Podcast sheds light on coercive control: Listen Now!

Listen or watch: click your streaming platform below! Youtube Podcast Spotify Amazon Google Play-circle On the latest episode of the Life Changes Channel podcast, host Deena Kordt engages in a powerful and enlightening conversation with Sagesse’s CEO, Andrea Silverstone and our director of innovation and programs, Carrie McManus. The episode, Hope in Hell: Sagesse, delves […]

Coercive Control Bill in 2024

On February 7, 2024, Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct), is projected to continue its second reading in Canada’s House of Commons.  The Bill was introduced in November 2023 by its sponsor, MP Laurel Collins (NDP, Victoria), who shared a personal and moving speech in support of the legislation: “The […]

Coercive Control Bill to Have Second Reading

Advocate for Bill C-332 and help expand protections for people in abusive relationships It’s a type of abuse experienced in most violent relationships and is a common precursor to domestic homicide. And it’s often completely legal. Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour used to regulate and dominate another person’s daily life and remove their […]