The Take Back the Night march returned to an in person event in downtown Kitchener on Thursday, to bring attention to and call for action against sexual and gender-based violence.
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OTTAWA One in three people experience sexual violence in their lifetime. In this third wave of the pandemic, officials at the Ottawa Hospital say they’ve seen an increase in those looking for help. We see anywhere between 500 to 650 new patients with sexual assault or intimate violence a year, said Dr. Kari Sampsel with the Ottawa Hospital’s Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program. In the first wave of the pandemic, the hospital saw a 60 per cent drop in patients seeking help. But by the second and third wave, the number had jumped back up. We only see the tip of the iceberg with what people experience, said Amina Doher with the Sexual Assault Support Centre Ottawa. She explained that at the start of the pandemic, many put dealing with their experience of sexual violence or trauma on hold.