Womanact

Name: Womanact
Address: 1652 Keele Street, Suite 129, Toronto, ON, M6M3W3, CA
Telephone: +14169449242
Price range: $

Home
Canada
Toronto, ON
Womanact

WomanACT envisions a world where women are free from violence. See the Best Practice Guidelines.

WomanACT works collaboratively to eradicate violence against women through research, policy, education and community mobilization. The organization was founded upon the need to develop clear policy and procedures with respect to screening, identifying and intervening in woman abuse cases. This is essential because without policy development, each practitioner responds based on her/his own personal

bias and discretion. Only through policy development that guides practice, can professional staff can be held accountable for their intervention. Over the years, as we have matured, the organization has moved into doing research, completed best practice guidelines, and created a number of powerful community education tools. Through our ongoing work we are continually exploring new issues and continuing to build community capacity by developing resources and tools for front line practitioners.

09/03/2026

Panel Spotlight: The Impact of AI on Technology-Facilitated Economic Abuse

How are AI and technology design shaping the ways technology-facilitated economic abuse occurs—and how can we design technology that helps prevent it?
Panel One at EASE in Action: Advancing Solutions to Technology-Facilitated Economic Abuse will explore how AI and technology design can enable, intensify, or create new avenues for economic abuse. The conversation will also highlight practical, survivor-centred approaches that can strengthen responses and be adapted and scaled across Canada.

Featured Panelists:
🔹Sarah Saska — Co-Founder & CEO, Feminuity
🔹Gursharon Singh — Operations Lead, Financial Recovery for Reclaim, Victim Services Toronto Victim Services
🔹Thomas Ristenpart — Clinic to End Tech Abuse
🔹Sudha Dwivedi — Chief People & Culture Officer, Interac Corp. Interac

Join us on November 26th for an important conversation about the intersection of technology, economic abuse, and survivor safety—and what it takes to build more responsive systems.
📅 November 26, 2026
🕜 1:30 PM
📍 Holiday Inn Toronto Downtown Centre

Registration is now open! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1997059751476?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/02/2026

Don’t forget to register for the WomanACT Annual General Meeting 2026!

Join us on September 24 as we come together with members and community partners to reflect on the past year, celebrate our collective impact, and look ahead to what’s next.

The evening will include updates on WomanACT’s finances and operations, survivor engagement and advisory work, membership, and our policy and systems change initiatives.

📅 September 24, 2026
🕔 5:45–9:00 PM
📍 Oakham Lounge, 55 Gould St., Toronto, ON M5B 1E9

We’d love to see you there!

🔗 Register today: https://tinyurl.com/42yhj2ff

09/01/2026

The TTC is developing its 2027 Annual Network Plan, and your feedback can help shape the future of transit in Toronto.

Safe, reliable, and accessible public transit is essential. Research shows that up to 75% of women in Toronto have experienced harassment while using public transit, highlighting how service planning and transit design can affect safety and accessibility (WomanACT, 2022).

As the TTC considers future service and routing changes, it's important that the experiences of women, gender-diverse people, and others who face safety concerns while travelling are reflected in transit planning.

Complete the TTC's 2027 Annual Network Plan survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TTC2027ANP

The survey only takes a few minutes to complete, and your feedback can help inform transit planning across the city.

Learn more about Transit experiences in Toronto at https://womanact.ca/publications/infographic-women-and-public-transit-in-toronto/

08/31/2026

Financial safety planning matters.

Building financial knowledge can be an important part of safety planning for survivors of intimate partner violence.

Tip: Build your financial knowledge. Understanding how to manage your finances, knowing your financial rights, and learning about available resources can help you make informed decisions and feel more confident about your financial future.

There are resources available to help you learn about financial planning, rights, benefits, and supports you may be entitled to.

For more financial safety planning strategies and advice from survivors, visit:
🔗 https://womanact.ca/publications/infographic-strategies-and-advice-from-survivors/

08/28/2026

Financial safety planning matters.

If you’re experiencing intimate partner violence, protecting your financial information can be an important part of safety planning.

Tip: Secure your financial information. When it’s safe to do so, keep passwords, account numbers, bank records, credit card statements, and other important documents secure and out of your partner’s reach.

Consider changing your online banking and credit card passwords regularly, using unique passwords, and using a password manager for added security.

If you have joint accounts, you may also be able to request separate login credentials where available and safe to do so.

For more financial safety planning strategies and advice from survivors, visit:
🔗 https://womanact.ca/publications/infographic-strategies-and-advice-from-survivors/

08/27/2026

🏠 On our radar: Toronto’s Rental Building Violation and Inspections Database

The City of Toronto has launched a new database providing information about active violations, inspections, health hazards, and other concerns in select rental buildings.

As a member of the City's Housing Rights Advisory Committee (HRAC), WomanACT contributed to the discussions that shaped the priorities this database responds to: tenants' rights, housing safety, transparency, and accountability. We consistently brought forward the perspectives of women and survivors of gender-based violence in those discussions.

For women and survivors of gender-based violence, safe and stable housing is an important part of safety and independence. Greater access to information about housing conditions can help tenants make informed decisions and advocate for safer homes.

🔗 Explore the City of Toronto’s Rental Building Violation and Inspections Database. https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/rental-housing-rights-information/housing-property-standards/apartment-building-standards/rental-building-violations-inspections/ =&lat=&lng=&zoom=

08/26/2026

Financial safety planning matters.

If you’re experiencing intimate partner violence, your partner or abuser may use your financial information without your permission—including opening credit accounts or taking out loans in your name.

Tip: Monitor your credit regularly. Checking your credit report can help you spot unauthorized accounts or suspicious activity early. You’re entitled to a free credit report from Canada’s major credit agencies.

If you suspect your financial information may be misused, consider placing a fraud alert on your account.

For more financial safety planning strategies and advice from survivors, visit:
🔗 https://womanact.ca/publications/infographic-strategies-and-advice-from-survivors/

08/25/2026

Your relationship with money isn’t fixed—it can change. 💚

The way we think about money is shaped by many experiences, including our family, culture, and for some, financial abuse. Those experiences can leave us feeling like every financial decision is a test.

But healing is possible.

By exploring your purpose of money, you can begin to shift from fear and shame toward values like freedom, stability, and choice.

✨ Take a moment to reflect:
Why is financial stability important to you?

Your answer might be the first step in rebuilding your relationship with money.

📚 Learn more about the Purpose of Money framework and find additional resources through the link in our bio.

08/24/2026

Financial safety planning can be an important step toward building independence and supporting survivor safety.

Opening a separate bank account can help create a financial safety net by allowing survivors to save money that only they can access and make decisions about their own resources.

Small steps — like using a secure password, enabling multi-factor authentication, and considering privacy when accessing accounts — can help strengthen financial safety.

Learn more about financial safety planning for survivors of intimate partner violence:

📖 womanact.ca/publications/infographic-financial-safety-planning-survivors-of-intimate-partner-violence/

08/21/2026

Artificial intelligence is changing our world—but it’s also changing how technology-facilitated gender-based violence occurs.

From non-consensual sexualized deepfakes to AI-enabled harassment, fraud, and coercive control, survivors’ experiences must be part of Canada’s AI future.

The Government of Canada is seeking feedback on proposed AI transparency measures, and WomanACT is preparing a submission to help ensure survivor safety, privacy, accountability, and gender equity are reflected in the final strategy.

Your voice matters. Complete our survey by Sunday, August 24, 2026, and help shape our recommendations.

📝 Take the survey: https://forms.gle/NLVVGhMe1cG6RjpS6

Address

1652 Keele Street, Suite 129
Toronto, ON
M6M3W3

Telephone

+14169449242

Website

https://www.canadahelps.org/dn/15750

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Womanact posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Womanact:

Want your business to be the top-listed Realtor/realty Service in Toronto?