days, tdor, trans day of remembrance, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit, transgender awareness week, intersex, yukon, queer yukon, gender

16 Days of Activism - Community Workshops

16 Days of Activism - Community Workshops

Learn the warning signs of abuse and how to help a friend.

Education, Connection, DWS Events, Helping A Friend, Supporting Survivors, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 1, 202216 Days of Activism, gendered violence, gender-based violence, learning, workshop, education, skills, supporting survivors, preventionComment