11/26/2025
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today I was wrapped in courage.
I took the opportunity to review intimate partner violence and gender based violence with my naturopathic interns because it’s not always bruises. We reviewed other forms of abuse and how that might present in their patients.
We also talked about what supports are available through the women and children’s shelters (hint: it’s not just emergency housing!) and how the shelters can also help connect women to other community resources.
We reviewed how violence and abuse can show up in sport and took a look at Sport Canada’s updated Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport and the Canadian Safe Sport Program. I supervise a sports medicine shift and violence can absolutely happen there too.