Our Roots

The AWRCSASA officially opened in 1983, but our roots were planted years earlier. In 1975, during International Women’s Year, a group called Women in Transition began raising awareness of women’s issues and building a network of support in Antigonish. This budding feminist movement emerged alongside the rapid modernization reshaping rural communities. From those early seeds grew a network of women committed to creating services and sparking change. To understand the herstory of AWRCSASA, explore the ground from which it grew in the documents below.