BWSS takes action to end intimate partner, domestic & sexualized violence through support services, training, education & advocacy

Joined April 2009
We placed these signs in the exact places where women and girls were harmed—because no one else did.
📍Public safety is failing survivors.
It’s time to confront that truth—and build something better.
#DesignedWithSurvivors #EndVAW #PublicSafetyCrisis
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How can the public have any trust in policing when criminal cops get treated much better than members of the public when a criminal charge is laid? Changes what the badge represents.
Here is a deep dive into the recently made public court record for Elias Mouawad, the latest #TorontoPolice officer to plead guilty as part of the Project South investigation. Summary... Toronto Police Constable Elias Mouawad was given a conditional discharge by Superior Court Justice Catherine Rhinelander on October 20th, 2026, for using an unlawful CPIC search on behalf of Daljit Sandhu and Brian Da Costa of the Ryan Wedding criminal network. At sentencing, the Crown sought a four-month conditional sentence (to be served in the community) followed by twelve months of probation. Counsel for Elias Mouawad sought a conditional discharge. Daljit Sandhu, who requested that Mr. Mouawad do the unauthorized CPIC check, was paid $114,813.19 in 2025 as an intermediate Technical Analyst for the Toronto Police Service and is one of the 27 people arrested in the Project South investigation. Mr. Sandhu also got Mr. Mouawad hired with the Toronto Police by acting as his reference. In his request to Mr. Douwad, Mr. Singh also mentioned that he knew other police officers who did similar favours for him. Briand Da Costa is facing 16 criminal charges in relation to the Project South investigation. He is accused of obtaining the confidential information which led to the murder attempt of senior correctional officer Milosevic of the Toronto South Detention Centre. The male who was looked up in the CPIC check by Mr. Douwad is known to the #RCMP as someone involved in the import/export of controlled substances via Pearson International Airport. The Sentencing... Justice Rhinelander gave Elias Mouawad a conditional discharge. As well as... - 1 year probation with 100 hours of community service, and Elias is required to participate in any counselling programs as directed by his probation officer. It appears the guilty plea submitted by Elias Mouawad was done to avoid further investigation and publicity into his criminal misconduct. A fact that Justice Rhinelander refused to acknowledge in her sentencing. To quote Superior Justice Catherine Rhinelander... "A just sentence meets the goals of deterrence, denunciation, retribution, rehabilitation, and protection of society." In no way does this sentence meet that criteria; it sends a message to everyone involved in organized crime that their crimes won't be punished. A conditional discharge doesn't even appear permanently on your criminal record; it's deleted after three years of a conviction. To quote Justice Rhinelander again... "A discharge may only be granted if it is in the best interests of the accused and not contrary to the public interest. Conditional discharges should be used sparingly and in exceptional circumstances" This discharge is not in the public's best interest. This case needs to be an example that collusion with organized crime by law enforcement will not be tolerated; it's far more than just an unauthorized CPIC check. This fact wasn't even considered by Justice Rhinelander in her sentencing. Here is the link to the court file for your reference canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/20…
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Apparently some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.
UPDATE: 3 Charlotte cops resign after an internal investigation revealed a competition to see who can arrest the most Black people
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After that, her recollection of the evening “became fragmented,” it says. The filing alleges she felt “extremely tipsy, nauseous and hazy,” and that she knew her limit and had not had enough alcohol to feel that way.
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Snoop Dogg named this behaviour in his 1993 gang rape anthem: “Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)"
“It’s easy to see..how male group dynamics can turn toxic all too quickly: One particularly entitled or cruel man decides to prey on a vulnerable woman, & invites other men to participate. They feel excited (and) honor bound to take up that invitation.”nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini…
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“You stabbed her four times,”
The man accused of stabbing and killing Surrey’s Tori Dunn in Port Kells in June of 2024 will testify, court heard in New Westminster Supreme Court Monday. surreynowleader.com/2026/10/…
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“You stabbed her four times,”
The man accused of killing Surrey’s Tori Dunn in Port Kells in 2024 took the stand in Supreme Court on Monday. Adam Troy Mann, 42, talked about a childhood of poverty and the fateful June night when Dunn was stabbed to death. surreynowleader.com/2026/10/…
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Rallies are being held across treaties 6, 7 and 8 by leaders, elders and knowledge holders urging bandmembers to consider what the Alberta referendum could mean for their treaty rights. youtu.be/y5dSR5Zr44U
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you don’t laugh at a man’s joke and all of a sudden he is making a joke about you being gang raped in a room full of strangers
Triggered girl at comedy show…
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I am so fucking tired. Tired of the men raping women. Tired of the men killing women. Tired of the men blaming women for their own rapes and murders. Tired of the systems that allow men to continue hurting us. These past days we've been learning about young college student Annabel Richter who moved from Brazil to New York City to pursue her fashion dreams. Moises Freire and Brian Peralta Cabrera drugged Annabel and her friend with fentanyl. As Annabel lay dying, Freire raped her. Then the men took photos and sent them to their friends. They did not get the women help for at least 40 minutes. Freire, 19, is charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and of distributing a deadly drug with intent to commit rape. Cabrera is charged in connection with the drug conspiracy. When the charges were first put in place, rape was not even listed. After widespread anger, Freire was charged with the offence. Flavia Rocha said her daughter “was full of life”. “She knew loads about music and art and had a contagious laughter,” she said. “Her presence filled the room. "For us, her family and her friends, she was and always will be, our beloved Bel.” As news of Annabel's death spreads across social media, countless men are blaming her. There's also widespread slut-shaming. Some of the comments are too horrendous to repeat. It feels like this is all on repeat. Everyday we watch as men murder and rape women and we watch as society blames the victims. I am so fucking tired.
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"Our language & legal framing of sexual wrongdoing direct scrutiny at the victim...Imagine how different it would be if we considered the perpetrator & what efforts he did or did not make to verify his partner’s consent & to know & honor what she wanted."slate.com/life/2026/10/corne…
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She was raped and murdered. Let's try facts.
'Sweet' FIT student who was fatally drugged, raped, moved to NYC alone to pursue fashion dreams trib.al/R9k84uY
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BWSS Battered Women’s Support Services retweeted
this is rape. and if you find it hot or understand him you're fucking sick
the way pingjun immediately wraps her cardigan around herself, curls up hugging herself, bites her hand to suppress her sobs and cries silently while trembling after being harassed count your fucking days yu changxuan #TheLamentofAutumn
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Never disturb a toddler in this moment! Don’t help. Don’t suggest. Observe. A capable problem solver is in training and development.
The stubbornness will save her life.
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BWSS Battered Women’s Support Services retweeted
they're out there sexualizing a kid show's actor who's dressed as a frog and you want me to believe that what I wear is the problem lol
The dad looks even more obsessed than the kid. Honestly, can’t blame him 😂😂
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Shackling a woman during childbirth is in a state violence category all on its own.
An incarcerated Indigenous woman was shackled to a hospital bed in Qld while she was in labour last weekend The birth happened just days before Labor & LNP blocked a bill to ban the “barbaric practice” of shackling women during childbirth #freeher theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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He was still raping her dead
Two men drugged two college women with fentanyl, raped one of them while she was actively dying of an overdose, photographed both of them and sent the pictures to his friends, and waited 40 minutes to alert campus security that both women were passed out. One of the women died. The men are Moises Freire (19) and Brian Peralta Cabrera (18). And I am so fucking tired of this shit!! This is defective behavior..
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