Family Service Toronto

11/29/2025

Survival is strength. What carried you through?

Day 5: shared by clients
"My children's smiles and my strength to keep going, that's what carried me through."
Learn more and explore resources:
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-days-2024.html
Let’s and keep speaking out. Like, share and comment with your own story or thoughts.

11/28/2025

Survival is strength. What carried you through?


Day 4: shared by clients

"The Serenity Prayer"

Learn more and explore resources:
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-days-2024.html

Let’s and keep speaking out. Like, share and comment with your own story or thoughts.

11/27/2025

Survival is strength. What carried you through?


Day 3: shared by clients

"What carries me through everyday is my child"

Learn more and explore resources:
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-days-2024.html

Let’s and keep speaking out. Like, share and comment with your own story or thoughts.

11/26/2025

Survival is strength. What carried you through?


Day 2: shared by clients

" Words of wisdom from my grandmother"

Learn more and explore resources:
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-days-2024.html

Let’s and keep speaking out. Like, share and comment with your own story or thoughts.

11/25/2025

Survival is strength. What carried you through? 💜

Today marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (Nov 25 – Dec 10) A global movement calling us to reflect, raise awareness, and take action.

Our theme this year is “Things That Carried Me Through.”
Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing powerful messages and images from survivors , reminders of what sustained them, what held them up, what helped them move forward.
Join us. Listen, believe, support, and share your own story of resilience in the comments.

Learn more and explore resources:
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-days-2024.html

Let’s and keep speaking out.

11/24/2025

It’s been 25 years since Canada promised to eradicate poverty
Children and families are still waiting.
This year’s federal budget includes no new investments for low-income families — only inflation increases in 2027. This is not what was promised.
Campaign 2000 has been fighting for 34 years. We’re a non-partisan coalition of 120+ partners created because governments failed to deliver on their commitment to end child poverty. And children cannot afford for us to wait any longer.
If you care about a Canada where every child can thrive:

▶Sign the Call to Action: https://campaign2000.ca/get-involved/call-to-action/

▶Share this widely

▶Contact your Elected Official
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

11/24/2025

The 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence is a global movement running from Nov. 25 to Dec. 10. It aims to raise awareness and mobilize action to prevent and eliminate all forms of gender-based violence.

Starting tomorrow, we'll be sharing daily actions, learning opportunities, and moments of reflection and remembrance. Please follow and share the posts with your community- together, working to end gender-based violence: https://linktr.ee/cdnwomenfdnsocials

Thank you for joining us in taking action!

11/24/2025

VAW clients join GBV campaign
Tuesday (Nov. 25) marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence – a global campaign which aims to raise awareness and advocate for change in combating violence against women and girls in all its forms. The annual campaign ends Dec.10, International Human Rights Day.

This year, FST’s Violence Against Women team’s theme is “Things That Carried Me Through.” Each day of the campaign we will share through our social media channels powerful messages from survivors – reminders of what sustained them, what held them up, what helped them move forward.

Please check our # WhatCarriedMeThrough campaign by following us on Instagram, Facebook, X and LinkedIn. Like, share, and include your thoughts or story of resilience in the comments.

Let’s and keep speaking out.

11/21/2025

11/20/2025

Today is National Child Day in Canada as well as World Children’s Day, a day rooted in the 1989 adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). By ratifying the CRC, Canada affirmed a global promise: to uphold every child’s rights, including the right to safety, health, education, respect, and an adequate standard of living.

Yet this promise remains unfulfilled. Child and family poverty continues to be one of the most profound violations of children’s rights in Canada, limiting their well-being, development, and future opportunities. National Child Day is not only a celebration, it is a call for Canada to act on its commitments.

Today, Campaign 2000/Family Service Toronto are represented in Ottawa to amplify this message. This morning, we co-sponsored a National Child Day Breakfast, hosted by Senators Rosemary Moodie, Flordeliz Osler, Yonah Martin, Marnie McBean, Colin Deacon, Bernadette Clement, Kim Pate, and Judith Seidman, underscoring the urgent need for co-ordinated, rights-based policies that allow every child to grow up in dignity.

Throughout the day, we are also participating in UNICEF Canada’s 2025 Youth Advocacy Summit, where young leaders from across the country are presenting their vision for a stronger, more equitable Canada and reminding policymakers that children and youth must have a seat at every decision-making table.

When we uphold children’s rights, Canada becomes stronger. Their voices matter. Their leadership matters. Their future matters.

UUNICEF Canada
Learn more about World Children's Day and National Child Day at the links below:

https://www.unicef.org/take-action/campaigns/world-childrens-day

https://www.unicef.ca/en/national-child-day

11/20/2025

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, a day marked every November 20 to remember and honour those lost to transphobic violence.
When 54% of trans women and 63% of Two-Spirit individuals report to have experienced physical or sexual violence due to their identity, we know we can do better and reaffirm our collective commitment to equity, dignity, and safety for all.

Learn more:
Defence Team 2SLGBTQI+ Champions honour Transgender Day of Remembrance:
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2025/11/defence-team-2slgbtqi-plus-champions-honour-transgender-day-remembrance.html

Report - Health and well-being among trans and non-binary youth - Trans PULSE Canada:https://transpulsecanada.ca/results/report-health-and-well-being-among-trans-and-non-binary-youth/
https://transpulsecanada.ca/results/report-health-and-well-being-among-trans-and-non-binary-youth/

11/19/2025