News & Events
Upcoming events
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IPV 101 Community Information Sessions
Join us in Stratford for our final session of the season:
Monday April 27th
6:30 to 8:30pm
Stratford Intermediate School
Guest Speaker: Sydney Touzel, Survivor Advocate
Join us and our community partners for an evening of learning how to recognize the signs of intimate partner violence, provide support to someone you are concerned about, hear the experiences of survivors, and connect with local resources on the spot to get the help you and your loved ones need.
Dinner will be provided. Registration is required for food.
See below and click the button to register for the Stratford session.
*Registration is strictly to ensure we have enough food. Names and ID will not be checked at any point during the session.
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Tackling Sports Culture Together
Tuesday May 5th from 6:30 to 8:30pm at the Burnside Agriplex
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
Join award-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Westhead for an important conversation about sports culture, consent, and respect. Rick's investigative reporting helped spark a national conversation about abuse and silence in sport. We Breed Lions tells the story of what went wrong in hockey but the lessons reach every sport, team, and community.
Together we'll explore what respectful and accountable team environments look like and what each of us can do to help create them.
*No registration required.
Register for the IPV Info Sessions Below
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Stratford
Monday April 27th
6:30 to 8:30pm
Stratford Intermediate School
StopVAW in the News
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StopVAW event aims to spark conversation on sports culture in Perth County
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Rural Perth County faces higher intimate partner violence risk
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Local survivor to speak at St. Marys community session on intimate partner violence
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Stop VAW launches community information sessions on intimate partner violence
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January 8, 2026
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Conversation key to ending domestic violence
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