Heads Down and Working Hard! We haven’t been very active on our social media and blog platforms over the past month, but we have a good excuse! Though the smallest steps has received welcome and much needed funding from grants and donors alike, much of what we do on this film is supported by the generosity […]
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This Canada day, we encourage you to change how you celebrate. Learn about Canada’s colonial history, and celebrate Indigenous resiliency.
Last month some graphics for sexual assault awareness month prompted a discussion that helped me remember we can learn across generations!
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Our webinar was a huge success. Check out this post to access the resources and webinar recording!
Child Witness Thoughts on Sharing Experiences of Violence as an Adult Being a child witness of violence can change how you talk about your experiences of violence. CONTENT WARNING: Contains reference to childhood trauma, abuse, and violence against women. NOTE FROM NICOLE: For the past six months, we have been working with Trent University student
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Why am I a Feminist? ‘Still I Rise’ is a poem by poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Why am I a feminist? I’m a feminist because I believe that all people deserve equal rights, equal access, and equal opportunity. I’m also a feminist because we’ve not yet created a world where every child
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Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists Have you heard of this book? If you’re looking for a crash course on the history of activism that brought us women’s shelters and transition houses in Canada, then this is the book to read! What it’s about: Published in 2017, Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists tells the story behind
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COVID-19 and the possibility of a new future I don’t know about you, but lately, I have been talking to a lot of people about COVID-19, and more specifically, about what COVID-19 means for our world. The question of what things will look like after social distancing ends has been persistently on my mind, so
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OCTEVAW – A Connector in Anti-Violence Activism Before I started working on the smallest steps, I hadn’t really heard about most of the anti-violence organizations in Ottawa. But one organization I had heard of was the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW). If you’re located in Ottawa and you’re trying to figure out
