Women's Support Network

Women's Support Network Women’s Support Network (WSN) is York Region’s only sexual violence crisis centre, providing free, no Please be advised this account is no regularly monitored.

If you need to connect with us or are looking for support you can contact our office at 905 895 3646 or [email protected] or our 24/7 crisis line at 1 800 263 6734. Women’s Support Network is York Region's sexual violence crisis centre, dedicated to providing free services to all survivors of sexual violence. We offer: 24/7 crisis line, individual counselling, group support, public education, outreach, training and anti-human trafficking case management.

06/03/2026

💜 Thank You for Supporting 7 day donation campaign💜

To every donor, supporter, advocate, and community champion who stood with us during Sexual Assault Prevention Month—thank you.

Because of your generosity, compassion, and belief in prevention, we are continuing the work of educating, empowering, and protecting young women and girls in our communities.

We raised a total of $100 in seven days! This will contribute to 10 awareness materials, or an in-kind sponsorship, or a counseling session for a survivor. No amount is too little and we are truly grateful!

Every share, every conversation, and every act of support has helped move this mission forward. While our campaign may be ending, the need for sexual assault prevention education and survivor support continues every day. We remain committed to staying the course and creating safer futures through awareness, prevention, and advocacy.

If you have not yet had the opportunity to contribute, there is still time to support this important cause. Your donation will help us expand prevention programming, reach more youth, and continue building communities where everyone can live free from violence.

Thank you for walking alongside us. Together, we are making a difference.

Zooming Out from Trauma: Creating Peace and Well-Being Within🕊️ EMDR-Informed Workshops for Women and Femme Survivors He...
06/02/2026

Zooming Out from Trauma: Creating Peace and Well-Being Within🕊️
EMDR-Informed Workshops for Women and Femme Survivors Healing from Complex Trauma

Join us for supportive virtual workshops designed to help women and femme survivors step back from trauma reactions, reclaim their inner strength, and move toward greater peace, safety, and well-being.

Through psychoeducation and guided experiential exercises, participants will explore how trauma shapes core beliefs, how triggers affect the mind and body, and how to begin building more adaptive beliefs that support healing.

The workshops offer a warm, reflective space for learning, connection, and growth.

Participants will explore:
✨How trauma shapes negative core beliefs
✨How triggers influence internal responses
✨How to “zoom out” from trauma reactions
✨Tools for nervous system regulation
✨Ways to create peace and well-being within

📅 Dates: June 12 | June 19 | June 26 | July 10, 2026
(Attend one session or as many as you can)

🕗️ Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Facilitator: Camille Stephenson Lloyd, MSW, RSW, MEd/SJE

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/zooming-out-from-trauma-creating-peace-and-well-being-within-tickets-1990129470820 / Link in Bio

TraumaHealing

This Pride Month, we celebrate the strength, and resilience of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. While June is a time of celebrati...
06/01/2026

This Pride Month, we celebrate the strength, and resilience of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. While June is a time of celebration and visibility, our commitment to creating inclusive, welcoming, and affirming spaces continues year-round.

Together, we can continue building a future where everyone can live authentically, safely, and with pride.

Happy Pride Month from all of us at Women's Support Network of York Region!

Join us for the next free virtual workshop in our ongoing expressive arts series: Responding to Emotional Pain.This trau...
06/01/2026

Join us for the next free virtual workshop in our ongoing expressive arts series: Responding to Emotional Pain.

This trauma-informed, creative workshop offers a gentle space to explore how we meet, hold, and transform difficult emotions. Through metaphor, art-making, and embodied awareness, women and femme survivors will be invited to respond to emotional pain with curiosity, compassion, and care.

This session supports participants in creating:
A symbolic companion for emotional pain
A more compassionate internal response
Grounding strategies for the body
A greater sense of self-support
A creative resource to return to
No artistic skill is required — just bring your curiosity and materials such as pens, pencils, coloured pencils, pastels, paper, and markers.

This workshop is about meeting emotional pain with kindness and discovering new ways to care for ourselves through the creative process.

Theme: Responding to Emotional Pain
Date: June 10, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Facilitator: Marilyn Oladimeji, RECT, EXAT, MSW, M.MSC, Ph.D.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/responding-to-emotional-pain-tickets-1990105958494?aff=oddtdtcreator /Link in Bio

05/31/2026

🚨 LAST DAY TO GIVE! 🚨

Today is the final day of our 7-Day Sexual Assault Prevention Month Donor Campaign, and we urgently need your support.

Our goal is to raise $5,000 to help provide prevention education, survivor support resources, and community awareness initiatives. The reality is that we are nowhere near our goal and time is running out.

Every donation—big or small—helps us continue the work of preventing sexual violence and supporting those affected.

💜 Give today. 💜 Share this post. 💜 Ask one friend to join you.

Together, we can create safer communities and a future free from sexual violence.
Donate now before midnight and help us close the gap.

DONATION LINK IN BIO!!!!!

05/31/2026

URGENT: Act NOW! Protect Our Youths!🚨

Every youth deserves to grow up safe, respected, and free from sexual violence.

Approximately 89% of sexual assault victims are Women, children and youth under 18 represent a significant proportion of those affected.

This reality is heartbreaking:
💔 Young girls are being harmed in schools, online spaces, communities, and sometimes by people they know and trust.
💔 Many survivors carry the emotional, physical, and psychological impact for years.
💔 Prevention education remains one of the most powerful tools we have to stop violence before it starts.

Women's Support Network of York Region, is a catalyst for courageous conversations about consent, healthy relationships, online safety, respect, and boundaries.

Prevention begins at home, but it requires an entire community standing together.

How You Can Help?

Your sponsorship and donations help provide:
✅ Youth sexual assault prevention education
✅ Consent and healthy relationship workshops
✅ Community awareness campaigns
✅ Resources for parents and caregivers
✅ Support services for survivors

⏰ 48-Hour Emergency Goal: $2,000

We urgently need to raise $2,000 within the next 48 hours. This will help to ensure that critical prevention education reaches more youths before the summer season.

DONATION LINK IN BIO!

Sexual violence is preventable. Education saves lives. Awareness creates change.

Join us today. Donate. Share. Sponsor prevention education. Speak up for the youths who deserve a future free from violence.

05/30/2026

🚨 URGENT: Protect Our Girls. Prevent Sexual Violence. Act Now. 🚨

Every young girl deserves to grow up safe, respected, and free from sexual violence. Yet across Canada, thousands of girls continue to face sexual assault, exploitation, and abuse every year.

Recent Canadian data shows that women and girls remain the overwhelming majority of sexual assault victims, accounting for approximately 89% of victims, while children and youth under 18 represent a significant proportion of those affected.

In 2025, sexual assault remained substantially higher among women than men, and experts continue to warn that sexual violence is one of the most underreported crimes in Canada, with only about 6% of sexual assaults reported to police.

The reality is heartbreaking:
💔 Young girls are being harmed in schools, online spaces, communities, and sometimes by people they know and trust.
💔 Many survivors carry the emotional, physical, and psychological impact for years.
💔 Prevention education remains one of the most powerful tools we have to stop violence before it starts.

Parents, families, caregivers, and community members:
Now is the time to have courageous conversations about consent, healthy relationships, online safety, respect, and boundaries. Prevention begins at home, but it requires an entire community standing together.

How You Can Help?

Your sponsorship and donations help provide:
✅ Youth sexual assault prevention education
✅ Consent and healthy relationship workshops
✅ Community awareness campaigns
✅ Resources for parents and caregivers
✅ Support services for survivors

⏰ 48-Hour Emergency Goal: $2,000

We urgently need to raise $2,000 in the next 48 hours to ensure critical prevention education reaches more youth before the summer season.

Every gift makes a difference:
💜 $25 helps provide prevention materials
💜 $50 supports youth education resources
💜 $100 helps sponsor awareness workshops
💜 $250 helps expand prevention programming
💜 Any amount brings us closer to protecting youths

Sexual violence is preventable. Education saves lives. Awareness creates change.

Join us today. Donate. Share. Sponsor prevention education. Speak up for the youths who deserve a future free from violence.

05/29/2026

☕ Two Coffees a Day Prevents Awareness Decay ☕

Every day, survivors in our communities need support, education, advocacy, and prevention resources. But awareness cannot grow without action.

We are calling on ALL community partners, businesses, organizations, and supporters to join the movement against sexual violence by donating the value of just two coffees a day toward sexual assault prevention initiatives.

Your daily contribution can help:
• Fund prevention workshops
• Support survivor-centered resources
• Provide awareness materials
• Strengthen safe community spaces
• Empower education and early intervention efforts

The urgency is real. Silence and inaction allow violence to continue. Together, we can build communities where safety, dignity, and respect are protected every single day.

☕ Skip two coffees.
🧡 Invest in prevention.
📢 Stand with survivors.
🤝 Become a community partner for change.

Every donation matters. Every share matters. Every voice matters.
With 3 days to go please continue to like and share the word. And help us with our Goal of $5000. We are no where close!!!!!

We NEED you to support the mission by donating to the vision!!!!!

DONATION LEVELS
$10 = Awareness Materials
$25 = Survivor Care Support
$50 = Counseling Session Contribution
$100 = Prevention Workshop Sponsorship

No amount is too small. Every dollar creates change. Every share spreads awareness. Every voice matters.

DONATION LINK IN BELOW❗

canadahelps.org/en/charities/womens-support-network-of-york-region
linktr.ee/womenssupportnetwork



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05/28/2026

She’s a shero…..

To every survivor reading this:
We see your strength. We honour your journey. And we want you to know — you are never alone.

Healing is not linear, and courage does not always look loud. Sometimes courage is simply waking up each day and choosing to keep going.

Through every tear, every breakthrough, and every step toward reclaiming your voice, there is a community standing beside you with love, support, and compassion.

Because of the generosity of our incredible donors, survivors are being reminded that their stories matter, their lives matter, and their healing matter.

Your support through the 2026 Sexual Assault Prevention Donors Campaign is helping provide awareness, care, counseling support, and prevention initiatives that create safer spaces and stronger communities.

To everyone who has donated so far — THANK YOU.
Thank you for believing survivors.
Thank you for helping us turn pain into purpose.
Thank you for standing for prevention, healing, and hope.
Every contribution is more than a donation — it is a message to survivors that they are supported, valued, and never forgotten.

With 4 days to go please continue to like and share the word.

Support the mission by donating to the vision!!!!!

DONATION LEVELS
$10 = Awareness Materials
$25 = Survivor Care Support
$50 = Counseling Session Contribution
$100 = Prevention Workshop Sponsorship

No amount is too small. Every dollar creates change. Every share spreads awareness. Every voice matters.

DONATION LINK IN BELOW❗

canadahelps.org/en/charities/womens-support-network-of-york-region
linktr.ee/womenssupportnetwork

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Newmarket, ON
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Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

905-895-3646

Website

https://linktr.ee/womenssupportnetwork

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