Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre

The Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre has supported survivors of sexual assault for nearly 45 years, providing a wide array of programming and advocacy to serve each survivor’s diverse needs.

How do you celebrate the city’s hardest workers for creating positive social change? You throw them a big party, of course.

Over the past few years, Ottawa has seen a surge in female comedians in a previously male dominated scene, producing winners of both the local comedy club competitions and the Ottawa Comedy Awards. There’s an ever growing list of all genders hitting the stage. We caught up with Kennedy Ryan to discuss comedy, community and whether or not it is true that women who are funny cannot open coconuts on their own.

Gather in Minto Park at 6pm for a vigil commemorating the victims of violence against women and gender-based violence.