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Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa Appoints New Executive Director

Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa Appoints New Executive Director

Ottawa, ON – 05/13/2026 — The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa is pleased to announce the appointment of Carolina Palacios as its new Executive Director, effective June 1, 2026. Carolina brings over 20 years of experience in the Canadian non-profit sector and in public and private institutions in Colombia, where she grew up. She has…

Abolition in action: Elizabeth Fry Week 2024

Abolition in action: Elizabeth Fry Week 2024

May 6-12 is Elizabeth Fry Week! For E Fry Ottawa, embracing abolition means preventing the criminalization of women and gender-diverse people and creating humane alternatives to incarceration as it exists today. We know that criminalization is preventable when appropriate support and resources are available and when laws are reformed to reduce the harms of criminalization….