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If you need our help, follow these steps:
Step 1:
Call one of the Violence Against Women Shelters (VAWs) listed below:
- Lanark County Interval House 24-Hour Crisis Line: 1-800-267-7946 or (613) 257-5960
- Naomi’s Family Resource Centre: 1-800-267-0395
- Nelson House: 613-225-3129 Email: nhfrontline@rogers.com
- Interval House of Ottawa: 613-234-5181
- Chrysalis House: 613-591-5901
- La Presence: 613-241-8297
- Maison D’Amitie: 613-747-0020
- Maison D’Amitie II: 613-744-7789 OR 613-225-0533
- Oshki Kizis Healing Lodge: 613-789-1141
- City of Ottawa Violence Against Women Shelter: 3-1-1
- Maison Unies Vers Femmes: 819-568-4710
- Maison Libere-Elles: 819-827-4044
In Quebec:
If you’re looking for a shelter outside of Ontario or Quebec, visit ShelterSafe.ca for a Canada-wide directory of Violence Against Women shelters.*
*Important: Any social worker can refer you to a FAM Network program – even if they are not listed above.
Step 2:
Tell the worker who answers the phone that you have a pet you cannot leave behind, but you must leave for safety now.
Step 3:
DO NOT LEAVE ANY WRITTEN NOTES BEHIND WHEN YOU LEAVE
Step 4:
Your animal will be fostered by The FAM Network while you reside at a VAW Shelter.
Step 5:
When you are ready to leave the shelter, arrangements will be made to return your pet to you.
Step 6:
Clear Your Browser History
It is highly recommended that if you are in an unsafe environment that you clear this website from your browser’s history after each visit. Choose your browser from the list below to learn how to clear your history in a few easy steps:
INTERNET EXPLORERClear browser history for Internet Explorer
Follow these simple steps to clear your browser history for Internet Explorer:
- Click Tools
in the upper right-hand corner.
- Select Internet Options from the dropdown menu.
- Under the General tab, look for the Browsing history section.
- Check the box next to Delete browsing history on exit.
- Click Apply then OK.
Clear browser history for Google Chrome
Follow these simple steps to clear your browser history for Safari:
- In the top-right corner of the browser window, click the Chrome menu
- Select History.
- Click the button Clear browsing data. A dialog will appear.
- From the drop-down menu, select how much history you want to delete. To clear your entire browsing history, select the beginning of time.
- Check the boxes for the data you want Chrome to clear, including “browsing history.” Learn more about the types of browsing data you can delete
- Click the button Clear browsing data.
Clear browser history for Firefox
Follow these simple steps to clear your browser history for Mozilla Firefox:
- Click Menu
in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
- Click the Options button.
- Select the Privacy tab.
- In the History section, click the down arrow next to the box that says Firefox will: and select Never remember history.
- Click OK twice.
Clear browser history for Safari
Follow these simple steps to clear your browser history for Safari:
- Click on the Gear
icon, which is located near the top-right side of the browser window.
- Click the Reset Safari… link, which opens the window shown below. Uncheck any boxes whose content you do not want to delete and click the Reset button.
Clear browser history for Opera
Follow these simple steps to clear your browser history for Opera:
- Click the
in the upper left-hand corner of the window.
- From the dropdown menu, select History.
- Click Clear browsing data…
- Next to Obliterate the following items from: click the down arrow and select the beginning of time.
- Check the appropriate boxes then click Clear browsing data.