PRESS IN THE PRESS QUICKBITE NEWS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDING FUNDING TO PREVENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE “Gender-based and family violence canhave an impact on every aspect of a survivor’s life, from physical and mental health, to housing and financial security” GLOBE & MAIL CAN BOXING BE A BALM FOR SURVIVORS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE? “It gives you an opportunity to realizethat you can be strong, both physicallyand emotionally,” says a participant who asked to be identified by her boxing name, Shredder. UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS BROCK PROFESSOR SAYS BOXINGPROGRAM HELPS WOMEN REGRAIN CONTROL OF THEIR BODIES “I immediately fell in love with how visceral it is and how hard it is, andhow it’s really like learning a language.” CBC NEWS SYL BOXING FOR WOMEN WHO’VE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE LAUNCHES IN ST. CATHARINES This isn’t your typical boxing exerciseclass. With no-contact, participants learnhow to safely hit things like heavy bags, speed bags and hand pads, instead. CTV NEWS TRUDEAU ANSWERS CALL OF WOMEN BOXING TO RECLAIM THEIR BODIES A Toronto boxing gym that providestraining for women who haveexperienced violence has issued a challenge to the prime minister, who also knows his way around a ring. TORONTO STAR BOXERS TAKE UP PAINT THERAPYWITH THINK OUTSIDE THE RING “For me, boxing is now about … containing your emotions. You don’twant your opponent to know you’rehurt,” says Kirk. “So I leave my baggage at the door. YAHOO NEWS TORONTO BOXING PROGRAMS FORFEMALE SURVIVORS OF ABUSE GETS FEDERAL FUNDING “So many women we’ve taken herehave had access to talk therapy ortalk-based programs, but their bodiesare left out of it. They felt displacedfrom their bodies, which is wherethey experienced trauma.” CBC NEWS MEET THE CHAMPION BOXER WHO’SHELPING WOMEN WHO’VE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE HELP THEMSELVES “Melinda Watpool is used tothrowing punches in the ring, but now she’s taken on teaching other women to do the punching — notto hurt others but to help themselves.”
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