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Dixon Transition Society is excited to have been awarded a Community Impact Grant this year! We look forward to implementing positive and sustainable changes in our community through this funding. About the Community Impact Grant Community Impact Grants are provided to registered charitable organizations across Canada for specific projects that make a positive and sustained …

Dixon Transition Society Receives Ecclesiastical Insurance’s Community Impact Award Read More »

Living away from the city can provide many benefits, but for a woman experiencing domestic violence, the distance only adds isolation. Women living in rural communities experience domestic violence rates that are nearly twice as high as those in urban areas.    Women living in a small community also face many additional barriers to fleeing an abuser. Lack of accessible resources, knowing everyone …

How a Lack of Resources Affects Women in Rural Communities Read More »

While both men and women are impacted by intimate partner violence, women make up the vast majority of cases, and are also more likely to be seriously injured or killed as a result of incidents of domestic violence. For example, of the 81 intimate partner victims of violations causing death reported by police in 2016, 63 (78%) were female.   After escaping abuse, women and children fleeing violence must be able to access a variety of …

Women Fleeing Violence and Access to Healthcare Read More »