[2] THANS organises an annual purple ribbon awareness campaign in memory of the École Polytechnique massacre.
[3] THANS conducted interviews with 34 physically abused women who subsequently sought resolution through family law mediation.
[4] In 2008, THANS supported Bill 81, which they hoped would become the Domestic Violence Elimination Act, but Minister of Justice Cecil Clarke chose not to call the bill for a third reading.
[5] In 2009, Darrell Dexter of the New Democratic Party identified THANS in his promise to increase government funding of halfway houses in Nova Scotia.
[7] Ann de Ste Croix is THANS' Provincial Coordinator.