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The day included a BBQ, a putting competition, and ended with a fantastic dinner reception, all of which was accented by a strong sense of doing good for your community. During the reception, Landon Jennings, a former client and now employee of Child Witness Centre, shared her experience of trauma from back when she entered… Read more →
News and Stories
Know Your Rights As A Victim
We have been supporting children and youth who are victims or witnesses of crime and their families since 1983. Foundational to our work is the Canadian Victim Bill of Rights which ensures that victims are awarded certain fundamental rights throughout the criminal justice process. More specifically Victims have the right to information, the right to participation,… Read more →
4,200 Grade 8 Students Hear Inspiring Messages
The Youth Symposium is a meaningful day-long program held on three consecutive days, reaching almost 1,500 Grade 8 students and their teachers from across Guelph and Wellington County on its first day and an additional 3,000 students and their teachers from across Waterloo Region on the second day and third day. Each year, we develop… Read more →
Conestoga College Bachelor of Public Relations Students Raise $8200 for Child Witness Centre
During the final semester of their 2nd year of Public Relations, students are required to run a fundraising event that combines both their Event Management course as well as their Project Management course. Each year the program chooses a nonprofit organization to be the beneficiary of these proceeds and this year, for a second time,… Read more →
Record Attendance at 2019 Pancake Lunch
This year marked our 21st annual Pancake Lunch and it was our largest gathering yet! We heard from a guest speaker, a former client of the Child Witness Centre, and welcomed approximately 650 community builders across Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County. A significant milestone was reached when we announced that we had surpassed our… Read more →
Safe Hands-Strong Futures Community Campaign Wraps
When we began the work to establish the Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) and fill a gap in service by establishing the Advocate role as part of the CYAC process, this more than doubled our annual budget. To address this we received seed funding from the federal government through the Department of Justice. In… Read more →
Give The Gift of Healing and Hope This Holiday!
Last year, 1,255 local children and youth who were victims or witnesses of abuse or crime, along with more than 1,400 of their parents and caregivers, needed help through the criminal justice process. What is so surprising is how quickly this number is growing! Your donation this holiday season will support the brave young people… Read more →
New Jack Reynolds’ book chronicles Mutual Life’s history in Life was a Mutual Affair
Dozens of stories are captured in Reynolds’ new book “Life Was A Mutual Affair,” an anecdotal history of Mutual Life — the title plays off a former advertising slogan. It was quite the send-off. It was Dec. 17, 2001, Jack Reynolds’ last day at Clarica Life Insurance Co., and employees had gathered in the auditorium… Read more →
Rangers fans wear purple in support of child abuse prevention month
Kitchener Rangers fans were a sea of purple Tuesday night in support of child abuse prevention month. Waterloo Regional Police invited fans to join them in wearing purple to spread awareness. In partnership with the Child Witness Centre, the campaign is an effort to raise awareness and break the silence surrounding child abuse and neglect…. Read more →
A magician, athlete and ex-con: Grade 8 students get the message of choice and change
Different mediums delivered a similar message Tuesday to 1,500 Guelph Grade 8 students at the annual Child Witness Centre Youth Symposium. A host of guest speakers used a variety of backgrounds to deliver positive messages about choice and how they can make a difference to Grade 8 students from both school boards, who gathered for… Read more →