• Staff of the Centre revised our Mission Statement and developed Guiding Principles.

  • The Centre conducted a needs assessment: Responding To The Needs Of Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault In Their Adult Lives. Produced two new resources: Navigating the Child Protection System (funded by the Department of Health) and A Women’s Guide to the Medical System After Sexual Assault.

  • Avalon Sexual Assault Centre in conjunction with several other women’s organizations from across the province conduct a press conference to address the RCMP’s handling of an alleged sexual assault committed by two officers.

  • Avalon responds to the media portrayal of a violent sexual assault committed against a young woman on Tower Road. (William Shrubsall is later charged and convicted of this and several other violent assaults against women.)

  • Avalon Centre moves to another location on Spring Garden Road.