One Door

At women’s centres across rural Nova Scotia, staff are asked to be everything at once: advocate, crisis worker, housing navigator, grant writer, and sometimes the only safe door in town. They support women and gender-diverse people navigating violence, poverty, isolation, and impossible choices—often while running entire centres on what amounts to a single person’s salary. In this episode, host Al...

At the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre in northeastern Nova Scotia, a single trauma therapist is supporting women and gender-diverse people from Antigonish, Guysborough County, and surrounding rural communities—many of whom have carried their stories alone for years. Some arrive after recent assaults or crises; others come with wounds from childhood that have shaped every part of their adult li...

At Lindsay’s Health Clinic in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, a single exam room is serving women and gender-diverse people from across an entire region and beyond. Some patients are driving from Halifax, Cape Breton, and rural Guysborough County. Many haven’t seen a provider in years. In this episode, host Alex sits down with nurse practitioner Pam Reyes and clinic coordinator Denise McCarran Hart to ex...

Welcome to the first episode of the One Door podcast, a series that shines a light on the people, places, and ideas reimagining safety, support, and dignity for women, youth, and families in rural Nova Scotia and beyond. In our first episode, we explore the vision behind One Door, a purpose-built hub led by the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association (AWRCSASA)...

One Door is a podcast about courage, survival, and the urgent need to change how we respond to violence against women. For more than 40 years, the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre has been a place of safety, support, and connection for women, youth, and families across the community. But the reality is clear: violence against women is not a private issue, a rare issue, or someone else’s issue. I...