wear all those hats to be able to do your job to the In second stage shelters, the length of stay generally stayed the same across best of your abilities?” the province, except for in smaller towns and rural areas, where it increased – Shelter Director in significantly. [...] • The additional benefit of the longer stay at second stage shelters allows Mother and children find for more stability and time to heal, for both the women and their children. [...] In Canada, 92 women were killed in the first six months of 2021, an increase from 78 in the first half of 2020, and 60 in the first half of 2019.7 Gun ownership is a significant risk factor for intimate partner femicide12 and 20% of the women identified that their partner owns a gun. [...] A “turn-away” is a request to stay at the shelter that shelter staff turn Shelters work with women to conduct a down either because the shelter simply does not have the space; Danger Assessment (DA) to establish the the shelter has the space but it is unavailable due to public health likelihood of her being murdered by her restrictions and requirements; or the shelter is unable to provide the inti. [...] “Honouring the truth, Brooks and District Women’s Safe Shelter Society reconciling for the future: summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.” Truth and Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter Society Reconciliation Commission 2015.
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