After decades of activism, the fight against intimate partner violence is gaining momentum and we need your support to continue moving this fight forward.
Declaring IPV an epidemic is important because it:
- Highlights how widespread intimate partner violence is
- Addresses the health and social impacts including physical injuries, mental health issues, substance abuse, and even death
- Allows our healthcare systems and other organizations to dedicate more funding, research and social services to ending violence
- Increases public awareness
- Fights stigma
- Gives public services the mandate to build up prevention tools, not just crisis response
A bill to declare IPV an epidemic was introduced in the Nova Scotia legislature on September 12, 2024 and, with the support of Unifor, it was passed immediately and unanimously.
New Brunswick passed a unanimous motion on June 5, 2025, two days after Unifor hosted an IPV Symposium with frontline service providers.
That same day, the Ontario NDP re-introduced legislation to declare IPV an epidemic — but your support is needed to move it through the legislative process.
In British Columbia We’ve joined a coalition calling the on BC government to declare Gender-Based Violence an epidemic. Sign the BC petition here.
All provinces can and must declare IPV an epidemic.
Please take a moment now to tell your provincial representative to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic!
