| Transition House Association of Nova Scotia | |
| Abbreviation: | THANS |
| Formation: | 1989 |
| Type: | Voluntary association |
| Status: | Association |
| Purpose: | To oppose violence against women |
| Location: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Region Served: | Nova Scotia |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | Provincial Coordinator |
| Leader Name: | Ann de Ste Croix |
The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (abbreviated THANS) is a Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based organisation that runs women's shelters.[1] THANS was founded in 1989.[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. 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.[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.[6] 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.[7]
Ann de Ste Croix is THANS' Provincial Coordinator.[8] [9]