Chatham-Kent Sexual Assault Crisis Centre

10/16/2026

Kenneth Miller is a former constable with the Chatham-Kent Police Service who has been the subject of multiple criminal investigations and charges during his 20-year career.
He is currently facing charges of:
One count of s*xual assault.
One count of s*xual exploitation.
One count of breach of trust.
These incidents occurred in 2009 while Miller was on-duty and the victim was a minor.
The trial for these charges has been set for September 2027. Miller is currently released on conditions, including that he refrain from communicating with the victim.

Miller engaged in this pattern of on-duty misconduct for nearly a decade before resigning. In the 2015 case that led to his jail sentence, he used his authority to transition a routine interaction into s*xual assault inside his marked police cruiser.
The Chatham-Kent Police Service allowed Miller to resign the day before his criminal sentencing in 2018, allowing him to walk away with his accrued police pension intact.
If you or someone you know is affected by this story, confidential support is available: 519-354-8688.

10/16/2026

10/11/2026

We will be doing our Christmas Assistance Registration in the month of November. We do not want to see anyone go without therefore we help by providing toys and gift cards/vouchers for food to those in need so everyone can experience the joy and hope of the Christmas Season. If you are in need of assistance for Christmas, come into the Community Services office that is nearest to you during the dates and times mentioned on the poster.

10/11/2026

The CKSACC office will be closed Monday, Oct 12th. If you are in Crisis or in need of support, please call our 24 hour crisis line at 519-354-8688

10/01/2026

Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris, and Scott Kretzschmar drugged and gang-raped a woman in 2024 at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University. This case has gained widespread attention after the victim, Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell University after the men were able to mitigate their punishment by writing an essay.
The media has taken to calling them the “Cornell Seven,” a name sensationalizes this horrific situation and that avoids keeping the focus on the names and actions of the perpetrators.
The seven men should be named continuously, along with the names of the 57 people in the group chat who saw the messages without doing anything to intervene.
This is also not the first time a post-secondary institution has taken the side of the perpetrators in regard to serious cases of s*xual assault.
This is a trend everywhere.
Name the perpetrators.
Demand true justice.

If you have been affected by this story and are in need of support, we’re here for you: 519-354-8688.

09/30/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
We wear orange to honour the children who never came home from residential schools, the survivors who carry that history, and the families who are still healing generations later.
This day matters to our work too. The legacy of residential schools and colonial violence is directly tied to the disproportionately high rates of violence Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people continue to face in Canada today. Reconciliation and gender-based violence prevention are deeply connected.
Today, we’re listening, learning, and recommitting to supporting all survivors, while making space for Indigenous-led voices and organizations to lead this conversation.
If you are in need of support, we’re here: 519-354-8688

09/27/2026

There’s a number most Canadians have heard by now: Indigenous women and girls are murdered and go missing at rates far higher than the general population. What’s talked about less is the decades of work by advocates like Dr. Pamela Palmater that forced Canada to actually look at why.
A Mi’kmaw lawyer from Eel River Bar First Nation, Palmater has spent her career at the intersection of Indigenous rights and gender justice — as a leading voice in the Idle No More movement, a professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance at Toronto Metropolitan University, and one of the most heavily cited experts in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Her work is a reminder that gender-based violence in Canada can’t be separated from colonialism, racism, and the systems that have long failed to protect Indigenous women and girls specifically.
For the final day of the 2026 , we’re recognizing advocates who refuse to let that reality go unspoken.

09/26/2026

In 2000, Beverley McLachlin became the first woman in Canadian history to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
She sat on the bench for R v Ewanchuk (1999), a landmark case that struck down the idea of “implied consent” in s*xual assault law — establishing that silence or passivity is never consent, and that consent must be clear and ongoing. That principle still shapes how Canadian courts understand consent today.
Throughout her career, McLachlin was known for championing equality and access to justice, helping bring the law closer to the people it’s meant to serve.
This , we’re happy to be recognizing the legal leaders whose work continues to protect survivors and shape a more just Canada.

09/25/2026

Karly Church survived domestic s*x trafficking in her early twenties. Now she’s a crisis intervention counsellor with Victim Services of Durham Region — one of the few survivors in Canada working directly alongside police on active trafficking cases, helping other women and girls find their way out.
A few things worth knowing:
* Ontario accounts for nearly two-thirds of reported human trafficking cases in Canada
* Survivors are still too often treated as offenders instead of victims
* Karly has spent years working to change that — as a counsellor, a national speaker, and an advocate

This , we’re grateful to honour advocates who become a lifeline for others.

09/24/2026

Constance Backhouse spent decades doing something few were willing to: digging through Canadian court records to document, case by case, how the legal system treated s*xual assault survivors across the 20th century.
Her book Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900–1975 traced nine real trials, showing patterns of disbelief, blame, and failure that survivors faced in Canadian courts for generations. It wasn’t easy reading, but it was necessary: naming the problem clearly is often the first step to fixing it.
A University of Ottawa law professor and Order of Canada recipient, Backhouse’s research has shaped how legal scholars, advocates, and reformers understand the history behind today’s laws.
This , we’re grateful for the researchers and historians who make sure survivors’ experiences, past and present, are never erased from the record.