MSVU Feminist Collective The Collective seeks to engage with feminist issues as they are relevant to our lives as students, and otherwise.
The MSVU Feminist Collective is a student initiative, dedicated to promoting gender equity and advocating against sexist attitudes and actions, on campus and in our communities. The Collective aims to be a platform for discussion, education and activism and we strive to uphold an intersectional feminist perspective. The Collective is an inclusive group: all MSVU students are invited to participate
11/30/2020
PSA: Adsum Holiday Appeal - Nova Scotia Advocate Adsum for Women and Children: "As we all brace ourselves to respond to the second wave of the pandemic, we are asking you to consider making a gift to support our work. It means more than you will ever know."
11/21/2020
COMMENTARY: Shelters no solution to homelessness | The Chronicle Herald No time to waste, yet governments slow to respond to Nova Scotia housing emergency
11/13/2020
The Survivor Support Centre, Dalhousie Student Union, is proud to announce weekly survivor-centered wellness workshops with Jungle Flower of Reclaim Your Voice, Toronto. These workshops are open to all Nova Scotian post-secondary students, of all genders, and are held every Wednesday, 7:00pm-8:30pm, AST, via Zoom. Please register with your university or NSCC email at [email protected] This is an opportunity to connect with other survivors and break the isolation that often follows trauma. You will not be pressured to share at any time, but you will have opportunities to do so if you wish. Create a comfy space for yourself, have something ready to write with and we'll see you Wednesday evening!
10/09/2020
New program! We are so happy to be partnering with Alice House to offer Alice On The Go, beginning in late October.
Alice On The Go is a distance learning program for women who want to improve their relationships with those around them and with themselves.
10/07/2020
It's here! Check out our new report on second stage shelters in Canada. This study is the first of its kind in Canada to examine the spectrum of supports for survivors of IPV and how second stage shelters address and close housing gaps and break the cycle of abuse.
Read the full report here: http://www.endvaw.ca/secondstage
09/30/2020
P.E.I. music teacher and actor pleads guilty to sexual interference | The Guardian A P.E.I. music teacher and actor who pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of sexual interference for incidents involving a girl under the age of 16 will be back in court in November for sentencing. Aaron Phillip Crane, 36, appeared before Justice
09/29/2020
HRM swooped in and took BLM mural idea from community, project's organizer says | The Chronicle Herald An African Nova Scotian community activist who had been planning to bring a Black Lives Matter mural to the Halifax Regional Municipality for months says that the municipality took on the project without her input or that of other q***r Black people,
09/27/2020
Survivors of domestic abuse told to keep quiet about it in court or risk jeopardizing child custody | CBC News Victims of domestic abuse are encouraged not to discuss it in family court, or risk being accused of turning the children against the other parent.
09/24/2020
09/21/2020
Domestic violence survivors turn to social media during lockdown Advocate Lani Elliott says she has had more people reach out to her since the lockdown. Photo courtesy of Lani Elliott Domestic violence survivors are turning to social media for help in dangerous situations during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to the administrator of a Facebook group for survivo...