US EditionBeneath My Scars: B.C. author recounts surviving domestic violence
- Anna Maskerine, a survivor of domestic violence, recounted her experience in a new memoir and leads Nelson Community Services in B.C. As executive director.
- She moved with her wife and son to Nelson in 1992 to escape her abuser, who was in custody and later passed away.
- Maskerine was one of the founders of Nelson’s Aimee Beaulieu shelter for women escaping abuse in 1995 and has continued to provide support through various outreach programs.
- Statistics Canada reported 117,093 domestic violence victims aged 12 and older in 2022, mostly women, while a femicide observatory recorded 187 women and girls killed in 2024.
- Maskerine emphasizes that domestic violence remains an epidemic needing more awareness despite 35 years of community education events she and others have held.
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