“For me it was just the pervasive nature of family violence. I had seen it, obviously, through my career … My background is thirty-odd years in provincial government, primarily in the area of child protection … When I became involved in the Today Centre, it really brought out the need for coordinated response. You know this issue hasn’t gone away, it’s not going away, and it’s not up to just one agency … Family violence hits a lot of people and we need to have people there that can provide a timely response.”
“The Today Family Violence Help Centre, which is an organization designed to support individual affected by family violence, primarily people fleeing abusive relationships, they do a lot of teaching, programs to agencies or service organizations but as well provides direct service to victims of family violence. I’ve been with the Today Centre for a couple years on their board … My connection to Today Family Violence isn’t particularly dramatic, I’m not a victim or a perpetrator of family violence, but this is something that resonated with me when I retired and started looking at ways of helping out.