Lanark County Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Program

10/08/2026

10/02/2026

09/30/2026

09/30/2026

🧡 EVERY CHILD MATTERS. 🧡

Today is Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Today we honour the Survivors of residential schools and remember the children who never came home.

As of 2026, investigations have identified at least 2,971 potential unmarked graves or burials at 31 former residential school sites across Canada.

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has documented more than 4,000 children who died within the residential school system. In 2025, another 1,143 names of children were verified for the National Student Memorial Register.

And we still do not know the full number.

Many former residential school sites have not been fully searched. Records remain incomplete. Children remain missing. Families and Nations are still waiting for answers.

Orange Shirt Day cannot simply be about wearing orange.

It means listening to Survivors.
Learning whose land you live on.
Understanding the Treaties.
Challenging residential-school denialism.
Supporting Nations searching for their children.
Demanding institutions release the records communities need.

The last federally operated residential school closed in 1996. This is not ancient history. Survivors are still here.

2,971 potential unmarked burials.
More than 4,000 documented deaths.
Thousands of children.
Thousands of families.
And the search is not finished.

They were children.

They had names.
They had families.
They were loved.
They should have come home.

🧡 Every Child Matters.
🧡 Every Survivor Matters.
🧡 The children who never came home matter.

Today we wear orange.

Tomorrow, we keep doing the work.

09/05/2026

Join LCIH and Take Back the Night Sept 10th!

Thursday, September 10 | 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Join us for Take Back the Night, an evening of community, solidarity, and action as we stand together against gender-based violence.

Since 2006, Carleton Place has proudly hosted one of Canada's most well-attended rural Take Back the Night marches. Year after year, our community comes together—rain or shine—with banners, signs, and noisemakers to send a powerful message: everyone deserves to live free from violence and fear.

Take Back the Night is a longstanding movement that calls for an end to violence against women and affirms every woman's right to walk safely in her community.

Location:
Meet us at Town Hall Square Park, behind Carleton Place Town Hall.

What to Wear:
We encourage everyone to wear purple*or your LCIHCS swag to show your support. LCIHCS merchandise will be available for purchase at As Good As New during the week leading up to the event.

Whether you're attending for the first time or have marched with us for years, your presence matters. Together, we can raise our voices, support survivors, and continue working toward a future free from gender-based violence.

We hope to see you there.

07/27/2026

If you are in an unsafe relationship, you do not have to navigate it alone.

Safety planning can help you think through steps to stay safer, whether you're staying, leaving, or unsure of what comes next.

Lanark County Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Program can help you create a personalized safety plan based on your unique situation and needs. Support is available.

07/24/2026

07/05/2026

Anyone can experience domestic violence, and every victim deserves support. This graphic is gender-specific because research consistently shows that women face a substantially higher risk of being killed by an intimate partner. In the U.S., women are about five times more likely than men to be victims of intimate partner homicide. Recognizing these evidence -based warning signs can save lives. How many lives could be saved if more people knew what to look for?