by Marcia | Feb 18, 2025 | Announcements, Events
The Circle Education is bringing the Salt Spring Island She Shed Tour back on May 31st, 2025. Salt Spring women are opening their She Sheds – places for women to create, write, make, grow, think and escape – to the public for one day as a fundraiser for the Pass it On...
by Marcia | Jan 16, 2025 | Events, News
The Circle Education is bringing the fabulous She Shed Tour back in 2025! She sheds are a woman’s backyard oasis, possibly her equivalent of a ‘man cave’. It’s a space outside the home where women create, relax, find sanctuary, or work on a variety of projects,...
by Marcia | Nov 25, 2024 | December 6th Memorial, Events
Learn about 16 ways you can help end gender-based violence (GBV) during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. Acknowledge the problem. Everyone in Canada – women, men, transgender and gender diverse people – can be a victim of gender-based...
by Marcia | Dec 5, 2023 | Events, Pass It On, Pass it On: Girls
On December 6th, 1989, the day that fourteen young women at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal were killed by a gunman as a deliberate act of violence against women, Quinn Mulherin (21, she/they*) wasn’t born yet. She learned about the tragedy years later when she...
by Marcia | Dec 6, 2022 | December 6th Memorial, Events
Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. With a vigil in Centennial Park, we remember the 14 young women who were killed in an act of violent misogyny at Polytechnique Montréal on December 1989 and all the other women who have...
by Marcia | Dec 2, 2021 | Events
Every year, Islanders Working Against Violence and The Circle Salt Spring Education Society hold a vigil on Dec. 6, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This day is to remember the 14 young women who were killed during the...
Recent Comments