An organization that helps women and children escape domestic abuse is struggling to keep up with demand. After launching in Toronto in 2016 and opening additional chapters in Vancouver and Ottawa, Shelter Movers — which provides free moving services — expanded to the Halifax area in June 2019. The group’s executive director, Marc Hull-Jacquin, said […]
Shelter Movers is one step closer to supporting survivors across Canada who are experiencing abuse. Shelter Movers remains the only service of its kind in Canada, we are excited to announce the launch of Shelter Movers Nova Scotia this July, 2019. The Nova Scotia chapter marks our third expansion outside Toronto and our first in
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Founded in Toronto on April 2, 2016, Shelter Movers was born out of a realization that Canada lacks assistance for domestic violence victims, mainly women and children, to physically leave their situation. Shelter Movers has now opened a Vancouver chapter as of August 2018. Many of us have either experienced domestic violence, have close family
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December 2020 Update: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau continues to partner with Shelter Movers. Watch a powerful story of a survivor and past Shelter Movers client as we reflect on the 16 Days Of Activism. In this conversation, gender-equality ambassador, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, along with domestic abuse survivor and past Shelter Movers Client, Ajoa Ayeko, and Yael
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Violence against women is a pervasive societal problem that affects women from all socio-economic backgrounds. However, violence against women is not limited to intimate partner violence, although twenty percent of all women will face some type of abuse from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Racialized women, Indigenous women, Trans, women with disabilities all disproportionately face
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For many women, finding the courage—and resources—to leave an abusive relationship is a daunting task. But one volunteer-driven organization is hoping it can make the move easier for victims of domestic violence in Vancouver. Founded in Toronto in 2016, Shelter Movers offers free moving and storage services for women and children fleeing households with domestic violence. The group
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When Brian Vidler read an article about an organization in Toronto that offers free moving services to women fleeing abuse, he knew he needed to do something — so he called them up and found out how he could create a Vancouver chapter. Later this year, Shelter Movers Vancouver will officially launch in an effort
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When he threatened to kill her, her husband was standing in the kitchen holding a knife. The young woman fled, desperately climbing onto the roof of her Toronto home, looking for an escape. She screamed at the top of her lungs, but nobody came to help. Her husband didn’t kill her, but he left her
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For women leaving abusive relationships, sometimes getting help with moving can be as important as emotional support. That’s what Shelter Movers does. A year after the Toronto non-profit was born, it’s completed 300 moves and it’s expanding to other Canadian cities.
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There are many obstacles facing women who decide to leave abusive relationships, and one of them is figuring out how to move their belongings out quickly while staying safe. To address this problem, Marc Hull-Jaquin started a non-profit called Shelter Movers in his Toronto basement two years ago, while he was on paternity leave. “Any morning that you find in Ottawa,
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