There’s not much the board and staff at Avalon Sexual Assault Centre agree on these days. Tension has built since last fall, and came to a public head this spring, with a union certification vote and closure of the organization’s wait list—a list that had survivors of sexualized violence waiting up to two years for […]
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Avalon Sexual Assault Centre’s waitlist on hold
F or the first time since 1996, the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre has temporarily stopped accepting new clients. The Dresden Row centre, offering specialized sexual assault care and support, announced it has become overwhelmed by their caseload after several years of increasing numbers of requests for help. The plan is to assess the needs of […]
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Fewer than half of Nova Scotia’s sexual assault charges result in a conviction
Fewer than half of sexual assault charges in Nova Scotia from 2005 to 2014 saw a conviction, a number that almost mirrors individual results about the Halifax Regional Municipality. According to a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) report from the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, during that decade 437 reported sexual assaults saw a charge laid. […]
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Avalon Sexual Assault Centre launches crowd-funding campaign
[Image-1] The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is launching a crowd-funding campaign in order to raise money for prevention and critical intervention services for Nova Scotians. This one-month campaign is in response to both an increase in demands for services and an increase in people wanting to help out at the centre. “We continue to see an […]