Join us from from 11am-12pm at the Strength and Remembrance Pole, 147 E 14th Street.

The ceremony is an occasion to honour murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited peoples (MMIWG2S) while showing love and support to their families. It honours the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada.

Community service providers and interested members of the public, please join us for an Honouring Ceremony for the #215 Residential School Survivors at the MMIWG Strength and Remembrance Pole. Led by Elder Xele'milh of the Squamish Nation.

Community service providers and interested members of the public, please join us for the 5th Annual Walk To Remember, from the North Vancouver Provincial Court to the MMIWG Strength and Remembrance Pole at the North Vancouver RCMP Detachment. A ceremony will be held at 11:00am.

Targeted for North Shore community service providers and interested members of the public, this walk through the justice system gave participants a comprehensive overview of how the police, the court, and victim services organizations respond to relationship violence on the North Shore. 

This training event explored patterns of abuse, the many types of abuse, and the "impacts of abuse". It was for spiritual leaders, individuals who provide counsel or pastoral care and work with members in their faith-based community. Statistically, the first person a woman of faith will turn to is her pastor, minister, priest, imam, rabbi, or spiritual leader. As a result, leaders for women in a faith-based community become critical, front line workers in supporting victims of abuse. 

Panelists represeting the Criminal Justice System and community organizations to discuss the nature of relationship violence from the perspective of their own work. The presentors will provide information about available supports, and discussed the incidence of relationship and family violence on the North Shore. 

December 6 represents an opportunity for Canadians to reflect on the phenomenon of violence against women in our society. It is also an opportunity to consider the women and girls for whom violence is a daily reality, and to remember those who have died as a result of gender-based violence. It is a day on which communities can consider concrete actions to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. 

To learn more about December 6th, click here

Community service providers and interested members of the public, please join us for the 5th Annual Walk To Remember, from the North Shore Alliance Church (10:30am) to the MMIWG Strength and Remembrance Pole at the North Vancouver RCMP Detachment. A ceremony will be held at 11:00am, led by Elder Xele'milh of the Squamish Nation.

Community service providers and interested members of the public, please join us for an honouring ceremony for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the MMIWG Strength and Remembrance Pole, May 5th, 2023. Wear red, and bring your drums.

Community service providers and interested members of the public, please join us for a workshop to learn about how the justice system and the community respond to relationship violence.

Presentations from the West Vancouver Police Department, North Vancouver RCMP, BC Provincial Court Judge, Crown Council, and Community Service Providers

This training was to raise awareness of technology enabled violence, how technology can keep women and children safe, and aid service providers in thinking about their agency’s use of technology. It provided basic information so that service providers have technology on their radar and are able to research topics further and enhance their already skillful practice educating and supporting women and children experiencing violence.

This training session for North Shore service providers contained an overview of elder abuse including dynamics and statistics, the role of various designated agencies, and current practices and recommendations for support based on the work of the Elder Abuse Unit.

This workshop provided attendees with valuable perspectives, information, tools, and resources about family law to help support women leaving abusive partners. 

This workshop for service providers described social and neurological factors that affect victims of relationship and domestic violence, and the ways in which the perpetrators of violence remain a presence in the victim's life. It helped service providers to identify risk factors, strategize, safety plan, access resources for their clients, and provide effective coordination for victims of violence.