ORCC Annual Report 2024–25: This Is What Healing Looks Like
Healing happens in many ways, through connection, advocacy, community, creativity, and the unwavering belief that everyone deserves to live free from sexual and gender-based violence. Our 2024–2025 Annual Report reflects on a year of growth, learning, and collective impact at the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre. [...]
Rooted in Practice: Reimagining Healing through Anti-Oppression and Embodied Practice
What if preventing sexual and gender-based violence meant addressing not only individual acts of harm, but also the systems that make that harm possible? Rooted in Practice is a comprehensive guide developed by the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre to support service providers, advocates, educators, [...]
ORCC’s 2023-24 Annual Report – Growing Together on the Path to a Future Free from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
As we look back on the 2023-2024 fiscal year at the ORCC, we are reminded of the incredible resilience of the people we support, as well as the unwavering commitment of our staff, board members, volunteers, and community partners. This report outlines the significant [...]
ORCC’s Anti-Human Trafficking Rural Symposium Report: A Call for Sustainable Solutions
The ORCC's Anti-Human Trafficking Rural Symposium Report emphasizes the organization's ongoing commitment to addressing human trafficking, particularly in rural areas. The report highlights the immense efforts of front-line organizations working at full capacity but acknowledges that the current crisis-driven approach is unsustainable. ORCC advocates [...]
ORCC’s 2022-23 Annual Report – The Path from Strategic Vision to Purposeful Action
ORCC's 2022-23 Annual Report allows us to reflect on what we have accomplished as a team and member of Ottawa's broader community. Our team has grown and remains dedicated to making a meaningful impact. While ORCC continues its commitment to client-centred care and ongoing [...]
ORCC’s Trauma-Informed and Anti-Oppressive Approaches to Family Court Support Report
It is crucial to improve the support provided to survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence in the family justice system. Unfortunately, current practices do not always consider the diverse needs of survivors or use trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approaches. The ORCC has taken on [...]
ORCC: Anti-Human Trafficking Symposium – Steps Towards Prevention Report
Through ORCC’s renewal process, we have been learning about and working to hold space for discussions of systemic change. In the past few decades, community organizations that address violence, including the anti-trafficking movement, have focused heavily on individual representations of and responses to violence. [...]
ORCC 2021-22 Annual Report
Every year, the ORCC Annual Report provides us with an opportunity to reflect on what we have accomplished as a team, and member of Ottawa’s broader community. Driven by steadfast dedication to client-centred care and ongoing progress in terms of research, advocacy, public education [...]
ORCC: Human Trafficking and the Eastern Ontario Sexual Violence Support Service Landscape – 2022 Report
As part of our commitment to collaborate with other service providers to increase public awareness of human trafficking, ORCC staff shared a survey with service providers who engage in anti-human trafficking initiatives across Eastern Ontario. The results from the research are available to review [...]
ORCC 2020-21 Annual Report
Every year, the ORCC Annual Report provides us with an opportunity to reflect on what we have accomplished as a team and as a member of Ottawa’s broader community. Driven by a steadfast dedication to client-centred care and ongoing progress in research, advocacy, public [...]
