Linda Simms discusses how she deepened her involvement with Interval House and increased her commitment to the fight against violence against women and children in the launch of Interval House’s 20th anniversary awareness campaign.
Linda Sims: “I CAN Make a Difference”
Interval House
Health Canada funds the first, one-time-only Violence Against Women Survey conducted by Statistics Canada. It reveals that 12% of the women surveyed had been assaulted by a spousal partner in the preceding five years. Though the survey was never repeated, similar questions were asked in the 1999 General Social Survey.
Measuring Violence Against Women
Statistics Canada
Kim Campbell won the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party and became Canada’s prime minister in June 1993. Her term would be brief. Shortly after taking office, she called an election and was defeated in the largest electoral loss by a federal government. Campbell lost her own seat and resigned as party leader; she held office for 132 days.
As the Federal government directs a panel to travel across this country to hold public meetings about Violence Against Women, the issue takes centre stage in Canada. Sandra Janz, a counsellor at Interval House, pens an article separating myths from facts on the issue of violence against women in Interval House’s Spring 1992 newsletter.
In response to the Montreal Massacre, a group of pro-feminist men in London, Ontario launch the White Ribbon Campaign to raise awareness about the prevalence of male violence against women. Now active in over 60 nations around the globe including Canada, UK, Pakistan, Italy and Australia, White Ribbon is the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls, promote gender equity, healthy relationships and a new vision of masculinity.