News & Updates

For a few years now, I have been hearing that universities have been handing out “rape whistles” to students on campus. Specifically, mainly first year students are encouraged, even by professors,...

2012 Message From Your Board, written by WAVAW's Board Chair Every year as I sit down to write this message I have an opportunity to really appreciate the wonderful work that happens at WAVAW and...

I am once again very pleased to report on the successes of WAVAW this past year. It is always a challenge and a delicate balancing act to move an organization forward that is focused both on...

In the upcoming series of blog posts WAVAW will be highlighting our work, our challenges and our successes, and what better way to start this series than with a visual illustrating the services...

A special Thank You to the Bayush Hagos Memorial Fund for their kind donation to WAVAW in honour of Bayush Araya Hagos. Bayush was a caring and dedicated community support worker. She worked with...

Our deepest condolences to the family, friends and teachers of Amanda Todd. WAVAW had the opportunity to connect with Amanda’s school, teachers and classmates last year when we facilitated our Raise...

In the September of 2011, I started training to become a volunteer at WAVAW. I was 23, and at the time had no idea how much my life would change because of it. When you consider yourself to be an...