THANS Administrative Committee
Sandra Falle, Co-chair
Laurie Ehler, Co-chair
Michelle Keats, Vice Chair
Rhonda Fraser, Past Co-chair
Pamela Harrison, Provincial Coordinator (ex-officio)
THANS Management Committee
Debbie Boyd-Crowther, Mi'kmaw Family Healing Centres
Terry Cove, Autumn House
Laurie Ehler, Bryony House
Sandra Falle, Third Place
Rhonda Fraser, Chrysalis House
Michelle Keats, Naomi Society
Bea LeBlanc, Cape Breton Transition House
Marina Martens, Leeside Transition House
Lisa Newell, Juniper House
Karen O'Hara, Tearmann House
Lana Whitman-Lohnes, Harbour House
Pamela Harrison, Provincial Coordinator (ex-officio)
Committees
Justice Committee
20th Anniversary Committee
Conference Committee
Membership Committee
Child Custody and Access Committee
Standards Committee
THANS - DCS Report Working Group
THANS particpates on the following committees:
211 Committee
Community Action on Homelessness (CAH)
Family Law Information Pamphlet for Abused Women {FLIPAW)
Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy (FemJEPP)
Metro Interagency on Family Violence
Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (MMFCFVR -Board Member)
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women - Women's Economic Roundtable
Provincial Sexual Assault Needs Planning Committeee
Senior Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee
THANS is a member of the:
Affordable Energy Coalition (AEC)
Ad Hoc Coalition for Women's Equality and Human Rights
Community Coalition to End Poverty - Nova Scotia (CCEP-NS)
Our Purpose
To Eliminate Violence Against Women in
Nova Scotia by:
- Working collaboratively with other equality seeking organizations, and the three levels of government, to address barriers that prevent women, and their children from living free of Violence and Abuse
- Advocating for sufficient programs, services and funding for Transition Houses in Nova Scotia
- Increasing public awareness of Violence and Abuse in our society
- Conducting and/or participating in Feminist Participatory Research
- Providing training and networking opportunities for Boards and Staff of our Member Organizations
Contact Us
Provincial Coordinator:
Pamela Harrison
215 - 2099 Gottingen St
Halifax, NS B3K 3B2
1-902-429-7287 [p]
1-902-429-0561 [f]
Media Information
For a THANS response to general issues
pertaining to violence against women
please contact Pamela Harrison
1-902-429-7287 or
1-902-456-1030
coordinator@thans.ca
For a response to issues pertaining to specific
geographic areas in Nova Scotia or to a specific
shelter, please click on Find A Shelter
Disclaimer
The Member Organizations of the
Transition House Association
are not members of Shelter Nova Scotia