VESTA Community pilot supports sexual assault survivors in the Kingston area

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments gender-based violence, Kingston Police, reporting platform, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, support services, VESTA Community, VESTA Social Innovation Technologies

VESTA Social Innovation Technologies has partnered with Kingston Police Services and with the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston to support survivors of gender-based violence. With the launch of VESTA Community, a web and mobile-enabled anonymous information and reporting platform specifically created to support survivors of gender-based and sexualized violence, the three

City Community News

Path Home Kingston hopes to combat homelessness and negative stigma

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 0 Comments Addiction & Mental Health Services – KFLA, Bhavana Varma, Centre for Abuse and Trauma Therapy, City of Kingston, City of Kingston – Housing and Social Services, Dawn House Services and Housing for Women, Elizabeth Fry Society, Emergency Shelter and Robin’s Hope Second Stage Housing & Outreach, Family & Children`s Services of Frontenac, HIV/AIDS Regional Services, homelessness, Homelessness in KFL&A, Housing Help Centre, In From the Cold Emergency Shelter, Integrated Care Hub, John Howard Society, KHealth Student Community Support Program, Kingston, Kingston & Frontenac Mobile Crisis Services, Kingston Community Legal Clinic, Kingston Detox Centre, Kingston Home Base Housing, Kingston Interval House, Kingston Youth Shelter, Lennox and Addington, Lily’s Place Shelter for Families, Lionhearts, Lunch by George, Maltby Centre, Martha’s Table, Mutual Aid Katarokwi, North Frontenac Food Bank, One Roof Youth Hub, Partners in Mission Food Bank, path home Kingston, [email protected], Rural Frontenac Community Services, Ryandale Transitional Housing, Salvation Army, Seniors’ Food Box, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, Southern Frontenac Community Services, St. Mary’s Parish Centre, St. Vincent de Paul, The Food Sharing Project, The Salvation Army Community & Family Services, The Salvation Army Harbour Lights, Tipi Moza (Iron Homes), United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFLA)

You can’t see what someone has overcome at a glance. That is the main message of Path Home Kingston, a new campaign by United Way KFL&A and the City of Kingston that aims to help community members understand that the causes of homelessness are complex and different for each individual.

Community Crime News

Frontline workers look to City for funding amid high sexual violence case numbers

June 15, 2020June 16, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Brea Hutchinson, Chance MacDonald, City of Kingston, Constable Ash Gutheinz, counselling, COVID-19, funding, Justice Allan Letourneau, Kingston, Kingston Police, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Me Too movement, MeToo, municipal funding, Queen's University, SAC Kingston, sex crimes, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, sexual violence, St. Lawrence College, Statistics Canada

It’s been three years since Kingston Judge, Justice Allan Letourneau, delayed Chance MacDonald’s sentence so that he could finish his internship at DeLoitte. MacDonald, a former Queen’s University student, sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at an initiation party for his hockey team. After his sentence was through, completing 88 days

News

Sexual Assault Centre grapples with funding cuts, increase of reported sexual violence

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments Kingston, Kingston Police, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, sexual assault statistics, Statistics Canada

According to Statistics Canada, Kingston has the highest rate of police-reported sexual violence in Ontario. The report stated that Kingston saw more than a 25 per cent increase in police-reported sexual violence in the year 2018. To Sexual Assault Centre (SAC) Kingston, the report was a confirmation of a reality

Culture

Kingston Celebrates International Women’s Week 2013

March 1, 2013July 26, 2017 Rachelle Williams 0 Comments CFRC 101.9fm, City Park, discontinued, International Women's Week, John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), Kingston Interval House, Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Queen's University, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston

Organized by We Don’t Stop Kingston, International Women’s Week is a locally-driven grassroots extension of International Women’s Day. At the heart of International Women’s Week is a global, century-long tradition of taking time each March to engage with society at large about the importance of women’s social and political equality.

Culture News

Picture an End to Violence: Men Wanted

January 12, 2011July 26, 2017 Danielle Lennon 5 Comments discontinued, Kingston Interval House, photography, Queen's University, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, Zappas Lounge

Going on three years now, a group of committed Kingston educators, students, activists, artists and concerned citizens have come together to help put an end to men’s violence against women. Members of the group include representatives from Kingston Interval House, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston and students and staff from Queen’s