Founding partner of Dance Against Violence, La Dauphinelle is the first shelter for women in difficulty to have offered movement workshops to its residents. Since 2010, four other shelters in the Montreal region have also benefited from these workshops.
If your shelter for women in difficulty wishes to offer our dance workshops to your residents, please contact Christine Charles at adjoint@montrealdanse.com.
La Dauphinelle

La Dauphinelle is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 by a small group of individuals dedicated to answer a pressing need for additional resources for women in difficulty. La Dauphinelle’s mission is to offer women, and their children, who are in difficulty and who are domestic violence survivors a safe refuge and psychosocial support to allow them to regain control of their lives. Its mission is five-fold: the shelter, meals, security, psychological support and strategic social integration. With a capacity of 18 places and an average stay of up to 8 weeks, La Dauphinelle welcomes around 100 women and 100 children every year. In 2012, La Dauphinelle will be moving to a bigger house. In so doing, La Dauphinelle will be able to welcome up to 25 people at a time and offer 4 units for short term transitional housing. After 30 years of existence, this new development demonstrates that there is still a need for resources for women, and their children, who are domestic violence survivors.
Assistance aux femmes

Since 1977, the mission of Assistance aux femmes of Montreal has been to provide safe housing on a confidential basis and free of charge to women and their children from all cultural communities who face domestic violence. Assistance aux femmes offers consultation and support services and follows up on each resident. Thanks to its telephone support and its external follow-up program, the organization’s services are also accessible to women who do not have access to shelter. Assistance aux femmes has a housing capacity of 4 families and is unique in offering a progam to women without a legal status in Canada. The services of this organization are offered in French, English and Spanish.