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If you’ve ever doubted your impact – don’t: A Letter to our Community
To our loving and supportive community, You know that feeling when you read something, and know it's insincere? It's not often you get to do something about it. At WAVAW we're always ready to use...
Chosen-Family Day Activities
This Monday, February 12, is Family Day in British Columbia, and we are centering this celebration on chosen family. Chosen family is a group of people who love and sacrifice for each other, are...
Our Favorite Pop Culture Moments in January!
January has come to an end, and we are excited to share our new monthly news and pop culture roundup with you! We compiled this list of our favorite moments to keep you in the loop with what we have...
An update about our counselling wait times
In November, we told you about a huge victory that we'd had. We'd reduced our waitlist for counselling services from 24 months to 18 months! This was because of you and the very generous support...
A message from WAVAW’s Inclusion Coordinator
Post by Felix Gilliland, WAVAW Community Inclusion and Engagement Coordinator As WAVAW moves forward with our trans inclusion project, we’re hearing from trans people of all stripes (and spots, and...
Our New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year! We hope that you had a lovely holiday season, and that the New Year is filled with love, light, warmth, and care for you. It’s the time of year when people are making New Year...
5 Ways that Victim-Blaming Fails Survivors of Sexual Assault
Post by Zoë B Why does sexual assault happen? How could someone do something so horrible to another human being? How do we make sense of this, especially when it happens to someone we know or love -...
We’ve had a huge victory!
As you may know, WAVAW provides immediate crisis support, support groups, and one-to-one counselling to survivors of sexual assault. Unfortunately, for the last five years, WAVAW's wait time for...
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