Luke’s Place Advocacy Director, Pamela Cross, is featured in the latest episode of She Is Your Neighbour. She Is Your Neighbour is a prevention project and storytelling series created by Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region to explore the realities and complexities of domestic violence by sharing stories from people of all walks of life.
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We’re delighted to have the support of Womens Fitness Clubs of Canada (WFCC) at their Durham Region locations in Ajax and Pickering.
Throughout the month of May, both locations will be offering two meditation workshops (Your Authentic Self and Manifesting Gratitude) hosted by Dawn Taylor and two introductory self-defense workshops.
The first of 86 recommendations from the 2022 inquest into the murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam (CKW inquest) was for Ontario to formally declare intimate partner violence (IPV) an epidemic. In the nearly two years since the jury released the recommendations, survivors and their advocates have repeatedly called on the Ontario government to implement the numerous recommendations directed at them,
Earlier this month Pamela Cross took an important step toward retirement as she transitioned out of the Luke’s Place Advocacy Director position. We are delighted that Pam will continue working with us on special projects.
A journey together
Pamela Cross is a tireless advocate for advancing women’s equality in law and society.
Luke’s Place Fund Development Manager, Laura Oliver, had the honour of attending the first meeting of 2024 for 100 Women Who Care Durham Region.
Catherine Davis (pictured left) and Marlene Marco (pictured right) present Luke’s Place Fund Development Manager, Laura Oliver (centre), with a cheque for $9,400 on behalf of 100 Women Who Care Durham Region.
Our Staff Lawyer, Min Jin, and Program Manager, Phebe Quaye, facilitated the second of a two-part webinar series via CLEO Connect on February 15, 2024. This webinar series provided community workers with practical information and resources for supporting client who are seeking to relocate with children or who have received notice of relocation following amendments to the
March 7, 2024 – Oshawa, ON
Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF) proudly unveils the Rural Roots initiative, a collaborative effort in partnership Lanark County Interval House and Luke’s Place. Born from a commitment to address intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural areas,
Our Staff Lawyer, Min Jin, and Program Manager, Phebe Quaye, facilitated the first of a two-part webinar series via CLEO Connect on February 8, 2024. This webinar series provided community workers with practical information and resources for supporting client who are seeking to relocate with children or who have received notice of relocation following amendments to the Divorce Act in 2021.
At the end of 2022, Lanark County became the first Ontario community to declare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) an epidemic. This came as a result of significant advocacy following the Culleton, Kuyzk and Warmerdam inquest in 2022.
Luke’s Place Advocacy Director, Pamela Cross, and the Mayor of Mississippi Mills, Christa Lowry,
As we have previously explored in our blog, coercive control is a term that describes a pattern of behaviours, including psychological abuse — which itself can encompass such things as intimidation, demeaning and insulting treatment, verbal abuse, threats, gaslighting, surveilling and stalking — as well as social isolation and financial abuse.
