Transition House Association of Nova Scotia ( abbreviated THANS and TRANS ) is a Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada-based organisation that runs women 's shelters . Shiva Nourpanah is THANS 's Provincial Coordinator . Rhonda Fraser , the executive director of Chrysalis House , is a member of THANS . THANS organises an annual purple ribbon awareness campaign in memory of the École Polytechnique massacre . THANS was founded in 1989 . THANS conducted interviews with 34 physically abused women who subsequently sought resolution through family law mediation . In 2000 , THANS released a report based on these interviews , stating that most of the women would not recommend legal mediation to other abused women . 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 . In 2009 , Darrell Dexter of the New Democratic Party identified THANS in his promise to increase government funding of halfway houses in Nova Scotia . In 2012 , THANS partnered with the World YWCA , Family SOS , Silent Witness Nova Scotia , and Leave Out Violence to host the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada 's '' Ghosts of Violence '' , a ballet about domestic violence , in Halifax
École Polytechnique massacre
École Polytechnique massacre
Transition House Association of Nova Scotia