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Tracking our progress: 2022-23 Annual Impact Report
For Luke’s Place, 2022-23 was a period of adjusting to a new normal. With the lifting of provincial restrictions on vaccines and masks, a new era of recovery began. Our return to the office brought unique challenges in a post-pandemic environment. New workplace priorities emerged, and in response, new strategies were developed. Special attention was…
Read moreFirearms controls and violence against women
Firearms can bring about deadly consequences for women and children in cases involving intimate partner violence. On the eve of International Women’s Day, Luke’s Place joined a coalition of women’s and feminist organizations from across Canada in calling on the Liberal government and federal opposition parties to re-introduce and adopt amendments to Bill C-21 to define and…
Read moreFirearms controls and violence against women
Firearms can bring about deadly consequences for women and children in cases involving intimate partner violence. We united with other feminist organizations in opposing Bill C-21 and call on parliament to enact legislation that adequately addresses gun control in such cases. On May 16, 2022, the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) submitted…
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Advocacy Advocacy for system change has been a key part of our work since our doors opened in 2003. Women leaving relationships in which they have been subjected to abuse encounter many systems, including the family law/court system, that do not fully understand the dynamics of abuse or the structural framework within which much family…
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