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This webpage is a centralized hub for resources related to gender-based violence (GBV) from organizations across Ontario, as well as key national research. We will continue to update this webpage as further resources become available.

Search the library through the filters (such as year and format) or search by keyword.

The best way to find resources on a specific topic is to search by keyword. For instance, you could search “coercive control” to find all resources listed that focus on coercive control.

You can also use multiple filters to narrow your search as well. For instance, you can select “Type – Toolkit” and “Content – Elder Abuse.”

• Abortion Access Tracker

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, Women’s Legal Action and Education Fund (LEAF)
  Publisher(s): Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, Women’s Legal Action and Education Fund (LEAF)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  A website that illustrates the legal landscape of abortion in Canada and the reality of accessing abortion care across the country.

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• Addressing Past Sexual Assault in Clinical Settings

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Addressing Past Sexual Assault in Clinical Settings is designed to enhance providers' knowledge and skills in delivering sensitive care to clients who have experienced sexual violence at some point during their adult lives. By the end of the training module, you will be able to: • Understand the physical, psychological, and social impacts of sexual assault • Know how to create an environment that supports disclosure of a past sexual assault • Provide an appropriate response to clients who disclose a past sexual assault • Foster interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to minimize structural challenges (e.g. organizational commitment, time, and training)

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• Aging Without Violence Project Website

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  In 2018 the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) received funding from the Ministry of Community and Social Services, through Ontario's Senior Strategy, to lead a 4-year training and resource project focused on ending violence against older women in Ontario (Jan. 2018- March. 2021). The Aging Without Violence (AWV) project is guided by an inter-sector provincial advisory including stakeholders with expertise in violence against older women, public education, service provider training, research, and improved community responses. This website contains monthly word to the wise factsheets, research, resources, tools, online training and webinar recordings focused on violence against older women, as well as information on upcoming in-person training and knowledge exchange opportunities through the Aging Without Violence project. Resources are published in both French and English. Training is accessed through the OAITH training portal.

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• Canadian Framework for Collaborative Police Response on Sexual Violence

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP)
  Publisher(s): Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The purpose of this document is to provide police services across Canada with a framework of leading practices to address Sexual Violence. This work will continue to evolve and as a result, will inform the ongoing development of best and appropriate practices. This response encourages evidence-based trauma informed investigations while improving on our support for victims/ survivors of sexual violence

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• Changing The Story: Ontario Native Women's Association

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  On the national day of awareness honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (February 15th), the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) launched a website that provides information, tools, guides and kits to help family members of missing and murdered indigenous women. It also provides tools to at risk women.

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• Communicating Equality

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Communicating Equality
  Publisher(s): Communicating Equality
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  Communicating Equality contributes to the primary prevention of violence against women and girls (VAWG) by promoting gender transformative approaches and messages. We engaged with journalists, communicators, violence prevention organizations, and men’s health groups to explore gender transformative approaches to VAWG. Through consultation, we created succinct gender transformative messaging that promotes understanding of the drivers of VAWG: gender stereotyping, unhealthy norms about masculinity, bystander attitudes, and the overall condoning of VAWG in society.

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• Domestic Violence in the Workplace

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Make It Our Business
  Publisher(s): Make It Our Business
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This online training program assists in preparing everyone in the workplace to not only recognize signs of domestic violence, but also how to respond and seek help when workers are experiencing domestic violence. It is a four-part online training series with each training taking approximately 20 minutes.

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• Draw the Line/ Traçons-les-limites.ca

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Action Against Violence Against Women
  Publisher(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC), Action ontarienne contra la violence faite aux femmes
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This bilingual interactive social media campaign challenges people to think about how they would respond to situations involving sexual violence against women and girls. The campaign briefly describes situations that involve sexual violence and outlines why, when, and how a person should ‘draw the line’. The campaign challenges common myths about sexual violence and educates bystanders on how to effectively and safely intervene. This campaign is led by the Action ontarienne contra la violence faite aux femmes and the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres and was funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate.

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• Draw the Line Campaign

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Draw The Line/Tracons les limites is a bilingual provincial public education campaign developed by Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) and Action Ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes (AOcVF). Draw the Line challenges common myths about sexual violence and equips bystanders with information on how to intervene safely and effectively. Since 2015, Draw the Line campaign partners include Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) with Action ontarienne (AO), in partnership with Egale Human Rights Trust, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Ophea, White Ribbon Campaign and Western University.

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• Empower Them

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): St. John’s Women’s Centre
  Publisher(s): St. John’s Women’s Centre
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  Empowering Them is a free course that will help you understand and explore the impacts that gender-based violence has on all of us. It is completely virtual, interactive, and you can complete it at your own pace. Doing this course will help you understand what signs of abuse to look for, and how to tell the difference between facts and myths surrounding this topic.

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• FamilyCourtAndBeyond.ca

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): P. Cross , R. MacLean
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Family Court and Beyond website provides legal and safety information, strategies and activities for women subjected to abuse and involved in or considering family court. Topics covered include: forms of abuse, including legal bullying; self-care; safety planning, including when leaving or when in court, with technology and for children; working with a lawyer and/or court services; collecting and presenting evidence; the family court process; common family law issues for women leaving abusive relationships; and specific considerations for Indigenous women, women in rural and remote communities, and women with criminal, child protection and/or immigration legal issues. Visitors can download the Family Court and Beyond Survival Workbook and Organizer or individual worksheets.

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• Fourth R

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): D.A. Wolfe, C. Crooks, R. Hughes, P. Jaffe
  Publisher(s): Centre for School Mental Health, Western University
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  This widely implemented, school-based universal prevention program, promotes healthy relationships and targets violence, high-risk sexual behaviour, and substance use among adolescents. It contains a mental health component, is for students in 7th to 12th grades, and is incorporated in health education classes, English courses, or cross-curricula. Adaptations of the curriculum exist for Native youth, alternative school settings, and After-School programs.

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• Gender-Based Violence Glossary

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Glossary
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Glossary provides a central place to find the meaning of key terms in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) work and to access resources for further learning.

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• Healthy Relationships Training Module

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): PREVNET
  Publisher(s): PREVNET
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  The Healthy Relationships Training Module (HRTM). The HRTM gives adults the training they need to help young people develop healthy social skills. It emphasizes the importance of healthy relationships between adults, between adults and youth, and between youth, and prevents unhealthy relationships and violence among people of all ages.

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• Kizhaay Anishinaabe Niin: I am a Kind Man

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This campaign initiative motivates Aboriginal men and boys to help prevent violence against Aboriginal women and girls. The campaign provides culturally relevant education and resources for men to address issues of violence against women and girls and to support Aboriginal men to choose non-violence. This campaign was funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate.

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• LGBT2SQ Service Provider Directory

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Rainbow Health Ontario
  Publisher(s): Rainbow Health Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This directory is designed to help individuals find health and social service providers who have expressed a commitment to providing competent and welcoming care to LGBT2SQ people in Ontario.

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• LukesPlace.ca

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Luke’s Place is a centre for change devoted solely to improving the safety and experience of abused women and their children as they proceed through the family law process. The Luke’s Place website provides information about the agency’s services for women in Durham Region, and systemic work and training services for women’s advocates. Legal information and news are posted weekly with answers to frequently asked questions about family law and family court processes as well as analysis of relevant case law and current events. The site also offers a listing of family law support services throughout Ontario.

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• LukesPlaceTraining.ca

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Luke’s Place Training website is a professional development hub for women’s advocates providing family law support in Ontario.

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• Make It Our Business

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Make It Our Business
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  The Make It Our Business campaign provides information and education to help employers and other stakeholders (e.g., human resources professionals, security personnel, union reps, co-workers) recognize, respond to, and prevent woman abuse in the workplace. On-the-ground training options are also available to address the varying roles and responsibilities of employers and employees in creating a safe and supportive workplace. This campaign was funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate.

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• My Refugee Claim

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Kinbrace
  Publisher(s): Kinbrace
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  My Refugee Claim is a guide for people making refugee claims in Canada. It helps people learn about Canada’s refugee protection process, stay connected to people who can help, and be prepared every step of the way.

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• Neighbours, Friends and Families Campaign/ Voisin-es, ami-es et familles/ NFF for Immigrant and Refugee Communities

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF)
  Publisher(s): Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Neighbours, Friends, and Families (NFF) campaign helps people to recognize the signs of woman abuse and learn how to provide support to an at-risk woman or engage with a man who uses abusive behaviours in order to encourage him to seek help. The campaign provides educational resources by way of websites, handbooks, videos, public service announcements, and brochures. The materials are available in 18 languages. The NFF campaign is offered in French and focuses on woman abuse in immigrant and refugee communities. This campaign was funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate.

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• Online Training Initiative to Address Human Trafficking

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): MCIS Language Solutions
  Publisher(s): Multilingual Community Interpreter Services
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  In consultation with subject area experts, service providers, government staff, police and survivors of human trafficking, Multilingual Community Interpreter Services (MCIS) has developed online training and related resources for service providers who support human trafficking victims in Ontario. The training and related resources include: an overview of human trafficking in Canada and Ontario; information on the dynamics of human trafficking; human trafficking indicators; service needs of trafficked persons; unique needs of Aboriginal and Francophone clients; and information on first response, medium and long-term support. The training is also available in French.

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• Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) Learn at Work

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants provides numerous free online training programs focusing on various topics related to immigration and violence. Training programs include: Prevention of Domestic Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women through Early Intervention; Family Violence and Refugee and Immigration Law; Family Violence Against Immigrant & Refugee Women: Community Development Strategies; and Understanding and Responding to Sexual Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities.

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• Portal-Pathway

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This digital resource is developed as part of the Immigrant and Refugee Communities, Neighbours, Friends and Families Campaign. The “Portal-Pathway” is a place where men and boys can learn about domestic violence, its root causes and how to prevent violence against women and girls in their community. The “Portal-Pathway” is organized along the following areas: Harm and Violence, Help and Healing, Support and Services, How to be an Ally, and Promoting Positive Masculinity. This resource is also available in Arabic and French.

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• Positive Spaces Initiative

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Positive Spaces Initiative was developed by the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) to share resources and increase organizational capacity across the sector to more effectively serve LGBTQ newcomers. Positive Spaces are welcoming environments for LGBTQ+ newcomers to access culturally inclusive services and where service providers can work free from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. The Positive Spaces starter kit was developed to bring greater visibility to the specific needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ newcomers and staff. The kit is comprised of fact sheets and stories drawn from interviews with LGBTQ+ newcomers, staff and allies. The kit contains tips for supporting clients, a glossary of terms, understanding human rights, tips and tools for making an agency a positive space, and resources.

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• Project Shift

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): YWCA Canada
  Publisher(s): YWCA Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This website features Project Shift: Creating a Safer Digital World for Young Women, a national multi-year project, led by YWCA Canada and funded by the Status of Women Canada. YWCA Canada convened cross-sector stakeholders to work toward systemic change by developing and implementing strategies that prevent and eliminate cyberviolence against young women and girls. Project Shift establishes the need for a gender lens to understand violence online and makes recommendations for a range of public and private actors, from educational institutions to parents and information, communications and technology organizations to counsellors and police.

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• Providing Trans-Affirming Care for Sexual Assault Survivors

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  This interactive and competency-based e-Learning curriculum, developed and evaluated in collaboration with trans community members and their allies, provides an engaging interface through which to build knowledge and skills in the provision of trans-affirming sexual assault care. This curriculum, which was updated in March 2021, is free of charge for those who complete a request form. It comprises an introduction, seven lessons, and a conclusion that can be completed as separate modules. • Lesson 1: Key Terms • Lesson 2: Experiences of Sexual Assault • Lesson 3: Interactions with Healthcare • Lesson 4: Initial Assessment • Lesson 5: Medical Care • Lesson 6: Forensic Exam • Lesson 7: Discharge & Referral

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• Recognizing and Responding to the Commonly Misunderstood Reactions to Sexual Assault

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This curriculum was designed to enhance diverse professionals’ knowledge about the commonly misunderstood reactions of survivors to sexual assault.

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• STEAR (Support Tool for Economic Abuse Recovery)

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  STEAR (Support Tool for Economic Abuse Recovery) is a trauma-informed web and mobile app that prioritizes the security and privacy of survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Crafted as a secure and untrackable platform, it provides a confidential space for women who have experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Economic Abuse.

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• Tech Safety Canada

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  Tech Safety Canada is a project of Women’s Shelters Canada. It equips shelter and transition house workers with the knowledge and resources they need to support women, children, and gender-diverse people with their experiences of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).

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• Tech Safety Toolkit: Identify, Manage and Document Tech Abuse

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Luke’s Place
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This Tech Safety Toolkit provides information on how to deal with tech abuse — that is, the use of technology by an abusive partner or ex-partner to harass, spy on, and intimidate a woman.

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• The “Unfit” in Canada: A History of Disability Rights and Justice

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): M. Xu, S. Baheerathan
  Publisher(s): Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The timeline attempts to delineate key events around institutionalization, deinstitutionalization, community/independent living, disability rights and disability justice, as they took place in Canada and the United States since the 1800s.

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• Truck Stop Campaign by PACT-Ottawa

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking in Humans Ottawa
  Publisher(s): Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking in Humans Ottawa
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness about trafficking in persons, specifically amongst the trucking industry and provide education to communities across the province with the overall goal of reaching national and international audiences. The TruckSTOP campaign targets the transport industry with the belief that truck drivers may travel the same routes as traffickers and may witness suspicious activities. The campaign provides drivers and truck stop visitors with information on how to identify trafficking and what to do when they suspect trafficking is occurring. Information is provided on posters, beverage coasters, podcasts, audio CD’s and radio productions. Materials are available free of charge.

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• Yourchoice.to

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): Toronto Police Service
  Publisher(s): Toronto Police Service
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This 2018 website by the Toronto Police Service includes information for or sex assault survivors looking for support and if they choose, information on how to report incidents to police. The Frequently Asked Questions and information sections about consent, your rights and reporting is available in 12 different languages.

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• YouthREX Website

  Year: Not Applicable
  Author(s): YouthREX
  Publisher(s): YouthREX
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Child Maltreatment

  YouthREX provides research and evaluation resources, supports, and services to youth serving organizations in order to improve wellbeing outcomes for youth in Ontario. They focus on three areas: knowledge mobilization, capacity building, and customized evaluation supports.

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• #MaybeNextTime: There Shouldn’t be a Next Time

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Black communities
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This presentation explores five essential approaches and best practices for supporting Black women and girls during the disclosure of sexual violence. Additionally, it outlines strategies for designing and delivering responsive services that prioritize their needs and well-being, aiming to shift away from practices that inadvertently re-victimize them. These approaches are crucial for fostering environments where Black women and girls can have equitable access to justice.

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• 2023-2024 Annual Femicide List

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Femicide

  Every year, OAITH releases the Annual Femicide List based on media reporting of women and children killed by men in Ontario. This list consists of femicides reported during 2023-2024 through media reports

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• Accessing Healthcare for Older Survivors of Abuse living with Disabilities

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WOMANACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WOMANACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Seniors/older adults
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  The healthcare system is one of the most used public services by survivors of intimate partner violence, however the barriers to healthcare access are significantly increased for survivors who are older than 55 and living with disabilities. The aim of this brief is to increase awareness of the unique needs and experiences of older survivors living with disabilities in accessing and using health services. It offers an intersectional analysis about barriers to access, abuse tactics related to health, experiences with service delivery and health professionals, and how these practices directly and indirectly impact a survivor’s health.

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• Advancing Accessible Communication for People with Intellectual Disabilities

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Inclusion Canada
  Publisher(s): Inclusion Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report identifies best practices and provides recommendations to make information more accessible for people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

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• A Guide to Mental Health Services and Support Networks for Hamilton’s Black Community

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): F. Rezene
  Publisher(s): N/A
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Community-Specific: Black communities
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  Toolkit listing supports and services to support mental health for Black youth including therapists, Black-owned mental health services, and art therapy.

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• A policy review on the visibility of migrant women exposed to, and at risk of gender-based violence: Considerations for inclusive and equitable policies and programs in Canada

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): C. Chadambuka & B. Essue
  Publisher(s): PLOS Global Public Health
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Immigrant, refugee, and non-status communities
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The present study examines the extent to which Canadian public policies reflect and address the needs of migrant women who have experienced GBV. Authors conducted a policy review of publicly available documents at federal and provincial (British Columbia and Ontario) levels.

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• A Qualitative Exploratory Case Study of the Safe Doors, Safe Homes Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention in the Canadian Context: Perspectives from IPV Survivors, Service Providers and Police

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): K.R. Abela, K.R.K. Saunders, K. Nagel, H. MacMillan, M. Kimber
  Publisher(s): Springer Nature Link
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a pervasive public health issue, leading to heightened rates of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Safe Doors, Safe Homes (SDSH) structural safety intervention in Canada, which seeks to enhance the safety of female IPV survivors within their homes.

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• A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N. Wathen, J. MacGregor, C. Burd, N. Naeemzada
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The authors conducted a scoping review of English and French literature identified through searches of multiple databases and specific journals to assess the current state of IPV research in Canada.

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• A Successful Sexual Assault Resistance Program Also Reduced Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): P.C. Barata, T. Samardzic, M. Eliasziw
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The primary aim of this study was to determine whether participation in the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act Sexual Assault Resistance program decreased the incidence of IPV in new relationships compared to women in the control group. The secondary aim was to assess any difference between groups in their domestic violence myth acceptance.

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• Attending to Power: Stakeholder Perspectives on Training Physicians to Address Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): A. Cavanagh, M. Kimber, H. MacMillan, S. Ritz, M. Vanstone
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with a wide range of mental and physical health concerns. Research suggests that many physicians lack knowledge and skills to adequately respond to patients experiencing IPV. In order to better integrate physicians’ contributions into intersectoral responses to IPV, the authors asked stakeholders with expertise and experience related to IPV about the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors they wanted them to have.

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• Beneath the Red Umbrella: Comic Strips as Expressions of Solidarity with Sex Workers

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): G.F. Johnson, K. Porth, A. Finch, N. Mhuriro, B. Omboga, K. Waters
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  Sex workers face stigma and discrimination that contributes to experiences of gender-based violence and produces barriers to support-seeking for survivors of gender-based violence. This Brief shares work utilizing comic strips to dismantle myths and share accurate knowledge about sex work. Comics are offered as an effective means to tell a story about what sex work is, who does it, why they might do it, and the harms of stigmatization and criminalization.

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• Beyond the Inquiry - ONWA's journey 5 years after the National Inquiry Final Report

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Femicide

  ONWA's new MMIWG report speaks to current challenges in addressing MMIWG include systemic racism, inadequate resources for support and prevention, and the need for comprehensive and culturally sensitive policy reforms and a lack of implementation on the Calls for Justice and the National Action Plan

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• Bill 173 – The Current State of Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WOMANACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WOMANACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The development of the “Bill 173 – The Current State of Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario” resource package has been a collaborative effort and consists of a comprehensive collection of research and evidence-based recommendations from experts, community organizations, and academics on the current state of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario.

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• Breaking the Mould: From Kanye and Andrew Tate to Fostering a Healthier Masculinity

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Publisher(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Men and boys
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  In this episode, the hosts and special guest, Jeff Perera, a renowned speaker and writer who is a strong voice in addressing manhood and gender-based violence explore what it means to be a male ally and why it's critical to translate those words into tangible action. The discussion takes a deep dive into the impact of traditional masculinity on young boys and men, and the ripple effect it has on society. They break down how societal expectations encourage boys to suppress their emotions and foster dominance, leading to potential harmful behaviors. They also discuss Kanye West and Andrew Tate in our examination of the influence of pop culture on young men.

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• BSCC Criminalization of Women Project - Pro Bono Lawyer Training

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Publisher(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This course is designed to give you an introduction to the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic and the work we do. This is a training resource for criminal lawyers who are joining the Criminalization of Women Project's pro bono roster or anyone wishing to learn more about the issue of Criminalization of Women and trauma informed practice.

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• Building Bridges: 2SLGBTQI & Affirming Faith Workbooks

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Egale Canada, Rainbow Faith and Freedom
  Publisher(s): Egale Canada, Rainbow Faith and Freedom
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  These Affirming Faith Workbooks offer foundational concepts, guiding principles, and promising practices to support anyone seeking to create more inclusive programming and services. It aims to provide readers with foundational knowledge on Canada’s major faith groups, considerations for supporting 2SLGBTQI people of faith, and strategies for creating respectful and tolerant workplaces and community spaces.

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• Building Bridges: 2SLGBTQI Anti-Racism Workbook

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Egale Canada, The Enchanté Network
  Publisher(s): Egale Canada, The Enchanté Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This workbook can help leaders of emerging 2SLGBTQI community organizations to foster spaces that are safer, prioritize anti-racism, and are more inclusive of all members of the community.

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• Building Bridges: 2SLGBTQI Indigenization Workbook

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Egale Canada, The Enchanté Network
  Publisher(s): Egale Canada, The Enchanté Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  Indigenization provides a useful framework and opportunity to re-envision your organization through a lens of Indigenous sovereignty and knowledge. This workbook acts as a guide and a catalyst for change within 2SLGBTQI community serving organizations seeking to embrace Indigenization.

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• Canadian Gender-Based Violence Prevention Programs: Gaps and Opportunities

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Y. Chen, K. Mendes, C. Gosse
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programs have long played an important part in both teaching the realities of GBV and training people in techniques to avert, mitigate, and respond to violence. This article examines the current state of GBV prevention training in Canada through an analysis of 81 GBV education programs provided by antiviolence organizations and universities. The authors identified notable gaps in topics relating to technology-facilitated violence and abuse in programs targeting men and in the provision of bystander intervention training. Each of these areas represents important, but as yet unrealized, opportunities in violence prevention.

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• Championing Change: Pamela Cross on Preventing Domestic Violence Deaths

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Publisher(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In this powerful episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, hosts are joined by Pamela Cross, a legal expert, advocate, and member of Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC). Pamela provides deep insights into the barriers survivors face within the legal system and the ongoing work to prevent domestic violence fatalities. They also discuss the tragic case of Kiera Kagan, a four-year-old girl whose death, linked to domestic violence, underscores the urgent need for systemic change because domestic violence deaths are preventable.

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• Coercive Control in 2SLGBTQQIA+ Relationships: A Scoping Review

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N.Z. Hilton, E. Ham, D.L. Ratz
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Existing measures and theories of intimate partner coercive control largely evaluate men’s coercion of women. The extent of knowledge pertaining to intimate relationships among other genders and sexual identities is unclear. Guided by a theoretical framework of intersectionality, the authors examined and synthesized original studies on coercive control by (perpetration) or against (victimization) Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual individuals within intimate partner relationships. This review revealed a lack of agreed definition of coercive control or accepted standard of measurement, and a gap in research with individuals who identify as gender diverse, gender fluid or intersex, or those identifying their sexuality as asexual, pansexual, or sexually diverse.

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• Creating Gender Transformative Messages for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Communicating Equality
  Publisher(s): Communicating Equality
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This training is for professionals and practitioners, community workers, communications specialists and interested others, to provide support in creating gender transformative messaging in all contexts and spheres of influence in the primary prevention of violence against women and girls.

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• Dance and Consent: Transforming Gender-Based Violence Prevention Efforts

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Salt
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Facebook Live explores Leading Authentically’s consent-based dance workshop entitled Empowered Connections: Consent on the Dance Floor, which equips participants with enhanced skills in consent, healthy communication, and effective feedback. The session also outlines some of the many benefits of arts-based approaches to consent education for service providers and offers next steps for integrating them into everyday practice.

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• Defamation Law and Gender-Based Violence in Canada: A Primer for Survivors and Service Providers

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): M. Gray
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The law of defamation is intended to protect people from reputational harm. Defamation actions are being strategically used by those accused of gender-based violence (GBV) to protect their own reputation, while also discrediting people who have experienced gendered violence. This Brief identifies the motivations of those using defamation suits in cases of GBV, the impacts of these suits at the individual and systemic levels, and what the legal process of a defamation suit involves.

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• Detecting and Responding to Gender-Based Violence for the Oral Health Professional

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Woman ACT and Ontario Dental Hygienists’ Association
  Publisher(s): Woman ACT
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This online training helps oral health professionals understand gender-based violence, how to show care for clients, and how to take care of themselves and others.

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• Disclosure and Reporting of Abuse Against Older Adults

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): C. Walsh, K. Roger
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Seniors/older adults
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This webinar shed light on why older adults do not seek help in cases of abuse through demonstrating three levels of barriers: individual, interpersonal, and systemic that impede on disclosures. Presenters also provided recommendations and action steps to increase awareness, promote disclosure, and improve services for older adults experiencing abuse.

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• Duty to Support: Supporting Families to Stay Together

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Michaelson, C. Noris, K. Stout, & L. Alkalay
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN) and Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Webinar focuses on the Duty to Support - the idea that community has the responsibility to support parents to care for their children and keep the families together. It is a response to the current mandate to report families whose children are perceived to be at risk.

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• Elder Abuse in the Canadian LGBTQ2SA+ Community: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  In this Special Event, Dr. Gloria Gutman and Dr. Claire Robson share information on the lived experience of transwomen, gay men and lesbians including financial abuse, physical and sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect within partner relationships, in residential care, in home care, and from religious organizations.

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• Engaging Youth to Promote Healthy Masculinities and End Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): J. Tabibi, Z. James
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN) and White Ribbon (WR)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Community-Specific: Men and boys
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This Backgrounder explores patriarchal and healthy masculinities, the impacts of patriarchal masculinities on GBV, and the role of youth in promoting healthy masculinities. It also spotlights White Ribbon’s intensive and gender-transformative curriculum on healthy masculinities and discusses its impacts on youth and the broader community.

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• Enhancing care for transgender and gender diverse survivors of intimate partner violence: an Ontario-wide survey examining health and social service providers’ learning needs

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): J. Du Mont, C. Kelly, H. Seo, & S. Brouillard-Coyle
  Publisher(s): BMJ Open
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This study was undertaken to better understand healthcare and social/ community service providers’ learning needs associated with supporting transgender and gender diverse (trans) persons who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV).

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• Examining the Prevalence and Effects of Gender-based Violence in Academic Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): B. Nowrouzi-Kia, H.Y. Chan, S.Zhu, S. Nandan
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Gender-based violence (GBV) in the academic job sector is a critical issue that intersects with broader systemic and structural inequities, but research is limited. To study the prevalence, effects, and prevention measures of interpersonal GBV within the academic job sector, a meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis protocol.

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• Exit Pathways Out of Violence for Migrant or Racialized Women With Disabilities: Understanding to Better Support Survivors

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): S. Kouidri, I. Cardinal
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  The purpose of this Webinar is to present women with disabilities in all their diversity, to understand the issues at stake and power relations, and to initiate a discussion on possible sustainable measures to address violence against girls and women with disabilities.

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• Exploring the experiences of wellbeing, health, and healthcare among women who have been domestically sex trafficked in Ontario, Canada: A qualitative study protocol

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): R. Bruder, R. Mason, C. Williams & J. Du Mont
  Publisher(s): PLOS ONE
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  Although there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that persons who have been sex trafficked can suffer devastating health consequences and often face challenges accessing suitable care that addresses their health and overall well-being, little existing research has adopted a survivor-informed approach. Centering the voices of sex-trafficked women in this research will provide valuable insights into their health-related experiences and can help lay the foundation for survivor-centric healthcare responses.

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• Fathers Play a Critical Role! Actions to Promote Gender Equality

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Community-Specific: Men and boys
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This infographic shares how fathers can be intentional in their everyday actions to challenge stereotypes and support gender equality.

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• Feminist Brain Drain: Labour Issues and Worker Wellness in the VAW Shelter Sector

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): R. Hoogendam, K. Maki
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  VAW shelters and transition houses (THs) are able offer vital services to those attempting to live free of violence because of talented, passionate, and dedicated staff members. While the backbone of shelters/THs are its people, organizations are struggling to recruit and retain staff, and staff are facing issues of burnout, exhaustion, vicarious trauma, and overall lack of wellness in their workplaces. This report provides information on: the scope of the labour crisis; elements that contribute to staff retention or turnover; recruitment; systemic issues contributing to labour issues; pandemic-specific challenges; feminist leadership; the study symposium; and recommendations.

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• Feminist Law Reform and Media Leadership Workshops

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Luke’s Place
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  A series of online workshops supporting advocacy and media capacity and skills-building for frontline violence against women workers. Workshops include Feminist Law Reform and Feminist Media Leadership.

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• Forced and Coerced Sterilization: The Ongoing Genocide of Indigenous People

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): M. Mercredi, K. Stote, N. Pambrun
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN) , Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In this session, speakers (a researcher, author/survivor, and midwife) discuss the historical and ongoing practice of coerced sterilization against Indigenous People in Canada. This session aims to deepen our understanding of the reasons for and implications of coerced sterilization for Indigenous women. It also engages in discussion of the ways Indigenous People, activists and allies are seeking to create systemic change to stop the practice by ensuring reproductive justice for Indigenous People.

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• Gender-based Violence Against Racialized Migrant Women, Girls, and Gender-Diverse People with Disabilities & D/deaf People

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This National Toolkit is for im/migrant and refugee-serving sector staff and volunteers across Canada working with racialized im/migrant and refugee women, girls, and gender-diverse people with disabilities and D/deaf people.

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• Gender-based Violence among Older Adults: Supportive Interventions

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Mosqueda
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Seniors/older adults
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  In this webinar, Dr. Mosqueda speaks on elder abuse, prevention, detection, and solutions to transform conversations on how we support older adults and unleash the power of agencies to break down walls for building a more robust community response to elder abuse.

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• Gender-based Violence as the Systemic Erasure of Queer and Trans Joy: Understanding 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Experiences

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): J.J. Wright
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  This Issue is intended to provide information to better understand how GBV appears in 2SLGBTQ+ youths’ lives and some of the ways it can be addressed and prevented through an intersectional lens. This Issue helps contextualize how rape culture– a society that legitimizes and normalizes sexual and gendered violence–intersects with systems of domination and oppression, such as settler colonialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and classism, to disproportionately impact 2SLGBTQ+ youth who are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour), disabled, and/or working class or poor. Most importantly, this Issue aims to push against the deficit-based approach that is often used within community advocacy and research in 2SLGBTQ+ communities, seeking to highlight the ways that queer and trans youth are themselves resisting GBV. Lastly, the Issue calls on the need to center queer and trans joy in efforts to dismantle rape culture and how frontline service providers can reject this “joy deficit” and recognize the wholeness of queer and trans youth.

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• Gender-Based Violence Service Provision and Access in Times of Crisis

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Owaga
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This issue brief reviews the main changes that were experienced in the sector, highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors and service provision sectors. The brief informs policy formulation on service sector re-categorization, service provision support, and intra- and inter-sector collaborations. These findings are intended to be useful for policymakers, legislators, and administrators.

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• Gender Results Framework: A new data table on workplace harassment

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Statistics Canada
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format:
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  Statistics Canada's Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics, in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, has released a new data table on experiences of harassment and sexual assault in the workplace. This data table reports on the Gender Results Framework (GRF), introduced by the Government of Canada in 2018 to track the progress of gender equality in Canada. The new data table also includes data collected through the 2020 Survey on Sexual Misconduct at Work (SSMW).

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• Gender Transformative Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls in Specific Contexts

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Communicating Equality
  Publisher(s): Communicating Equality
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  Research has identified key social contexts for developing primary prevention and gender equity work, including the family, educational settings, workplaces, sports, and faith-based contexts. The following resources provide a summary of promising gender transformative initiatives for preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG) in these crucial contexts in Canada. These resources will support organizations working in these sectors in preventing VAWG and furthering gender equity.

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• Guidelines on Gender-Based Violence in the Media

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Aura Freedom International
  Publisher(s): Aura Freedom International
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  These guidelines aim to support journalists writing and reporting on gender-based violence by providing information, facts, words, suggestions, and frames for their stories. They are written under the assumption that journalists are writing from a place with good intentions and a desire to see a better world.

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• Homelessness Among Women and Gender-Diverse People

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Homeless Hub
  Publisher(s): Homeless Hub
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  Developed for a broad audience, this training will explore how to develop and implement housing services and supports that are appropriate and accessible for women and gender-diverse homeless populations. Women and gender-diverse people have unique experiences of homelessness that are often invisible and underestimated. Mainstream housing services are not effective in helping women and gender-diverse people transition out of homelessness.

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• How the Public Sector is Fighting Income Inequality (and Why it's Still Not Enough)

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): D. MacDonald
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This analysis examines hourly pay in 2023, with a view to understanding differences between public and private pay practices. It finds that whether it's gender, parental status, or immigration status, the public sector is better at narrowing pay gaps than the private sector.

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• Human Rights-Based, Gender-Sensitive National Standards for Emergency Shelters Across Canada

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network
  Publisher(s): Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The “National Human Rights-Based, Gender-Sensitive Standards for Emergency Shelters across Canada” were developed in alignment with international human rights law standards to address the significant gaps in the provision of emergency shelter services for women and gender-diverse individuals. These standards aim to address these deeprooted inequities by providing a rights-based, gender-sensitive framework for shelter operations that prioritize the dignity and rights of all residents.

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• Identity-Based Bullying Online Training for Educators

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): PREVNet
  Publisher(s): PREVNet
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Community-Specific: Children and youth
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  PREVNet has created an online training for educators to help them better understand how to prevent and respond to identity-based bullying.

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• I Fell in Love With a Narcissist!

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Publisher(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Children and youth
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  Victorea Luminary shares her story of being a survivor of childhood abuse and narcissistic abuse. She has worked with others for over 25 years to move them from a space of trauma to transformation. In this episode, hosts and guest presenter discuss the warning signs of narcissistic abuse and the ripple effects of trauma into relationships.

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• IF I AM MISSING OR DEAD: A Sister's Story of Abuse and Murder

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Publisher(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In this episode, international best-selling author Janine Latus tells the story of women who stay with their abusive partner. Janine shares her own personal experience with abusive relationships, and the message she wants everyone to know because she couldn't save her sister, Amy.

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• Improving Access to Abortion Services In Canada: A What We Heard Report

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Di Felice, I.T.D. Thomson, V. Stern , L. Clerk
  Publisher(s): University of Toronto
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report summarizes the critical findings of the Expert Panel and is to be used as an advocacy tool to facilitate and improve access to abortion services in Canada. This report features an overview of the current landscape of reproductive rights in Canada, focusing on the following broad areas: access and use of abortion services; international and comparative constitutional norms regarding access and use; cross-border issues between Canada and the United States; and lastly, an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of enshrining the right to abortion in the Canadian Constitution. In each area of this report, contextual background and relevant issues are outlined, followed by the Expert Panel’s relevant recommendations.

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• It’s Our Time Education Toolkit

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Assembly of First Nations
  Publisher(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The AFN Toolkit consists of 22 learning modules that have been designed to enhance the understanding of important First Nations topics to ensure both students and teachers are learning in and out of the classroom

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• Know Your Rights in Care

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Youth Advisory Council
  Publisher(s): York Region Children’s Aid Society
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report was developed by the Youth Advisory Council and outlines the rights that youth are entitled to while in care.

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• Lift The Masc.

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Communicating Equality
  Publisher(s): Communicating Equality
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, Men and boys, Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Engaging Men And Boys

  Lift The Masc. is a series of messages that promote understanding of the drivers of violence against women and girls and inspire widespread action on primary prevention. While men and boys are central to violence against women and girls, they can also have a key role in disrupting gender inequitable norms. Lift The Masc. aims to inspire men and boys, and others, to say something, do something, and be a model for change.

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• Love Bombing

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): D. Lalonde
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This infographic endeavours to describe a term (love bombing) that is becoming more commonly used in discussions about violence and relationships. It shares what love bombing is, how it may occur, and what can be done to support survivors of love bombing.

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• Make Safe

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Tourism HR Canada
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Make Safe is a training program aimed at mitigating sexual harassment in the tourism and hospitality industry. Just as in other industries, sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence occur in tourism and hospitality workplaces. The nature of jobs in places like bars, restaurants, hotels, and events can make people more vulnerable to unwanted sexualized behaviours from customers, colleagues, and even superiors. Make Safe is about eliminating these behaviours and creating SAFE workplaces. How? By being aware of what constitutes sexual violence, learning how to mitigate it, and taking a zero-tolerance approach. Make Safe training contains two parts, available online in both English and French.

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• Many Faces of Elder Abuse: Insights into Loneliness, Mobility Challenges, Dementia and Representational Inequity in Black Older Adults

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): M. Kalu, B. Ojembe, O. Oyinlola
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  Evidence abounds that links elder abuse to loneliness, mobility limitations and cognitive vulnerability such as dementia. However, little is known about how these impact Black older adults. EAPO was joined by Dr Michael Kalu, Dr Blessing Ojembe and Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola as they discussed insights from their individual research with Black older adults on mobility limitations, loneliness and dementia, respectively.

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• Missed Opportunities: A parallel report on Canada’s implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This report has been prepared by a network of over 70 women’s rights and equality-seeking organizations, trade unions and independent experts to mark the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. Women’s rights and gender equality organizations have been conducting reviews of Canada’s progress in meeting the goals set out in the Beijing Platform every five years since 1995. This report highlights the diverse realities of women and gender-diverse people who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, incorporating an up-to-date assessment of federal policy and programs supporting women and gender equality in Canada.

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• Mobilizing on the Right to Housing for Women & Gender-Diverse People in Canada

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network
  Publisher(s): Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Review Panel on Canada’s Failure to Eliminate Homelessness Amongst Women and Gender-Diverse People plans to hold public hearings to gather oral and written testimony of housing-rights violations and solutions that could transform the system. The panel will then report back to the Minister of Housing with recommendations. This toolkit aims to: support lived experts and their allies to participate in the upcoming Review Panel, provide practical tools and templates to enable Review Panel participation, provide tools and diverse frameworks and mechanisms to enable community organizing on the right to housing, and democratize knowledge about the right to housing in Canada and how to claim it.

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• Monthly Femicide in Ontario Factsheet – March

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This monthly snapshot provides data on confirmed and unconfirmed femicides throughout Ontario in March.

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• Monthly Femicide in Ontario Factsheet – September 2024

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  

  This infographic shares the number of femicides reported in Ontario during the month of September 2024.

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• More Than Sibling Rivalry”: Understanding and Addressing Sibling Abuse

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Stanwick, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  In this podcast episode, Lorene Stanwick discusses sibling abuse and the need for more awareness, public education, and supports for survivors based on her personal experience and learnings through her play Broken Branches.

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• Multidisciplinary victims committee report

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Correctional Service Canada
  Publisher(s): Correctional Service Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report shares discussions and findings from the Committee on a wide range of issues relating to victims, including adopting a victim-centred approach, considering needs of various communities and ensuring the accessibility of information and services.

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• Navigating Interpersonal Conflict in Gender-Based Violence Work: A Transformational Approach

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): E.J. Hareven
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The aim of this Issue is to examine how we can better navigate interpersonal conflict as part of doing gender-based violence work and to support the embracement of trauma-informed transformational conflict models.

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• Navigating trauma-informed embodiment practices with survivors and those supporting survivors of gender-based violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  In this session, speakers discuss the connection of trauma and the body, and the ways in which somatic/embodiment practices can be integrated into the everyday work of supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This session also aims to deepen understanding around the systemic and intersectional realities that impact trauma-informed embodiment work. Speakers will share both innovative and practical ways in which these approaches can be further integrated into the work of supporting survivors of GBV.

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• Nowhere to Go: Gender-based violence and housing insecurity in Ontario

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report examines the understudied relationship between GBV and housing insecurity in Ontario. The report presents key findings from research with service providers and survivors of GBV and IPV along with an analysis of local housing market conditions in five communities in Ontario: Toronto, Ottawa, Peterborough, Thunder Bay and Lanark County. Findings illustrate the ways in which the ongoing crisis of housing affordability in Ontario is impacting survivors’ pathways out of contexts in which they are experiencing violence, and provide greater clarity on the range of solutions needed to ensure that all women and gender-diverse people can find a safe home, free from violence.

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• Nshiimenhiig – My Sister’s Toolkit

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Anishinabek Nation
  Publisher(s): Anishinabek Nation
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This toolkit has been designed for women and girls leaving the shelter system and returning to their communities. It provides guidance and support to those looking for ways to become advocates for violence free communities.

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• One hotline, many cold lines - an analysis of victim cases reported to the hotline 1-2-3

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): K. Zhang, A. Wang, & J. Yan
  Publisher(s): Stop Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Advocacy Group Association of Canada (SAAHCAG)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report presents findings from an analysis of 19 cases of victims that were reported to and recorded by the Hotline 1-2-3, a tollfree telephone line set up in 2021 by Stop Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Advocacy Group Association of Canada (SAAHCAG).

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• Out in Public And the Impacts of Public Gender-Based Violence Against 2SLGBTQ+ Youth

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Wisdom2Action
  Publisher(s): Wisdom2Action
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report captures the methods, findings, and recommendations of a project entitled ‘Out in Public: Impacts of Public Gender-Based Violence against 2SLGBTQ+ Youth’. The focus of the project was public gender-based violence (GBV) which is any act of physical, sexual, or psychological violence that targets people based on their gender identity or sexual orientation in public spaces

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• Parenting, Resilience, and Child Development with …

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Monday Science Podcast
  Publisher(s): Monday Science Podcast
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Children and youth
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  In this episode, Dr. Bahijja Raimi-Abraham interviews Professor Nicole Letourneau (University of Calgary) about her work in parenting and child development.

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• Progress on Breathing Life into the Calls for Justice

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Publisher(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Femicide

  The AFN has developed this CFJ Report Card to serve as a monitoring tool of both government and non-governmental activities since the National Inquiry’s release of their Final Report. The AFN CFJ Report Card is the first update on progress towards the full implementation of the CFJ and includes a summary of the notable steps forward and backward during the review period

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• Race and Gender in the Workplace

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This brief provides an overview of the structural and individual dimensions of gender and racial discrimination and how this intersection impacts the opportunities and experiences of Indigenous, Black, and Racialized women in Canadian workplaces. Additionally, it spotlights the intersection of gender-based violence in the workplace.

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• Reproductive Coercion Strategies in Intimate and Family Contexts: Experiences of Those Who Have Endured Them

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): C. Boulebsol
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  Drawing on scientific literature and data analysis from research conducted, the Webinar will present key definitions, the contexts in which reproductive coercion occurs, and how victims perceive the issue and the best ways to prevent it.

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• Resilience Across the Life Course for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): C. Davidson, C. Safar, J. Yates, Shillington
  Publisher(s): SAGE Journals
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This study employed a life course perspective to explore the resilience of Canadian women of various ages who had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Interpretive description was used to analyze 22 in-depth, semi-structured interview transcripts with women who ranged in age from >19 to 60+ years. Results revealed that developmental age affected service accessibility and effectiveness, historical age shaped abuse normalization, and social age presented barriers and facilitators to women's resilience. This study highlighted the central role of resilience for women of all ages who have experienced IPV and emphasized the need for accessible, effective, and supportive services.

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• Rural Roots: Seeing, Naming, and Changing IPV in Rural Communities

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): C. Wildman, E. Lee, P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Neighbours, Friends, and Families (NFF)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Webinar recording shares information about the Rural Roots initiative which seeks to address intimate partner violence in rural areas. The recording also delves into the inquest into the 2015 murders of three women in a rural community in eastern Ontario.

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• Seniors Leading Change: How to Build an Elder Abuse Prevention Network

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA)
  Publisher(s): Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This webinar recording shares information on the toolkit Seniors Leading Change to support the development of a stronger elder abuse prevention network infrastructure across Canada

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• Sextortion: What You Need To Know

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): DIY Digital Safety
  Publisher(s): DIY Digital Safety
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This Infographic shares information on what youth and adults need to know about sextortion and ways to get help.

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• Sexual Violence Against Black Women and Girls in a #MeToo Era

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): K. Souffrant
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  This Backgrounder provides an overview of the reality of sexual violence against African Canadian and/or Black women and girls, identifies barriers to sexual violence disclosure and reporting, and shares avenues for intervention and reflection to better support survivors.

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• SIGNAL FOR HELP RESPONDERS: Supporting Someone who is Experiencing Abuse

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): H. Bigras-Dutrisac, M. Sheperd
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Seniors/older adults
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  In this webinar, the Canadian Women’s Foundation provides an overview of the Signal for Help Responders campaign and options on how to support someone who is experiencing abuse.

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• Storytelling for Action: Recognizing and Centering Youth Survivor Voices

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): M. Lebrun, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Child Maltreatment

  In this episode, youth rights advocate Maya Lebrun shares the importance of respecting and centering youth survivor voices in gender-based violence work to better support survivors and their wellbeing.

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• Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth’s Well-being and Development

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Neighbours, Friends & Families (NFF)
  Publisher(s): Neighbours, Friends & Families (NFF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  This Infographic shares how to support wellbeing and development of 2SLGBTQIa+ youth through various steps.

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• Supporting Survivors of GBV and their Animals: Innovative and Collaborative Strategies

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): C. Dulude, S. O’Neill
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  How can we enact systemic change to better support survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and their animals (companion, farmed, and service)? Humane Canada’s ACT Project answers based on their work with survivors of GBV and multisectoral organizations including women’s shelters, anti-violence organizations, veterinary professionals, and animal welfare services. 

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• Supporting Survivors with Animals in Contexts of Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): S. O’Neill, C. Dulude, J. Ferreira, K. Duncan, D. Lalonde
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Issue shares how to integrate the human-animal bond in intimate partner violence supports and services for survivors. It identifies the barriers that survivors with animals face in help-seeking and safety planning. Additionally, this Issue offers strategies for trauma- and violence-informed care in supporting survivors and animals with inspiring examples of cross-sectoral collaboration.

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• The Empty Chair: Excerpts from testimonies by people who have signed NDAs

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Can’t Buy My Silence
  Publisher(s): Can’t Buy My Silence
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This is a montage of excerpts from the hundreds of people who have contacted Can't Buy My Silence after signing an NDA, some of whom have offered to provide anonymous testimonies. Their words are shared with their permission, and using voice actors.

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• The Incel Movement in Canada: Context and Practices of Intervention

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): E. Chan, R. Gheorghe
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN) and Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Webinar recording focuses on the ideological evolution of the incel communities in Canada. By providing an overview of the tenets of incel beliefs in the context of persisting reports of incel-motivated harm, this Webinar recording situates incels within broader intersections of gender-based violence and ideological extremism.

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• Theo Fleury's Story of Trauma, Sexual Assault, and the Journey to Healing

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Publisher(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Children and youth
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  In this episode, NHL Stanley Cup Champion and Olympic gold medalist, Theo Fleury, shares his story of trauma, sexual abuse, and his journey to healing. Theo discusses the intersectionality of trauma, mental health, and addiction in his life, and discusses ways in which we can rewire trauma to forgive and get on the path to self-discovery, self-love, and healing.

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• The Report of the Second National Indigenous-Federal-Provincial-Territorial Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People February 7 to 8, 2024

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Government of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Femicide

  The second National Indigenous-Federal-Provincial-Territorial (IFPT) Roundtable took place in hybrid format on February 7 and 8, 2024 bringing together over 100 participants in-person in Ottawa and 130 in a virtual capacity. The purpose of this roundtable was to discuss the priorities and next steps to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Plus (2SLGBTQI+) people with Indigenous leaders, and federal, provincial, and territorial Ministers.

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• This One's for the Bystanders: YOU are Part of the Problem!

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Publisher(s): Halton Women’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Too often we hear disturbing news stories about sexual assaults on campuses, about street harassment, or public assaults witnessed by bystanders who did nothing to intervene or stop the harm. In this episode, the focus is on bystanders- the people who could do something, and instead choose to do nothing. Gabriela Mejia from iHollaback joins the panel to discuss bystander intervention strategies.

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• Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2023

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  This Statistics Canada report provides an overview of the official statistics related to human trafficking in Canada during the year 2023. Official statistics, while important, provide only a partial picture of human trafficking in Canada due to its hidden and underreported nature. Identifying incidents of human trafficking depends in part on police resources and expertise, as well as victims' ability to recognize and report their experiences with trafficking.

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• Trauma- and Violence-informed Physical Activity Modules

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Health and Wellness Equity Research Group at Carleton University
  Publisher(s): Health and Wellness Equity Research Group at Carleton University
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This training was designed for individuals who are interested in expanding their knowledge of trauma- and violence-informed approaches to physical activity service provision and programming for self-identified women. This training focuses on the Canadian context and was made possible by funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to address the call Preventing and Addressing Family Violence: The Health Perspective. The primary purpose of this funding is to prevent family violence; and/or support the health of survivors.

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• Trauma-Informed Support for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a form of gender-based violence and is a human rights violation. It is a global concern and impacts survivors in Canada. Service providers can better support survivors through trauma-informed care. Find strategies in this infographic developed in collaboration with Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre.

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• Understanding Afro-Indigenous Experiences of Gendered Violence and Healing Pathways

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): A.M. Beals, C.L. Wilson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities, Black communities
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This Backgrounder provides an overview of the historic and contemporary contexts that contribute to gender-based violence in Afro-Indigenous communities and share insights from the Proclaiming Our Roots project.

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• Understanding and Addressing Elder Abuse in Gender and Sexual Minority Communities

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This Backgrounder sheds light on this underreported social issue, by reviewing recent research and forefronting the lived experiences of survivors. Drawing upon stories shared by survivors, it recommends changes and additions to existing practices for organizations and individuals working with elders to better support GSM elders and end elder abuse

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• Understanding Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Older Adults in Canada

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Community-Specific: Seniors/older adults
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This infographic emphasizes the heightened vulnerability of specific groups, including Indigenous women, women with disabilities, and seniors with cognitive impairments like dementia. By illustrating these critical aspects, EAPO aims to inform and educate the public, policymakers, and service providers about the urgent need for targeted interventions and comprehensive support systems to protect older adults from IPV.

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• Update on NWAC’s MMIWG2S+ Action Plan on MMIWG2SG+ People

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In Our Calls, Our Actions (June 2021), NWAC outlined 66 practical, measurable, and costed actions that they are taking to address the Calls for Justice outlined by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. This year, they simplified their reporting approach to provide a high-level examination of our actions over the past year and to highlight work done by our Provincial and Territorial Member Associations (PTMAs).

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• What It Takes: Establishing a Gender-Based Violence Accountability Mechanism in Canada

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report examines Canada’s gender-based violence (GBV) epidemic, Canada’s obligations to solve the crisis, why an independent federal accountability mechanism for GBV is needed, and what that mechanism would need to look like to be effective. The report is part of LEAF’s Accountability Project, which looked at how to hold governments accountable for taking steps to end gender-based violence in Canada.

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• Workplace sexual harassment and violence: building safe workplaces

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): Respect At Work
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  These online trainings provide survivor-centred approaches to understanding and responding effectively to sexual harassment and violence at work. This training will increase awareness and impacts on individuals and workplaces.

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• “If you don’t stop the cycle somewhere, it just keeps going”: Resilience in the context of structural violence and gender-based violence in rural Ontario

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): T. Mantler, J. Yates, K. Shillington, P. Tryphonopoulos, & K. Jackson
  Publisher(s): PLOS Global Public Health
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Bolstering women’s resilience in the context of gender-based violence (GBV) requires attention to structural conditions needed to support women to thrive, particularly in rural communities. This cross-sectional study explored how resilience was influenced by structural violence in rural Ontario among women experiencing GBV (n = 14) and service providers in the GBV sector (n = 12). Interviews were conducted and revealed forms of structural violence that undermine resilience for women experiencing GBV in rural communities, including 1) housing- gentrification, short-term rentals of residential properties, and long waitlists, 2) income- fighting for enough money to survive, 3) safety- abusers gaming the system, and 4) access- successes and new barriers. Structural conditions must be attended to as they are prerequisites required to build resilience.

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• “Little Eyes and Little Ears Don’t Miss Much”: Past, Present, and Future Work on Supporting Children and Youth

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): L. Baker, P. Jaffe
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  This inaugural episode features Dr. Linda Baker as a speaker and is guest hosted by Dr. Peter Jaffe. Linda shares her reflections on how understandings of child and youth experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) have evolved over the last twenty years.

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• “Meet Them Where They Are At”: Reimagining the Child Welfare System

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): T. Dixon-Eeet, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Community-Specific: Children and youth
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In this podcast episode, Thaila Dixon-Eeet discusses critical youth-centering and community development with youth survivors based on their work with the Collective of Child Welfare Survivors.

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• “Thinking Outside the Box”: Using Intersectionality to Understand and Contextualize Children’s Experiences of Violence

  Year: 2024
  Author(s): R. Timothy, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  In this episode, Dr. Roberta Timothy discusses the historical origins of intersectionality rooted in Black activism and feminism, and how intersectionality can be used to make sense of diverse experiences and multiple systems of oppression faced by children and youth. As central to intersectionality, Dr. Timothy offers four concepts: identity, oppression, violence, and resistance. These concepts come to life in creative examples and personal learnings that Dr. Timothy shares in supporting children and youth exposed to violence. Lastly, Dr. Timothy offers a vision for the future where intersectionality is used for empowerment, wellness, healing, and action.

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• 2022-2023 Annual Femicide List

  Year: 2023
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  OAITH tracks femicide through the use of media reports to bring attention and raise public awareness of gender related killing in Ontario. Every year, OAITH releases the Annual Femicide List based on media reporting of women and children killed by men in Ontario.

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• 2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming and Equitable Teaching & Learning Practices

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): A. Lapointe, J. Keough, D. Exner-Cortens
  Publisher(s): PREVNet
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This tipsheet outlines how harnessing queer- and trans-informed1 knowledge and resources, operating from a trauma-informed and intersectional lens, and enacting anti-oppressive teaching and learning practices can be used to deliver equitable curricula, including anti-violence, mental health promotion, and healthy relationships content. The promising practices shared in this document are drawn from a literature review on a¬ffirming 2SLGBTQIA+ students in and through schooling. This review emphasized how queer and trans theories and pedagogies can be incorporated into teen dating violence education to create more equitable and a¬ffirming programming for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.

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• Addressing Sexual Violence and Promoting the Sexual Rights of Women Labelled with Intellectual Disabilities

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): ): D. Lalonde, B. Brayton, V. Grand’Maison, & M. Lyons-MacFarlane
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Issue explores sexual violence faced by women labelled with intellectual disabilities through an intersectional, strengths-based approach. It centers the importance of removing structural barriers to supports, justice, and sexual freedom.

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• An Overview of Transitional Housing & Support Programs (THSP) in Ontario: A Resource for THSP Workers & Agencies

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This guide was designed for THSP workers and agencies to support their work with survivors and collaboration across sectors.

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• Avenues to Justice – Restorative and Transformative Justice for Sexual Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): T. Burnett & M. Gray
  Publisher(s): Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report explores the barriers and availability of restorative and transformative justice (RJ/TJ) options for sexual violence in Canada. Over the last several decades, many mainstream feminists and antiviolence organizations have been wary of the ability of RJ/TJ to adequately respond to sexual violence. More recently, there has been a growing interest on the part of feminist organizations, such as LEAF, to embrace RJ/TJ as a legitimate avenue of justice for survivors of sexual violence.

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• Beneath the Iceberg

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  OAITH’s new training video series, Beneath the Iceberg, provides concrete tools and considerations to assist gender-based violence workers to provide trauma-informed support, including exploration of risk and risk management strategies, through telephone crisis line and chat-based support. The video series includes three videos, each available with captions and content in both French and English. A video guide provides prompts for critical reflection and further tips to assist agencies and workers in increasing their capacity to provide effective, trauma-informed support via phone and text-based formats.

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• Beneath the Iceberg: Video Series Guide

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): A. Wardell
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  OAITH’s new training video series, Beneath the Iceberg, provides concrete tools and considerations to assist gender-based violence workers to provide trauma-informed support, including exploration of risk and risk management strategies, through telephone crisis line and chat-based support. The video series includes three videos, each available with captions and content in both French and English. This video series guide provides prompts for critical reflection and further tips to assist agencies and workers in increasing their capacity to provide effective, trauma-informed support via phone and text-based formats.

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• BETWEEN RISK & SAFETY: An Overview & Critical Analysis of Gender-Based Violence Risk Assessment & Management in Ontario

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): A. Wardell & L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report builds on OAITH’s previous work on risk assessment within Violence Against Women (VAW) shelters: Breaking Through: Rethinking Assessment Practices In Ontario Shelters. The report was informed by an environmental scan of available tools and the current work of service providers working in VAW shelters in Ontario.

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• Bridging Gaps in Collaboration Between Community Organizations and Hospital-Based Violence Treatment Centers Serving Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): S. Kosa, M. Coelho, J. Friedman-Burley, & N. Lebel
  Publisher(s): Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Community and healthcare organizations have not historically collaborated effectively, leaving gaps in the continuum of care for survivors of sexual assault. These gaps are particularly acutely felt by transgender (trans) survivors, who experience additional barriers to care and face higher rates of sexual assault. To bridge these gaps and enhance the provision of comprehensive support for trans people, the authors developed an intersectoral network of trans-positive community and hospital-based organizations in Ontario, Canada. As part of a baseline evaluation of the network, they conducted a social network analysis to determine the extent and nature of collaboration between members within and across these two sectors.

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• Canada's Gender Pandemic Response: Did it Measure Up?

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): K. Scott
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This report takes stock of Canada’s response to the pandemic — covering the period from March 2020 to June 2021. Guided by the UNDP-UN Women’s Global Gender Response Tracker, it examines whether published plans incorporated a gender-inclusive lens and the type and mix of gender-sensitive pandemic programming introduced.

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• Centering Black Survivors in Gender-Based Violence Work

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): F. Onyegbule, C. Kemeni, N. Massaquoi
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Fechi Onyegbule, Chloe Kemeni, and Notisha Massaquoi discuss uprooting anti-Blackness in mainstream gender justice movements, designing gender-based violence support systems to centre Black survivors, and creating communities of healing.

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• Coercive Control: Exploring Alternatives to Criminalization

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This brief examines the impacts of existing criminalization models as well as explore alternative policy options that aim to address and end gender-based violence (GBV) in all its forms, including coercive control and non-physical manifestations of violence

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• Community Report – Experiences of Violence Among Trans and Non-Binary Sex Workers in Canada: An Intersectional Perspective

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): A. Scheim, H. Santos, S. Ciavarella, J. Vermilion, F. S.E. Arps, N. Adams, K. Nation, G. Bauer
  Publisher(s): Trans PULSE Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In the context of renewed debate about Canada’s “end demand” sex work laws, this paper took an intersectional approach to characterize experiences with the criminal legal system and perceived access to justice among transgender (trans) and nonbinary sex workers in Canada.

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• Connecting hearts and making change

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Publisher(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The AFN coordinated and hosted the first National MMIWG2S Gathering in Vancouver, British Columbia from February 14 to 16, 2023. The gathering was in-person, with the option to participate virtually. Gathering proceedings were recorded to create this report, which includes the voices of those who spoke to influence change for survivors and families.

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• Considerations for Meaningful Collaboration: A Conversation with Indigenous Elders

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  

  This Special Event invites individuals and organizations to learn from Indigenous Elders on building meaningful collaboration in a respectful and culturally-informed manner to support efforts to end gender-based violence. Elders will provide guidance on their roles relevant to their communities including their responsibilities to share and protect Indigenous ways of knowing.

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• Considerations for Meaningful Collaboration: Highlights from A Conversation with Indigenous Elders

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): L. Smallboy, N. Jacobs, N. LeDrew, G. Thomson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This resource shares information on who Elders are and their roles, as well as how to meaningfully engage with an Elder from the invitation to post-collaboration and sustaining the relationship.

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• Criminalizing Coercive Control: Unintended Consequences & Alternative Approaches

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): R. Parsa, & E. Murray
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This paper is grounded in an understanding that the harms of the criminal legal system are disproportionately placed on Black, Indigenous, racialized and other marginalized groups and any efforts to criminalize coercive control must consider the ongoing impact of colonization on Indigenous communities, and the disproportionate violence against Indigenous women, girls, non-binary and trans peoples across the country.

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• Debunking Myths about FGM/C

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  In this podcast episode, hosts and guests discuss the sociocultural reasons for why communities practice FGM/C. Hosts are joined by a young Muslim woman from an impacted community. She helps clarify some myths surrounding FGM/C and shed light on some of the misconceptions linked to this practice.

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• Debunking Myths about FGM/C

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Structural Violence

  As a result of racism, language barriers, social isolation, stigma, and socioeconomic status, racialized women and girls in Canada often struggle to find help and support while reporting GBV and on their path toward healing. In this podcast episode, hosts are joined by a survivor of FGM/C to discuss intersectionality from the viewpoint of a Black Muslim woman and survivor, as well as how stigma associated with these overlapping social identities contributes to experiences of oppression and discrimination.

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• Developing Queer Joy-centered Gender-based Violence Prevention Education: 2SLGBTQ+ Youth-Led Recommendations

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): JJ. Wright, E. Fonarev, & E. Greenberg
  Publisher(s): Egale Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  In the following pages, we offer 2SLGBTQ+ youth-led recommendations for queer-joy centered programming alongside related practical examples. The six recommendations surround themes including: teaching communication for safe and pleasurable sex, bodily autonomy and consent, anti-oppressive sexuality education, pleasure activism; expanding understandings of pleasure and care, containers for safety and grounding and embodiment practices which includes discussion of gender dysphoria.

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• Domestic Homicide, Gender-Related Homicide, and Femicide: Making Sense of the Terms

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This Backgrounder explores the terms domestic homicide, gender-related homicide, and femicide to strengthen understanding and promote prevention of these killings. Rather than competing, these terms are valuable for different reasons and serve to capture diverse phenomenon.

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• Domestic Violence Disclosure Protocols

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Domestic violence disclosure ( DVD ) protocols, often referred to as Clare’s Law, provide a process for police to disclose information to someone about their partner’s or ex-partner’s previous history of violence, including intimate partner violence. This policy brief provides background on Clare’s Law by drawing on academic literature to outline the benefits and critiques of disclosure protocols, and how such protocols work. Based on the available research, the brief highlights policy recommendations and considerations for the implementation of DVD protocols in Canada.

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• Elder Abuse and Financial Abuse Prevention in LGBTQI+ Communities

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): C. Pang, R. Rideout
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This presentation highlights key findings from existing research and initiatives related to elder abuse and focuses on strategies to prevent and mitigate elder abuse (particularly financial exploitation).

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• Emergency Motions in Family Law: Understanding the Purpose and Process

  Year: 2023
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This webinar explains emergency motions, including what they are and how long they last, the process for getting an emergency order, including evidentiary requirements, and how to effectively support your clients during this challenging process.

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• End the Misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements! Informed Choices for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This Backgrounder offers information about NDAs in the context of gender-based violence to inform choice and promote advocacy to end the misuse of NDAs. It is directly informed by the experiences of those who signed an NDA and features their quotes and stories shared with Can’t Buy My Silence.

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• Entering the Berry Patch Together: Indigenous Women’s Gender-Based Analysis Literature Review

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): N. Clark, C. Davis-Alphonse
  Publisher(s): Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women (MACIW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This literature review shares the knowledge of Indigenous women is traditionally shared on the land, often while berry-picking as well as in the creative writings which is often referred to as grey literature in the colonial academic sphere.

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• Expanding on Lessons from a Rural Inquest: Addressing Questions and Providing Support for Action

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): P. Cross, E. Lee, K. Mercer, P. Rajan
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Femicide

  Due to the high number of questions from the audience during the Special Event on the Inquest, the Learning Network invited panelists to share their responses to additional questions to provide further clarity about the Inquest including recommendations, advocacy, and implications for the gender-based violence sector.

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• Experiences of Weight-Based Discrimination and Violence

  Year: 2023
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This infographic shares information about what weight-based discrimination is and how it intersects with intimate partner violence through an interactive example.

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• Femicides in Ontario March 2023

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This factsheet provides a snapshot of the femicides in Ontario from March 1 to March 31, 2023.

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• FGM/C and Intersectionality

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Structural Violence

  As a result of racism, language barriers, social isolation, stigma, and socioeconomic status, racialized women and girls in Canada often struggle to find help and support while reporting GBV and on their path toward healing. In this podcast episode, hosts are joined by a survivor of FGM/C to discuss intersectionality from the viewpoint of a Black Muslim woman and survivor, as well as how stigma associated with these overlapping social identities contributes to experiences of oppression and discrimination.

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• FGM/C in the Canadian Context

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  Canada is home to survivors of FGM/C and to girls who are at risk of experiencing it and the government has taken a strong stance against FGM/C and continues to recognize it as a human rights violation. This podcast episode discusses the initiatives, projects and programs currently in place to reach the “Global Promise, Ending Female Genital Mutilation by 2030

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• Gender-Based Violence in Schools and the Intersectional Experiences of Black-Canadian Girls

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Webinar discusses the unique experiences of female identified adolescents of African descent in Canada, and their experiences with gender-based violence in schools. Specific attention is given to cultures of violence, how they manifest, and the need to attend to prevention, as opposed to the current focus on punishment, when addressing the intersectional experiences of Black girls

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• Gender-Based Violence in Schools and the Intersectional Experiences of Black-Canadian Girls

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Webinar discusses the unique experiences of female identified adolescents of African descent in Canada, and their experiences with gender-based violence in schools. Specific attention is given to cultures of violence, how they manifest, and the need to attend to prevention, as opposed to the current focus on punishment, when addressing the intersectional experiences of Black girls.

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• Gender-Based Violence in the Lives of Muslim Women in Canada: Realities, Challenges, and Resistance

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In this Webinar, expert panelists discuss experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) in the lives of Muslim women across Canada. Panelists explore the intersections of GBV and Islamophobia, barriers to accessing culturally-informed supports and services, and impacts on the health and wellbeing of survivors. Lastly, panelists share the many ways that Muslim women stand up and resist acts of violence and oppression in their everyday lives.

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• Gender-Based Violence in the Lives of Muslim Women in Canada: Realities, Challenges, and Resistance

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In this Webinar, expert panelists discuss experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) in the lives of Muslim women across Canada. Panelists explore the intersections of GBV and Islamophobia, barriers to accessing culturally-informed supports and services, and impacts on the health and wellbeing of survivors. Lastly, panelists share the many ways that Muslim women stand up and resist acts of violence and oppression in their everyday lives.

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• Gender-Based Violence in the South Asian Community

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): M. Bhangu
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This presentation discusses the work Laadliyan does in the South Asian community, particularly within the Peel Region, with a focus on Gender Based Violence. The presentation focuses on previous research conducted by Laadliyan's team on this issue, a Gender Based Violence toolkit that was created, and the work Laadliyan is doing to combat this issue in their local community

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• Gender-Related Homicide of Women and Girls in Canada

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): D. Sutton
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This Juristat draws on data from Statistics Canada’s Homicide Survey to explore trends and characteristics of gender-related homicides of women and girls over time and across location to enhance public understanding of gender-related killings. The current study pools eleven years of police-reported data to present information on victim, accused and incident characteristics of gender-related homicides overall, as well as those with Indigenous women and girls as victims.

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• Gender-Related Homicide of Women and Girls in Canada

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): D. Sutton
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This Juristat draws on data from Statistics Canada’s Homicide Survey to explore trends and characteristics of gender-related homicides of women and girls over time and across location to enhance public understanding of gender-related killings. The current study pools eleven years of police-reported data to present information on victim, accused and incident characteristics of gender-related homicides overall, as well as those with Indigenous women and girls as victims.

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• Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Prevention within School-Based Comprehensive Sexual Health Education

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)
  Publisher(s): Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  The Preventing Gender-Based Violence: Developing and Implementing Effective Sexual Health Education Policy and Practice project is funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Feminist Response and Recovery Fund. The Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention within School-Based Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (CSHE) is a primary component of this project.

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• Healing Our Ancestors, Ourselves And Our Communities: A Toolkit to Address Systemic Injustices in Sexual Violence Support Services

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): N. Euale Montilla
  Publisher(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence

  This toolkit highlights practices for supportive counselling from an anti-racism, anti-oppression, and intersectional feminist lens. Examples of liberation-centred mental health supports are offered along with calls to action for sexual assault support centres to move towards dismantling systemic inequities faced by BIPOC counsellors in this sector.

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• Healthcare access experiences and needs among LBQ women, trans, and nonbinary people in Canada

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): B. Jakubiec, C. Pang, & K. Seida
  Publisher(s): Egale
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report provides a high-level summary of the research findings and recommendations for change and collective action from the Action Through Connection research project which was to learn more about the healthcare access experiences of LBQ women, trans and nonbinary people in Canada.

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• Hearing the Warriors

  Year: 2023
  Publisher(s): MASKulinity
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  In this podcast episode, Keestin O’Dell of Frog Lake First Nations joins the pod to have a thoughtful conversation about resistance, warrior masculinity, and the importance of questioning dominant narratives about indigenous communities.

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• Immigrant Women’s Experiences of GBV

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Structural Violence

  In this podcast episode, hosts and guests discuss the sociocultural reasons for why communities practice FGM/C. Hosts are joined by a young Muslim woman from an impacted community. She helps clarify some myths surrounding FGM/C and shed light on some of the misconceptions linked to this practice.

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• Indigenous Early Childhood Disability: Mapping Disability Systems in Northwestern Ontario

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): R. Dizon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report is aimed to assess the early childhood disability services and support systems in remote First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario

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• Lead with Pride: Best Practices for Advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ Leadership

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): M. Goforth, AV. Verhaeghe, S. Yaghoubpour
  Publisher(s): Pride at Work Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This report features an analysis of the career pathways and experiences of 23 queer and trans leaders, as well as the workplace practices of 13 private, public, and non-profit sector employers, to establish an understanding of the barriers, supports, and opportunities for queer and trans professionals to reach leadership positions in Canada.

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• Learning From Queer and Trans Sexual Joy: Cultivating Just, Pleasurable, and Affirming Sexual Cultures

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): JJ. Wright, E. Fonarev, & E. Greenberg
  Publisher(s): Egale Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The full report offers evidence of why queer and trans sexual joy is important, what the barriers to accessing it are, and how participants nevertheless found their way to it. The report also serves as an archival document, recording the narratives around 2SLGBTQ+ communities and liberatory sex.

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• Legal Remedies for Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Toolkit

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Publisher(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  The Legal Remedies for Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) Toolkit is a guide to help women and frontline anti-violence workers better understand the legal causes of action available in response to various forms of TFGBV. It may be read on its own, or in combination with the Preserving Digital Evidence of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Toolkit, which details the importance of collecting evidence of TFGBV and how such evidence can be preserved, and introduced in legal proceedings.

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• Lessons Learned from the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty: Reflections from the Commission and Community

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): E. Cunliffe, S. Frimpong, K. Fifield
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In this event, panelists from the Mass Casualty Commission and community in Nova Scotia come together to discuss the contributing and contextual factors, including the role of gender-based violence, to mass casualty events. They offer recommendations for prevention and effective intervention to support public safety and community well-being.

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• Let's Talk about Ageism

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO), Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA), Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC)
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO), Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA), Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Ageism affects us all over the course of our lives but it gets worse as we age. The message we absorb every day is clear: the older you get, the less you matter. Ageism whittles us down and has a direct connection to elder abuse. Time to get free from ageism.

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• Listen Without Judgement

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): E. Martis
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This episode focuses on Eternity’s first-person account of navigating university life while navigating her abusive relationship. She speaks about being let down by the university, struggling with her studies, and finally finding a way out. Eternity’s story also touches on the way race factors into intimate partner violence.

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• Misogynoir and Healing Journeys

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): M. Samuel
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Understanding the abuse and discrimination Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people face offers insight on how we can better support their healing journeys. Monica Samuel of Black Women in Motion joins Canadian Women’s Foundation to talk about how can we be changemakers in light of these longstanding problems.

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• Mothering in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Realities and Resilience

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): J. Tabibi, D. Lalonde, & K. Scott
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  This Brief examines the impacts of IPV on the survivor-mother and child relationship, the realities of mothering that survivor-mothers face, and considerations for service providers supporting survivor-mothers and their children.

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• National Survey of Sexual Violence Organizations and Services in Canada: Research Findings

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): S. Abji, A. Major, S. Lanthier, & E. Whitmore
  Publisher(s): Ending Violence Association of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report presents findings from a broad-based study of sexual violence organizations (SVOs), conducted by the Ending Violence Association of Canada (EVA Canada). The bilingual National Survey of Sexual Violence Organizations and Services was initiated to address a significant and persistent gap in up-to-date national data on community-based sexual assault centres and related sexual violence services across the country. Overall, this report provides a snapshot of the history and structure of SVOs in Canada, the range of services they deliver and to whom, and the strengths and challenges of SVOs nationally, as well as provincial/regional realities.

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• Older Women Living with Disabilities Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Z. Sutcliffe
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This issue brief raises awareness about the structural disadvantages faced by older women (65+) with disabilities experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the areas of financial security, employment, and housing. Using literature and data from a Canadian and American context, this brief highlights the challenges and barriers faced by IPV survivors living at the intersections of gender, age, and disability.

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• Partnering with Media for Change: Disrupting Harmful Narratives on Gender Based Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): S. Graydon, Y. Jiwani, J. Richardson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  In this Webinar recording, panelists explore how GBV is commonly represented in Canadian media, including myths around GBV and femicide, and how the GBV sector can collaborate with media to improve GBV media coverage.

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• Pathways for Engagement: Institutional and Program-level Considerations to Engage Men and Prevent Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence on Post-Secondary Campuses

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): L. Shumka, I. DeGeer, D. Brisebois, S. Miklas
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Pathways to Engagement is a Framework designed to provide insight into how Post-Secondary Institutions (PSI) can design proactive, positive, and productive pathways to engage male-identified people (described in this document as ‘men’) in GBV prevention work on university and college campuses.

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• Preserving Digital Evidence Toolkit

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Publisher(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This toolkit helps women, youth, gender-diverse people, and frontline workers preserve digital evidence in circumstances involving technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). It acts as a guide to learn about the laws and best practices surrounding digital evidence preservation and the potential use of this evidence in cases involving technology-facilitated violence. It may be read on its own, or in combination with the Legal Remedies for Technology Facilitated Violence Toolkit.

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• Preventing and addressing workplace harassment and violence: A guide for federally regulated employers

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Canadian Human Rights Commission
  Publisher(s): Canadian Human Rights Commission
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  The purpose of this guide is to help federally regulated employers develop a human rights-based approach to preventing and addressing workplace harassment and violence, and to meet their obligations under the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) and the Canada Labour Code (Code).

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• Promising Practices for Agencies to Engage Older Women

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): WomanACT
  Publisher(s): WomanACT
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  It can be difficult for older women to connect and find appropriate services and supports for their needs. This is because most services lack an understanding of older survivors’ needs and how to effectively support them. This infographic recommends strategies for agencies across sectors to build age-friendly and inclusive supports and services for older women experiencing violence.

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• Racism in Healthcare

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This toolkit enables healthcare providers to implement the National Inquiry’s Calls to Justice 3.2 and 7.6 and redress the ongoing MMIWG2S+ genocide. This toolkit also furthers NWAC’s Our Calls Our Action Plan to provide lasting health, policy, research, training, and programs to support Indigenous-led health initiatives, including mental health and wellness and ending forced sterilization.

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• Reclaiming Touch for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): J. Wright, M. Liss, s. bitty, L. Le Love, N. MacGregor
  Publisher(s): WomenatthecentrE
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This webinar explores complex and nuanced conversations about reclaiming touch for survivors of gender-based violence.

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• Record-Keeping Guidelines and Reflection Tool for Campus Gender-Based Violence Offices

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): J. Mendoza
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This toolkit provides advice and reflection on what, why, and how records are to be kept at post-secondary institutions (PSIs) with respect to gender-based violence (GBV). Its major purpose is to clarify who is responsible for keeping such records, who, under certain conditions, may access such records and an accurate accounting of GBV cases at PSIs.

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• Relationships and Technology: Sexting

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Media Smarts
  Publisher(s): Media Smarts
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This infographic summarizes the key findings from the YCWW Phase IV Relationships and technology: Sexting report.

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• Relationships and Technology: Sexting

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Media Smarts
  Publisher(s): Media Smarts
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This infographic summarizes the key findings from the YCWW Phase IV Relationships and technology: Sexting report.

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• Responding to Critical Incidents of Sexual Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): F. Khan, D. Eerkes, S. Scanlon, A. Elmi, D. McDermott
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This workbook will assist post-secondary institutions to create a well-planned response to critical incidents and details the steps to respond before, during and after a critical incident.

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• Responsible Media Reporting Training Program: Gender-Based Violence and Gendered Issues

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): L. Ip
  Publisher(s): Gillian’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  Through this program, Gillian’s Place aims to educate media partners and those who work with media so that the way in which gender-based violence and women’s issues are covered can begin to be reframed. The training program consists of an online course with a docu-series embedded within it, hundreds of recommendations across several sub-topics of gender-based violence and gendered issues, and a comprehensive Guide for Journalists.

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• Rooting Indigenous Feminist Resistance

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): A. Snow, A. Huntley, A. Mckay
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Aubrianna Snow, Audrey Huntley, and Alannah Mckay discuss occupying colonial spaces as Indigenous women, justice for MMIWG2S, and the healing power of auntie laughter.

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• Safety Starts Here - The Mulberry Platform

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  In this Facebook Live, Lauren provides an introduction to this platform including how gender-based violence organizations and services can be listed on mulberry!

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• September 2023 Femicide Snapshot

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This fact sheet captures femicide in Ontario during the month of September 2023. Monthly and Annual femicide tracking by OAITH includes a gender-based killing of a woman, child, trans woman, 2-Spirited Person, or gender non-conforming individual where a man has been charged in relation to the death(s) or has otherwise been deemed responsible (murder-suicide).

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• Sexting Only With Consent!

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This infographic shares information about the importance of consent in sexting.

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• Sexual Harassment in Experiential Learning: A Price Students Shouldn’t Have to Pay

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Possibility Seeds
  Publisher(s): Possibility Seeds
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This final report shares findings from the Sexual Harassment in Experiential Learning (EL) Research-to-Action Project, including two national surveys (one of students, staff, and faculty and one of employers and EL providers); a case study conducted at a Canadian Post-Secondary Institution (PSI); and environmental scans of the legislative and policy landscape. It also offers promising practices and recommendations for PSIs; EL providers; and government bodies at the provincial, territorial and federal levels.

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• Sexual Violence in Canada

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  An infographic about sexual violence prevalence in Canada based on the Statistics Canada Report on incident-based crime statistics.

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• Sexual Violence Prevention: The Critical Role of Sport

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Backgrounder explores how rape culture in sport contributes to the presence of sexual violence more broadly in society and offers ways to build consent culture in sport to promote healthy and safe environments for all. It seeks to support the existing work taking place within sport organizations and anti-sexual violence agencies to end sexual violence, in and outside sport.

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• Shifting Power Dynamics: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Imagine Canada
  Publisher(s): Imagine Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The first study of its kind, Shifting Power Dynamics: Equity, diversity and inclusion in the nonprofit sector, explores what Canadian charities and nonprofits are doing to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within their organizations.

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• Silence and Resilience in Practicing Communities

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  To reach the goal of abandoning/ending FGM/C, we need to speak on the truths about the practice, and end the culture of silence surrounding it; both within practicing and non-practicing communities. In this episode, the Challenging Silence hosts are joined by a woman from an impacted community to touch on why there is silence, how stigma and discrimination contribute to it, and how survivors' resilience and storytelling are breaking the silence.

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• Silence and Resilience in Practicing Communities

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  To reach the goal of abandoning/ending FGM/C, we need to speak on the truths about the practice, and end the culture of silence surrounding it; both within practicing and non-practicing communities. In this episode, the Challenging Silence hosts are joined by a woman from an impacted community to touch on why there is silence, how stigma and discrimination contribute to it, and how survivors' resilience and storytelling are breaking the silence.

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• Storytelling Journey of Oshkimadizijik Inéwin From the Bush

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): J. Wabie & A. Williamson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  In this Webinar, presenters share how the land and community are ‘our relations’ and how they work together with them in order to heal and weave a blanket of care for themselves and those around them.

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• Strengthening Core Understanding of Physical Activity for Individuals who Experience Gender-Based Violence: A Scoping Review Approach

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): F. Darroch, M. Sheppard-Perkins
  Publisher(s): Health and Wellness Equity Research Group at Carleton University
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This report contains three scoping reviews that provide a nuanced, interdisciplinary understanding of past and current research initiates related to gender-based violence and physical activity.

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• Supporting After Separation: A Toolkit of Legal Information and Resources for a Survivor’s Friends and Family Members

  Year: 2023
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The toolkit contains legal information and resources so that you are able to understand the impact that violence has on a family, communicate with your family member or friend in healthy and effective way and assist your loved one with the family law process.

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• Supporting International Students

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): R. Gupta, D. Mattoo
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Radhika Gupta and Deepa Mattoo discuss intersections of gender and migrant justice, their different experiences as South Asian women, challenges that international student survivors face on Canadian campuses, and their shared love of dance.

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• Supporting Safer Digital Spaces

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): S. Dunn, T. Vaillancourt, H. Brittain
  Publisher(s): Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This report will provide background information on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and technology-facilitated violence (TFV) against LGBTQ+ people by summarizing some of the existing research on this topic. It will then present quantitative data collected on people’s experiences with, and opinions of, 13 forms of online harm that have been recognized as common forms of TFGBV and TFV against LGBTQ+ people.

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• Supporting Teens’ Experiences of Digital Dating Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Publisher(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This toolkit provides anti-violence workers and caregivers supporting teens through their experiences of digital dating violence with information, tips, handouts, and resources from Women’s Shelters Canada and other organizations.

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• Supporting Youth Experiencing Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  The purpose of this Issue is to offer information on technology-facilitated sexual violence to adults – such as parents, teachers, guardians, aunties, elders, youth workers, and anti-violence workers. This Issue can help adults to talk with youth about technology-facilitated sexual violence to prevent violence and help young people facing violence to find support.

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• Systemic Inequities and Interjurisdictional Issues in Human Trafficking and MMIWG2S+: A Toolkit for Government Policymakers

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This toolkit speaks to the continued journey toward Truth and Reconciliation and the need for additional support for those who are survivors of the MMIWG2S+ genocide

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• Teaching about gender-based violence toolkit

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): S. Almanssori, K. Trent-Rennick, A. Lai, & C. Vanner
  Publisher(s): University of Windsor
  Accessibility Format:
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This toolkit and accompanying resources have been developed specifically to support teachers in Grade 8-12 classrooms in Ontario, Canada, corresponding to the curriculum expectations for Health and Physical Education, Social Sciences, and English courses in Ontario, but it can be adapted by educators working in any context.

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• Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Among Young People: Synthesizing the Research to Promote Digital Safety in Canada

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): A. Dodge, S. Dunn, H. MacCallum, C. Dietzel, K. Mendes
  Publisher(s): Digitally Informed Youth (DIY)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This report is intended to be used by scholars, policy makers, educators, and those in frontline jobs supporting young people impacted by TFGBV. It is intended to inform responses provided at high levels of law and policy creation as well as on the frontlines of Canadian schools, shelters, and community organizations that support young people impacted by TFGBV.

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• Tech Safety Planning Toolkit

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Publisher(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  

  This toolkit provides women, youth, gender-diverse people, and frontline workers with safety planning information to strategically use technology in ways that can enhance safety and take back some control if they are being harassed, threatened, stalked, or abused through a perpetrator’s misuse of technology.

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• Teen Digital Dating Violence Toolkit

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Publisher(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  You may not know that digital dating violence is happening to you or to someone you know. It’s OK that you don’t know, but it’s not OK that it’s happening. This toolkit will help you identify whether digital dating violence is happening to you and provides information, tips, and ideas for what to do and what kind of help is available.

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• The Care I Want: An Illustrated Guide to Navigating Healthcare

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)
  Publisher(s): Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)
  Accessibility Format: Image
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  2S/LGBTQ+ people have unique needs when it comes to sexual and reproductive health. But, accessing related health services isn’t always easy. Receiving appropriate sexual and reproductive health care can mean coming out, risking stigma or discrimination, or dealing with health service providers who aren’t educated on queer issues. The Care I Want offers tips and advice to get the most out from these health services.

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• The Early Origins of the #MeToo Movement: Black and Racialized Experiences

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): K. Souffrant
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN) and Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Webinar discusses the #MeToo/#MoiAussi movement through an anti-racist, feminist, and intersectional lens. It centers the experiences of Black and racialized women who have publicly denounced sexual violence in Quebec, France, and the United States. It asks what justice looks like for Black and racialized women, and how service providers, researchers, and policymakers can support that justice.

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• The Technology Safety and Privacy Toolkit

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Publisher(s): Tech Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  The Technology Safety and Privacy Toolkit provides women, youth, and gender-diverse people experiencing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) with safety tips, general information, and strategies to use technology safely and increase privacy. This toolkit also includes tips on securing specific devices and using specific platforms and technology.

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• Toolkit Items for Red Dress Day

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This toolkit provides ways to support advocacy efforts for Red Dress Day, including how to create faceless dolls to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada

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• Understanding family violence in diverse communities: What subject-matter experts think family law legal advisers should know

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): B. Stumpf
  Publisher(s): Department of Justice Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report summarizes five thought papers written by subject-matter experts to assist family law legal advisers in identifying and responding to family violence in diverse communities. The thought papers focused on the following population groups: racialized groups; 2SLGBTQI+ individuals; Muslim communities; newcomers; and people with disabilities.

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• Understanding FGM/C and its Effect on Survivors

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  Approximately 200 million women and girls have undergone some form of FGM/C, and thousands of them reside here in Canada. Yet, FGM/C is not widely acknowledged in Canada, and many Canadians, including GBV support service providers, do not know much about the practice. In this podcast, hosts are joined by a survivor, who shares her story to bring awareness and understanding of the practice and its negative impact on survivors’ well-being

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• Understanding Transitional Housing & Support Programs in Ontario

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This guide was designed for service providers to increase awareness of and access to THSP supports throughout Ontario.

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• We Are Spectacular Nebulas in Healing Journal

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): D. Marksman-Phillpotts
  Publisher(s): Consent Comes First
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  The We Are Spectacular Nebulas in Healing Journal is designed to help you think about your thoughts, challenge them, or just put them on the page and let them go. This journal is for Black survivors to rest their weary thoughts, a place to sit and have a chat and a place that is here for you to revisit as many times as you need to.

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• We Heal Together: A Colouring Book for Black Survivors

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): C. Fullwood
  Publisher(s): Consent Comes First
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  This colouring book was inspired by the We Heal Together support group founded by TMU student Casandra Fullwood. “We Heal Together acknowledges the systemic barriers and erasure of Black folks in survivor-led spaces. As Black people, our experiences with sexual trauma and hypersexualization are influenced by colonialism and anti-Black racism. We deserve time to heal, rest and be loved in community.” — Casandra Fullwood

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• What We Heard: Survivor-Led Strategies to Inform the Implementation of Canada's National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): YWCA Canada
  Publisher(s): YWCA Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  As a part of a national Community Engagement Initiative funded by Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Canada, YWCA Canada coordinated consultations with civil society organizations and grassroots groups to ensure community insight and expertise was considered and incorporated into the creation of a National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence. This report shares concrete calls to accountability and action from the consultations.

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• Wiingushk Okaadinige – The Sweetness Braid: A Braided Mental Health Approach for Indigenous Youth

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): N. Ineese-Nash & M. Sten
  Publisher(s): Finding Our Power Together
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report details a braided mental health approach to youth mental health, designed in response to a synthesis of knowledge from three systematic literature reviews and four informant consultations with mental health providers in various disciplines.

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• Wrinkles Listening Learning and Preventing Elder Abuse – “Mishoo miinwaa Noki ~ You, Me and Wrinkles”

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): Sheatre’s Members
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  

  Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario in collaboration with Sheatre and the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, presents a Webinar about, “Mishoo miinwaa Noki ~ You, Me and Wrinkles” (aka Wrinkles), a new 12-part Elder Abuse Prevention Podcast series. Sheatre’s members will also discuss how you can easily use this program in your community to recognize, prevent abuse and support people in your own area.

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• Young Canadians in a Wireless World: Relationships and Technology: Sexting

  Year: 2023
  Author(s): K. Brisson-Boivin
  Publisher(s): Media Smarts
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This report shares findings related to sending, receiving, and forwarding sexts. The report speaks to the role of trust and support in sexting behaviours among youth, focusing specifically on the impact of adult involvement and supervision and the desire for further educational support on this topic.

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• #BlockHate: Centering Survivors and Taking Action on Gendered Online Hate in Canada – National Report

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): YWCA Canada
  Publisher(s): YWCA Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  YWCA Canada authored a new report about online hate in Canada, which centers on the voices, lived experiences, and strategies shared by young women and gender-diverse youth aged 16-30 years.

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• #CallItFemicide 2021 Report

  Year: 2022
  Publisher(s): Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Femicide

  An infographic summary report of femicide in Canada in 2021.

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• Adapting the violence against women systems response to the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview of results from the MARCO VAW Study

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): A. Yakubovich, P. Shastri, B. Steele
  Publisher(s): MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The MARCO project is evaluating how local efforts responding to the COVID-19 pandemic serve people experiencing marginalization, and how these interventions can be improved. Changes in society to control the pandemic have affected everyone, but they place a particularly heavy burden on people who are marginalized. This report contains description of results and key findings.

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• A Report on Abuse of Older Adults: The Issue, the System, and Recommendations

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): E. Udofa, A. Dodge, P. Patterson, & J. Roddick
  Publisher(s): Age Well - APPTA
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This report collected and analyzed recommendations made in published reports on prevention of abuse of older adults in Canada

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• Building Campus Activism: Students Organizing Against Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): J. Wright, T. Arnt, E. Nyambiya, A. Mackenzie Foley, K. DeLucia-Burk
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Structural Violence

  Across Canada, students are mobilizing to end gender-based violence in their schools. Students of all ages are organizing in their highschools, CEGEPs, colleges, and universities to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of gender-based violence on campus, to support those who experience this violence, and to call for policy change to end it. Join this roundtable discussion with student organizers on the shape of student activism: what it’s like to organize online, the challenges of sustaining student-led movements, and their current campaigns and calls to action.

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• Building the Table: Discussing Tensions of 2SLGBTQIA+ Structural Inclusion Within the GBV Sector

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): M. Ham, D. Owusu-Akyeeah, J. Byard Peek
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This Backgrounder discusses historical and contemporary tensions, explores how a gender binary or cisgender heteronormative victim-perpetrator archetype frame current practices and GBV prevention, and challenges us to think about “building a new table."

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• Canadian residential facilities for victims of abuse, 2020/2021

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): D. Ibrahim
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Based on data from the second iteration of the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (SRFVA), this article examines the availability and accessibility of residential supports for victims of abuse across Canada during 2020/2021.

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• Challenge Racism Project: What-To-Do Steps Booklet

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham (WMRCC)
  Publisher(s): Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham (WMRCC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This booklet aims to recommend some key practices for employers to make efforts in recruiting, mentoring, and retaining members of ethnocultural, racialized, religious, 2SLGBTQIA+, and BIPOC groups in employment. An anti-racist, anti-oppression, religious and cultural diversity, gender-based analysis, intersectionality, and human rights code lens was applied throughout this review. The aim is to continue to challenge the organization’s activism and advocacy in the area of combating racism, discrimination, gender-based violence, and promoting inclusiveness in the workplace and other institutions. On the other hand, this booklet seeks to empower employment seekers to find gainful employment opportunities and successfully navigate their career trajectories.

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• Children Experience Coercive Control: What You Need To Know

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): R. Nonomura, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Child Maltreatment

  This Issue examines some of the actions and impacts that may shape how children experience coercive control by a parent, and how a more holistic view of these processes can help us to support survivors.

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• Coercive Control During Intimate Partner Violence: What About Children

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): J. Sidhu
  Publisher(s): Learning Network & Knowledge Hub
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Network and Knowledge Hub infographic focuses on how children and parents experience coercive control during intimate partner violence, and what service providers can do to support children.

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• Connecting to Community After Intimate Partner Violence: The Building Opportunities for Women (BOW) Program at Sudbury YWCA Genevra House

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): J. Johnson & B. Davilus
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  In this Learning Network Resource Spotlight Presentation, the presenters share and explain the goals and purpose of the Building Opportunities for Women (BOW) Program. They discuss how the program was implemented to serve the needs of diverse women within smaller cities and towns in Northern Ontario.

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• Context Matters! Gender-Based Violence in Sport

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Learning Network
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This infographic shares contextual considerations to keep in mind when supporting and empowering athlete survivors of gender-based violence.

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• Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) Inquest Advocacy Toolkit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Luke’s Place
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children has developed this toolkit to assist organizations that do not have the time or resources to develop their own advocacy strategy and tools. It reflects the priorities we have identified for ourselves, based on our organization’s mandate, and is certainly not meant to limit or lead the thinking about what recommendations to focus on or what kinds of strategies to use.

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• Day After Day

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Day after Day follows the story of a family in lockdown experiencing a troubling pattern of gender-based violence. Our film shows the impact of that violence by highlighting two very different stories of isolation: one of a man, trapped with complicated emotions he never really learned to articulate; and of a woman and child who are trapped at home with him. The powerful PSA calls on men and boys to reject gender-based violence and commit to change.

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• Day After Day: Promoting Healthy Masculinities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): D. Garzon
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  In 2021, White Ribbon launched Day After Day, a public service announcement that speaks directly to men who are using, or at risk of using, gender-based violence as a response to the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic. During this Resource Spotlight, White Ribbon spoke about the goals and impact of this campaign as well as about the intersections between gender-based violence, masculinities and the COVID 19 era. White Ribbon also shared useful tools and practices in the promotion of healthy masculinities.

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• Developing Comprehensive Academic Accommodations and Considerations for Students Affected by Gender-Based Violence at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Z. Jafry, A. Naushan, E. Toledo, F. Khan, A. Elmi
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This draft guide is designed with post-secondary staff, faculty and administrators in mind. It provides a robust framework and promising practices to mitigate the impacts of sexual violence and gender-based violence on a student’s academic experience.

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• Disability & Violence: Interpersonal, Institutional & Structural

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism
  Publisher(s): Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This event from the Centre on Hate, Bias, and Extremism features expert panelists as they discuss key aspects surrounding violence experienced by persons with disability.

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• Employment Sabotage and Disruption

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This issue brief explores employment sabotage and disruption, a form of economic abuse that involves tactics used by an abuser to prevent their partner or ex-partner from working or progressing in their career.

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• Ensuring Full and Safe Participation by Canadian Girls and Women, Fair Athlete Representation, and Good Governance in Canadian Sport

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): B. Kidd, G. Kerr, P. Donnelly
  Publisher(s): Parliament of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  A brief on the challenges facing Canadian sport - the widespread maltreatment and abuse of athletes and other participants, including referees; the woeful lack of participation by women, and girls (and persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and the poor); and the lack of accountability and transparency in governance, including the lack of athlete representation in decision-making.

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• Flourish: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Support Toolkit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): R. El Mugammar
  Publisher(s): Women's Health in Women's Hands (WHIWH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  The Flourish toolkit explores practices and frameworks for supporting diverse communities of survivors through culturally sensitive, survivor-centered, and trauma informed approaches.

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• Gaslighting in Intimate Relationships: A Form of Coercive Control That You Need to Know More About

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource describes gaslighting and what it can look like in the context of intimate partner violence, examines potential impacts on survivors, and offers strategies for survivors experiencing gaslighting.

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• Gender-Based Violence, Technology & Safety

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  In this self-paced course, learners will gain a greater understanding of the intersections of gender-based violence and technology. The overall focus of the course is increasing capacity to promote safety of survivors of technology-facilitated violence. Technology will be explored both as a tool of and platform for gender-based violence, but also as a resource to understand risk and increase safety.

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• Gender-Based Violence Toolkit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): S. Khela, M. Bhangu, P. Bal, B. Sadika, G. Brar, H. Kaur, T. Dhillon, K. Jassal, Z. Dhillon, B. Abbat, F. Aamir
  Publisher(s): Laadliyan
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  Laadliyan created this toolkit to provide the beautiful South Asian community members with a simple but comprehensive tool they can refer to if they or a loved one is experiencing gender based violence.

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• Guidance for Conducting Trauma-and Violence-Informed Community-Based Programs During a Pandemic, Natural Disaster, Crisis, or Other Emergency Situation

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): A.L Straatman, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Knowledge Hub
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This document offers guidance for practitioners conducting trauma- and violence-informed community-based intervention programs during a crisis with individuals who have experienced gender-based violence.

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• Guidance for Researchers Conducting Trauma- and Violence-Informed Community-Based Research During a Pandemic, Natural Disaster, Crisis, or Other Emergency Situation

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): A.L Straatman, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Knowledge Hub
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This document offers guidance on conducting trauma and violence-informed research during a crisis with people who have experienced gender-based violence.

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• Healing-Centered Organizing

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): C. Fullwood, B. Ibbotson, P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  Casandra Fullwood, Bronte Ibbotson, and Pamela Cross talk about the importance of centering healing, joy, and self-care in the movement against gender-based violence.

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• Homeless on Homelands: Upholding Housing as a Human Right for Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, and Gender-diverse People

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Keepers of the Circle
  Publisher(s): Keepers of the Circle
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Indigenous communities
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In the context of inherent Indigenous rights, the National Housing Strategy Act (NHSA) emerges as a critical instrument that can be utilized to challenge colonial policies and mechanisms that attempt to displace Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people from “their proper power and place.” This Human Rights Claim, developed by the National Indigenous Feminist Housing Working Group, articulates four key violations of our inherent rights that must be reviewed by the Federal Housing Advocate.

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• How to Identify Domestic Economic Abuse?

  Year: 2022
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This fact sheet provides information on domestic economic abuse, ways to protect yourself from it, and what a healthy financial relationship looks like.

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• Indigenous Girlhood: Narratives of Colonial Care in Law & Literature

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): M. Scribe
  Publisher(s): Yellowhead Institute
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This four-minute animated short film explores what it means for Indigenous girls to come-of-age in state custody within a settler colonial society, as well as examining the ways these experiences are subsequently narrated in legal and literary forums.

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• Indigenous Perspectives of Healing From PTSD

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): P. Vickers
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Structural Violence

  Indigenous nations have a strong resource in ancestral law for providing perspective, understanding through teachings and a pathway for healing. The session speaks to a place where ancestral law and mental health hold great potential.

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• International Perspectives on Collaboration for Quality Support for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Publisher(s): Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This webinar explores programs and research in Canada and other immigrant-receiving countries to raise awareness, respond to and support the many women and girls impacted by the harmful practice of female genital mutilation/cutting

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• Intersections Between Employment and Safety Among Racialized Women

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): P. Chellapermal
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This literature review explores existing research on the relationship between employment and intimate partner violence with a focus on the experience of racialized survivors. It examines the impact of intimate partner violence on employment stability, the barriers faced by survivors in the workplace, and the impact of structural racism on racialized survivors’ employment. Lastly, the review looks at promising practices for supporting survivors to access and sustain employment.

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• Intersections Between Safety and Employment: What We Heard

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  WomanACT consulted organizations that serve survivors of intimate partner violence and organizations that specialize in employment services for women on the barriers faced by organizations and survivors. The report explores what they heard from services providers, including their ideas for advancing survivors economic security and employment.

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• Interventions for the Prevention of Family Violence in Indigenous Populations – Policy Brief

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): M. Sistovaris, B. Fallon, G. Sansone
  Publisher(s): University of Toronto
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This policy brief identifies interventions for the prevention of family violence in Indigenous populations, with a focus on intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment—two predominant forms of family violence

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• Journey to Healing: For Youth, By Youth

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): METRAC
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Dating Violence

  This zine begins with the facts about how youth experience violence; it explains what violence is, and how it hurts youth in visible and non visible ways. This zine contains the ideas, experiences and hopes of healing from the voices of almost 100 young people across Toronto. Inside this zine, you will find tools, practices and resources from other youth on how they heal, how they thrive, and how they keep going in a society where violence is everywhere.

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• Leading & Learning with Pride: A Revitalized Tool Kit on Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Seniors

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): City of Toronto
  Publisher(s): City of Toronto
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse, Structural Violence

  This revitalized toolkit equips staff and organizations with the knowledge and tools necessary to provide respectful, inclusive and affirming care to 2SLGBTQI+ seniors.

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• Leading with Abundance: Transformative Justice as a Framework for Change

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): WomenatthecentrE
  Publisher(s): WomenatthecentrE
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This three-part live recording of WomenatthecentrE’s webinar discussed transformative justice as a framework for change.

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• Lessons from a Rural Inquest: Taking Action to Support the Recommendations from the Renfrew County Inquest

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): P. Cross, E. Lee, K. Mercer, P. Rajan
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Learning Network hosted a Special Event on the Renfrew County Inquest. Through the lens of the panelists – all of whom played key roles in the inquest – this special online event explores some of the key moments in the proceedings, with a focus on the 86 recommendations and what all of us can do to advocate for their implementation.

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• Literature Review: Best Practices for Creating Safer Spaces Online for LGBTQ2S+ Youth

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): A. Martin-Storey, A. Lapointe , A. Girouard, M. Paquette , S. Bergeron
  Publisher(s): PREVNET
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space, Structural Violence

  This literature review explores the existing literature on the online contexts LGBTQ2S+ youth, and how this research can be used to inform best practices for creating safer online spaces for these youth.

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• Maltreatment in Sport: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): G. Kerr, E. Wilson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This presentation reviews the current evidence regarding maltreatment in sport, contributing factors, effects on athletes, and recommendations for prevention and intervention.

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• Moose Hide Campaign Talks Indigenous Masculinity

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): S. Lacerte
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This Facebook Live explores the intersectional nature of Indigenous masculinity. Building healthier masculinities is an important step in standing up against violence towards women and children.

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• Native Women’s Association of Canada Research Toolkit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Research Toolkit builds on the extensive work already conducted by NWAC under the Partners for Engagement and Knowledge Exchange (PEKE) funding opportunity. That opportunity was launched by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) to support Indigenous organizations as partners in research projects. PEKE facilitates learning across funded research teams and supports the translation of research findings into policies and decision-making. In 2021, the NWAC health team developed a Health Research Strategic Plan: Faces to the Sun: NWAC Health Research Strategy 2021-2026. Those findings examined how the research can empower, uphold, and honour Indigenous ways of knowing and being, while also contributing to social, economic, cultural, and political well-being of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This Research Toolkit was developed in response to NWAC’s priorities, embracing our four pathways: Building relationships and enhancing collaboration, promoting Indigenous epistemologies, responding to Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and developing capacity and accessibility.

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• No Fixed Address: The Intersections of Justice Involvement and Homelessness

  Year: 2022
  Publisher(s): John Howard Society of Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report presents and synthesizes information from literature on homelessness and justice involvement, as well as from data describing the housing status of individuals who enter incarceration.

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• Not Optional! 4 Building Blocks for Collaboration Between Local Governments & Community Organizations to End GBV

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This Learning Network and Federation of Canadian Municipalities infographic is part two of a two-part series on collaboration between local governments and community organizations to end gender-based violence. This infographic shares 4 building blocks necessary for successful collaboration and provides actionable tips to support partnerships.

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• Parenting challenges for women with abusive ex-partners under the new Divorce Act Part Two: The best interests of the child test

  Year: 2022
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This webinar looks at the 11 factors in the best interests of the child test in the Divorce Act. It also examines those factors that are potentially most challenging for women leaving an abusive partner.

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• Pilot Survey of Prevalence and Costs of Intimate Partner Violence in the Workplace

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): A.J. Bowlus, B.J. MacQuarrie
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC), Western Social Science
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This is a report on the first survey in North America to measure the economic costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) to a workplace. The survey was conducted at a midsize university in Southwestern Ontario in 2019. It measures the prevalence of IPV among the respondents and allows for the calculation of costs due to lateness, absenteeism and presenteeism.

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• Policy, Program, and Practices Review Guide: Strengthening Supports and Services for Muslim Women and Girls Facing Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): S. Abdullah
  Publisher(s): Canadian Council of Muslim Women
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This guide has been developed as part of CCMW’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) project, which focuses on identifying and addressing the barriers to supports and services for Muslim women and girls facing GBV. The goal of this project is to develop a strategy for change and tools to address these barriers.

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• Recognizing Critical Expertise: A Knowledge and Skills Framework for Intimate Partner Violence Specialists

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): K. Scott, L. Baker, A. Jenney, J. Lopez, A.L. Straatman, D. Antwi-Mansah, O. Cullen, K. Jones, N. Pietsch, Expert Working Group Members
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report and framework brings together core knowledge and the skills of service providers responding to adult survivors, child survivors, and those who have behaved abusively. The framework can help health and social service professionals better recognize the need for and value of working with gender-based violence service workers to support their clients and communities.

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• Reducing Stigma: Exploring the intersections between trauma, race and criminalization

  Year: 2022
  Publisher(s): WomanACT
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This research explores the relationship between trauma and criminalization among racialized women and highlights the dangerous stigma they face as a result. It discusses how intimate partner violence can be a pathway into the criminal justice system for survivors, and how the judgment surrounding criminalization remains a barrier to fleeing violence and resolving trauma. The report also speaks to what is needed to improve access to services for racialized survivors with experiences of criminalization.

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• Reproductive Coercion Against Intimate Partners: A Violation of Rights

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Sexual Violence

  Reproductive coercion in intimate relationships is a form of coercive control. It involves removing an individual’s autonomy to make decisions about their health, body, and sexual activity. Reproductive coercion denies an individual of human rights. This Backgrounder shares 3 forms of reproductive coercion and associated tactics.

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• Right to Housing and Violence Against Women

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This issue brief explores the connections between the right to housing and violence against women. The brief looks at the connections between homelessness and violence and the key barriers to survivors obtaining safe, adequate and permanent housing.

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• Safe STEM Workplaces

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): K. Jorgji
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This literature review explores the knowledge available on the subject of preventing and responding to gender and sexual harassment in the workplace with a focus on STEM workplaces. It explores strategies for workplace prevention, training, and response systems, in addition to examples of best practices.

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• Sexual Violence (SV) Advocacy and Campus Communities SV Campus Policies

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Brief provides context for current sexual violence policies on post-secondary campuses and highlights the critical role of collective advocacy for bringing about change. It is a companion piece to the Learning Network 2022 Virtual Forum in partnership with Students for Consent Culture Canada on Reinventing Our Campuses: Creating Real Community Safety to Address Sexual Violence.

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• Sexual Violence Response on Campus: A Toolkit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario
  Publisher(s): Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This toolkit aims to provide campus stakeholders with the information necessary to improve or develop their sexual violence response programming, as well as to best support students who have experienced some form of sexual violence.

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• Stronger Together! 3 Reasons for Local Governments & Community Organizations to Collaborate to End GBV

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN), Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This Learning Network and Federation of Canadian Municipalities infographic is part one of a two-part series on collaboration between local governments and community organizations to end gender-based violence. This infographic shares three reasons why this collaboration is essential and how it can leverage one another’s expertise and resources.

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• Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence in Response to the Extreme Intoxication Defense

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): J. Benn-John
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The extreme intoxication defence is available for an accused to use if they are found to be in a state akin to automatism without conscious control over their actions due to self-intoxication. The defence can be used for general intent offenses including sexual assault. This issue identifies how the extreme intoxication defense has been used in the past, explores the implications of the defence for survivors of sexual violence, and shares best practices for talking to survivors about the defence.

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• Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence in Response to the Extreme Intoxication Defense

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): J. Benn-John
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The extreme intoxication defence is available for an accused to use if they are found to be in a state akin to automatism without conscious control over their actions due to self-intoxication. The defence can be used for general intent offenses including sexual assault. This issue identifies how the extreme intoxication defense has been used in the past, explores the implications of the defence for survivors of sexual violence, and shares best practices for talking to survivors about the defence.

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• Support Rainbow Seniors! 3 Things for Service Providers to know

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This infographic shares three concrete actions that service providers can take to support Rainbow Seniors who are part of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

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• Taking Action in Our Spheres of Influence: Intersectional Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): N. Bernhardt, A. Cooper
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This framework draws on the insights, best practices, and strategies in place both within the gender-based violence sector and beyond to offer examples, guidance and considerations for developing and sustaining an intersectional anti-racist and anti-oppressive approach.

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• Taking Count & Taking Action: 2020-2021 Femicide in Ontario Report

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  The 2020-2021 Annual Femicide Report analyzes ongoing femicide trends in Ontario and expands on the media analysis of femicide reporting in Ontario. These findings provide valuable insight to new and continuing femicide trends, as well as highlight potential risk factors and areas for future study

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• Tensions of 2SLGBTQIA+ Structural Inclusion Within the Gender-Based Violence Sector

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): M. Ham, D. Owusu-Akyeeah, J. Byard Peek
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In this Resource Spotlight, presenters expanded on some of these questions and shared their thoughts from their joint editorial, "Building the Table: Discussing Tensions of 2SLGBTQIA+ Structural Inclusion Within the Gender-Based Violence Sector."

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• The Crisis Ends With Us: Request for a Review Into the Systemic Denial of the Equal Right to Housing of Women and Gender-Diverse People in Canada

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network
  Publisher(s): Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report examines the Human Rights Claim, developed by the WNHHN Human Rights Task Force, which articulates three key violations of the right to housing experienced by marginalized women and gender-diverse people across Canada: failure to provide adequate, accessible, and affordable housing, failure to prevent and eliminate homelessness amongst women and gender-diverse people, and failure to regulate the financialization of housing in alignment with the right to housing.

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• The Decolonial Toolbox : An Educational Pathway

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Concordia University’s Office of Community Engagement, Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK, Mikana
  Publisher(s): Concordia University’s Office of Community Engagement, Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK, Mikana
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Decolonial Toolbox offers the general public an Educational Pathway to understand historical and contemporary Indigenous realities. The pathway gathers carefully-selected resources produced by Indigenous peoples and organizations that are accessible and promote Indigenous expertise.

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• The Supreme Court of Canada’s Extreme Intoxication Decisions: Why We Should Care

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): J. Benn-John, E. Sheehy
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This presentation looked at the recent legal changes connected to the “extreme intoxication” defence and its implications for survivors of crime. What does this ruling mean for survivors of gender-based violence, such as sexual and intimate partner violence, or hate-based crimes?

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• The Toxic Culture of Misogyny, Racism, And Violence In The RCMP

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): ): S. Misra, A. Major, P.Palmatar & S. Day
  Publisher(s): Feminist Alliance for International Action – Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report finds that there is shocking and growing evidence of systemic discrimination and violence against women perpetrated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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• Toxic Hush Toolkit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Informed Opinions
  Publisher(s): Informed Opinions
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space, Structural Violence

  This action kit was created as a part of Informed Opinions’ Toxic Hush campaign, an urgent response to the silencing of voices that are already chronically under-represented in public conversations. In developing the resource, they sought advice from experts from historically-excluded communities on how to support more people from their communities to be heard. This kit aims to help those who’ve been attacked online.

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• Trans-Affirming Gender-Based Violence Services

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): K. Charles, J. Wilson-Yang, R. Forrester
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Audio with Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  Keneisha Charles, Jiaqing Wilson-Yang, and Rosalyn Forrester discuss gender-affirming care, and how we can centre trans and non-binary experiences in gender-based violence movements and support services.

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• Trauma-Informed Care for Sexually and Gender Diverse Youth: A Research Summary

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): M. Van Bavel, C. Fernandez Conde
  Publisher(s): PREVNET
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This summary incorporates relevant information and resources for practitioners as an introductory guide to creating a safe environment for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth within a trauma-informed care framework.

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• Understanding the Extreme Intoxication Defence: A Brief by Elizabeth Sheehy

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): E. Sheehy
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  In this brief, feminist lawyer Elizabeth Sheehy responds to some of the most frequently asked questions on the extreme intoxication defence. Her responses help to clarify this complex issue; highlight implications for women, women’s rights, and GBV service providers; and suggest actions to assist in legal reform.

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• Understanding the Nature of Economic Abuse: A National Study on Service Provider Insights in Canada

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): N. Snow, N. Chandrarajan Shahzad
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This is the first-ever National research study on Economic Abuse in Canada. This research study has three lines of inquiry: social service providers (n=292), financial institutions (n=76) and victim-survivors (n=80). CCFWE conducted three online surveys soliciting perceptions about economic abuse (prevalence), services (access, barriers & needs) and understanding the challenges they encounter in their work. The second element of this study was interviewing 19 social service staff.

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• Unravelling the Complexities of Domestic Violence and Criminalization in Black Women’s Lives

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): P. Duhaney
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This workshop identified trauma and violence informed frameworks that are both relevant and responsive to the intersecting realities in Black women’s lives. It offered strategies to help foster cross-sector and multi-disciplinary collaborations to expand and enhance initiatives and institutional responses to support Black women who are victimized and criminalized.

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• Vicarious Trauma - An Indigenous Perspective: Cultural Strengths as the Roots of Resilience for Healing Trauma and Building Worker Wellness

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): D. Jones-Keeshig
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Knowledge Hub (KH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Structural Violence

  This Webinar explored trauma, collective historical and intergenerational trauma, and provided information about vicarious trauma from an Indigenous specific context.

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• Victims of Police-Reported Family and Intimate Partner Violence in Canada, 2021

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Statistics Canada
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This article presents high-level police-reported family violence and intimate partner violence trends based on data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey.

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• Violent victimization and perceptions of safety: Experiences of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women in Canada

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): L. Heidinger
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Juristat articlepresents the most current self-reported data on the lifetime (since age 15) prevalence of violent victimization, as well as the prevalence of violent victimization in the past 12 months, of Indigenous women in Canada.

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• Virtual Support and Intimate Partner Violence Services: A Scoping Review

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): S. Baird, S. Tarshis, C. Messenger, M. Falla
  Publisher(s): Research on Social Work Practice
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Open-Access Article
  Community-Specific: Women and Girls
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This article reports on a scoping review that maps the empirical research on virtual intimate partner violence (IPV) interventions. From this analysis, emerging models in virtual IPV intervention are identified, as well as next steps necessary in virtual IPV practice and research. The article concludes with implications for social work practice and research.

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• We Have the Courage to Act: A National Collaboration To Address and Prevent Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): F. Khan, A. Naushan, B. De Costa, D. Eerkes, J. Flood, CJ. Rowe
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  In this Resource Spotlight, presenters shared the work of Courage to Act, a multi-year national initiative to address and prevent gender-based violence at post-secondary institutions in Canada.

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• We Remember: A Toolkit about Inquests and Community Consultations

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): End Violence Against Women Renfrew County
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In this resource, you will find information about the CKW inquest, the community engagement process, the recommendations made by the inquest jury and reflections from some of those involved with it. There are also tools to assist in advocating for the implementation of key inquest recommendations, whether that is at the community, provincial/territorial or federal level, and to support individuals should their organization decide to participate in an inquest or similar process in their community.

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• Women, Safety and Public Transit

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This issue brief explores women’s unique travel patterns and needs, including changes to women’s travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief also looks at women’s safety on public transit and outlines policies and practices to improve safety on transit.

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• Zaagi’diwin Inakinogewin | Love Law: A Policy Note For Protecting Two-Spirit, Non-Binary & Trans Indigenous Peoples

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): F. Simard
  Publisher(s): Yellowhead Institute
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Structural Violence

  Indigenous nations and governments, workplaces and organizations, policy and political networks and families: this is a call to begin the work of implementing a Zaagi’diwin Inakinogewin (or “love law”). The call for Zaagi’diwin Inakinogewin offers some definitions, includes important context, key considerations on the framing and implementation of the law for communities and, finally, a list of urgent recommendations to propel the love law.

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• “A Place of My Own”: Survivors Perspectives on the Safe at Home Housing Model

  Year: 2022
  Author(s): A. Klingbaum
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This research report draws on qualitative data gathered through surveys, interviews, and focus groups with survivors. The report explores survivors’ housing options and preferences when fleeing violence. The report also discusses the policies, programs, and practices that support women to remain in their own home or independent housing when leaving a violent relationship.

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• #CallItFemicide: Understanding Sex/Gender-Related Killings of Women and Girls in Canada, 2020

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): M. Dawson, D. Sutton, A. Zecha , C. Boyd, A. Johnson, A. Mitchell
  Publisher(s): Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This is the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability’s third annual #CallItFemicide report, focusing on women and girls killed by violence in Canada from January 1 to December 31, 2020. It contains critical information that builds on the earlier and ongoing work on femicide in Canada and internationally by highlighting current and emerging trends and issues that require further investigation and monitoring in the coming years.

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• 2020 Syndemic: Convergence of COVID-19, Gender-Based Violence, and Racism Pandemics

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): N. Khanlou, L.M. Vazquez, S. Pashang, J. Connolly, F. Ahmad, A. Ssawe
  Publisher(s): Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This paper conducts a rapid knowledge synthesis of literature on the social determinants of mental health of racialized women exposed to gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• A Caregiver's Guide to Teaching the ABCs of Consent

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Preyde
  Publisher(s): ANOVA
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Child Maltreatment

  This guide discusses the building blocks of Anatomy, Boundaries, and Communication as the foundation upon which children come to know themselves and live in harmony with others. It provides caregivers with the tools necessary to teach, model, and support these practices from infancy through childhood. For professionals who work with parents, this resource can help guide modelling behaviour for them, as well as prompt deeper conversation.

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• A Guide to Building Feminist Intersectional Solidarity

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): M. Alig, L. K C, J. Neapole, K. Piccin
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This guide is geared toward helping feminists and feminist organizations build relationships and foster meaningful collaboration. Firmly based in a feminist intersectional frameworks, the guide touches on the meaning and importance of Feminist Intersectional Solidarity and offers tangible strategies in building meaningful and collaborative relationships by addressing systemic and individual inequalities.

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• Allies for Gender Equality Toolkit: Enhancing Intersectionality in Engaging Men and Boys

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This toolkit includes guidelines and key strategies for the application of intersectionality in the work of organizations that engage men and boys in gender-transformative equity practices.

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• An Analysis of Risk Assessment Tools for MARAC

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  As part of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) project, a collection of risk assessment tools were reviewed for the purpose of identifying a tool for use at a high-risk MARAC table. This analysis features a range of risk assessments and examines the different components of the tools.

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• A Report to Guide the Implementation of a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Dale, K. Maki, R. Nitia
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  At the end of 2020, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) received funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada to develop a strategic framework for Canada’s National Action Plan (NAP). Over three months at the beginning of 2021, more than 40 anti-violence leaders from across the country worked together to develop 100 recommendations across four pillars. Their work was compiled into a report that answers the question What will it take to achieve a Canada free of gender-based violence? and gives the federal government a ready roadmap for developing and implementing a NAP.

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• Arrangements for the Kids: The Best Interests of the Child Test

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Luke’s Place
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This presentation examines the new Children’s Law Reform (CLRA) in detail. The new Divorce Act varies only slightly from it and we cover that after the CLRA. The role of family violence in determining what is in a child’s best interests as well as evidence that would support a woman’s case when she is dealing with an abusive ex-partner is discussed in this presentation.

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• A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies that Investigate the Emotional Experiences of Staff Working in Homeless Settings

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Peters, C. W. Hobson, V. Samuel
  Publisher(s): Health and Social Care in the Community
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This meta-synthesis draws together the available research to further understanding of the experiences of staff working with homeless people. An overarching theoretical construction of the internal experiences of support staff in managing the demands of the role along with their own needs was developed.

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• Beyond Diversity & Inclusion Training: Anti-Racism in the VAW Sector

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In May 2020, the police killing of George Floyd and other Black and Indigenous people in Canada and the US brought renewed attention to the deadly nature of systemic racism. It sparked a global movement that had all of us questioning the biases in our institutions, workplaces, and in our communities. To be more inclusive, many organizations across the sector ran diversity and inclusion (D&I) training for all their staff. But has this really made a difference for people of colour (POC) working in shelters and transition houses across the country? This webinar explores the work that needs to be done outside of a D&I curriculum and how to adopt a long-term humanistic approach to anti-racism.

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• Breathing life into the Calls for Justice

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Publisher(s): Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  As part of its contribution to the development of the National Action Plan the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has developed a First Nations-led National Action Plan report to end violence against First Nations women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This framework report is written with direct input from the survivors and families who for many years, tirelessly advocated for action to be taken to address Missing and Murdered First Nations Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+

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• Coping with Sexual Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Anova
  Publisher(s): Anova
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This podcast episode focuses on the healing journey from the perspective of a survivor of sexual assault and the Anova sexual assault counsellor who helped her cope with her experience.

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• Crucial Voices: Report on The National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): N. Protetch, E. Rosser
  Publisher(s): Students for Consent Culture Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Crucial Voices is the report of the findings and priorities-for-action from the National Action Plan consultation process. From November 2020 to March 2021, SFCC consulted with a diverse range of key informants, organisations, and individual students from across the country, in interviews, group consultations and online surveys, as a part of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.

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• Deplatforming Misogyny

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): C. Khoo
  Publisher(s): Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This report examines the role of digital platforms in the proliferation of technology-facilitated gender-based violence, abuse, and harassment.

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• Economic Abuse: Coercive Control Tactics in Intimate Relationships

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  

  This infographic explores 3 forms of economic abuse and associated tactics used to coercively control intimate partners.

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• End Violence in Canadian Nursing and Retirement Homes

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This infographic shares 2019 police-reported data about violence against seniors in nursing and retirement homes.

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• Essential Elements for Non-Punitive Accountability: A Workbook for Understanding Alternative Responses to Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): D. Eerkes, J. Ketwaroo-Green, S. Pearson, B. Reid, C. Hackett, I. Juurlink, L. Martin, S. Scanlon, S. Bokma
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This workbook shares information on “alternative resolutions”, such as restorative practices and transformative justice, in response to gender-based violence within policy and procedure frameworks at post-secondary institutions.

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• Evaluation of Staff Engagement in Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Girouard, A. St-Gelais
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Sexual Violence

  This report provides tips on when and how to run an evaluation of prevention efforts on sexual violence and gender-based violence.

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• Examining the Intersections of Anti-Asian Racism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Backgrounder seeks to contribute to the broader understanding of anti-Asian racism and gender-based violence in Canada. It examines the unique experiences of violence and harassment faced by Asian women, the historical background of anti-Asian racism in Canada, contemporary manifestations of anti-Asian racism and gender-based violence, and harmful impacts of criminal and immigration law which disproportionately affect Asian women in the service and sex industries. The Backgrounder also offers considerations for standing in solidarity with Asian women; supporting them in their resistance against violence, harassment, racism, and sexism; and joining continued efforts to end anti-Asian racism and gender-based violence.

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• Family Court Operations – A Pandemic Response

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Luke’s Place
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource contains information about how Ontario’s family courts are operating as of August 2021. It includes: serving and filing documents, with a Form 6B Affidavit checklist, how to file submissions online and document naming protocols, going to court, including teleconference and video conference preparation and etiquette, and more. Please see the final section of this resource for links to websites where you can find up-to-date information about the operation of Ontario’s family courts and the services connected with them.

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• Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2019

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): S. Conroy
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile is an annual report produced by the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics at Statistics Canada as part of the Federal Family Violence Initiative. Since 1998, this report has provided data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as an analysis of trends over time.

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• Femicide in Ontario: April 1 - April 30 2021

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides an overview of femicide in Ontario from April 1st - April 30th 2021.

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• Femicide in Ontario: August 1-August 31 2021

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides an overview of femicide in Ontario from August 1st to August 31st, 2021.

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• Femicide in Ontario: January 1 - March 1 2020 and 2021 Comparison

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides a comparison of femicide rates in Ontario from January 1st - March 1st 2020 and January 1st - March 1st 2021.

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• Femicide in Ontario: July 1-July 31 2021

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides an overview of femicide in Ontario from July 1st to July 31st 2021.

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• Femicide in Ontario: June 1 - June 30 2021

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides an overview of femicide in Ontario from June 1st - June 30th 2021.

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• Femicide in Ontario: March 1 - March 31 2021

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides an overview of femicide in Ontario from March 1st - March 31st, 2021.

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• Femicide in Ontario: May 1 - May 31 2021

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report provides an overview of femicide in Ontario from May 1st - May 31st 2021.

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• Femicide Report: November 2019 - November 2020

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Hancock
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This report uses data collected from the 2019-2020 Annual Femicide Report to further analyze and examine ongoing femicide trends in Ontario. This report expands on the media analysis of femicide reporting in Ontario and the impacts of negative media framing on public awareness, understanding and conceptualization of gender based violence, and more specifically femicide. This report will also examine a number of indicators and measures related to femicide victims and to the victims’ relationship with the perpetrator.

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• Femicide report: November 2019 - November 2020

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Hancock, L.
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  This report uses data collected from the 2019-2020 Annual Femicide Report to analyze ongoing femicide trends in Ontario. The report expands on the media analysis of femicide reporting in Ontario and the impacts of negative media framing on public awareness, understanding and conceptualization of gender-based violence, and more specifically femicide. The report also examines a number of indicators and measures related to femicide victims and to the victims’ relationship with the perpetrator. These measures provide valuable insight into new and continuing femicide trends, as well as highlight potential risk factors and areas for future study.

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• Femicide Reporting Recommendations

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), University of Guelph
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This document highlights a number of existing recommendations and best practices for media reporting on femicide that can be used to improve media reporting and public understanding of femicide.

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• Feminist Intersectionality Primer

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This new, illustrated primer explains what feminist intersectionality is and why it is important. An important resource for organizations, activists, educators, and students alike, this primer will help you to better understand inequality, and then take smarter action to address it.

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• Gender-Based Violence First Response Toolkit for Frontline Staff

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Toronto West Local Immigration Partnership
  Publisher(s): Toronto West Local Immigration Partnership
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This toolkit has been prepared to help frontline staff respond to clients and situations with sensitivity; increase victim/survivor safety; provide information on resources and options; make effective, timely referrals to specialized services and supports; and encourage victim/survivor to take action to end the violence and begin to take steps towards positive changes in their lives.

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• Gender-Based Violence in Rural, Remote & Northern Communities

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): R. Nonomura, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  Gender-based violence takes place in ways that are both unique and disproportionately high in rural, remote, and northern (RRN) communities. This Issue discusses current statistical trends, barriers to support, and opportunities for mobilizing the strengths of RRN communities to empower survivors and promote social change.

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• Gender Equality and Intersectional Analysis Toolkit

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): P. Khosla
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This toolkit guides feminists in conducting a Gender Equality and Intersectional Analysis (GEIA). GEIA focuses attention on and accounts for the interconnected and intersecting nature of systems of power and oppression, and their impacts on diverse women and marginalized people. This toolkit also includes useful worksheets for brainstorming and building plans of action to account for, and address the gendered, intersectional impacts of a case study, project, campaign, or policy.

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• Intersecting Oppressions Shape Experiences of IPV Faced by Women with Disabilities

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This infographic shares how an intersectional approach to violence against women with disabilities requires exploring the ways sexism and ableism interact with further forms of oppression like colonialism and heteronormativity.

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• Intersections of Fat Phobia & Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): D. Fierheller, L. Lavallee, M. Friedman, S. Abel, N. MacGregor
  Publisher(s): WomenatthecentrE
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This introductory webinar unpacks and challenges understandings of fatness, fat phobia, how it intersects with gender based violence and racism, and how it is embedded within systems that survivors navigate for support.

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• Intimate Partner Violence in Canada, 2018: An Overview

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Cotter
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This article, focusing on the overall Canadian population, is one in a series of short reports examining experiences of intimate partner violence among members of different population groups, based on self-reported data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces for various populations. It explores the prevalence, nature, and impact of intimate partner violence on Canadians taking a gender-based approach by comparing the experiences of women and men.

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• Land-Based Education with Youth

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): S. Lam
  Publisher(s): Finding Our Power Together
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This paper will examine what Indigenous land-based approaches can teach us in non-Indigenous contexts and discuss strategies to implement land-based practices with youth.

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• Land-Based Education with Youth

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): J. Luft
  Publisher(s): Finding Our Power Together
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This research is intended to support Helpers working within Indigenous communities by acknowledging their struggles and by offering culturally-informed ideas to ensure that Helpers continue to feel well about themselves in the role they play within community

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• Literature Review: Safe at Home

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This literature review synthesizes the evidence on supporting women to remain safely in their home when leaving a violent relationship. It explores policy and program approaches from other jurisdictions, evaluation findings on the intervention’s outcomes and challenges, and promising practices that can broaden housing solutions for violence against women.

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• Mashkiwenmi-daa Noojimowin: Let’s Have Strong Minds for the Healing (First Nations Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2018).

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Crowe, J. Schiffer
  Publisher(s): Child Welfare Research Portal
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  Mashkiwenmi-daa Noojimowin: Let’s Have Strong Minds for the Healing is the first report of the First Nations Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2018 (FNOIS-2018). The FNOIS-2018 is a study of child welfare investigations involving First Nations children which is embedded within a larger, cyclical provincial study: the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS).

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• MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ National Action Plan

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): P. Lezard, Z. Prefontaine, D.M. Cederwall, C. Sparrow, S. Maracle, A. Beck, A. McLeod
  Publisher(s): 2SLGBTQQIA+Sub-Working Group
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report illustrates the history and background of how Two-Spirit and gender and sexually diverse Indigenous people have been affected by colonization and how it is unique from the oppressions experienced by other Indigenous peoples.

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• National Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing & Homelessness: A Case for Support and Conceptual Model

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): D. Baspaly, C. Hogg, P. Stewart, M. L. Swain, O. Wahpasiw
  Publisher(s): National Housing Council
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report provides an environmental scan of the current state of urban, rural and Northern Indigenous housing in Canada. The report provides a review of community needs, current service providers and provision models, successful outcomes, and the current funding landscape.

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• Needs Assessment: Community Conversations with Daughters Impacted by Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): B. Sadika, P. Bal, H. Kaur, T. Dhillon, Z. Dhillon, F. Aamir, G. Brar, S. Khela, M. Bhangu
  Publisher(s): Laadliyan
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This report explores the particular issues that South Asian daughters experience as survivors or witnesses to gender based violence (GBV) within their ethnic communities.

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• Needs Assessment of Ottawa's 2SLGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults with Regard to Violence Prevention

  Year: 2021
  Publisher(s): Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Following a call for proposals process, Crime Prevention Ottawa engaged the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) to research and report on the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ communities with regard to violence and violence prevention. November 2019 to January 2020, CCGSD conducted interviews wherein 12 informants from Ottawa’s network of providers of victim services and health and wellbeing services had the opportunity to share their thoughts on violence (including partner assault, sexual assault, robbery and hate crime) as it affects members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Ottawa. CCGSD also conducted an online survey inquiring into the same topics from the perspective of 2SLGBTQ+ youth and young adults (age 15–30) in Ottawa

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• Open Secrets, Power and Professors: A Study On Rape Culture and Accountability at Canadian Post-secondary Institutions

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Students for Consent Culture Canada
  Publisher(s): Students for Consent Culture Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The Open Secrets project was initiated in 2019 by a small research team at Students for Consent Culture Canada (SFCC). It is one of the first large-scale attempts to explore the scope and impact of sexual violence and harassment by professors against students. The aim of the project is to pursue accountability from post-secondary institutions for violence experienced by students, and to change the cultures that support and perpetuate it. SFCC has worked to consolidate existing data and develop a better baseline for future research in the area, with recommendations on policy, advocacy and structural change. This document provides a preliminary summary and recommendations as of February, 2021.

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• Our Calls, Our Actions: NWAC’s National Action Plan to Meet the Calls for Justice of the MMIWG National Inquiry

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  This action plan is based on counsel and offers 65 short-, medium-, and long-term concrete and costed actions that can be acted upon quickly to make a real difference in the lives of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people. It is intended to support, and be supported by, the efforts of other Indigenous women’s groups, the governments of the provinces and territories, the Government of Canada, and other organizations.

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• Pathways to Safety: Ontario’s Strategy in Response to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Ontario Government
  Publisher(s): Ontario Government
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Ontario’s government-wide strategy in response to the Final Report into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) was developed in close partnership with Indigenous communities, organizations, and the Indigenous Women’s Advisory Council. It identifies six pathways to safety and steps to success.

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• Policy Options on Non-Consensual Deepnudes and Sexual Deepfakes

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): D. Lalonde
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This Brief shares information on non-consensual deepnudes and sexual deepfakes as gendered forms of sexual violence. It explores the impacts this violence has on survivors, and what Canadian policy can do to address it. The Briefing Note offers a one-page summary of the Brief.

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• Promising Practices for Engaging Survivors in Research

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This guide was developed to support researchers in engaging survivors both ethically and positively. This guide also considers the challenges of conducting research during a pandemic and how researchers can work effectively to collaborate with survivors in a changing environment.

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• Promoting Resilience and Healthy Development in Indigenous Children and Youth through Mindfulness-Based Practices

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): J. Vaisenberg
  Publisher(s): Finding Our Power Together
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report examines intergenerational trauma within Indigenous communities and the importance of accessible and culturally relevant sources of strength and resilience to support Indigenous mental, emotional, cultural, and physical wellbeing.

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• Promotion of Responsive Legal and Justice Systems

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence
  Publisher(s): National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity

  This infographic highlights one area of four social policies included in the National Actional Plan on Violence Against Women. The promotion of responsive legal and justice systems emerged from dialogue with government regarding community’s calls for action in these policy areas.

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• Responding to hate toolkit: Combat anti-Asian racism by taking action

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Omatsu, M., Yee, G., Go, A., Chan, G, & Westmoreland, J.
  Publisher(s): Ryerson University
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  In response to outbreaks of anti-Asian sentiments and racism during COVID-19 in Canada and around the world, this toolkit provides a list of resources to help those who may be victims of or witness to racially motivated hate or discrimination. The toolkit provides information on the difference between hate crimes, hate incidents, and acts of discrimination, as well as links to the various organizations people can reach out to in order to report a hate act, whether they were a victim or a witness.

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• Response to Disclosures and Support for People Affected by Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada: Guidelines for an Evaluation Framework

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Iervolino
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This tool can help frontline gender-based violence (GBV) campus workers adopt an evidence-based approach to inform local program improvement, advocacy initiatives and/or reporting. Collectively developed in 2020 by Ana Iervolino and the Frontline GBV Campus Workers Community of Practice of the Courage to Act project, the guidelines presented here were built to address concerns and challenges shared by this group of experts working on the ground.

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• Revisiting Vicarious Trauma In Gender-based Violence Work: Opportunities For Fostering Vicarious Resilience & Collective Wellbeing

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Issue-based Newsletter examines collective wellbeing in gender-based violence work through a three-pronged approach that seeks to advocate for changes at the structural level, prevent vicarious trauma, and foster vicarious resilience among anti-violence workers. It provides an overview of vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience, highlights the role of organizations in preventing vicarious trauma, and offers strategies for what organizations can do to foster vicarious resilience and promote the well-being of anti-violence workers.

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• Senior Women Face Disproportionate Rates of Family Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This infographic shares findings from the 2021 Statistics Canada report on police-reported violence against seniors (65-89).

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• Sexual Violence Among Older Adults – Practical Approaches to Trauma Informed Responses

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. Cohen
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This webinar increases your awareness of the unique needs of older adults who have been victims of historical sexual assaults. It also builds your knowledge around practical approaches in responding, intervening, and supporting older adult victims of sexual violence through a trauma-informed lens.

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• Silenced: Canada's Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Accessibility Crisis

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): She Matters
  Publisher(s): She Matters
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Silenced: Canada’s Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Accessibility Crisis report was developed to address survivors of sexual violence being turned away from their local hospitals and health centres due to medical institutions not being equipped with Sexual Assault Evidence Kits (SAEKs).

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• Solidarity, Collective Care & Sustainability: Responding to Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): V. Reynolds
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This workbook encourages individuals to focus on their path to the gender-based violence movement, what qualifies them for the work, and collective care and solidarity.

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• Strategies to Engage Post-Secondary Staff in the Prevention of Sexual Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): A. Girouard, A. St-Gelais
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This guide is designed to serve as a reference manual to assist in building a culture that values respect and consent on campuses, regardless of your specific role at your post-secondary institution.

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• Supporting International Students Affected by Gender-Based Violence: A Customizable Tool for International Students, Post-Secondary Administrators and Frontline Workers

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): C. Liu, P. Flora, R. Gupta, L. Keren, E. Kordich, S. Sharma, A. Siddiqui
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This toolkit is an introduction for administrators, individuals on campuses who may work in the field of gender-based or sexual violence prevention and education, and those supporting international students on issues of gender-based or sexual violence.

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• Tech for Women’s Justice Report

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This report examines the intersections between intimate partner violence, legal help, and technology. It draws on data that was gathered through interviews and surveys with survivors of intimate partner violence and explores the experience of survivors in using technology to access legal information and support.

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• The Law and Parenting Arrangements after Separation

  Year: 2021
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This toolkit contains legal information about the laws in both Canada and Ontario regarding arrangements for children after a relationship ends. Family courts do not always understand violence against women in the family, so you need to know as much as you can about these laws. Be prepared to play an active role in your family law case to ensure that you get the best possible outcomes for you and your children.

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• The Neurobiology of Gender-Based Violence Across The Lifespan

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  In this self-paced course you will learn about the neurobiology of trauma, trauma work, and the application of trauma informed approaches in working with survivors of gender-based violence across the lifespan. This course is intended for anyone working with women who have experienced violence and has a focus on Ontario-based content and resources.

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• The Rise of the Alt-Right in Canada: A Feminist Analysis

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): L. KC , J. Neapole, M. Edelson
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Gender Equality/Equity, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report looks at the alt-right using an intersectional feminist analysis and focuses on the context in Canada, from its historic roots to its continued proliferation. It also outlines collective actions that we can all take to counter the alt-right movement today.

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• The Shadow Pandemic: Stopping Coercive and Controlling Behaviour in Intimate Relationships

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): I. Khalid
  Publisher(s): House of Commons
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report summarizes the evidence submitted during the study of domestic violence and presents the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights recommendations for reform

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• Translating Gender Inclusive Terms from English to French

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): PREVNET
  Publisher(s): PREVNET
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This guide shares different approaches that can promote the elimination of gendered forms during communication between people. By eliminating these gendered forms, it reduces gender discrimination since non-gendered terms represent all genders.

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• Trans Women and Intimate Partner Violence: Fundamentals for Service Providers

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This infographic shares data from a national Trans PULSE Canada survey regarding Trans women's experiences of intimate partner violence. It identifies barriers Trans women face in accessing services and offers some fundamentals for service providers to support Trans women.

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• Unacceptable: Responding to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): R. Kim
  Publisher(s): Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This guide defines and describes different forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). It also outlines steps that people experiencing TFGBV can take to address the violence, including potential legal remedies.

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• Violence Against Women Is and Was its Own Pandemic: COVID-19 Made Things Worse

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): N. Wathen
  Publisher(s): Western University
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This video describes The Violence Against Women Services in a Pandemic Project and some key findings, including how pandemic protocols and rules impacted GBV service delivery in Ontario.

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• We Believe You: Sexual Violence & Harassment in Union Spaces

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): CUPE Ontario
  Publisher(s): CUPE Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This guide was created by the CUPE Ontario Women’s Committee to let union members know of their rights when it comes to sexual violence within union spaces.

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• What is Gender-Based Violence and How Can We Put An End To It?

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): N. Wathen, A. Trudel
  Publisher(s): Anova
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This podcast episode features Dr. Nadine Wathen, Western University professor and Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence. It identifies what gender-based violence (GBV) is and talks about how confronting GBV means supporting those who have experienced it and doing prevention work.

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• Who, When, How, and Why Bystanders Intervene in Physical and Psychological Teen Dating Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): K.J. Debnam & V. Mauer
  Publisher(s): PREVNET
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  This article reviews the research on adolescents’ bystander behaviours in the context of teen dating violence, summarizing findings from 17 studies.

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• Who, When, How, and Why Bystanders Intervene in Physical and Psychological Teen Dating Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): K.J. Debnam & V. Mauer
  Publisher(s): PREVNET
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  This article reviews the research on adolescents’ bystander behaviours in the context of teen dating violence, summarizing findings from 17 studies.

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• You Are Made of Medicine

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Native Youth Sexual Health Network
  Publisher(s): Native Youth Sexual Health Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This manual is written by and for Indigiqueer, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQ+ Indigenous youth. It offers some tips, strategies, and resources to manage mental health and wellness. These tips will help you support yourself and others who are facing similar challenges. Whether you are supporting yourself, a friend, a family or community member, this manual includes as many easily accessible, cheap and/or free resources as possible.

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• You Choose What To Do Next: Navigating the Criminal Legal System Guide

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Consent Comes First
  Publisher(s): Consent Comes First
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This trauma-informed guide was created to support people affected by sexual violence in understanding how the criminal legal system works – from the reporting, to after the court process is over, and everything in between. Created in collaboration with survivors, legal experts, student leaders and frontline workers, the Navigating the Criminal Legal System guide is packed with legal information, self-care ideas and advice from survivors. We hope that it will help you make informed decisions throughout the legal process.

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• You Choose What to Do Next: Understanding Publication Bans in Criminal Proceedings Involving Sexual Offences Guide

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): P. Cross, M. Stephens
  Publisher(s): Consent Comes First
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This tip sheet was created to provide an overview of publication bans – a court order set out in section 486.4 of the Criminal Code that allows survivors to have their identities covered when going through the criminal court process for sexual offences. Created for Consent Comes First by feminist lawyers Pamela Cross and Megan Stephens in consultation with survivors, legal experts, student leaders and frontline workers. It is hoped that this guide will support survivors by providing accessible information on how publication bans work so that they are able to make informed decisions on how and when they want their identity covered when navigating the criminal legal system.

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• “Stay with them”: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Share Insights on How Friends and Family Can Help

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This resource amplifies the voices of survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) by sharing their advice to family and friends of those who are experiencing IPV.

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• “There’s a way out”: Insights from Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2021
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource amplifies the voices of survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) by sharing their advice to those who are experiencing IPV.

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• 10-Point Action Plan in Response to National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and girls (MMIWG)

  Year: 2020
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This is a 10-point action plan in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).

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• A Childhood Experience of Domestic Violence

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): C. Linklater
  Publisher(s): She Is Your Neighbour
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  Chris Linklater’s passion to help others started at a young age and led him to become a firefighter for the City of Kitchener. In this podcast episode, Chris breaks his silence and speaks candidly about witnessing his mother’s abuse as a young boy and describes what it was like to stay in a women’s shelter.

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• A Culturally Relevant Gender-Based Analysis Starter Kit: Introduction, Incorporation, Illustrations of Use

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report examines the limitations of mainstream gender-based analysis and how it fails to meaningfully address the social, political, and cultural realities of Indigenous women.

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• Anti-Colonial Approaches to Addressing Gender-Based Violence with Indigenous Communities

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): C. Skye
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This Webinar recording offers an anti-colonial analysis on the roots of violence and discusses culturally responsive approaches to responding to gender-based violence on a systemic level.

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• A Pathway to End Violence Against Migrant Sex Workers: Access, Safety, Dignity and Justice

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): E. Lam, T. Santin
  Publisher(s): Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network), Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Chinese Canadian National Council (Toronto Chapter)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This guide offers practical information for service providers working with migrant sex workers who have experienced, or may experience violence, discrimination or other forms of abuse.

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• Behind closed doors: Exposing migrant care worker exploitation during COVID-19

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Caregivers’ Action Centre, Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights; Caregiver Connections, Education and Support Organization; The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change,
  Publisher(s): Caregivers’ Action Centre
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This report compiles hundreds of surveys filled out by migrant care workers during COVID-19. It tells a story of entrapment, long hours, and thousands of dollars in stolen wages. It shows the enormous power employers have to abuse and exploit, and the ways in which migrant women are refusing to be silent. The report calls on the federal government to ensure full and permanent immigration status for all.

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• Beyond giving hope

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Child Maltreatment

  Beyond Giving Voice was a virtual symposium held over three sessions (June 4, 9, and 11, 2020). Scholars explored theoretical, methodological, and ethical implications of claims to be ‘giving voice’ to children through research.

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• Breaking the Cycle of Abuse and Closing the Housing Gap

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): K. Maki
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Women’s Shelters Canada conducted a research study to better understand the scope of the work of second stage shelters for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The purpose of this study was to fill the research and policy gap and highlight the work of second shelters for survivors of violence. This study is the first of its kind in Canada. It addresses knowledge gaps in the spectrum of supports for IPV survivors and explores how second stage shelters break the cycle of abuse and close the housing gap.

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• COVID-19 & Gendered Violence

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): A. Weeden
  Publisher(s): She Is Your Neighbour
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  Ashleigh is a rural innovator and community capacity builder, currently pursuing her PhD in Rural Studies at the University of Guelph. In this podcast episode, she talks about the many ways the pandemic has disproportionately impacted women. She discusses the economic and social challenges and explains how these challenges are amplified for women living rurally. Ashleigh also talks about the various care roles that women have taken on and the importance of having feminist leaders.

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• Declarations of Truth: Documenting Insights from Survivors of Sexual Abuse

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N. MacGregor, S. Hackett
  Publisher(s): WomenatthecentrE
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report is based on a 3-year long research project as WomenatthecentrE was tasked to explore and find an alternative model of justice for sexual violence survivors. They spoke to hundreds of survivors to glean insight into how we can develop a new model of justice for sexual violence.

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• Digital Anti-Racism Education (D.A.R.E.) Project

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
  Publisher(s): Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space, Structural Violence

  The Digital Anti-Racism Education (D.A.R.E.) Project is the Canadian Council of Muslim Women’s (CCMW) national program designed to raise awareness of online hate and Islamophobia and to empower racialized women, girls and allies with the resourced needed to counter online hate and #DeleteRacism.

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• Domestic Violence and Access to Justice: A Mapping of Relevant Laws, Policies, and Justice System Components Across Canada

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Canadian Legal Information Institute
  Publisher(s): Canadian Legal Information Institute
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This eBook is aimed primarily at people working with and supporting survivors of domestic violence, as well as researchers and government actors. It includes a comprehensive survey of legislation, key government policies, and justice system components that apply to domestic violence across Canada, and is intended to provide legal information and not legal advice. The eBook is fully searchable, with links to the relevant legislation and policies, and has a Glossary of terms at the end.

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• Emergency Department Staff Training

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This training module provides emergency department healthcare providers with training to assist them in providing victims/survivors of sexual assault with appropriate and sensitive care in emergency departments. The training module provides an overview of the established procedures for collaborating with Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre staff about the care, transporting, and/or transferring of sexual assault victims/survivors who present to the emergency department.

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• Engaging Men to Address and Prevent Gender-Based Violence on Campus

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): J. Mendoza, E. Colpitts
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This webinar explores promising practices and current gaps in anti-violence work with men on campus. It also identifies key challenges, considerations, and future directions for this work

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• Experiences of Violent Victimization and Unwanted Sexual Behaviours Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Other Sexual Minority People, and the Transgender Population, in Canada, 2018

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): B. Jaffray
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This Juristat article provides, for the first time, a national analysis of the experiences of violence among transgender people in Canada, and builds on the existing body of research of the experiences of sexual minority Canadians.

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• Family Law Reform in Ontario: Increasing Safety for Women and Children Bringing More Consistency Between the Children’s Law Reform Act and the Divorce Act

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This backgrounder provides recommendations for amending the Children’s Law Reform Act, to assist women who are accessing Ontario’s family law legal system for safe and fair resolutions following family breakdown.

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• Final Report on NWAC’s National Roundtable on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report overviews the key priority areas highlighted by the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Associations to inform the Government of Canada’s 2020 National Action Plan. NWAC held a National Roundtable with over 65 participants on January 18 and January 19, 2020. The objective of this Roundtable was to engage Indigenous communities so that they can identify key priority areas in response to the 231 Calls for Justice outlined in the final report of the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). This report establishes the necessary steps to successfully implement a National Action Plan based on the Roundtable responses.

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• Gender-Based Violence and Refugee Youth: Towards Trauma-Informed Practices

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N. Khanlou, Y. Bohr, V. Sage, N. Rollings, N. Pandalangat, A. Khan, L.M. Vazquez
  Publisher(s): Office of Women's Health Research Chair in Mental Health
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Structural Violence

  This info sheet shares strategies and interventions to address gender-based violence experienced by refugee youth.

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• Gender-based violence is affecting every aspect of Canadian life and hindering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Aura Freedom International
  Publisher(s): Aura Freedom International
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  A snapshot of gender-based violence in Canada across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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• Gender Equity

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): R. Nonomura, D. Lalonde, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Network Newsletter addresses the prevalence of gender inequality and inequity in Canada. It presents current national and Ontario-based research and statistics on intersecting inequities in areas such as: the labour force, income inequality, and gender-based violence. It also examines the need for gender equity by spotlighting issues such as harassment in public spaces, the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and the gendered dimensions of climate change.

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• Girls Without. Barriers: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Girls and Young Women with Disabilities in Canada

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Publisher(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Girls without Barriers seeks to identify and address gaps in research regarding the needs of girls with disabilities as well as to increase the participation of girls with disabilities and Deaf girls in girl-serving programs.

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• Implementing 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion: A Tipsheet for Change Champions in the Youth-Serving Sector

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Wisdom2Action, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Planned Parenthood Toronto, Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, Child Welfare League of Canada, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
  Publisher(s): Wisdom2Action
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches, Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This tip-sheet is geared towards leaders and champions in the youth-serving sector, particularly managers and organizational leadership teams, to support the implementation of 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion in their organizations.

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• Indigenous Women and Impact Assessment Final Report

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report outlines the various issues and concerns of Indigenous women as they relate to impact assessments. The goal of this report is to provide proponents, governments and impact assessment practitioners generally with information that will help ensure Indigenous women are meaningfully and respectfully engaged in impact assessments and that their rights, concerns, interests and knowledge are properly taken into consideration and respected.

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• Intimate Partner Violence Risk Identification and Assessment Tool

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Intimate Partner Violence Risk Identification Assessment (IPV RIA) tool is part of the project Enhanced Safety – Risk Assessment Tool in Family Courts Project. Funding for the project was provided by the Law Foundation of Ontario. RIA assists stakeholders with identifying high-risk situations by gathering information on current and historical factors related to the survivor’s experience of IPV.

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• Intimate Partner Violence Risk Identification and Assessment Tool – User Guide

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Publisher(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Intimate Partner Violence Risk Identification Assessment (IPV RIA) tool and user guide is part of the project Enhanced Safety – Risk Assessment Tool in Family Courts Project. Funding for the project was provided by the Law Foundation of Ontario.

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• Intimate Partner Violence Risk Identification and Assessment Tool – User Guide

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Intimate Partner Violence Risk Identification Assessment (IPV RIA) tool and user guide is part of the project Enhanced Safety – Risk Assessment Tool in Family Courts Project. Funding for the project was provided by the Law Foundation of Ontario.

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• Knowing Your Rights Toolkit: Sexual and Reproductive Health

  Year: 2020
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource aims to provide education that empowers First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women, girls, and gender-diverse people to “know their rights” in the context of sexual and reproductive health.

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• LGBTQ2S Inclusion Playbook: A series of best practices for Healthcare Environments

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): K. Liss
  Publisher(s): The 519
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Playbook is intended to support people working in acute, primary, and community health and social service environments in fostering inclusive spaces for LGBTQ2S communities and people. It provides medical professionals, care providers, administrative teams, and policymakers with tools, resources, and guidelines to better understand and meet the needs of LGBTQ2S people in healthcare and social service care settings.

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• LGBTQ2S Inclusion Playbook: A series of best practices for Healthcare Environments

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): K. Liss
  Publisher(s): The 519
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Playbook is intended to support people working in acute, primary, and community health and social service environments in fostering inclusive spaces for LGBTQ2S communities and people. It provides medical professionals, care providers, administrative teams, and policymakers with tools, resources, and guidelines to better understand and meet the needs of LGBTQ2S people in healthcare and social service care settings.

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• Literature Review: Information Sharing and Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): J. Ketwaroo-Green
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Canada (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This literature review is part of WomanACT’s project looking at multi-agency responses to high risk domestic violence. WomanACT is undertaking a four-year initiative that will adapt, test and evaluate the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) model in three communities in Ontario. The purpose of this literature review is to analyze literature on information sharing amongst service providers in relation to intimate partner violence in Canada. Information sharing is a critical component of the MARAC model and this review of literature will help us better understand current practices, identify challenges and document promising practices. In addition, this review will help inform the development of information sharing policy and practice for MARAC operation in Canada.

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• Making Gender & Name Changes on Identity Documents: A Legal Resource for Two-Spirit, Nonbinary and Trans Communities

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): METRAC
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This resource will talk about how you can make changes to your documents and what you can do if you feel that your gender and name are not being respected. This is a growing area of law and every province has different rules on how to make these changes. This article only talks about the rules for Ontario, as well as the rules for changing this information on your Canadian Passport, Social Insurance Number (SIN) card, and Indian status card.

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• Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): B. Roebuck, D. McGlinchey, K. Hastie, M. Taylor, M. Roebuck
  Publisher(s): Algonquin College – Victimology Research Centre
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This paper was commissioned by the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime to assess the extent that male survivors of IPV receive their entitlements under the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights. It explores men’s experiences of IPV and their interactions with the justice system and service providers.

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• Mental Health Supports for Racialized Women at Risk of Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N. Khanlou, A. Ssawe, J.A. Connolly, S. Pashang, Y. Bohr, S. Zahraei, L.M. Vasquez
  Publisher(s): York University
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This toolkit was developed as part of the project titled Covid-19 Pandemic Guidelines for Mental Health Support of Racialized Women at Risk of Gender-Based Violence. The toolkit provides information to service providers, advocacy groups and activists serving gender-based violence survivors.

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• Métis Trauma-Informed Toolkit

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
  Publisher(s): Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Trauma and Violence - Informed Approaches

  This toolkit provides an overview of trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to supporting Métis women who have experienced trauma and violence.

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• myPlan Canada

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): M. Ford-Gilboe, C. Varcoe, K. Scott-Storey
  Publisher(s): myPlan Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This is a free tool that women experiencing intimate partner violence can use to help them make decisions about their safety, health, and well-being. It’s private, secure, personalized, and backed by research. myPlan can be accessed from a phone, tablet, or computer.

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• Navigating Power Dynamics and Boundaries as a Graduate Student

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): E. Livingston, B. Karsen, R. Wilson, B. Harvey, E. Colpitts, R. Runyon, D. Dooley, J. Black
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  This peer-facilitated workshop will help graduate students develop practical skills around navigating power dynamics in academia and setting boundaries for healthy relationships.

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• Recognizing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence: An Update

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): D. Stewart, H. MacMillan, M. Kimber
  Publisher(s): Canadian Psychiatric Association
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This paper discusses the epidemiology of IPV (including special populations and situations), risk indicators, health impacts, as well as approaches to identification, assessment, documentation, intervention, prognosis, prevention, education and research

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• Reconciliation with Indigenous Women: Changing the Story of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This report embodies critical recommendations that must be integrated into the National Action Plan to address violence against Indigenous women and girls. It offers a summary of over 5,700 women, over 50 years, who have spoken to the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) specifically on the issue of violence against Indigenous women.

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• Rooting Resilience: A Needs Assessment about Women with Disabilities, Gender-Based violence, and the Potential of Peer Support Services

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): J. Abbas
  Publisher(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Rooting Resilience is a needs assessment about women with disabilities, gender​-based violence, and the potential of peer support services.

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• Seeking Support: Challenges that Trans Youth Face

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): K. Duby
  Publisher(s): She Is Your Neighbour
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  For more than 20 years, Kieran Duby has worked as a Children’s Services Worker at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County. In this podcast episode, he talks about the challenges that transgender youth face when seeking support for domestic violence. Kieran also shares his perspective as a trans man and explains why it’s so important for young people to have positive LGBTQ2S+ role models.

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• Service Providers' Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care for Refugee Youth with Gender-Based Violence Experiences

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N. Khanlou, Y. Bohr, N. Alamdar, T. Filler, A. Ssawe, S. Pashang, L.M. Vazquez
  Publisher(s): Office of Women's Health Research Chair in Mental Health
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Structural Violence

  The purpose of this project was to develop trauma informed, safety, sensitivity and disclosure focused in-depth interview and focus group guide questions for refugee youth exposed to gender-based violence.

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• Supporting People Living with Domestic Violence Guide

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): ANOVA
  Publisher(s): ANOVA
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This is a guide to understanding risk factors for domestic and intimate partner violence, as well as the dos and don’ts of handling disclosure of violence. Find more information and support on the Anova website: http://www.anovafuture.org/

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• Supporting People Living with Domestic Violence Video

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): ANOVA
  Publisher(s): ANOVA
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This video shares information about domestic violence and domestic homicide risk assessment, in addition to best practices for supporting someone who discloses to you.

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• Taking Courageous Action: Recommendations for Post-Secondary Institutions to Address Gender-Based Violence on Campus

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): C. Gabriele, A. Naushan, C.J. Rowe
  Publisher(s): Courage to Act
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This toolkit expands on the 12 key recommendations from the Possibility Seeds report, Courage to Act: Developing a National draft Framework to Address and Prevent Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada, and offers a closer look at the incredible work happening at PSIs across the country to address and prevent GBV on campus.

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  Year: 2020
  Author(s): test name
  Publisher(s): test publisher
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

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• Trafficking at the Intersections: Racism, Colonialism, Sexism, and Exploitation in Canada

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): R. Nonomura
  Publisher(s): Learning Network
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking, Structural Violence

  This Brief explores how human trafficking connects with broader systems of structural oppression, such as racism, colonialism, and heterosexism. It situates human trafficking within an historical and sociological context to examine how human trafficking lies at the intersection of these ongoing systems of violence.

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• Until All Of Us Have Made It: Gender Equality and Access in Our Own Words

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N/A
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report highlights how gender-based inequalities play out differently for different segments of the population. It is based on an opinion survey the Foundation commissioned in early 2020.

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• Violence Against Indigenous Women & Girls

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): L. Campbell
  Publisher(s): She Is Your Neighbour
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  Director of the Indigenous Student Centre at the University of Waterloo, Lori Campbell is a child of the Sixties Scoop and an intergenerational survivor of the residential school system in Canada. In this podcast episode, Lori speaks about violence against Indigenous women and girls, while opening up about her childhood and sharing her personal experience as a Two-Spirit woman and a survivor of domestic violence.

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• We’re Here: 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Across Ontario Assert Needs and Experiences

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): LGBT YouthLine
  Publisher(s): LGBT YouthLine
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  LGBT YouthLine’s Provincial Youth Ambassador Project (PYAP) brought together 18 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Ambassadors from across Ontario to lead an assessment about the experiences and needs of 2SLGBTQ+ youth (29 and under) in Ontario. The research results are powerful and speak to the immediate and future needs of our communities, while also amplifying the resilience of 2SLGBTQ+ youth. 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Ontario are demanding change and a call to action to all those in positions of power, including politicians and social service providers.

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• When Black Women Experience Domestic Violence

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): N. Brown-Faulknor
  Publisher(s): She Is Your Neighbour
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  In this podcast episode, trauma consultant and registered psychotherapist, Nicole Brown Faulknor talks about intergenerational trauma, how domestic violence impacts Black women and much more. She opens up about her personal experience with domestic violence and speaks to the importance of believing women.

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• Why We Need Male Allies

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): L. Padelford
  Publisher(s): She Is Your Neighbour
  Accessibility Format: Audio without Transcript
  Type: Podcast
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure, Engaging Men And Boys

  Loren is the Vice President and General Manager of Shopify. In this podcast episode, he opens up about his childhood experience with domestic violence. He also talks about the importance of male allies and explains what men can do to help.

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• Workplace sexual harassment makes work unsafe

  Year: 2020
  Author(s): Community Advocacy & Legal Centre (CALC)
  Publisher(s): Community Advocacy & Legal Centre (CALC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This fact sheet contains information about rights and responsibilities in the workplace when it comes to sexual harassment in the workplace.

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• #CallitFemicide: Understanding Gender-Related Killings of Women and Girls in Canada 2019

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): M. Dawson, D. Sutton, M. Carrigan, V. Grand'Maison, D. Bader, A. Zecha, C. Boyd
  Publisher(s): Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This is the CFOJA's second annual #CallItFemicide report, focusing on women and girls killed by violence in Canada from January 1 to November 30, 2019. It provides statistics and insights into the killing of women and girls in Canada.

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• Abused and Brain Injured Toolkit

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Research Lab
  Publisher(s): Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Research Lab
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  The Abused & Brain Injured website toolkit was created to draw attention to the widely unrecognized intersection of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury. In order to improve the lives of survivors as well as the working environment for front-line workers, the toolkit serves to provide information, resources, research and practice recommendations for providing trauma-informed service delivery.

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• A Future without Gender-based Violence: Building Newcomers' Resilience through Community Education

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): E. Mooney, C. Malankov
  Publisher(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This toolkit was developed to support service providers in providing community-based education to newcomers about gender-based violence, and begin to equip them to address challenging situations. Although gender-based violence is present in nearly every society worldwide, it can affect newcomers in unique ways, and there are many factors that can make it difficult for members of immigrant and refugee communities who experience this kind of violence to get support. This toolkit is available in English and French.

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• Aging Without Violence Elder Abuse Network Community Consultations Report

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Aging Without Violence, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Aging Without Violence, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse

  This report shares the results, including themes and recommendations, from focus groups conducted with Elder Abuse Networks across Ontario.

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• Boys Don’t Cry

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  White Ribbon’s “Boys Don’t Cry” video draws attention to the impact of rigid gender stereotypes on boys throughout the life cycle. Since eradicating gender inequality and all forms of gender-based violence requires a rethinking of the harmful aspects of masculinity, the video encourages boys and men to express a full range of emotions and understand the positive difference they can make when they do.

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• Building the Field of Teen Healthy Relationships

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): A. Vemuri, K. Mercer, A. Dugal
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  Building the Field of Teen Healthy Relationships was a unique national collective action initiative bringing together young people, community programs, academics, policy-makers, and funders to share successes and challenges, as well as to discuss the future of teen healthy relationships programming.

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• Community of Practice: Supporting Trans Women in VAW Shelters

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This information sheet shares results from a Community of Practice where participants discussed the work that they have done at their shelters and transition houses to better support trans women and gender diverse survivors of violence.

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• Courage to Act: Developing a National draft Framework to Address and Prevent Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): F. Khan, C.J. Rowe, R. Bidgood
  Publisher(s): Possibility Seeds
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report is based on conversations with key stakeholders across the country about the challenges, opportunities and needs to address gender-based violence on campuses. There are a number of overarching recommendations that emerge from the report and set the stage for a broader and more holistic approach for post-secondary institutions to address and prevent gender-based violence.

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• Creating Safety Plans with Vulnerable Populations to Reduce the Risk of Repeated Violence and Domestic Homicide

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): D. Bader, D. Doherty, C. Dumont-Smith, S. Guruge, J. Nepinak, T. Porteous, M. Campbell, A.L. Straatman, M. Dawson
  Publisher(s): Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  Within this Brief, safety planning strategies are defined and the importance of protecting women and those close to them by creating a safety plan is discussed. Safety planning with vulnerable populations is discussed in detail including common challenges, promising practices, and emerging issues. Safety planning tools and resources are provided.

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• Disclosures of Sexual Violence on University and College Campuses

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This training includes 7 modules with video scenarios, practice quizzes and links to important resources to help you respond supportively and effectively to disclosures of sexual violence on campus.

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• Domestic Violence and Homicide in Rural, Remote, and Northern Communities: Understanding Risk and Keeping Women Safe

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): N. Jeffrey, A. Johnson, C. Richardson, M. Dawson, M. Campbell, D. Bader, J. Fairbairn, A.L. Straatman, J. Poon, P. Jaffe
  Publisher(s): Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  This Brief identifies risk factors for domestic violence and homicide that appear to be more prevalent or have more significance for women living in rural, remote and northern communities in Canada. Current research and promising practices are highlighted for domestic violence risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning.

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• Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls in Ontario: A Submission to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women by the Indigenous Caucus of the Executive Committee on Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres, Chiefs of Ontario, Independent First Nations, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
  Publisher(s): Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres, Chiefs of Ontario, Independent First Nations, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report is authored by the Executive Committee to End Violence Against Indigenous Women and discusses the progress and obstacles of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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• Enhanced Violence Against Women Protocol for The Region of Peel

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Peel Committee Against Women Abuse (PCAWA)
  Publisher(s): Peel Committee Against Women Abuse (PCAWA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This newly Enhanced Violence Against Women Protocol represents an integration of the previous Peel Region Woman Abuse Response Protocol 2006 and the Peel Sexual Assault Emergency Response Protocol 2007. The work to integrate these previous protocols reflects PCAWA’s understanding of the reality that violence exists on a spectrum and women can experience multiple and overlapping forms of violence simultaneously. This resulting protocol harnesses the strength of the community, survivors, skilled professionals and service providers, research institutes and committed organizations and other regional actors to support an improved, collaborative and coordinated response to violence against women in the region.

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• Gender-Based Violence and Unwanted Sexual Behaviour in Canada, 2018

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): A. Cotter, L. Savage
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This report presents initial findings on a wide range of behaviours, from inappropriate comments in public or online to physical and sexual assaults. Results are based on responses from more than 43,000 Canadians living in the ten provinces, who were each assigned a weight so as to be representative of the entire Canadian population 15 years of age and older.

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• Hidden in the Everyday: Financial Abuse as a form of Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Publisher(s): Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report draws on qualitative data gathered through surveys and focus groups with service providers and in-depth interviews with survivors. It examines the experiences and impacts of financial abuse as well as the challenges in confronting it and the opportunities to prevent and address it.

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• How Survivors Of Partner Violence Can Work With Their Family Lawyer: What to ask for and what to expect

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): T. Witelson, K. Gearin
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  How can a survivor of intimate partner violence make the most of the working relationship with their lawyer in a family law case? How can misunderstanding and further trauma be avoided? This webinar will discuss best practices for an effective and efficient lawyer-client working relationship, and what survivor clients can and should reasonably expect and ask from their lawyers. This new webinar from the Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) project, is presented by Tamar Witelson, Legal Director at METRAC, and Kerry K. Gearin, Family, Child Abduction & Child Safety Lawyer.

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• How to Break a Rental Agreement because of Family Violence or Abuse

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN), METRAC
  Publisher(s): Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This post shares information on how to give your landlord Notice to break your lease early and leave in specific cases of violence and abuse. As part of the Ontario government’s Action Plan to end gender-based violence and harassment, the law changed in September 2016 so that survivors of intimate partner and family violence or abuse can now legally end their rental agreement by giving a 28-day Notice to their landlord, instead of the 60-day Notice that is usually required. Giving Notice lets you move out early without owing money to your landlord after you leave.

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• How to Promote Healthy Masculinity: 10 Tips

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This White Ribbon resource offers 10 tips for boys and young men to promote healthy masculinity with other men and boys in their lives.

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• Immigration, Women and Violence: Making a Claim on Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): T. Witelson, R. Parsa
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  Women who don’t have legal immigration status in Canada may have a close relationship with a child in Canada; and/or they are affected by violence, either in Canada or in their country of origin. These situations make an application for permanent residence based on Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) grounds an option. This webinar will discuss the basic elements of an H&C application, from the perspective of a woman applicant. This is a new webinar in the Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) series, presented by Tamar Witelson, METRAC’s Legal Director, and Roxana Parsa, METRAC’s Program Lawyer.

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• Inclusive Violence Against Women Shelters for Older Women with Disabilities and Older Deaf Women: Resource Guide and Videos

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Springtide Resources
  Publisher(s): Springtide Resources
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, Structural Violence

  This resource guide offers information to shelter workers to learn about the nature of violence and barriers older women with disabilities and older Deaf women experience in accessing shelter services, in order that shelters can proactively address these issues within the context of their service provision. A key component of this guide is for Violence Against Women shelters to learn about the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in order to understand the minimum requirements that they are obligated to comply with under the law. Associated videos share information about the resource guide in three formats: closed captioning, American Sign Language, and descriptive video.

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• Journey to Safe SPACES: Indigenous Anti- Human Trafficking Engagement Report 2017–2018

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking, Sexual Violence

  Based on extensive engagement with over 3,360 community members and the ongoing relationship with 250 self-identified human trafficking survivors who have shared their stories, ONWA has developed 14 recommendations, which ONWA proposes to implement through six-part strategy rooted in relationships and collaboration. In reporting on this project, this document addresses the situation and lived experiences of human trafficking in Ontario, as well as pathways for supporting, honouring, and empowering the voices of Indigenous women who experienced exploitation.

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• Legal Aid Ontario’s Domestic Violence Strategy

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)
  Publisher(s): Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Domestic Violence Strategy is a commitment from Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) to the development and delivery of services and programs for legal aid clients who are subjected to domestic violence. It formalizes LAO’s efforts and commitments to date and provides direction and guidance for the future.

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• Men of Quality

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This campaign is the product of a partnership between White Ribbon and the Toronto Maple Leafs. It encourages men to support gender equality at home and in the community and to teach their children about healthy relationships and consent.

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• Métis Perspectives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2S+ People

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
  Publisher(s): Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report explores contemporary issues facing Métis women and girls, and includes a series of recommendations based on the distinct circumstances and experiences that meet the specific needs of Métis women and girls.

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• More Than a Bed: A National Profile of VAW Shelters and Transition Houses

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): K. Maki
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report provides information specific to shorter-term VAW shelters on: physical structure, age, and security features of VAW shelters; their size (number of beds), length of stay, and capacity; the various groups they serve and their accessibility; their service delivery and programming; labour, salaries, and types of work conducted; and funding and expenses. Where relevant, the report presents a cross-section of data at the regional and population size levels to illustrate differences across the country, as well as between larger and smaller communities.

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• More Than A Footnote: A Research Report on Women and Girls with Disabilities in Canada

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Publisher(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report begins to create, for the first time, a more fulsome picture of the issues and concerns Canadian women and girls with disabilities are facing. It brings together several strands of existing research, with some original contributions, to piece together a more comprehensive understanding of what it is like to be a woman or a girl with a disability in Canada.

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• Moving Backwards in the Fight Against Human Trafficking in Canada: An analysis of and response to the report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform (CASWLR)
  Publisher(s): Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform (CASWLR)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking, Sexual Violence

  This document responds to the report on human trafficking released by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in 2018. The response voices several criticisms of the government’s report, including its heavy focus on sexual exploitation, its portrayal of trafficking “victims,” and its conflation of human trafficking with sex work. Particular attention is given to the ways that sex workers are negatively impacted by anti-trafficking efforts. The document provides three of its own policy recommendations for a “human rights” approach to human trafficking that also supports people working in the sex industry.

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• National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking 2019–2024

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Public Safety Canada, Government of Canada
  Publisher(s): Public Safety Canada, Government of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  This document outlines the Government of Canada’s current policy on human trafficking, from 2019–2024. In addition to providing details about the government’s definition of human trafficking, it summarizes the government’s anti-trafficking efforts to date, outlines the government’s new “whole-of-government strategy,” and discusses the launch of a Human Trafficking Hotline. The document also adds “Empowerment” to the other a “pillars” of its anti-trafficking strategy: prevention, prosecution, protection, and partnership.

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• Partner Abuse: How Can a Restraining Order Help?

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): T. Witelson, M. Rose
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Review or refresh what you know about Restraining Orders: when you can get one for a family abuse or violence situation in Ontario, and how they are similar and different from Peace Bonds. This webinar is part of the Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) series, co-presented by METRAC’s Legal Director, Tamar Witelson, and family law lawyer Malerie Rose of Rose Family Law.

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• Sexting and the Law about Sharing Intimate Images

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN), METRAC
  Publisher(s): Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This post shares information on what Canadian law says about sharing sexual/intimate pictures or videos. If someone has shared an image of you online without your permission, read the post for information about who you can talk to and what you can do.

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• Sexual Violence and Older Women in Long Term Care: Intersectoral Approaches and Promising Practices

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): T. Rankin
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO), Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), Aging Without Violence
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Elder Abuse

  This webinar provides participants with an overview of sexual violence against older women; discusses the actions and behaviors that constitute sexual abuse, risk factors, and barriers to disclosures; helps participants to understand consent and capacity in the context of sexual violence; clarifies the responsibilities of staff to report sexual abuse under Long-Term Care (LTC) Act; provides insight about the police role in investigation of reports of sexual abuse in LTC homes; provides information on inter-sectoral approaches and promising practices to providing support and care to older women living in LTC homes; and highlights barriers and strategies for risk management related to sexual violence in LTC settings.

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• Smudge, Don't Judge: Assisting Trans and Two-Spirit Survivors of Violence

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): A. Huntley, M. Forrester
  Publisher(s): Maggie’s Toronto Sex Worker Action Project
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  

  The resource addresses the transphobia and homophobia that Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Binary Indigenous people often experience when they seek services.

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• Standards of Care: Ontario Network of Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Treatment Centres

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  The following standards of care describe the service delivery expectations for health care professionals who provide care to victims/survivors of sexual violence and/or domestic violence at Ontario’s sexual assault/domestic violence treatment centres (SA/DVTCs).

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• Summary Report of the Student Voices on Sexual Violence Survey

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): CCI Research, Inc.,
  Publisher(s): Government of Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report describes the findings from the Student Voices on Sexual Violence Survey, an online survey addressing how post-secondary students in Ontario perceive, understand, and respond to sexual violence (N=163,777). The survey addresses five main themes: 1) perception of consent; 2) knowledge of sexual violence supports, services, and reporting procedures; 3) experiences of sexual violence, stalking, and harassment; 4) satisfaction with institutional response to sexual violence; and 5) behaviour of bystanders. The report presents findings for each of these themes among post-secondary sectors (e.g. University, College, Private Career College) as well as among post-secondary institution.

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• Thirty Years after the Montréal Massacre

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): D. Lalonde, L. Baker, R. Nonomura
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Sexual Violence, Femicide

  This Issue highlights how misogyny was one of the factors fueling the mass femicide on December 6, 1989 and how misogyny continues to exist in Canada today.

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• Transitioning to a Life Free from Violence: Second Stage Shelters in Canada

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): K. Maki
  Publisher(s): Women’s Shelters Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report provides information specific to second stage VAW shelters on: physical structure, age, and security features of second stage shelters; their size (number of units/apartments), length of stay, and capacity; the various groups they serve and their accessibility; their service delivery and programming; labour, salaries, and types of work conducted; and funding and expenses. Where relevant, the report presents a cross-section of data at the regional and population size levels to illustrate differences across the country, as well as between larger and smaller communities.

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• Unfinished Business: A Parallel Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence

  This report provides an assessment of Canada’s progress in meeting the goals for gender equality set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Adopted unanimously by 189 countries including Canada in 1995, the Beijing Declaration is the most progressive global blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights. The report examines Canada’s progress over the last 25 years in areas ranging from reproductive health to women’s economic standing and the situation of women in prisons. It was produced by a network of more than 50 women’s rights and equality-seeking organizations, trade unions and independent experts representing millions of members from across the country.

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• What You Need to Know About Non-Consensual Sexual Deepfakes

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This infographic focuses on the non-consensual use of adults' images and videos in the production and distribution of sexual deepfakes as a form of image-based sexual abuse.

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• White Paper on Ontario’s Aging Francophone Population

  Year: 2019
  Author(s): Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO), Fédération des aînés et des retraités francophones de l’Ontario (FARFO)
  Publisher(s): Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO), Fédération des aînés et des retraités francophones de l’Ontario (FARFO)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This White Paper assesses the situation of aging seniors in Ontario’s Francophone community and puts forth recommendations to address the difficulty of obtaining French language services and this barrier’s impact on our aging citizens.

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• An Election Toolkit Addressing Sexual Violence

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  A toolkit developed by the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres to help individuals ask candidates in the provincial election what they will do to prevent sexual violence and better support survivors.

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• An Intervention Guide for Service Providers and Partners in Care

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Elder Abuse, Structural Violence

  Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario has developed a series of ‘Training Modules’ on specific issues related to elder abuse in the LGBTQ community. This Module has been designed to provide a standardized format for training purposes that can be utilized for educating interdisciplinary sectors. It contains the following: guiding principles, overview and definition(s), risk factors and warning signs, assessment questions, interview strategy, safety planning, reporting and legislation, case studies, and provincial resources/services.

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• Call It Out: Racism, Racial Discrimination and Human Rights

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This 30-minute interactive eCourse offers a foundation for learning about race, racial discrimination, and human rights protections under Ontario's Human Rights Code. It shares a historical overview of racism and racial discrimination, explains what “race,” “racism” and “racial discrimination” mean, and provides approaches to preventing and addressing racial discrimination.

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• Colonization, Oppression and Racism: Understanding Violence Against Indigenous Women who are Older

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): A. Skye
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO), Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), Aging Without Violence
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse, Structural Violence

  This webinar allows participants to develop a greater awareness of the root causes of violence against older Indigenous women, including the impacts of colonization and socio-economic inequalities; raises awareness and educates service providers about violence in Indigenous communities, the causes of violence against older Indigenous women and how to respond to it; and shares appropriate responses that empower Indigenous women who are older who have experienced violence to facilitate and support the healing process.

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• Criminalization of Women Forum

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Publisher(s): Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  In 2018, a consortium of service providers collected to deliberate on the criminalization of women and gender diverse people focusing on four areas of concern: (1) mandatory charging, (2) immigration law, (3) sexual assault and the criminalization of women and gender diverse people, and (4) emerging issues. This report shares the discussion at the Forum.

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• Domestic Homicide in Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Culturally-Informed Risk and Safety Strategies

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): K.R. Rossiter, S. Yercich, M. Baobaid, A. Al Jamal, R. David, J. Fairbairn, M. Dawson, P. Jaffe
  Publisher(s): Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  This Brief provides definitions, describes the context and unique risk factors for domestic homicide within immigrant and refugee populations, and highlights culturally-informed and culturally-specific domestic violence risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning strategies to respond to, and prevent, potentially lethal domestic violence. National community-based research and resources are highlighted.

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• Domestic Violence in Later Life: Detecting and Preventing Homicide/Suicide: Understanding Possibilities for Intervention

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): K. Moon, A. Neumann
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO), Learning Network (LN), Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse

  This webinar enables participate to: develop a better understanding of how intimate partner homicide and homicide-suicide involving younger and older couples (65+) differ; identify common risk factors in intimate partner homicides involving older couples; and identify unique risk factors that may end in suicide of the perpetrators. It does so by using case studies, examine the circumstances of these deaths and reviewing recommendations generated by the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee that are aimed at preventing such deaths in the future. It also shared the resources available to service providers that can help support older couples at potential risk.

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• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Safety Planning with Indigenous Populations

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): O. Peters, J. Ursel, R. Hoffart, J. Nepinak, C. Dumont-Smith
  Publisher(s): Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  This Brief discusses the historical injustices of Canadian Indigenous peoples such as colonization, residential schools, and the ‘sixties scoop’ as well as the ongoing injustices and discrimination that Indigenous peoples currently face that put Indigenous women at greater risk of experiencing domestic violence or homicide. Current research and promising practices are highlighted for domestic violence risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning with Indigenous families.

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• Draw the Line Webinars for Educators

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This series of Webinars addresses the ways that men and boys can promote healthy masculinities and healthy relationships. It provides resources designed specifically for Elementary and Secondary educators to help their students build sexual violence prevention skills.

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• Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault: Information for First Responders

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This information sheet was developed by the Ontario Network of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centres to provide information to first responders of drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). The resource defines DFSA and contains information on how to recognize a potential DFSA; why victims/survivors may delay reporting; and what first responders can do to help victims/survivors.

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• Elder Abuse: Recognition, Prevention and Intervention Tools For Family Health Teams

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): C. Jackson, R. Rideout
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This webinar allows participants to learn to identify actual/potential types of abuse and behaviours; identify the risk factors and complexities of elder abuse; develop strategies to asses and support vulnerable patient intervention responses; review safety planning; learn about the role and responsibility of reporting under Ontario’s legislation; and it highlights provincial services and resource tools to support victims of elder abuse.

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• Elder Abuse: Tools and Resources for Front Line Health Workers

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): C. Jackson, S. Cadieux, J. Miljours
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This webinar shares information about Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, including the role of regional consultants and elder abuse/community response networks. It describes the Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario website, educational tools for seniors, and training tools for front line staff.

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• Family Court and Beyond Organizer

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): P. Cross , R. MacLean
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Family Court and Beyond Organizer consists of worksheets, tips and strategies for women subjected to abuse and involved in family court. Topics covered include: abuse behaviour checklist; safety planning templates for women and their children; checklists for leaving home and safety at court; self-care planning template; tip sheet on managing a legal bully; checklists for gathering evidence and working with lawyers; continuing record, court appearances and appointment logs; contact list template; post-separation communication do’s and don’ts; and a list of resources.

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• Family Court and Beyond Survival Workbook

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): P. Cross , R. MacLean
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  The Family Court and Beyond Survival Workbook contains detailed legal and safety information, strategies and worksheets for women subjected to abuse and involved in or considering family court. Topics covered include: forms of abuse, including legal bullying; self-care; safety planning, including when leaving or when in court, with technology and for children; working with a lawyer and/or court services; collecting and presenting evidence; the family court process; common family law issues for women leaving abusive relationships; and specific considerations for Indigenous women, women in rural and remote communities, and women with criminal, child protection and/or immigration legal issues.

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• Family Court and Beyond Workshops for Service Providers

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): P. Cross , R. MacLean
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Family Court and Beyond Workshops are designed for Ontario service providers wishing to integrate into their work FamilyCourtAndBeyond.ca, the Survival Workbook and/or the Organizer, a resource package created for women leaving abusive relationships and involved in family court. Each workshop consists of a slide presentation with accompanying notes. The four workshops follow the court journey: 1) Safety; 2) Before I Go to Court; 3) Going to Court; and 4) After Court is Over.

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• Femicide in Ontario

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Femicide

  In 1995 OAITH began tracking women and their children who’ve been murdered by their partner, previous partner, family members, or other men close or known them. Femicide is broadly identified as the intentional murder of women by men. Each year OAITH releases a list of names reported on by the media in Ontario to remember and bring attention to the issue of violence against women. OAITH, in partnership with Dr. Mavis Morton at University of Guelph critically examine media reports of femicide using 5 positive and negative frames to evaluate and analyze media reporting.

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• Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Status of Women Canada
  Publisher(s): Government of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Factsheet
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  GBA+ is used to assess the varying impacts of policies, programs or initiatives on women and men and girls and boys while also taking into account factors such as age, education, language, geography, culture, sexual orientation, ability, ethnicity, and income. GBA+ helps all public servants incorporate gender and other aspects of diversity into their work by asking how diverse groups of women and men may be impacted by certain polices or initiatives and ensuring that measures are in place to address any inequalities. The Departmental Action Plan on Gender-Based Analysis+ outlines two main areas of action for government departments including 1) implementing a GBS+ framework and 2) routinely applying GBA+ to programs, policies and legislation. This report outlines the six important elements of a GBA+ Framework: 1) departmental statement of intent; 2) a centre of responsibility to monitor implementation of the framework and the practice of GBA+; 3) mandatory GBA+ training for all senior departmental officials, analysts and other appropriate staff; 4) guides, manuals or other appropriate tools for promoting GBA+; 5) reporting on progress in departmental reports on plans and priorities and performance reports; and 6) annual self-assessment on the implementation of frameworks and the application of GBA+ in specific initiatives. Status of Women Canada has provided an introductory course (Introduction to Gender-based Analysis Plus) that provides information, tools, and resources on GBA+.

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• Homicide in Canada, 2017

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): S. Beattie, J. D. David, J. Roy
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  The report examines changes in the rates of homicide in Canada over time and examines the characteristics of homicides committed in 2017. It presents information on the age and sex of homicide victims, the methods used to commit homicides, the relationship of the accused to the victim, as well as other characteristics of the accused. The report also directs specific attention to the prevalence of homicide among Indigenous persons, including gender differences in these statistics.

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• How Do We Get To Safety Planning: Exploring Questions when Domestic Violence, Cognitive Impairment, and Caregiving Overlap

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): R. Vassell, R. Rideout, M. MacPherson, S. Cook
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This webinar explores and discusses dementia and elder abuse with a focus on how dementia can increase risk of abuse; how sectors approach and define risk; and how we address complexity and move forward together.

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• How To Talk About Elder Abuse: Social Media Edition

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): K. Moon, A. Neumann
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  During this interactive training, participants learn about the National Center on Elder Abuse’s Reframing Elder Abuse Project; review a new evidence-based public communication strategy on elder abuse; and review how we can apply the strategy to our own social media communication practices during World Elder Abuse Awareness Day & every day.

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• Indigenous Women, Intimate Partner Violence & Housing

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  Indigenous Women, Intimate Partner Violence, and Housing “Woman is the centre of the wheel of life. She is the heartbeat of the people. She is not just in the home, but she is the community, she is the Nation.” (Art Solomon). We are honoured to release the Learning Network Newsletter Indigenous Women, Intimate Partner Violence, and Housing written by the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA). Addressing the violence and homelessness experienced by Indigenous women requires that we confront the deep-seated colonialism, racism, sexism, and poverty that continues today. Learn how ONWA focuses on the strengths of Indigenous women and girls, and their communities, to promote recovery and overall well-being.

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• Intimate Partner Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): J.Tabibi, S. Ahmad, L. Baker, D. Lalonde
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  Developed in collaboration with the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), this issue on Intimate Partner Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women will: Counter common misconceptions related to IPV, Examine experiences of IPV, Consider the risk factors and vulnerabilities for IPV, Highlight the barriers faced when seeking safety and accessing services and supports, Share recommendations for successful violence prevention initiatives

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• Learning Network Sexual Violence Forum: Video Resources

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  View videos of the proceedings from the Learning Network's 2018 Sexual Violence Forum: What Really Informs Consent? This one-day Forum discussed the role of marginalization, power imbalances, privilege and accompanying notions of entitlement, and the many ways in which social disparities inform “consent” and patterns of sexual violence.

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• LGBTQ2S Youth, Violence, and Homelessness

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): D. Lalonde, L. Baker, J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This Learning Network newsletter: describes the violence experienced by LGBTQ2S youth and its links with homelessness, discusses the impacts of violence and homelessness for LGBTQ2S youth, shares the voices of LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness through quotes from research conducted by Dr. Alex Abramovich, shares community supports and promising practices for ending LGBTQ2S youth homelessness and violence. This newsletter was done in partnership with Dr. Alex Abramovich who is a Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto.

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• Literature Review: Using Technology to Better Support Survivors

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): N. Pietsch, K. Allen
  Publisher(s): Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  In this 2018 report, the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) shares the developmental phases of their project - Using Technology to Better Support Survivors: Innovation in Frontline Settings Project. Herein they share an environmental scan of existing technologies that can offer increased access to outreach, crisis and counselling supports for survivors of sexual violence, as well as a consultative process with OCRCC’s member Sexual Assault Centres. The report focuses on three core areas: • What’s out there?: A high-level review of existing technologies that can offer increased access to outreach, crisis and counselling support • Benefits associated with the use of technology in outreach, crisis and counselling supports • Sector (agency and worker) challenges, concerns and barriers to the productive use of technology in outreach, crisis and counselling supports

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• Literature Synthesis Report on the Impacts of Resource Extraction for Indigenous Women

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): S. Manning, P. Nash, L. Levac, D. Stienstra, J. Stinson
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report summarizes literature reporting on major social, economic, health and cultural impacts that may be experienced by Indigenous women in the context of resource development and extraction projects. This is done by understanding Indigenous women’s experiences surrounding resource extraction and considering how Indigenous knowledges can guide resource-related decisions, including ideas about how to understand and approach the diversity of impacts that can result from resource development and extraction.

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• Money, Abuse and Safety

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): T. Witelson, A. Arbour
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This webinar is a discussion about money, partner abuse, and safety. The webinar provides tips for women to get control of their budget, and about what money matters to look out for that could be part of an abusive relationship. This webinar is presented by Tamar Witelson, Legal Director at METRAC and Anne Arbour, Financial Educator at the Credit Counselling Society, as part of the Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) project and hosted by CLEO.

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• OAITH Pet Safety and Women: Options for women with pets leaving abusive situations

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  There has long been a connection to violence against women and violence against pets or companion animals. Women who experience gender based domestic violence are less likely to leave the violent situation if there is a pet or companion animal in the home. Reasons for this include fear for the animal’s safety; fear of harm, violence or worse perpetrated on the animal, which are often used as threats by abusers. This 2018 document written by OAITH is an information tool with multiple options that shelters may choose and consider, based always on the needs of the women they serve, their internal capacity, and resources.

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• Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres Using Technology to Better Support Survivors: Literature Review

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  In this Learning Network Brief, Nicole Pietsch, a Coordinator of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC), shares findings from the project Using Technology to Better Support Survivors: Innovation in Frontline Settings. This project advances understanding of technological tools that could be used in frontline outreach, crisis and counselling settings and increases the capacity to implement these tools with confidence. This work represents an important innovation to the Sexual Assault Centre sector in Ontario communities.

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• Persistent Inequality: Ontario’s Colour-coded Labour Market

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): S. Block, G. E. Galabuzi
  Publisher(s): Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence

  This document reports current racial and gender inequalities in the Ontario labour market. Differences in employment income, occupation, and labour market status are addressed using Statistics Canada data. The document also explores whether the racialized income gap may be a result of immigration, demonstrating how labour market experiences are different for racialized and non-racialized immigrants.

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• Police-reported Violence Against Girls and Young Women in Canada, 2017

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): S. Conroy
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This report presents police-reported data on violent crimes from the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and the Homicide Survey. It addresses various forms of violent crime (under the Criminal Code) experienced by individuals aged 24 and younger. Statistics on the comparative rates of violence experienced based on gender are presented, as well as shifting patterns of violence based on age. The report also addresses gendered differences in the location the offence takes place, delays in reporting, and the relationship to the perpetrator.

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• Preventing Revictimization and Use of Aggression Following Girls’ Maltreatment

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): N. Etherington, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Child Maltreatment

  This summary report provides an overview of research-based and promising programs to prevent and reduce revictimization, and/or the use of relational aggression among women and girls who have experienced childhood maltreatment.

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• Preventing Revictimization and Use of Aggression Following Girls’ Maltreatment

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): N. Etherington, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Child Maltreatment

  This discussion paper provides an overview of research-based and promising programs to prevent and reduce revictimization, and/or the use of relational aggression among women and girls who have experienced childhood maltreatment.

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• Recognizing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence: Resource Guide for Refugee Resettlement Assistance Programs in Ontario

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): A. Milani, C. Soares, B. MacQuarrie
  Publisher(s): Rexdale Women’s Centre, Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC), Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource guide is intended for settlement worker in Refugee Assistance programs to provide information to understand the complex situations of government-assisted refugee women in Ontario when they experience intimate partner violence. Culturally competent responses, strategies and tools to support this population are provided.

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• Recognizing and Responding to the Commonly Misunderstood Reactions to Sexual Assault

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): R. Mason, J. Du Mont, S. Macdonald, S. Lanthier
  Publisher(s): Women's College Hospital (WCH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  There continue to be many gaps in our collective understanding of the range of reactions to an experience of sexual assault. Recent media attention has highlighted general beliefs that there are ‘normal’ reactions, such as anxiety or PTSD, and that these are the ‘acceptable’ reactions. Survivors who experience other common, but misunderstood reactions, such as pretending that everything is fine, convincing oneself that ‘it could have been worse’, or maintaining a relationship with the perpetrator, can be met with disbelief and judgmental comments, potentially further traumatizing the survivor and sabotaging healing efforts. This new competency-based curriculum explores recognizing, and responding to, these commonly misunderstood reactions.

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• Rivers of Hope: A Toolkit on Islamophobic Violence by and for Muslim Women

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): S. Ahmad
  Publisher(s): S. Ahmad
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This 2018 toolkit was created by and for Muslim women survivors of Islamophobic violence. It contains research, real-life-stories, resources for survivors, and poetry by Muslim women. The Toolkit is based on a research project conducted by Sidrah Ahmad, who interviewed 21 Muslim women survivors of Islamophobic violence from across the GTA.

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• School Counsellors Tool Kit: Talking to your Students About Dating & Healthy Relationships

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
  Accessibility Format: Image
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  This School Counsellors Tool Kit was developed by ONECA to promote healthy relationships among youth. It includes exercises, handouts, and videos.

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• Sexual Abuse of Older Adults

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO) has developed a series of ‘Training Modules’ on specific issues related to elder abuse. The modules have been designed to provide a standardized format that can be utilized when training interdisciplinary sectors. This module is on sexual violence of older adults

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• Sexual Abuse of Older Adults: Lunch and Learn Webinar Series

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): C. Jackson, R. Rideout
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Elder Abuse

  This webinar allows participants to become aware of the various forms of elder abuse; obtain an enhanced understanding of sexual abuse of older adults; to become aware of how to recognize the indicators, and risk factors of sexual abuse; to appreciate the barriers older adults encounter regarding disclosure; to understand the importance of building a therapeutic relationship with survivors; learn practical strategies and assessment tools for service providers who work with older adults; and to gain better understanding of the legislation related to sexual abuse and available provincial resources to support older adults.

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• The Health Researcher’s Toolkit: Why Sex & Gender Matter

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): Women’s College Hospital
  Publisher(s): Women’s College Hospital
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The seven modules included in this toolkit introduce key concepts, definitions, and short video lectures from research experts on integrating sex and gender into a variety of research methodologies – from secondary data analysis to concept mapping. Case studies, knowledge reviews, and short quizzes all help reinforce the described steps and strategies.

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• The Resilience Guide: Program Strategies for Responding to Trauma in Refugee Children

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): H. Savazzi
  Publisher(s): CMAS
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  This guide will help you understand the impact of the refugee experience at different ages, the developmental effects of trauma and resettlement, and key strategies to strengthen families’ capacity for resilience. It also shares practical tip sheets designed to easily print out and share with your team.

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• Unlearning Islamophobia in anti-Violence Against Women Work

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): S. Ahmad
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This learning brief looks at Islamphobia and gendered Islamphobia in anti-Violence Against Women Work in Canada. Three examples of projects that are best practices for Muslim-led anti-VAW projects are provided.

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• Violent Victimization of Canadians with Mental Health-Related Disabilities, 2014

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): M. Burczycka
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This report summarizes data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety, focusing specifically on the experiences of sexual and intimate partner violence by individuals with mental health-related disabilities. The report addresses gendered differences in these experiences. It also addresses the relevance of factors such as economic and social marginalization, education, and histories of child abuse and homelessness. Outcomes of these experiences are also considered, such as the development of post-traumatic stress disorder and the likelihood of seeking support from medical professionals and police.

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• Violent Victimization of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals in Canada, 2014

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): L. Simpson
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This report summarizes data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), focusing specifically on the experiences of violence among individuals who identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Comparisons with heterosexual individuals are presented regarding the experience of various forms of violence (e.g. sexual assault and other violent crimes) and discrimination, including comparisons controlling for factors such as age, marital status, past history of homelessness, and child abuse.

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• Violent Victimization of Women with Disabilities

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): A. Cotter
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This article profiles self-reported violent victimization in the past 12 months among Canadians 15 years of age and older with a disability, using data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization. Various lifetime experiences related to victimization—including abuse and maltreatment during childhood and past experiences of homelessness—are also explored. This report adopts a gender-based approach to analysis, contextualizing results by making comparisons between women and men.

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• What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: The Importance of Family Violence Screening Tools for Family Law Practitioners

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): P. Cross, Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children, M. Morton, S. Crann, K. Mazzuocco
  Publisher(s): Department of Justice, Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Family law lawyers are often the first point of contact for those entering the family justice system. They need to be aware of any abuse history as early as possible so that decisions made reflect the best interests of the children, the legal rights of the parties and the safety of abuse survivors. This report reviews of more than 80 screening tools used by professionals in a number of fields and jurisdictions, in Canada and beyond. It makes ten recommendations and includes a screening tool template which legal practitioners might find helpful as they consider implementing screening.

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• Women and Climate Change Impacts and Action in Canada: Feminist, Indigenous, and Intersectional Perspectives

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): L. Williams, A. Fletcher, C. Hanson, J. Neapole, M. Pollack
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence

  The report addresses the gendered impact of climate change in Canada, drawing connections between climate change and the interwoven forces of colonialism, patriarchy, and neoliberal forms of development. It presents an intersectional analysis of how women, including Indigenous women, are affected by climate change, as well as how they play a significant role in developing strategies for addressing global and local dimensions of this issue.

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• Women with Disabilities & Housing

  Year: 2018
  Author(s): D. Rajan
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This Learning Network Brief on Women with Disabilities and Housing is commissioned by DAWN-RAFH Canada and written by Doris Rajan. It explores how systemic oppression and violence, such as violence that is the result of ableism or patriarchy, creates barriers to accessing services and finding accessible housing. It also provides strategies for change and housing design ideas from Indigenous, racialized, refugee women and women with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.

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• #WhichWouldYouChoose Cards For Your Community

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF), Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF), Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Image
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  A series of cards where the front of each card asks “Which would you choose?” and shows two situations: one abusive, one healthy. Each card in the set illustrates a different form of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, financial, psychological, and stalking. When you open the card, there is more information the specific form of abuse shown on the front of the card, as well as warning signs of abuse to look out for. On the back of the card, there is a list of resources in Ontario that can help women living with abuse. Cards are available in: English, Arabic, Tamil, Spanish, Somali, Urdu, Dari, and Pashtu.

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• A Guidebook for LGBTQ2S+ and Intimate Partner Violence Service Providers in Canada

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): S. Fournier
  Publisher(s): The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This 2017 guidebook should be used as a training and information tool for service providers within the LGBTQ2S+ community. It is important that service providers have an understanding of the implications of intimate partner violence in order to then transfer the appropriate information to victims. This guidebook covers the definitions of IPV, how to recognize instances of IPV, victims’ rights in Canada, what to expect should the victim choose to report to police, and the consequences of IPV.

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• ANANGOSH Legal Information Manual for Shelter Workers

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): C. McKay
  Publisher(s): National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This manual is designed to help Indigenous women and service providers address key aspects of violence, as well as understand Indigenous women’s legal rights on matters related to leaving a violent relationship. It discusses legal tools for women’s safety, and provides information about relevant legal protections. The manual begins with an explanation of the rights-based framework to addressing violence against Indigenous women, and of the historical and social context that impacts Indigenous women in Canada.

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• Campus Toolkit for Building Consent Culture

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Canadian Federation of Students–Ontario
  Publisher(s): Canadian Federation of Students–Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Dating Violence

  This toolkit is for campus-based anti-sexual violence work and has been put together by several students’ union representatives. The toolkit includes a collection of best practices for lobbying efforts, outreach, and overall awareness and education on campus.

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• Children and Domestic Homicide: Understanding the Risks

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): R. David, L. Olszowy, K. Reif, M. Saxton, M. Campbell, M. Dubé, M. Dawson, P. Jaffe
  Publisher(s): Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  This Brief highlights risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning for children exposed to domestic violence (DV) and at risk of lethality. It provides a definition of child domestic homicide and identifies specific risk factors for children killed in the context of DV. The Brief also illustrates four cases of child domestic homicide that occurred across the country to highlight the importance of conducting risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning with children living with DV. Finally, it looks at how child domestic homicides can be prevented through risk assessment, risk management, and safety planning and illustrates the importance of using an intersectional lens when helping children exposed to DV.

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• Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity and Gender Expression Toolkit to Support the Implementation of Institutional and Social Change

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): The 519
  Publisher(s): The 519
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence

  This toolkit provides constructive and tangible steps on how to implement anti-discrimination policies around gender identity and gender expression, as well as strategies and suggestions on creating affirming spaces for people who identify as trans and gender non-conforming.

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• Drawing the Line on Sexual Violence: E-Learning Modules for Elementary and Secondary School Educators

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): V. Church-Duplessis, H. Gardner, S. Lambert, K. Makan, R. Robinson, S. Evans, H. Hulays, C. Mancini, T. Marshall, L. Simmons
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  To support educators’ implementation of the Draw-the-Line initiative in elementary and secondary schools, White Ribbon has developed a series of e-learning modules. These modules will help users develop a number of skills and resources such as: an understanding of basic issues relating to gender-based and sexual violence; the capacity to unpack these topics with students productively and supportively, in an age-appropriate way; and a facility with empowering male-identified students to be allies in violence prevention.

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• Exploring the Intersections: Immigrant and refugee women fleeing violence and experiencing homelessness in Canada

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): L. Baker, J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This report captures key themes that emerged from discussions in March 2017 with academic, government, and community leaders to explore the intersections between immigrant and refugee issues, women fleeing intimate partner violence, homelessness, health/mental health and disability issues, and trauma. Included in the report is a literature review on these areas of focus and their intersections, and barriers to fleeing violent relationships, to accessing supports and services, and to obtaining safe, secure and affordable housing for immigrant and refugee women. Promising approaches to address gaps in knowledge, policy, and service delivery, and considerations for moving forward are also highlighted in the paper.

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• Femicide of Older Women

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): M. Dawson, D. Sutton
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Brief examines femicide of women who are older. Dr. Myrna Dawson and Danielle Sutton at the University of Guelph examined the killing of 452 older women (55 yrs. & older) in Ontario over a 38-year period (1974 to 2012). The data were collected from a number of official and unofficial sources including death records kept by the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario, Crown Attorney files, court documents, and media coverage.

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• Femicide of Women Who Are Older

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): L. Baker, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  1 in 5 women murdered in Ontario from 1974 to 2012 was 55 years or older. This newsletter, written in partnership with Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario and the Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence, features highlights from Danielle Sutton and Myrna Dawson’s important research findings (available in Learning Network Brief 31), examining the killing of 452 older women (55 yrs. & older) in Ontario over a 38-year period (1974 to 2012). We have included commentary on select research findings, offer considerations for working with women who are older, and resources.

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• Gender Diversity in the VAW Sector: Identifying Barriers and Recommendations for Consideration

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Kubow, J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This discussion paper is informed by the Learning Network Knowledge Exchange on gender diversity in the violence against women sector (VAW) held in Toronto, Ontario in November 2016. It includes key themes which emerged from the panel presentations and discussions by participants including barriers to gender diversity in the VAW sector and recommendations for consideration.

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• Healthy Relationships & Dating Violence: Everything you Need to Know

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Yellow Brick House
  Publisher(s): Yellow Brick House
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  This resource, by the Yellow brick house, is intended to help youth understand what a healthy relationship is and what dating violence or abuse could look like. Topics in this booklet include what abuse looks like; what to do if you’re being abused; stories from youth; what a healthy relationship is; what to do if you know someone who is being abused; as well as facts and statistics.

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• Indigenous Communities and Family Violence: Changing the Conversation

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): C. Holmes, S. Hunt
  Publisher(s): National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This report is centred on critically engaging with dominant frameworks and discourses around ‘family violence’ in the context of ongoing colonialism and Indigenous resurgence and refocusing conversations about ‘family violence’ using a decolonial social determinants framework, in order to redefine ‘family’ and ‘violence’ to reflect the diverse realities of all Indigenous people, including those who are marginalized within their own communities (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and Two-Spirit people and youth).

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• Je t’écoute - “I’m Listening”

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): COPA
  Publisher(s): FEO, COPA
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  A French-language pamphlet designed for educators, which provides strategies for communicating with and supporting a student who discloses a sexual assault (or other forms of assault). The pamphlet was conceived as part of a workshop entitled “Communiqu’Action!”. You can find more information about the pamphlet and the workshop here: https://www.bienetrealecole.ca/ressources/ressource-je-tecoute

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• Legal Service Delivery Toolkit

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Designed for women’s organizations in Ontario, the Legal Service Delivery Toolkit is based on the Luke’s Place family law services offered in Durham Region to women subjected to abuse. The Toolkit consists of: slides, facilitator notes, handouts and evaluation templates for Early Information Sessions on Family Law, Family Law Information Workshops, and Family Law Networking Group; recruiting and training process, job descriptions, procedures, forms and waivers for the Luke’s Place volunteer accompaniment program and pro bono legal clinic; and the Luke’s Place policies and procedures.

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• Links between the maltreatment of girls & later victimization or use of violence

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  Approximately one third of Canadian women will first experience abuse in childhood. Many of these women will continue to experience violence across the life course; some will use violence in subsequent peer, intimate, or family relationships. Multiple experiences of violence can result in negative health outcomes that accumulate over time. Exploring how trajectories of violence may unfold for women and girls is critical to improving prevention efforts. This newsletter provides an overview of the literature linking early experiences of violence to later use or revictimization. We invite you to read our full report from which this newsletter is drawn here.

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• Links between the Maltreatment of Girls and Later Victimization or Use of Violence

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Child Maltreatment

  Approximately one third of Canadian women will first experience abuse in childhood. Many of these women will continue to experience violence across the life course; some will use violence in subsequent peer, intimate, or family relationships. This discussion paper provides an overview of the literature on the connection between early and later victimization or use of violence and highlights the implications for health and well-being. Both theoretical explanations and empirical evidence are reviewed. Limitations of the current research are discussed, including the importance of viewing these life course associations within the broader social context. The report concludes with future directions offered to improve our understanding of - and response to - the violence experienced by women and girls.

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• Mi’KMaq Community Engagement Toolkit on Sexual Violence

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): A. Chau
  Publisher(s): Responding to and Preventing Sexual Violence Project
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The Mi’kmaw Community Engagement Toolkit on Sexual Violence is a workbook to address sexual violence, created specifically for Mi’kmaq communities and community members to use in strengthening their response to and prevention of sexual violence, drawing from the many learnings of the Responding to and Preventing Sexual Violence Project in Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation, a collaborative project between the Paqtnkek Health Centre and the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association from 2014 to 2016, funded by Status of Women Canada.

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• Moving from Fear to Action Webinar Series

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF), Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF), Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This webinar series is for service providers in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector. It focuses on addressing myths about domestic violence. There are four parts to the series: (1) Rethinking Domestic Violence, (2) What to Look Out For, (3) Breaking Down Barriers, and (4) Handling a Client's Disclosure of Domestic Violence.

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• Not Just Another Case: When Your Loved One Has Gone Missing or Been Murdered

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): A. Huntley
  Publisher(s): No More Silence, Aboriginal Legal Services Collaboration
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This video features video interviews from community members who have a missing Indigenous community member. It offers tips and calls for support.

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• Outside of the Shadows: A Project on Criminal Harassment in Canada

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): J. Lalonde, Ambivalently Yours
  Publisher(s): J. Lalonde
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Stalking

  For this 2017 video, Julie S. Lalonde partnered with artist Ambivalently Yours to create resources for victims/survivors of stalking and their allies.

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• Self-Reported Sexual Assault in Canada, 2014

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): S. Conroy, A. Cotter
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  Using data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization, this article presents information on self-reported sexual assault in Canada, including sexual attacks, unwanted sexual touching and sexual activity where the victim was unable to consent. The article also examines the characteristics and experiences of sexual assault survivors and their perceptions of safety. Statistics show a higher risk of sexual assault among individuals who are women, young, Indigenous, single, LGB, and who have a mental health disability. Childhood abuse and homelessness were also associated with a higher risk of sexual assault.

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• Sibling Abuse as a Family Issue

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): A. Meyers
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  This learning brief explores family factors associated with sibling abuse, including the role of children as caregivers, favoritism, poor parental modeling and external stressors, and collusion.

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• Sibling Violence

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): L. Baker, D. Lalonde, J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  Sibling violence is a common form of family violence, yet it is not often recognized as a form of abuse, even by the child being harmed. This newsletter will describe the different types of sibling violence; identify signs that it may be occurring; present factors that increase the risk of sibling violence; and describe its impacts on children, youth, and adults. Helpful tips for parents and caregivers are provided to help them prevent and respond to sibling violence.

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• Supporting Older Adults to Create A Safety Plan

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): R. Vassell, R. Rideout, T. Witelson
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This webinar allows understand: the practicality and suitability of the safety planning tool and how it can be useful when working with older adults; the potential increased risk factors for older adults and barriers to accessing supports; obligations with mandatory reporting; and provincial resources that can assist with aiding an older adult to create a safety plan.

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• Take These Broken Wings and Learn to Fly: Applying Resilience Concepts to Practice with Children and Youth Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): R. Alaggia, M. Donohue
  Publisher(s): Smith College Studies in Social Work
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  Little has been written on how resilience can be fostered with exposed children who are negatively affected. In this 2017 paper, the authors offer a working definition of resilience, discuss related concepts, and summarize the resilience research regarding IPV-exposed children. As well, two case examples are presented for ways to foster resilience with IPV-exposed children. Suggestions are made for a resilience-informed approach with this population, and it is demonstrated how social workers can use this to reinforce a strengths-based framework.

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• Teacher Guide: Dress Purple Day Classroom Resources

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies, Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre, Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  This 2017 guide includes classroom resources is to assist teachers to talk about child abuse and neglect in an age appropriate manner and to help raise awareness among children about how to ask for help from adults in the community.

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• Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), Le mouvement Ontarien des Femmes Immigrantes Francophones
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This 2017 graphic novel is meant to provide education and training to community members and service providers on sexual violence. The graphic novel was created through a series of creative writing workshops with immigrant and refugee women who came together to learn, share and compile the stories in this novel. It speaks to one aspect of newcomer women’s experience, that of community support and engagement in situations of violence.

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• The Intersectional Oppressions of South Asian Immigrant Women and Vulnerability in Relation to Domestic Violence: A Case Study

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): F. Chaze, A. Medhekar
  Publisher(s): Ontario Bar Association
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This article examines various factors that contribute to the multiple forms of oppression experienced by South Asian immigrant women in Canada. Informed by an intersectional perspective, it also focuses on the vulnerability of newcomer immigrant women when experiencing situations of domestic violence. This article is divided into four sections: literature review, case study, factors that intersect to increase vulnerabilities, and recommendations for social work practice and for policy.

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• The relationships between harsh physical punishment and child maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence in adulthood

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): T. Afifi, N. Mota, J. Sareen, H.L. MacMillan
  Publisher(s): BMC Public Health
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  The objective of this 2017 current study was to examine if harsh physical punishment is associated with an increased likelihood of more severe childhood maltreatment in childhood and perpetration or victimization of IPV in adulthood. It found that harsh physical punishment was associated with increased odds of childhood maltreatment, including emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, and exposure to IPV after adjusting for socio-demographic factors, family history of dysfunction, and other child maltreatment types. Harsh physical punishment was also related to increased odds of experiencing IPV in adulthood.

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• Violence Against Older Women Learning Modules

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Women's College Hospital, Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centers, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Publisher(s): Women's College Hospital, Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centers, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  These modules are from an international knowledge exchange forum, hosted by Women’s College Research Institute at Women's College Hospital, the Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centers, and Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario in November 2017. In order to share the forum presentations with a wider audience, including frontline providers and the public, five video learning modules were developed. These modules are focused on strategies to address violence against older women. Each learning module is comprised of a video approximately 30 minutes in length. These modules can stand alone or be completed as a series, depending on one's learning needs.

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• Voices of Our Sisters Poems on experiences of violence and homelessness

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): B. Doxtator, M. Traynor, B.J. Bilyea, C. Bolton
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  A collection of poems inspired by experiences of homelessness and violence. The poets also offer eight actions that each of us can take to support our sisters.

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• Was I Drugged and Sexually Assaulted?

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre
  Publisher(s): Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This information sheet was developed by the Ontario Network of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centres to help inform suspected victims/survivors of drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) on how to recognize the signs of DFSA; drugs used in DFSAs; where to get help; and services available.

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• When You’re Ready Program

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): Asian Community AIDS Services
  Publisher(s): Asian Community AIDS Services
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Children’s Exposure

  The When You’re Ready Project was an 8-week program for LGBTTIQQ2SA East and Southeast Asian youth. The program provided them with a safe space to engage and explore issues related to identity and “coming out”; it also supported the youth in developing resiliency skills. This booklet demonstrates the importance of having a safer, designated, and culturally appropriate space for Queer and Trans Asian youth to discuss issues related to identity. Likewise, it shows the need for creating and cultivating bonds with other members of the community.

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• Women, Intimate Partner Violence, & Homelessness

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): D. Lalonde, L. Baker, J. Tabibi
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This issue-based newsletter uses visuals, research, and lived experience to explain the main links between homelessness and violence; identify barriers to safe, secure, accessible, and affordable housing; highlight the resilience of women; and feature promising practices and resources. The goal—to increase awareness of the broader systemic and intersectional oppressions that create barriers to women’s safety and security. Time to change the narrative around women fleeing violence and experiencing homelessness!

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• Women and the Criminal Justice System

  Year: 2017
  Author(s): T. Mahoney, J. Jacob, H. Hobson
  Publisher(s): Statistics Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This report presents data from the General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety and the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey. It presents statistics on the harmful impact that violence against women has on the lives of women, their families, and their communities throughout Canada. It covers the types of criminal victimization that females experience over time, highlighting important differences in violent crime by Indigenous identity, immigrant status, “visible minority” status, and age. It also examines trends in the number and type of crimes committed by females, along with their involvement in the criminal courts and correction systems.

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• Best Practices Manual for Lawyers with Clients Leaving Abusive Relationships

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The purpose of the Manual is to support family law lawyers as they work with clients who have been subjected to violence and to assist lawyers in following relevant requirements with respect to ethics and professionalism. The Manual provides: an introduction to violence against women; strategies on intake, screening, risk assessment, safety planning and gathering evidence of abuse; an exploration of litigation versus alternative dispute resolution; information on relevant family law and intersecting legal issues; strategies for managing legal bullying; and information on self-care and referrals. The Manual is provided with access to the e-learning, Effective Lawyering with Clients Leaving Abusive Relationships.

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• Boys' Victimization & Adult IPV Perpetration

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment

  Evidence-based research has increasingly focused on interventions to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV). An important aspect of prevention involves understanding men’s pathways to violence, given that police data show men account for over 80% of perpetrated violence against women in Canada. With growing evidence for the association between boys’ experiences of victimization and subsequent perpetration of violence as they age, we have devoted this newsletter to enhancing GBV prevention by identifying men at risk of becoming perpetrators at earlier points in their lives.

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• Canadian Armed Forces: Progress Report Addressing Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Chief of Military Personnel
  Publisher(s): Canadian Armed Forces
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This 2016 report considers progress made by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in addressing harmful and inappropriate sexual behaviour on a recurring basis. This initial report covers the period of June-December 2015, and reviews CAF initiatives and changes taken in response to the External Review Authority’s recommendations, as well as actions and outcomes generated by Operation HONOUR. This report also identifies challenges to positive change and outlines next steps.

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• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment: Informing Safety Planning & Risk Management Brief

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): M.Campbell, N.Z. Hilton, P.R. Kropp, M. Dawson, P. Jaffe
  Publisher(s): Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Femicide

  This Brief describes domestic violence risk assessment including the reasons for conducting assessments, the nature and kind of risk assessment tools, best practice in domestic violence risk assessment, predictive validity of tools, and the importance of victims’ perceptions of risk. The Brief indicates how domestic violence risk assessment informs risk management with offenders and safety planning with victims/survivors. Finally, the Brief outlines domestic violence risk assessment with particular vulnerable populations.

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• Effective Lawyering with Clients Leaving Abusive Relationships

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): P. Cross , P. Wansbrough
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Family law cases involving violence against women are complicated, time consuming, stressful, challenging and can be dangerous for both the client and her lawyer. Yet effective lawyering is essential to ensure a positive outcome that allows the client and her children to move on to lives free from violence. To support lawyers’ work in this area, Luke’s Place offers an online training, “Effective Lawyering with Clients Leaving Abusive Relationships”. Designed for family law lawyers in Ontario, this 3-hour course is CPD accredited for 1 hour 20 minutes Professionalism Hours and up to 1 hour 10 minutes Substantive Hours.

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• Engaging Men & Boys to End Violence in the Family Toolkit

  Year: 2016
  Publisher(s): Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW), White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This toolkit provides resources to support communities to inspire, encourage, and engage men and boys to end violence against women and girls. These activities have been organized into four modules: 1. Unlearning patriarchy and exploring links to violence against women and girls, 2. Questioning gender norms and stereotypes, 3. Fostering healthy relationships, and 4. Effective intervention strategies.

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• Exploring the Intersections of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence: A Discussion Paper Informed by the February 2016 Knowledge Exchange

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This discussion paper is informed by the Learning Network, OAITH, and OCRCC Knowledge Exchange on intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) held in Toronto, Ontario in February 2016. It includes key themes which emerged from the research presentations and discussions by participants (including submitted discussion sheets), as well as results and comments from the event’s evaluation survey. IPSV resources are also included.

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• Family Well-Being Program

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Government
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Ontario is working with First Nations, Métis, Inuit and urban Indigenous partners to implement the new Family Well-Being program. The program supports Indigenous families and helps communities start to heal from the impacts of intergenerational violence and trauma by providing workers to address frontline needs, supporting community-based programming and offering communities opportunities to design safe spaces where programs and services can be sought and received without stigma.

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• Gender-Based Violence Training Programs: Online, Face-to-Face and Blended Formats

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  With an increasing need for training curriculums on gender-based violence (GBV), it is important to understand the advantages and disadvantages associated with available educational options in order to determine which may best suit an organization’s or individuals’ needs or purpose.

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• Going the Distance: Supporting Rural and Remote Survivors with Family Law Issues

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): P. Cross , P. Wansbrough
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This resource is divided into two sections, 1) Understanding the Rural and Remote Experience and 2) Strategies for Supporting Rural and Remote Women. The first section is designed for workers and decision-makers who are unfamiliar with the challenges and experiences that come with rural and remote living. It may also affirm the experiences of workers and women living in small communities. The second section helps us all think of ways to support violence survivors in these areas.

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• Guide for Creating a Safety Plan

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This guide has many suggestions and ideas that a woman experiencing violence can use to create a safety plan for herself and her children. It is available to download in different languages.

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• Information Guide for Victims of Sexual Assault

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Toronto Police Service
  Publisher(s): Toronto Police Service
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This guide was developed by the Toronto Police Service Sex Crimes Unit to provide victims/survivors of sexual assault information about the criminal justice response to sexual offences and where help is available. Topics include: sexual violence and the law; the Criminal Code sexual assault offences; what to do if you or someone you know is sexually assaulted; what to expect during a police investigation, medical examination, court proceedings, and after trial; financial compensation; glossary of terms; and important contacts/resources.

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• Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  In Canada and around the world, a large number of women have experienced both sexual violence and forms of intimate partner violence. These experiences can occur as separate incidents across the life course or co-occur within the context of an intimate relationship. This newsletter will focus on the latter, commonly referred to as intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV). The consequences of IPSV are discussed as well as issues of language, power and control, intersectionality, practice, and available research and its limitations.

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• Islamic Perspective on Engaging Men and Boys to End Violence in the Family

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): A. Chaudhry, R. Ahmad
  Publisher(s): Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The goal of this paper is to examine the textual sources that form the foundation of Islam’s egalitarian spirit, consider the challenges posed by historical interpretations of these sources, and think about ways to move forward in promoting gender equity, especially with respect to condemning domestic violence in all its forms.

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• OAITH Foundations of Violence Against Women (VAW) Online Training Program Evaluation

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH) developed an online training course for individuals working or planning to work in the violence against women (VAW) sector, entitled the Foundations of VAW Online Training Course. OAITH requested an external evaluation of the Foundations course to be carried out by the Learning Network. The evaluation contained in this report includes both quantitative and qualitative assessments of participants’ perceived and actual learning from the Foundations course across two groups of participants. Results point to the value of the course in its positive impact on a variety of participant outcomes (e.g. knowledge, attitudes), mapping on to key core competencies for domestic violence training. This is one of the first evaluations to assess an online training course using the core competencies, which represent key aspects of VAW work identified by VAW stakeholders and domestic violence training developers and deliverers.

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• Responding to family violence in the context of migration

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration, Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This video shares some of the key points emerging from presentations and discussions during the Responding to Family Violence in the Context of Migration forum. The forum was co-hosted by the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration, the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, and the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children.

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• Strategic Plan for Inuit Violence Prevention and Healing

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
  Publisher(s): Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Strategic Plan for Inuit Violence Prevention and Healing is based on research reports and policy recommendations from more than 20 years of Inuit-centered approaches to responding to, healing from and eliminating violence in Inuit communities in Canada.

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• Supporting Older Women in Interval and Transitional Homes

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): M. Ham, A. Wardell
  Publisher(s): Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO), Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This webinar provides an overview of OAITH, issues pertaining to the abuse of older women and how shelter services assist women in their communities. Haldimand & Norfolk Women’s Services are highlighted to illustrate an example of one shelter & transitional service in Ontario and how their services can support an older woman’s journey through the shelter system and beyond. The presentation also discussed risk assessment, safety planning, and screening for elder abuse.

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• The Link between Boys' Victimization & Adult Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence: Opportunities for Prevention across the Life Course

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Children’s Exposure

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, pressing, and preventable public health issue that, while not gender-specific, is overwhelmingly perpetrated against women by men. One risk factor for men’s IPV perpetration is the experience of maltreatment in childhood; that is, neglect, abuse, or exposure to IPV. While it is important to recognize the wide range of factors involved in IPV perpetration, this discussion paper draws attention to the ways in which IPV prevention can be enhanced through identifying men at risk of becoming perpetrators at earlier points in their lives and mitigating the impact of experiences of violence through age-specific intervention programs. Specifically, the aim of this paper is to identify pathways from childhood maltreatment to IPV perpetration in order to highlight these two forms of violence as intricately linked public health issues with implications for prevention across the life course. The report consists of three parts. Part 1 provides theoretical explanations for the connection between victimization as a boy and IPV perpetration as an adult, and reviews the evidence supporting this link. Part 2 outline primary, secondary, and tertiary modes of prevention, with specific discussion of evidence-based and promising prevention programs for boys and men by life stage. Part 3 provides considerations and future directions for health and its community partners.

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• The Link between Boys’ Victimization & Adult Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence: Opportunities for Prevention across the Life Course

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, pressing, and preventable public health issue that, while not gender-specific, is overwhelmingly perpetrated against women by men. One risk factor for men’s IPV perpetration is the experience of maltreatment in childhood; that is, neglect, abuse, or exposure to IPV. While it is important to recognize the wide range of factors involved in IPV perpetration, this discussion paper draws attention to the ways in which IPV prevention can be enhanced through identifying men at risk of becoming perpetrators at earlier points in their lives and mitigating the impact of experiences of violence through age-specific intervention programs. Specifically, the aim of this paper is to identify pathways from childhood maltreatment to IPV perpetration in order to highlight these two forms of violence as intricately linked public health issues with implications for prevention across the life course. The report consists of three parts. Part 1 provides theoretical explanations for the connection between victimization as a boy and IPV perpetration as an adult, and reviews the evidence supporting this link. Part 2 outline primary, secondary, and tertiary modes of prevention, with specific discussion of evidence-based and promising prevention programs for boys and men by life stage. Part 3 provides considerations and future directions for health and its community partners.

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• There is no “honour” in violence against women and girls: Training toolkit

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Arora, M.
  Publisher(s): South Asian Women’s Centre
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This training toolkit is intended to assist individuals in finding ways to support women who are escaping violence, especially those from racialized and marginalized communities, who face unique barriers and challenges due to their positionality in Canadian society and/or because of systematic racism.

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• Towards a Conceptual Framework: Trauma, Family Violence and Health

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, A. Straatman, N. Etherington, B. O’Neil, C. Heron, K. Sapardanis
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Child Maltreatment

  The authors review the health outcomes of trauma within the context of IPV and child maltreatment. Three theoretical models and their relevance to trauma-informed health promotion for survivors are presented. Incorporating the model of SAMHSA, a trauma-informed health framework is described that provides the foundation for developing values, principles and competencies for trauma-informed and developmentally sensitive health promotion.

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• Trans Inclusion Pocket Guide: Centring Trans Women in Our Work

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI)
  Publisher(s): Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This 2017 pocket guide by Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI) is the result of months of intensive thought, consultations and research, and it includes the lived experience of trans women living in Ontario. It is a response to the definitive requests by WHAI workers for a resource to support the critical work of trans inclusivity. The guide is meant to start ongoing conversation to challenge assumptions, biases and systemic discrimination faced by many marginalized communities.

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• Violence Against Women Who Are Older

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): L. Baker, B. O’Neil, M. Kubow, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  Research and Literature on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) often focuses on younger women with little attention given to IPV against women who are older. While recognizing that women’s identities go beyond the scope of age and gender, this newsletter focuses on the different types of violence and abuse against women who are older, barriers to disclosure, and offers suggestions for further research and approaches to helping the older population.

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• Violence on the Land, Violence on Our Bodies: Building an Indigenous Response to Environmental Violence

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): Native Youth Sexual Health Network, Women’s Earth Alliance
  Publisher(s): Native Youth Sexual Health Network, Women’s Earth Alliance
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Violence on the Land, Violence on our Bodies initiative report and toolkit centers the experiences and resistance efforts of Indigenous women and young people in order to expose and curtail the impacts of extractive industries on their communities and lands.

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• When Shared Parenting and the Safety of Women and Children Collide

  Year: 2016
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Children’s Exposure

  This paper explores why shared parenting decisions are made and suggests new approaches and best practices for high risk violence cases before the courts. Shared parenting and joint custody are common outcomes in family law cases, even when there is a history of woman abuse. Such post-separation arrangements for children mean that an abusive partner can continue his manipulation of and violence against the woman and that the impact of exposure to abuse continues for the children.

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• Aboriginal Peoples and Historic Trauma: The Process of Intergenerational Transmission

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): R. Halseth , W. Aguiar
  Publisher(s): National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This paper examines the psychological, physiological, and social processes by which trauma can be transmitted and calls for holistic healing strategies that are implemented not only within the health domain, but in other domains as well.

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• Abuse of Older Women Webinar

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): B. MacQuarrie, M. MacPherson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  Barbara MacQuarrie, Community Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children and Margaret MacPherson, Research Associate, Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children, hosted this webinar on January 22nd, 2015. They discussed the nature of abuse experienced by older women, barrier to reporting or seeking assistance, consequences of abuse to older women, the It's Not Right! Campaign. Access the webinar recording, presentation slides, document to be reviewed, and videos used during the presentation.

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• Addressing Past Sexual Assault in Clinical Settings

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): R. Mason, J. Du Mont, S. Macdonald
  Publisher(s): Women's College Hospital (WCH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This new competency-based e-learning curriculum is funded by the Province of Ontario through the Ontario Women’s Directorate. This free interactive online course can teach you about the long-term physical, the psychological and social impacts of sexual assault, how to create an environment that supports disclosure, how to appropriately respond to a woman who been sexually assaulted in the past, and why it is important to foster an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach within your practice setting. This resource is applicable to all health care practitioners and their allies -- everyone from physiotherapists to nurses to medical technologists.

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• A Focused Response to Prevent and End LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): A. Abramovich
  Publisher(s): Government of Alberta
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This 2015 report provides six key recommendations to the Government of Alberta that were developed over the course of ten months with the support of the Provincial LGBTQ2S Working Group, whom were engaged every step of the way. The core recommendations develop a standardized model of care, which will: (a) help meet the needs of LGBTQ2S youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness in Alberta; and (b) ensure that this population of young people are served more appropriately across the province.

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• A Framework for Ending Women's And Girls’ Homelessness

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): S. Yeo, C. Ratnam, E. Paradis, A. Oudshoorn, B. Nessa, J. Mosher, S. Macphail, S. Greene, S. Gaetz, C. Forchuk, C. Casimir, K. Buccieri, M. Bonnycastle, H. Berman, J. Arsenault, A. Amponash, K. Aguila
  Publisher(s): Homeless Hub
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This 2015 framework is to provide municipalities across Canada a tool that they can adapt to their local setting to end homelessness for women and girls.

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• Barriers to Reporting Sexual Harassment

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This Brief discusses some of the barriers that make reporting sexual harassment difficult and for some, lead to more complex consequences.

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• Beyond Housing First: A Holistic Response to Family Homelessness in Canada

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): A. Noble
  Publisher(s): Raising the Roof
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This 2015 report, part of Raising the Roof’s national Child and Family Homelessness Initiative, speaks to Housing First as a means of early intervention for families experiencing homelessness. While Housing First has been identified as a successful and effective approach in assisting those currently experiencing homelessness, this report aims to hold a parallel discussion of what it would mean to genuinely prevent homelessness from occurring, and how we can ensure that the systems and structures are put in place so that workers are better able to assist Housing First participants.

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• Breaking Free, Breaking Through

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Breaking Free, Breaking Through research report, designed by the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) and Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA), examines violence and the lived experiences and circumstances of Indigenous women’s lives through Indigenous art therapy methodologies. The research identifies factors in place that lead Indigenous women to “break free” from violence, highlighting their spirit of resilience, roles of Indigenous womanhood, and creating and accessing trauma-informed and culturally grounded spaces.

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• Cyber Misogyny

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This Learning Brief examines cyber misogyny, or the various forms of gendered hatred, harassment, and abusive behaviour targeted at women and girls via the Internet. Manifestations and consequences of cyber misogyny are provided along with a discussion of the new opportunities to engage in harassment and abuse presented by the Internet and Canadian legal responses.

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• Engaging men in gender-based violence prevention: Review paper synopsis

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This Learning Brief offers a brief synopsis of a review conducted by the White Ribbon Campaign to assess the evaluation practices of prevention initiatives focusing on engaging men to end gender-based violence. Theoretical frameworks and challenges to evaluation are identified.

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• Femicide

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Pietsch, A. Straatman, A. Ansems, M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Many women’s advocates and researchers have called for the use of the term femicide to clearly name the killing of women and girls as a gender-based crime within the broader continuum of violence against women. Their voices inspired our newsletter on Femicide. Read about the different forms of femicide, its broad ranging impacts, the roots of this global health and human rights concern, and some of the actions required to end femicide.

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• Forced marriage as a form of human trafficking

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): Arora, M.
  Publisher(s): South Asian Women’s Centre
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking

  This resource guide explores FMHT as part of the framework of domestic violence both before and after marriage. The distinct feature of the project is the commodification of women through the legal means of “marriage.” The aim of Forced Marriage as a Form of Human Trafficking Project is to develop a training curriculum for service providers and frontline staff to assist survivors of FMHT as well as to create a survivor’s guide, to be translated into five South Asian languages.

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• Forms of Femicide

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): N. Etherington, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Brief defines femicide and its various manifestations, including: intimate femicide, non-intimate femicide, murder of women and girls in the same of "honor", murder of women and girls because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, murder of Aboriginal women and girls because of their gender, female infanticide and gender-based sex-selective foeticide, genital mutilation related femicide, dowry-related femicide, organized crime related femicide, and the targeted killing of women in armed conflict.

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• Hear IT! Stop It! Education Toolkit

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): 519 Church Street Community Centre
  Publisher(s): 519 Church Street Community Centre
  Accessibility Format: Image
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Hear It! Stop It! Campaign was developed by the 519 Church Street Community Centre. The purpose of the campaign is to create space for change as part of our drive to challenge homophobic and transphobic language and foster LGBTQ inclusive environments. The campaign provides organizations, LGBTQ community members and their allies with resources to make workplaces, services and community environments welcoming, safe and inclusive. A major component of the campaign is bystanders speaking up against homophobic or transphobic language and environments. The toolkit includes posters and pledge cards in both English and French.

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• Intersectionality

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The Learning Network’s provincial Resource Group identified the need for a newsletter on intersectionality. Informed by discussions with key stakeholders so as to make this important and complex framework easier to understand. This newsletter defines the core components of an intersectional approach and presents ideas and resources to enhance efforts to bring intersectionality into practice, education, policy/program design, evaluation, and research.

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• Intimate Partner Violence in Rainbow Communities

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This issue explores the benefits of an intersectional approach for understanding IPV in LGBT relationships and how the experiences of LGBT survivors may differ from other IPV survivors. Learn about barriers to services for LGBT survivors and their abusive partners, as well as what practice competencies help to reduce barriers. The Learning Network team has included descriptions of and links to LGBT organizations/networks and a range of resources (e.g. for allies, for trainers, for Deaf Queer Womyn, for immigrants and refugees, for youth).

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• It Starts With You: It Stays With Him/ Ça commence avec toi: Ça reste avec lui

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): White Ribbon, Le Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Mixed Format
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  The goal of this online social media campaign is to inspire men to promote healthy relationships and gender equality with the boys in their lives. The campaign is aimed at fathers, educators, coaches and leaders, and family members. Online resources such as a quiz to learn about what can be done to end violence against women; videos of lessons learned from role models in the community; nine stories from men about their personal perspectives of relationships with women in their lives; and a demo e-learning module that describes tools that help educate and engage men and boys. This campaign was developed by the White Ribbon Canada and Le Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions and was funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate.

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• Pilimmaksarniq: Engaging Men and Boys in Reducing Violence Against Women and Girls

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
  Publisher(s): Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Engaging Men And Boys

  This toolkit is the result of a two-year Engaging Inuit Men and Boys in Ending Violence Against Women and Girls project meant to increase awareness and to strengthen coping skills among Inuit men and boys in an effort to reduce gender-based violence within Inuit communities. It provides the information necessary to: help assess community and individual readiness for healing and change; identify a natural helper; go about initial training and networking; start a men’s group; develop a group framework; hold exercises and activities with participants to address issues such as self-awareness and self-esteem, anger, jealousy, unresolved trauma, etc.; calculate program costs; and organize program details such as, possible places to find funding, how to access the funding, finding a physical location, etc.

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• Select Committee on Sexual Violence and Harassment

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  Publisher(s): Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This report begins with a summary of basic facts about sexual violence and harassment. In the following sections, each of the major recommendation areas in It’s Never Okay (Government of Ontario’s plan against sexual violence) is presented in a text box. The report concludes with a discussion of several issues that the Committee believes are particularly important based on the testimony it received during its hearings, but have not been fully addressed in It’s Never Okay, with further recommendations.

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• Sexual Femicide

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Brief defines and discusses examples of sexual femicide, including sexual femicide that takes place in armed conflict, that is committed by strangers, and that occurs in the context of hate crime or domestic violence. Sexual violence myths are discussed and dispelled, and recommendations for addressing the root causes of sexual femicide are provided.

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• Sexual Harassment and Public Space

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This Brief explores how patterns of sexual harassment often reflect the cultural norms connected with the spaces or environments (school, work, public spaces) in which it occurs. The analysis provides examples of how sexual harassment can work to define or re-assert gender, race, age or class hierarchies within spaces in harmful ways.

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• Training Social Work Students in Domestic/Sexual Violence Work: Key findings from the literature

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  Several research studies have been conducted recently evaluating students' preparedness for working with victims and survivors of domestic violence, particularly in the field of social work. Some key findings from these studies are summarized. This review includes publications from 2009 to 2015. There were no Canadian studies identified for inclusion in this review.

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• Transgendered People in Ontario, Canada: Statistics from the Trans PULSE Project to Inform Human Rights Policy

  Year: 2015
  Author(s): G. Bauer, A. Scheim
  Publisher(s): Trans PULSE
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The purpose of this report is to summarize key research results from the Trans PULSE Project that may be useful in discussions, debates or policy creation related to human rights in multiple jurisdictions. As Trans PULSE results have been used by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and are heavily cited in the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s 2014 policy on gender identity and discrimination, [the authors] sought to create a summary of research findings that have been of greatest interest with regard to human rights issues.

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• Allostasis and Allostatic Load: Woman Abuse and Chronic Illness

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker, J. Tiller
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This Learning Brief describes the role that stress can play on long-term health, otherwise known as allostasis. Allostasis is the adaptive response to stressful situations. Stress hormones are released in our body to help us cope – a reaction typically referred to as the fight-or-flight response. The inability to minimize or stop this bodily response to stress is referred to as allostatic load and can cause severe long-term health consequences. A detailed description of allostasis and allostatic load are provided in the context of woman abuse.

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• Basic Steps for Developing a VAW Social Marketing Campaign

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): M. Campbell, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This Learning Network Brief details steps to developing and implementing a social marketing campaign. The steps are based on the work of Lee & Kotler (2008; 2011) and Castelino, Colla, & Boulet (2013).

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• Campus Safety Audits Services

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): METRAC, Council of Ontario Universities
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  In 1989, the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC), in partnership with the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), developed a guide for conducting campus safety audits. The goal is to audit all levels of campus life (e.g., physical environment, policies, resources, services, social dynamics) by conducting a gender-aware, anti-oppressive and intersectional analysis. The audit includes input from members of the campus community, including perspectives of those who may feel more vulnerable to violence (e.g., women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and deaf issues). Audit findings inform recommendations for responding to and preventing multiple forms of violence.

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• Child Support: Dealing with a Difficult Ex-partner

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): T. Witelson, C. Levitan
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This self-directed webinar by Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) & METRAC reviews the basics about child support and explores common challenges and tips when dealing with a difficult or abusive ex-partner. It is about 1.5 hours long and presented by a family law lawyer.

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• Doing the Work: Surfacing the Social Context of Sexual Violence in Therapeutic Settings

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Network Brief addresses the challenge of integrating a systemic understanding of sexual violence in counselling/therapy with women. The Brief includes statistics on this gendered crime and discusses what it means to define the social context of sexual violence and how a counsellor or therapist can talk about this social context with survivors within a counselling setting. Nicole Pietsch, the author, is the Coordinator for the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres.

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• Domestic Violence Training for Physicians: Current promising practices

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Network brief offers a synopsis of findings reported in a recent review of randomized control trials that evaluated domestic violence training programs for physicians. Implications for future professional development for physicians on domestic violence are offered.

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• Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Brief defines and describes Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA). Specifically, the brief highlights the two types of DFSA (i.e., proactive and opportunistic); what is known about victims/survivors of DFSA; what drugs are used and the signs or symptoms of DFSA; and how to respond and support victims/survivors.

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• Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault: A Guide for Canadian Sexual Assault Investigators, Forensic Medical Examines, and Prosecutors – The Making a Difference Canada Project

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This guide was developed by the Making a Difference Canada Project to assist and support the efforts of investigators, medical examiners and prosecutors in collecting and presenting the best possible evidence for effective prosecution in drug facilitated sexual assault cases. This guide discusses definitions; guiding principles; evidence collection; investigative tools; evidence preservation; a DFSA investigation scenario; prosecuting DFSAs; and a guideline for “date rape” drugs.

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• Eight Strategies for Doing the Work: Surfacing the Social Context of Sexual Violence in Therapeutic Settings

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This tool contains eight strategies that counsellors/therapists can use to integrate a systemic understanding of sexual violence in their work with women. These strategies and examples were developed by Nicole Pietsch, the Coordinator for the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres. For a full discussion see Pietsch, Nicole (April 2014). Doing the Work: Surfacing the Social Context of Sexual Violence in Therapeutic Settings.

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• Examples of Evaluated Social Marketing Campaigns addressing Woman Abuse: References and Brief Descriptions

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Brief summarizes a literature review identifying social marketing campaigns addressing woman abuse and any corresponding reports that outline the implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of these campaigns. A total of 13 campaigns from Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States were identified. This Learning Brief provides descriptions of each campaign including any formative research, monitoring processes, and evaluations.

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• Game Changer: Evaluating “What It Is”, a game challenging sexual violence against youth

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): M. Dagnino, A. Gunraj
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  “What It Is” is METRAC’s digital quiz game that challenges sexual violence against youth across Canada. It has been downloaded and played over 85,000 times globally since its official launch in November 2010.

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• Gender Equality

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker, A. Straatman, M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  In Issue 10 of the Learning Network Newsletter, they focus on Gender Equality. It provides a definition of Gender Equality and discusses why it is important and its inextricable link to violence against women. Through brief text and graphics, it illustrates the existing gender gaps in Canada in women’s political participation, in women’s health and well-being due to the disproportionate levels of intimate partner and sexual violence they experience, and in women’s economic well-being. The role of economic instability or dependence in keeping women in abusive relationships is discussed. It also examines the greater gaps in equality experienced by women belonging to communities affected by historical disadvantages, discrimination, and systemic barriers. Actions that parents, educators, and employees/employers can take to promote gender equality are included. Hyperlinks to 26 online resources used in the development of this newsletter are provided.

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• Intimate Partner Violence in Rainbow Communities

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington, S. Young, A. Straatman, M. Sfeir
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This discussion paper is informed by the Learning Network Knowledge Exchange on IPV in LGBT communities held in London, Ontario in November 2014. It contains comments from participants, information from the literature on IPV in LGBT communities, discussions on the experiences of IPV, consequences of IPV and barriers to understanding, disclosing and seeking help, and considerations for continuing to move forward.

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• Keeping Children & Mothers Safe and Engaging Men who use Abusive Behaviours: VAW and CAS Perspectives

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): M. Campbell, L. Baker, A. Georges
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment

  On September 19, 2013, the Learning Network hosted a forum Keeping Children and Mothers Safe and Engaging Men who use Abusive Behaviours: VAW and CAS Collaboration which brought together 144 professionals from nine regions across the province who represented the VAW, CAS, and government sectors. The overall objectives of the forum were to understand VAW and CAS collaboration with a gender-based analysis, identify principles and practice strategies for engaging men who use abusive behaviours, identify risk factors and potential assessment tools for evaluating child risk in the context of domestic violence, and identifying promising practices in VAW and CAS collaboration. The Learning Network team developed a survey for forum participants to gain an understanding of their perspectives on the status of VAW and CAS collaboration in their communities. This Learning Network Brief provides an overview and detailed description of the survey results.

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• Learning from Women with Lived Experience

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): N. Pietsch
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Brief discusses the different contexts that impact a survivor’s experience of sexual violation and how listening to women with lived experience can help us learn how each woman who experiences sexual violence can be impacted differently including what supports or comforts helped them to survive.

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• Learning Network's 2014 adaptation of the CRIAW/ICREF's Intersectionality Wheel Diagram

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Image
  Type: Infographic
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This Intersectionality Wheel Diagram demonstrates the unique circumstances, aspects of identity, types of discrimination impacting identity, larger forces and structures reinforcing exclusion.

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• Men’s Engagement in Gender-Based Violence Prevention

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This literature review highlights key conceptual and evaluation approaches to engaging boys and men in gender-based violence prevention.

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• Preventing and Addressing Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Person-Centred, Collaborative, System-Wide Approaches

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
  Publisher(s): Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This clinical best practice guideline developed by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario is a comprehensive document providing resources for evidence-based nursing practice. It’s intended to be used as a template or tool to guide best practices in preventing and addressing abuse and neglect of older adults.

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• Research, Monitoring, and Evaluating VAW Social Marketing Campaigns

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): M. Campbell, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN), Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Brief outlines the different phases of researching, monitoring, and evaluating a VAW social marketing campaign. The brief describes in detail the five basic questions that need to be considered: What will be researched, monitored, and evaluated? Why the particular measurement is important? How the measurements will be conducted? When during the campaign will the measurements be conducted? and How much will the measurements cost? This brief was adapted from Lee & Kotler (2011).

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• Research, Monitoring, and Evaluating VAW Social Marketing Campaigns Summary Chart

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This Learning Network tool provides a summary guide for researching, monitoring, and evaluating VAW social marketing campaigns. The guide helps to answer five key questions: What will be researched, monitored, and evaluated? Why is this measurement important? How will the measurements be conducted? When during the campaign will the measurements be conducted? How much will the measurements cost? To read a more detailed outline of the steps involved in researching, monitoring, and evaluating a VAW social marketing campaign, see Learning Network Brief 17.

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• Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This online training developed by the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children aims to assist frontline responders and service providers in developing effective and supportive responses to victims/survivors who report or disclose experiences of sexual violence. The training is 7 hours in length and provides videos of both supportive and unsupportive responses and explore the multiple issues that can influence both the victim or survivor and responder. The videos will help professionals understand the barriers and stigma that affect notions of consent and coercion.

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• Sexual Assault Policies on Campus: A Discussion Paper

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): A. Gunraj
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This 2014 discussion paper, developed by METRAC, highlights promising practices and challenges in institutional policies on sexual assault committed by and against post-secondary students in Canada. The paper provides a “snapshot” review of sample sexual assault policies on campuses and illustrate gaps and inconsistencies in how the issue is treated. A literature review identifies helpful practices in reporting, investigation and adjudication and determines future steps for improvement.

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• Sexual Violence Awareness

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Network newsletter is on sexual violence. It positions sexual violence within the broader context of violence against women, defines what is meant by sexual violence, rape culture, and drug facilitated sexual assault. Readers are encouraged to read statistics on sexual violence through an intersectional lens. Five courageous survivors share their experience (4 on video tape and 1 through a letter), illuminating different ways women are impacted by and cope with sexual violation. Be sure to check out the Learning Network Briefs and other online resources on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence, promising responses to victims/survivors, training and education campaigns, and prevention initiatives.

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• Sexual violence in the lives of first-year university women in Canada: No improvements in the 21st century

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): C. Senn, M. Eliasziw, P.C. Barata, W.E. Thurston, I.R. Newby-Clark, H.L. Radtke, K.L. Hobden, SARE Study Team
  Publisher(s): BioMed Central Ltd.
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This paper summarizes the frequency, type, and context of sexual assault in a large sample of first-year university women at three Canadian universities. Findings from the first large Canadian study of university women since the 1990s indicate that a large proportion of women arrive on campuses with histories of sexual victimization, and they are generally unprepared for the perpetrators they may face during their academic years. The paper concludes with the urgent need for effective rape prevention programs on university campuses.

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• Sexual Violence Prevention: Are we increasing safety or reinforcing rape culture?

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Brief questions whether some of our sexual violence prevention increases safety or reinforces rape culture. The first section describes “rape culture”, its harmful consequences, and its differential impact on various groups of women. The second section discusses how well-intended messages telling women what they can do to prevent being sexually assaulted inadvertently reinforces rape culture. The final section raises the question of how to promote safety for girls and women while working towards transforming our culture to ensure women have the right to sexual integrity, equality and justice.

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• Social Marketing and Prevention of Violence Against Women

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This Learning Network newsletter describes social marketing and its role in VAW prevention, presents promising practices for VAW social marketing campaigns, profiles Ontario-based campaigns, explains formative research, monitoring and evaluation and provides online links to campaigns that have documented all three forms of research and evaluation. Be sure to check out the Learning Briefs and resources developed by the Learning Network team on social marketing campaigns and evaluation.

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• Spousal Support Basics and Partner Abuse

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): T. Witelson, J. Beaton
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Website
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This webinar discusses basic issues around spousal support and the factors affecting the amount of payments and for how long. The 1.25 hour webinar also discusses how domestic violence, during or after the relationship, can affect spousal support payments and provides some ideas to ensure fairness and safety.

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• The Involved Father & Gender Equality Project

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): White Ribbon, Dad Central
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  In collaboration with Dad Central, White Ribbon conducted a study that explored the positive roles that fathers, organizations working with diverse fathers, and the fatherhood sector in Ontario in general can play in promoting gender equality, healthy and equal relationships, and ending gender-based violence. The study consisted of focus groups and surveys with 53 fathers in communities across the province, interviews with stakeholders and professionals working on engaging fathers, and a preliminary environmental scan of services available to fathers in Ontario. Some themes from the findings of the research include: involved fatherhood occurs along a continuum that allows fathers to find ways to actively participate in the lives of their children; fathers should utilize parental leave benefits as a way to be active in family life however parental leave can be isolating and is often frowned upon; involved fatherhood has benefits for children, mothers, and fathers; many fathers are finding ways to counter the traditional gender stereotypes; Aboriginal fathers are teaching their children about Aboriginal culture, history, and heritage in their fatherhood involvement; the use of language is an important part of the parenting process particularly within conversations with Gay/Bi/Transgender fathers; and fathers indicated that their involvement with their children promotes gender equality in many ways.

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• The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker , J. Tiller
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Brief describes the neurobiological response to sexual assault and the implications for frontline responders supporting victims/survivors.

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• Unprotected, Unrecognized: Canadian Immigration Policy and Violence Against Women, 2008-2013

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): R. Bhuyan , B. Osborne, S. Zahraei, S. Tarshis
  Publisher(s): Migrant Mothers Project (MMP)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report provides feminist analyses of immigration and refugee policies and their impact on violence against women. Gendered dimensions of immigration policy that contribute to gender inequality in the form of violence against racialized women are provided. This report is intended for people working in the violence against women “sector”, immigrant and refugee serving community-based organizations, and grassroots community groups.

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• We Can Tell and We Will!

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Publisher(s): Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Public Education Campaign
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN-RAFH Canada) launched a campaign in 2014 featuring a public service announcement based on the D.A.I. Supreme Court case that recognizes the right of people with disabilities to be believed when they report sexual assault and abuse. The campaign features brief videos, definitions, a resource list of crisis hotlines, and fact sheets on information for women with disabilities about identifying and reporting abuse.

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• We Remember December 6th

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): L. Baker, A. Straatman, M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The Learning Network’s December 6th Commemorative Issue honours the 14 women who were killed because they were women and all other women who’ve been killed or hurt by gender-based violence.

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• Woman Abuse: Child Welfare & VAW shelter/counselling agencies working towards better outcomes for families

  Year: 2014
  Author(s): Interval House Hamilton & Niagara
  Publisher(s): Interval House Hamilton & Niagara
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This one hour, online training was developed by Interval House Hamilton & Niagara. It examines the Children’s Aid Society and Violence Against Women collaborative agreement; dynamics of abuse; relationship violence; risk assessment; signs of safety; engagement and assessment with men who are abusive, mothers, and children; and guiding practices with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families. It was developed to assist CAS and VAW workers in collaborating and support families experiencing violence. It is accompanied by the booklet Critcal Connections: Where Woman Abuse and Child Safety Intersect A Practical Guide for Child Welfare Professionals in Ontario (http://www.oacas.org/pubs/critical_connections.pdf).

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• Ableism: A Form of Violence Against Women

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): F. Odette
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This Learning Brief names ableism as a form of violence against self-identified women with disAbilities and aims to increase awareness and understanding of its existence and impacts.

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• Anti-Human Trafficking Project of the Women’s Support Network of York Region: GBA+ Report

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): N. Timoshkina
  Publisher(s): Women's Support Network of York Region
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  This report presents findings of GBA+ conducted as part of the two-year (2011–2013) Anti-Human Trafficking Project (AHTP) implemented by the Women’s Support Network of York Region (WSN).

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• Barriers to Well-being for Aboriginal Gender-diverse People: Results from the Trans PULSE Project in Ontario, Canada

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): A. Scheim, R. Jackson, L. James, T. S. Dopler, J. Pyne, G. R. Bauer
  Publisher(s): Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence, Structural Violence

  This paper describes barriers to well-being in a sample of Indigenous gender-diverse people in Ontario, Canada. In addition to finding high levels of poverty, homelessness/under-housing, and incarceration among the sample, this paper reports on frequent experiences of violence due to being trans, and having to move residency due to being trans. Results of the study highlight potential impacts of colonialism and social exclusion, and suggest priorities for ameliorative action.

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• Break the Silence Canadian Version

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): F. Mulder
  Publisher(s): Kibwe Thomas, Walk With Me Canada Victim Services
  Accessibility Format: Uncaptioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  Canadian Public Service Announcement on domestic sex trafficking.

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• Bystander Sexual Violence Education Programs for High School, College and University Students

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): Status of Women Canada
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Brief describes the bystander approach for preventing sexual violence including its effectiveness and promising strategies for future bystander education programs. The brief also highlights three promising programs and campaigns.

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• Bystander Sexual Violence Education programs for high school, college and university students

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This Learning Brief describes the bystander approach for preventing sexual violence including its effectiveness and promising strategies for future bystander education programs. The brief also highlights three promising programs and campaigns.

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• Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  Every year, children are exposed to the abuse and/or assault of adults by their intimate partners. Canadian survey results tell us that the majority of children witnessing domestic violence saw or heard assaults against their mothers. In this issue, the Learning Network team provides information on the extent of children’s exposure to domestic violence, potential impacts of exposure, patterns of adjustment and factors moderating adjustment, traumatic stress reactions, neuro-cognitive and biological impacts, interventions, and resources. Four promising directions are highlighted: partnership between the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration and the Children’s Aid Society of London-Middlesex and of Oxford County; Women Abuse Affects Our Children: An Educator’s Guide, Caring Dads, and Children See, Children Do.

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• Do Not Harm: A Human Rights Approach to Anti-Trafficking Policies and Interventions in Canada

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): A. Lepp
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  As a founding member and current director of the Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) Canada, established in 1996, Dr. Lepp has devoted the last sixteen years to researching and monitoring continuities and shifts in Canadian anti-trafficking policies, practices, and interventions. Her presentation will explore the implications of applying the principle of “do no harm” and of centering human rights when developing responses to human trafficking. She will draw on both GAATW’s international work and GAATW Canada’s research on this question, including a major recent study on the anti-trafficking measures and initiatives implemented prior to and during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

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• Engaging Men & Boys to End Violence Against Women: An Annotated Bibliography of Online Resources

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This Annotated Bibliography provides descriptions of more than 100 online resources related to the topic Engaging Men and Boys to end violence against women. Resource areas include background papers and technical reports; surveys; public policy and advocacy; intervention/prevention resources; evaluations of interventions; education and training resources; public education and social marketing campaigns; social media and other links.

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• Engaging Men and Boys to End Violence Against Women

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  In celebration of Father's Day, the Learning Network released "Engaging Men and Boys to End Violence Agaisnt Women". They partnered with White Ribbon to co-author this Issue, and to have Todd Minerson and Humberto Carolo as guest editors. This Newsletter represents the spectrum of work around engaging men and boys through different lenses. In highlighting projects and programs from Canada and across the world they showcase existing and promising efforts around: Involved Fatherhood; Youth, Sports, and School; Aboriginal Men; Cultural Communities; and, Men Who Have Used Violence.

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• Information Communication Technologies and Trafficking in Persons

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): M. Campbell, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking, Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  The purpose of this Brief is twofold: to summarize how technologies are used to facilitate trafficking in persons and to highlight how technologies are used to combat and prevent this serious violation of human rights.

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• Inventory of Spousal Violence Risk Assessment Tools Used in Canada

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): A. Millar, R. Code, L. Ha
  Publisher(s): Research and Statistics Division Department of Justice Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Department of Justice Canada released a report on spousal violence risk assessment tools used in Canada. The Department conducted a research project that identified all spousal violence risk assessment tools currently being used by criminal justice personnel in Canada. The report provides the methodology of the project and the findings including a description of all tools, investigative checklists and protocols used in Canada.

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• Local Safety Audit Guide: To Prevent Trafficking in Persons and Related Exploitation

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): National Crime Prevention Centre
  Publisher(s): National Crime Prevention Centre, Public Safety Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  In 2013, the National Crime Prevention Centre, Public Safety Canada, published the local safety audit guide – To Prevent Trafficking in Persons and Related Exploitation. The purpose of the guide is to contribute to the development of strategic action plans to prevent human trafficking and exploitation in Canada’s cities and address factors that make particular groups more vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. Chapters include: Trafficking in Persons – Global and Canadian Context; Conducting a Sound Audit and Developing an Action Plan; and Specific Populations at risk.

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• NGOs and Human Trafficking: Tensions, Blind-spots and Power

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): S. Wilson
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  This Learning Network Brief was written by Sue Wilson, Director of the Office for Systemic Justice for the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada. In this Brief, Sue Wilson reflects on the importance of holding onto three key tensions in her work on issues of human trafficking: prosecution and protection, collaboration and mission, and, outreach and advocacy. She also explores blind spots created by stereotypes, assumptions, statistics, and labels and categories. Sue Wilson concludes her commentary with reflections on power and control.

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• Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls through Male Engagement: Exploring a National Evaluation Framework

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): White Ribbon
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  White Ribbon Canada has released a framework for the evaluation of efforts to engage men and boys in ending gender-based violence. In October 2013, White Ribbon began coordinating a National Community of Practice comprising of organizations with projects funded by Status of Women Canada’s “Working Together: Engaging Communities to End Violence Against Women and Girls.” Together we are building a National Community of Practice focused on sharing lessons learned, challenges and enabling factors in engaging men and boys for gender-based violence prevention. The following organizations contributed to the development of the national evaluation framework: Alberta Council for Women’s Shelters (ACWS), Broadway Neighbourhood Centre, Centre d’accueil et d’accompagnement francophone des immigrants du Sud-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick (CAFI), Changing Ways, Chrysalis House Association, Les EssentiElles, Nova Vita Domestic Violence Prevention Services, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, and Students Commission of Canada. The evaluation framework will provide guidance for organizations seeking to clarify intended impacts and outcomes resulting from gender-based violence prevention programming. The framework offers sample indicators across four levels of change and eight outcome areas, which can inform male engagement programming to respond and prevent violence against women and girls.

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• Red Light/Green Light: A Documentary on Sex Trafficking

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): J. Brock, M. Brock
  Publisher(s): Hope Films, Bottled Media
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  Jared and Michelle Brock, founders of Hope for the Sold, traveled to 10 different countries to film a documentary on how to prevent sexual exploitation before it begins.

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• Sexual and Gender-based Harassment

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): L. Baker, N. Etherington, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  To contribute to Sexual Harassment Awareness Week (June 1 to 7), the Learning Network is pleased to be releasing a special newsletter on Sexual and Gender-based Harassment. Learn more about sexual harassment, its potential impacts, barriers to reporting, myths, realities, and what each of us can do to stop this form of sexual violence.

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• Sexual Violence and Social Media: Building a Framework for Prevention

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): J. Fairabirn, R. Bivens, M. Dawson
  Publisher(s): Crime Prevention Ottawa, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  The report explores the relationship between sexual violence and social media among youth (ages 12 to 24) in Ontario. Over 180 Ontario-based community organizations, educators, violence prevention advocates, and frontline workers were surveyed, with nine follow-up interviews with Ottawa stakeholders, regarding awareness of social media as a tool to perpetrate sexual violence; prevention strategies and initiatives; and key directions. The research findings were integrated into 12 recommendations for approaching prevention of sexual violence related to social media.

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• Survivor Voices: Gaining Insight from Women of Experience

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): J. Martey, C.L. Macaulay, E. Hazan, L. Smith
  Publisher(s): Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This report summarizes research conducted by the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) that looked to understand the ways in which survivors of violence and abuse want to engage in their communities. In this pilot study, women survivors of violence and abuse shared their voices within facilitated focus groups. Prominent themes identified were empowerment, education and awareness, validation, family, resilience, healing, safety and support. Recommendations aimed at OCTEVAW and other agencies and organizations that serve women survivors were provided.

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• Technology Based Violence Against Women: Background Papers and Technical Reports

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  Collection of online resources and publications that discuss Information Communication Technologies in relation to Violence Against Women.

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• Technology-related Violence Against Women

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  Technology is playing a role in all categories of violence against women (e.g., sexual violence, harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence). Telephones, computers and the internet can be used to harm women. While the dynamics of violence largely remain the same, technology extends the reach and created new forms of abusive behaviour. Technology related violence erodes a woman's sense of safety.

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• The Impact of Exposure to Domestic Violence on the Brain

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Lutherwood
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  This talk, presented at the BrainLinks Canada Symposium (2013), was given by Dr. Linda Baker. Dr. Baker discusses developing research of the impacts of exposure to domestic violence on a young person’s brain, and how these effects may influence a youth’s daily functioning and future development.

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• Understanding Technology-Related Violence Against Women: Types of Violence and Women's Experiences

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): M. Campbell, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Technology-Based Violence / Violence In The Digital Space

  This Brief grouped violence into seven broad categories (including the catch-all category “other”). Within each category, there are listed a number of specific examples and illustrations of a woman’s experience for some types of violence. This Brief helps to name the issue in order that individuals and anti-violence organizations can help reclaim technology for women, support women affected by this violence, and proactively work to prevent technology-based violence against women.

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• VAW and CAS Collaboration Keeping Children & Mothers Safe and Engaging Men who use Abusive Behaviours: VAW and CAS Collaboration

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): D. Sinclair, L. Tomlinson, S. Strega, P. Jaffe, M. Bell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment

  The Learning Network hosted a Forum on September 19, 2013 on VAW and CAS collaboration. The focus was on keeping children and mothers safe and engaging men who use abusive behaviours. The learning objectives included: understanding the issue within a gender-based analysis; identifying principles and practice strategies for engaging men who use violence; identifying risk factors and potential assessment tools for evaluating child risk in the context of domestic violence; and identifying promising practices in VAW and CAS collaboration.

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• Violence against Women: A Toolkit for Community Engagement

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Canadian Council of Muslim Women
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This toolkit from the Canadian Council of Muslim Women was developed to provide support in initiating conversations around violence against Muslim women and assist in developing strategies for community response to this violence. The kit includes a community workshop presentation; the Muslim wheel of domestic violence; case studies; and fact sheets. The focus of the fact sheets are on four forms of violence against Muslim women: woman abuse, femicide, forced marriage, and female genital mutiliation.

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• Violence Against Women with DisAbilities and Deaf Women

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  The Learning Network partnered with DAWN-RAFH Canada for this extended, accessible newsletter that focuses on the under-recognized, under-researched and under-resourced social concern -- violence against women with disabilities and Deaf women. It highlights the intersectional context of violence experienced by women with disabilities, draw on lived experience, and provide statistics and resources.

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• Violence Against Women with DisAbilities and Deaf Women: An Overview

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): F. Odette, D. Rajan
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Structural Violence

  This paper discusses violence against women with disAbilities and Deaf women. Topics include the myths and realities of violence against women with Disabilities and Deaf women; who perpetrates abuse and violence; types of violence experienced; barriers to reporting and accessing resources; and considerations for helping women with disAbilities who are experiencing violence.

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• Violence Against Women with DisAbilities and Deaf Women: An Overview

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): F. Odette, D. Rajan
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This paper discusses violence against women with disAbilities and Deaf women. Topics include the myths and realities of violence against women with Disabilities and Deaf women; who perpetrates abuse and violence; types of violence experienced; barriers to reporting and accessing resources; and considerations for helping women with disAbilities who are experiencing violence.

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• Violence Against Young Women

  Year: 2013
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Learning Network e-newsletter – Violence Against Young Women includes reflections from Dawn and Ed Novak on their daughter Natalie’s preventable murder, featured in the Learning From Lived Experience segment. This Issue also includes infographics on violence against young women, the consequences they experience, resources, gaps, and promising prevention and education initiatives.

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• Children in Danger of Domestic Homicide

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): P. Jaffe, M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Children’s Exposure

  Based on current research, the authors comment on harm to children connected to domestic homicide and their safety.

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• Domestic Violence Curriculum for Law Schools

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Law Commission of Ontario
  Publisher(s): Law Commission of Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Curriculum modules on violence against women. The objective was to develop modules that are flexible enough that law schools that wish to use them are able to include them in existing courses, offer them as an intensive course or combine them into a full course. The modules go beyond the most obvious courses, with a view to ensuring that law students receive some training in this area, regardless of the area of law in which they will practice. The preparation of the modules builds on similar curricula developed for the National Judicial Institute and prepared in the past for law schools, as well as work done elsewhere. The LCO retained Pamela Cross, an expert on violence against women who has also assisted in the development of curricula for the NJI and Legal Aid, as the Project Director. The initiative had the benefit of an Advisory Group composed of members with a range of expertise in violence against women, including faculty members from all the Ontario law schools.

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• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  An online course developed by the Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children for health care, social service and education professionals to develop skills and awareness regarding domestic violence risk factors, determining the need for a risk assessment, the importance of communication and collaboration regarding risk assessment and risk management.

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• Evaluating Violence Against Women Training Initiatives: A Primer

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): R. Broll, C. Crooks, L. Baker, A. Straatman
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This report briefly describes the purpose of evaluations followed by the review of current evaluation literature on the effectiveness of VAW training initiatives. The report outlines the types and levels of evaluation, importance of logic models - including examples and guides on developing them, common evaluation challenges, and critical steps to consider when conducting an evaluation of VAW training programs.

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• Exposure to Domestic Violence and its Effect on Children's Brain Development and Functioning

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): L. Baker, M. Campbell
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  A brief description of research studies suggesting that children's exposure to domestic violence can suppress a child's IQ, lead to premature aging, and influence the functioning of the brain's emotional systems.

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• Human Trafficking

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  Human trafficking is a serious human rights violation and a clandestine crime. It is perpetrated primarily against women and children, occurs at the international and Canadian level, and involves the recruitment, transportation or harbouring of persons for the purpose of exploitation. The consequences of this gendered violence are devastating. This newsletter highlights accessible, current information and diverse perspectives on human trafficking and links you to more in depth discussions and materials.

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• It Shouldn't Be This Hard: Family law, family court and violence against women

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Based on the extensive research report titled "It Shouldn't be this Hard: A gender based analysis of family law, family court and violence against women", Pamela Cross has prepared a 4 page commentary on the challenges women leaving abusive partners face when turning to the family law and family court.

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• It Shouldn’t be This Hard: A Gender-based Analysis of Family Law, Family Court and Violence Against Women

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This paper provides a summary of the work done in Ontario to address family law issues as they relate to violence against women. It reviews family law issues such as custody and access, child protection, child support and restraining orders, changes to family court process, the use of alternative dispute resolution, and the increasing reliance on access to legal information rather than legal representation and examines the impacts – positive and negative – on women who have left abusive relationships. The paper also explores the role of other areas of law – in particular, criminal and immigration law – on women’s experiences in family court.

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• Making Connections: When Domestic Violence, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems Co-Occur

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): R. Mason, B. Toner
  Publisher(s): Women's College Hospital (WCH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Making Connections is a training program on the intersections of domestic violence with mental health and substance use problems. The program contains a text-based manual, online training modules, an on-site workshop, and a discussion forum that provides an introduction to these issues and concrete tools to help professionals work with women experiencing these complex problems. The online component contains six interactive modules that can be used with the text manual or on their own; however it is recommended that the manual be used in tandem with the respective online modules. The online training component also contains a discussion room to pose and answer questions and share resources and ideas. New users will need to register for the online training. A contact person is provided to learn about hosting or participating in an accompanying workshop in your community.

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• Overcoming Barriers and Enhancing Supportive Responses: The Research on Sexual Violence Against Women - A Resource Document

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  This review of the literature on sexual violence flows from the Ontario government’s Sexual Violence Action Plan: Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives. The goal was to create a resource document to support the development of introductory training on sexual violence, including supportive responses to victims/survivors who disclose experiences of sexual violence. Topics covered include: understanding sexual violence; rape myths; consequences experienced by survivors; barriers to disclosure; safe and supportive responses to disclosures.

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• Report on the Evaluation of Violence Against Women Public Education Campaigns: A Discussion Paper

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): R. Broll, C. Crooks
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The purpose of this report is to provide a brief overview on the evaluation of VAW social marketing / public education campaigns. It begins by briefly describing the purpose of evaluations, before consider social marketing / public education campaigns and the rationale behind them. It then considers what the evaluation literature tells us about the effectiveness of VAW social marketing / public education campaigns, before describing the role of evaluations in VAW campaigns and outlining the types and levels of evaluation available. Finally, it discusses the importance of logic models, providing examples and guides on how to construct them, identifies common evaluation challenges, and offers several critical steps to consider when conducting an evaluation of VAW social marketing/public education campaigns.

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• Responding to Domestic Violence in Clinical Settings

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Women's College Hospital (WCH)
  Publisher(s): Women's College Hospital (WCH)
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  Created by Women's College Hospital, this scenario-based, interactive, e-learning platform is suitable for training a variety of health care providers including Emergency Department personnel, obstetricians, family physicians, medical and nursing students. Upon completion of the training modules, learners will have more knowledge about domestic violence and its health impacts. They will also know more about how to support women who are experiencing or are at risk of abuse.

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• Revisiting the comparative outcomes of workplace aggression and sexual harassment

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): A. Dionisi, J. Barling, K. Dupre
  Publisher(s): American Psychological Association
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This 2012 Canadian study examined the different outcomes associated with experiencing workplace aggression and sexual harassment by a supervisor for female employees. Results revealed that all forms of sexual harassment were more strongly associated with work withdrawal and psychological well-being than comparable forms of workplace aggression. Sexual harassment was also more strongly associated with employees thinking about quitting their jobs; job, co-worker, and supervisor satisfaction; work withdrawal; and commitment to the organization if the harassment and aggression involved some form of threatened or actual physical contact.

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• Step By Step Engaging Fathers in Programs for Families

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): B. Russell
  Publisher(s): Best Start Resource Centre
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This user friendly manual details how to plan and implement a strategy for engaging fathers. The content is relevant to those designing or delivering universal programs for fathers, services for fathers at transition points, services for fathers facing stressors, or services for unique issues (e.g., domestic violence). Specifically, the manual provides information on the factors that influence father involvement, the impact fathers have, the diversity of fathers, how fathers relate to their children, assessing father-friendliness, potential strategies for involving fathers, marketing to men, signs of success, and key issues. Each topic provides ideas from fathers and service providers and snapshots of effective programs. A list of resources are included. It is available in English and French.

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• The Network Comes to Life

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Publisher(s): Learning Network (LN)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This newsletter introduces the Learning Network and describes their purpose, roots, mandate, and work. The issue primarily focuses on sexual violence, including Holly Johnson’s attrition pyramid on the estimated conviction rate for sexual assaults reported on victim surveys; myths and facts, systemic factors creating vulnerabilities for aboriginal women, the lived experience of disabled women who are sexually assaulted; supportive responses to women who disclose sexual violence; education campaigns; domestic violence training; and highlights of emerging and promising directions and initiatives in Ontario (e.g., risk assessment and management online curricula, Ontario Woman Abuse Screening Project, curriculum for women experiencing DV, mental health and substance abuse problems).

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• Training for survivors, frontline workers and volunteers

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): N. MacGregor
  Publisher(s): WomenatthecentrE
  Accessibility Format: Captioned Video
  Type: Video
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  In this short video, Nneka MacGregor, the Executive Director of WomenatthecentrE , discusses the multiple training initiatives to help support survivors of gendered violence. The initiatives are aimed at survivors, frontline workers and volunteers with a focus on developing the capacity and abilities of survivors to engage in advocacy and use their lived experience to inform policy and practice.

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• When Charges are Laid in a Domestic Dispute: What to Expect

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): T. Witelson, K. Bellinger
  Publisher(s): Family Law Education for Women (FLEW), METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This one hour webinar examines the legal process when criminal charges are laid for domestic violence. Presented by Family Law Education for Women and METRAC, the webinar looks at the complete process from police involvement to the resolution of the case, and what women can expect if they are the complainant or the accused.

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• Working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis families who have experienced family violence: A Practice Guide for Child Welfare Professionals

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): Catalyst Research and Communications, J. Riggs
  Publisher(s): Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This practice guide is a stand-alone guide that provides tools for child welfare professionals working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis families to assess allegations of maltreatment in the context of family violence. This guide will support child welfare professionals to develop: personal knowledge and understanding of their own worldview and that of others; skills and abilities when working with Aboriginal families and communities; and ability to be an advocate to support systemic change both in child welfare and more broadly in the province.

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• “Take the Story, Take the Needs, and Do Something”: Grassroots Women’s Priorities for Community-Based Participatory Research and Action on Homelessness

  Year: 2012
  Author(s): E. Paradis, J. Mosher
  Publisher(s): The Canadian Homelessness Research Network Press
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This 2012 project grew out of a sense that while many CBPR projects addressing women and homelessness existed in communities across the country, information about these activities was not widely known. Hence one of the goals of the project was to create an inventory of such projects as a first step in knowledge exchange and potential networking among project actors.

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• Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives: Ontario’s Sexual Violence Action Plan Progress Report

  Year: 2011
  Author(s): Ministry of Women's Issues Ontario
  Publisher(s): Queen's Printer for Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Sexual Violence

  In March 2011, the Ontario government launched the Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives: Ontario’s Sexual Violence Action Plan. The Ontario Women’s Directorate (OWD) developed the Sexual Violence Action Plan in consultation with ministries and more than 350 survivors, service providers and experts across the province. The Action Plan takes a coordinated approach to preventing sexual violence and improving supports for survivors by implementing public education campaigns, developing training, and enhancing service system response. This current report highlights the actions taken between 2011 and 2013 including: public education; supporting Northern communities; preventing sexual violence on campus; responding to sexual violence against older women; training for service providers; enhancing services; improving access to services for Francophone women; expanding access to language interpretation; combating human trafficking; strengthening the criminal justice response; and responding to the unique needs of Aboriginal peoples.

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• Decolonising Trauma Work: Indigenous Practitioners Share Stories and Strategies

  Year: 2011
  Author(s): R. Linklater
  Publisher(s): University of Toronto
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This dissertation explores the areas of healing and wellness within Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. By drawing on a decolonising approach to Indigenous health research, this study engaged 10 Indigenous healthcare practitioners in a dialogue regarding Indigenous worldviews; notions of wellness and wholistic health; critiques of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnoses; and the cultural strategies that Indigenous healthcare practitioners utilise while helping their clients through trauma, depression, and experiences of “parallel and multiple realities.” This research found that Indigenous knowledge and experience was deeply embedded in the practises of Indigenous healthcare practitioners. The strategies presented by these practitioners offer purposeful and practical methods that originate from Indigenous worldviews, yet can be utilised by any practitioner that is seeking therapeutic strategies to help traumatised individuals and communities.

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• Engaging Men and Boys to Reduce and Prevent Gender-Based Violence

  Year: 2011
  Author(s): T. Minerson, H. Carolo, T. Dinner, C. Jones
  Publisher(s): White Ribbon
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  The Issue Brief examines the many dimensions of gender-based violence; impacts on communities of interest; the evidence base, frameworks, strategies and positive roles men can play; and finally the risks, limitations and additional considerations.

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• Policy on Preventing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment

  Year: 2011
  Author(s): Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  In 2011, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a new policy regarding sexual and gender-based harassment mainly in areas of employment, housing and education. The overall objective of the policy was to help make people aware of their rights, roles and responsibilities around sexual and gender-based harassment. The policy defines sexual harassment in general and sexual harassment in employment, housing and education; provides practices to address sexual harassment; discusses evidentiary issues; outlines how employers, housing providers, and educators can respond to and prevent sexual harassment; and examines human rights protection against sexual harassment such as the Ontario Human Rights Code and other international protections.

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• Preventing Teen Dating Violence: An Evaluation of the Teen Violence Prevention Program

  Year: 2011
  Author(s): L. Tutty
  Publisher(s): Canadian Women’s Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  In 2011, the Canadian Women’s Foundation published a report on an evaluation of four best practices in dating violence/healthy relationships curricula used in Canadian schools: 1) Saltspring Islands’ Respectful Relationship Program; 2) The Fourth R (based in London, Ontario); 3) Making Waves/Vague par vague (based in New Brunswick); and 4) Healthy Relationships for Youth (based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia). The purpose of the evaluation was to assess whether these programs have an impact on youth in the long-term and whether participants found the information useful and have used the skills they learned in either their own relationships or to help friends and/or family. The results indicated that the majority of students felt they gained a significant amount of knowledge after completing the program; the materials were useful, informative, and relatable; including youth or peer facilitators was a major benefit of the programs; many of the students used the skills they were taught in their dating relationships and to support family and/or friends; and student participants felt that the programs had long-term benefits such as developing relationship and conflict resolution skills, becoming more confident, staying out of trouble, making the right choices, and learning how to get out of an unhealthy relationship.

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• Survivor Voices Inclusion Project

  Year: 2011
  Author(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  The Survivor Voices Inclusion Project (SVIP), funded by Status of Women Canada in 2011, was developed to discover creative and meaningful ways of engaging women survivors in the work of shelter and second stage homes designed to help them. To date, the project’s team has travelled to 15 communities across the province. In each community, survivors, staff and Board members from shelters, second stage housing, and allied organizations, come together to explore survivor inclusion, barriers, and how to creatively work together to find solutions.

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• Aboriginal Women, Water and Health: Reflections from Eleven First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Grandmothers

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): K. Anderson
  Publisher(s): Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Womens Health (ACEWH); Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks , Structural Violence

  This report presents the words of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Grandmothers interviewed in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Labrador, Alberta, and Nunavut. Interviews addressed three main areas: the significance of water, water and the roles of women, and issues of water quality. The report offers insight into the complex understanding of water in many Indigenous cultures, and the many ways in which Indigenous women relate to it.

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• Addressing Domestic Violence in Canadian Muslim Communities: A Training Manual for Muslim Communities and Ontario Service Providers

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): M. Baobaid, G. Hamed
  Publisher(s): Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource provides a framework for strengthening collaboration among Muslims and mainstream service providers. Training objectives include: educating the Muslim community on the Canadian justice system response to DV and on available DV services; and, exposing mainstream/Canadian service providers to culturally sensitive strategies for responding to DV in the Muslim community.

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• An Exploration of Promising Practices in Response to Human Trafficking in Canada

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): N. Barrett
  Publisher(s): International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Human Trafficking

  This report was prepared for the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Forum of Status of Women Senior Officials. It identifies global promising practices focused on human trafficking prevention and victim support.

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• Community Resource Guide: What can I do to help the families of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls? Chapter 1 (section E) Toolkit: Men as Effective Allies

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): Native Women’s Association Canada (NWAC)
  Publisher(s): Native Women’s Association Canada (NWAC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Engaging Men And Boys

  This toolkit outlines steps for Aboriginal boys and men to learn to stand as allies and support Aboriginal girls and women. The four steps include embracing traditional or spiritual teachings; engage in personal growth and in relationships; get involved as a role model, in peer support, and as a member of a community; and, become an advocate for gender equality and healthy relationships.

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• Developing Workplace Violence and Harassment Policies and Programs: A Toolbox

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): Occupational Health and Safety Council of Ontario
  Publisher(s): Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This toolbox was developed by the Occupational Health & Safety Council of Ontario. The purpose of the toolbox is to support the “Developing Workplace Violence and Harassment Policies and Programs: What Employers Need to Know” guide that outlines steps that will help employers protect workers from workplace violence. The toolbox contains information, tools, and assessments that will help employers develop a workplace violence, harassment, or domestic violence policy and program.

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• Domestic Violence Doesn’t Stop When Your Worker Arrives at Work: What Employers Need to Know to Help

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): Ontario Government, Ontario Women’s Directorate, Occupational Health and Safety Council of Ontario, Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Publisher(s): Public Services Health & Safety Association
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This booklet was developed by the Occupational Health & Safety Council of Ontario to assist employers in helping employees who are experiencing domestic violence. The booklet defines domestic violence; explains why employers need to become involved; identifies factors that can increase a victim’s risk of harm or death; discusses how an employer can recognize domestic violence in the workplace; outlines what an employer should do to respond to domestic violence; and provides resources for more information or support.

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• Emergency Motions Toolkit

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): C. Spencer, T. Conlin
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  The Toolkit is intended for service providers who work with women who have been subjected to abuse and have family law issues. The Toolkit will help you: learn how to identify when or if an Emergency Motion is appropriate; become familiar with the required forms and how to fill them out; know what information is required to support the Emergency Motion; and understand the steps in this process and how to prepare women for it.

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• Guidelines for Service Providers: Outreach Strategies for Family Violence Intervention with Immigrant and Minority Communities

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): M. Baobaid
  Publisher(s): Changing Ways
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This 2010 manual provides guidance and strategies for service providers in Canada to reach out to isolated and vulnerable minority groups in an effort to reduce rates of family violence. It examines the Muslim Family Safety Project in London, Ontario which was found to be very successful in reaching out to London’s Muslim communities to engage religious and community leaders in culturally and linguistically-appropriate public education campaigns on family violence and to develop the capacity to address the needs of Muslim women who are being abused by family members.

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• Stepping Up: Developing promising practices in art-based programming to address issues of violence and community safety for trans, lesbian and bisexual newcomer, immigrant and refugee women tool kit

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
  Publisher(s): Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  In 2010, the Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services developed a promising practices toolkit to guide organizations and service providers in implementing expressive arts groups which contribute to violence prevention/safety promotion programming with trans and LGBQ newcomer women. The promising practices within this toolkit stem from the Stepping Up project that was comprised of two pilot expressive arts groups: 1) a group for trans-identified newcomer women of any sexual identity; and 2) a group for cis-gender-identified newcomer women who also identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or questioning. The toolkit is based on certain themes and issues that were identified within the course of the Stepping Up project such as addressing issues of violence and community safety with Trans and LGBQ newcomer women; identifying and creating safe spaces; capacity building; and future opportunities.

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• Training for Change: Practical Tools for Intersectional Workshops

  Year: 2010
  Author(s): Rainbow Health Network
  Publisher(s): Rainbow Health Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This 2010 publication by the Rainbow Health Network provides various tools and exercises that can be used for leading workshops on intersectionality.

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• A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence

  Year: 2009
  Author(s): D.A. Wolfe, C. Crooks, P. Jaffe, D. Chiodo, R. Hughes, W. Ellis, L. Stitt, A. Donner
  Publisher(s): American Medical Association
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  An evaluation of the Fourth R dating violence prevention program was conducted. This program is implemented within the grade nine health and physical education curriculum and consists of units on personal safety and injury prevention; healthy growth and sexuality; and substance use and abuse. A longitudinal evaluation of students found that the curriculum reduced physical dating violence and increased condom use 2.5 years after participation in the program.

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• Bridging Aging and Women Abuse: A Toolkit

  Year: 2009
  Author(s): The Learning Achievement Centre
  Publisher(s): National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Toolkit
  Topic(s): Elder Abuse

  This toolkit was created as part of the participatory project: ‘Bridging Aging and Women Abuse.’ This project’s tools were developed by two working groups of women who had experience abuse later in life and transformed these experiences into expertise.

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• Love or Obsession: A Guide for Women being Stalked by Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children

  Year: 2009
  Author(s): METRAC
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Stalking

  This booklet was developed by METRAC and is intended for women being stalked. Women are most often stalked by men with whom they have had an intimate relationship, so the information in this booklet reflects this reality.

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• Pushed (back) in the Closet: Research Findings on the Safety Needs of LGBTTIQQ2S Women and Trans Communities of Toronto

  Year: 2009
  Author(s): R. Cameron
  Publisher(s): METRAC
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This report, developed by the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC), summarizes research results from an online survey that assessed the safety needs of LGBTTQQ2S women and trans individuals in Toronto. The purpose of the research was to gain an understanding of women’s and trans communities’ experience with, and fear of, violence in the City of Toronto and use the information obtained to develop and enhance safety resources for these communities. The report describes the methodology of the study; respondent demographics; results of the survey regarding public safety concerns and rates of victimization; the impact of violence on members of LGBTTIQQ2S communities; reporting violence; and recommendations for action.

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• Breaking the Links between poverty and violence against women: A Resource Guide

  Year: 2008
  Author(s): J. Gurr, M. Pajot, D. Nobbs, L. Mailloux, D. Archambault
  Publisher(s): Canada National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  This guide was developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The purpose of the guide is to support the efforts of women’s groups, community organizations and service providers in helping low-income women take control of and deal with the poverty and violence in their lives and inspire others to take action. The guide explores the ways in which poverty and violence are linked; describes strategies and initiatives of groups actively working with women experiencing poverty and violence; and highlights ways that services and programs can be adapted to meet the needs of low-income women experiencing violence.

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• Shaping a Culture of Respect in our Schools: Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships

  Year: 2008
  Author(s): Safe Schools Action Team
  Publisher(s): Ministry of Education
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Dating Violence

  In 2008, the Safe Schools Action Team submitted the report, “Shaping a Culture of Respect in our Schools – Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships” which focuses on providing recommendations to prevent and address gender-based violence, homophobia, sexual harassment, and inappropriate sexual behaviour in schools and remove barriers to reporting this violence. Key findings and recommendations are provided under the following topics: curriculum; effective partnerships with community agencies and organizations; prevention, awareness raising, and intervention; response and supports; reporting; local police/school board protocols; student leadership; parent/family engagement; training; and evaluation and accountability.

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• Study on the Experiences of Abused Women in the Family Courts in Eight Regions in Ontario

  Year: 2008
  Author(s): M. Dragiewicz , W. DeKeseredy
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This report documents and analyzes the experiences of abused women who are negotiating the family court system in eight regions of Ontario. It also includes information from advocates in each of these regions. The study was undertaken in order to identify gaps in existing services to victims and enhance accessibility and service quality for abused women in the family court system.

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• Through the Looking Glass: The Experiences of Unrepresented Abused Women in Family Court

  Year: 2008
  Author(s): P. Cross
  Publisher(s): Luke’s Place Resource Centre for Women and Children
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This needs assessment examines service delivery for abused women without legal representation in family court. It explores the experiences of these women in order to develop and support appropriate services for them. Information was gathered by way of focus groups with a variety of stakeholders and analyzed for common themes to support the development of recommendations, which appear at the end of the report

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• A Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women

  Year: 2007
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Backgrounder/Brief
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  Prepared by the Ontario Native Woman’s Association (ONWA) and the OFIFC, the Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women is based on a number of foundational principles and addresses eight specific areas for change: research, legislation, policy, programs, education, community development, leadership, and accountability. The framework is based on a medicine wheel design to provide a continuum of approaches and recommends strategies at multiple levels on how to successfully deal with violence. It is stated that if there is adherence to the broad recommendations, goals and principles set out in the strategy, then real and achievable outcomes can be produced.

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• Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence Against a Mother Shapes Children as they Grow

  Year: 2007
  Author(s): A. Cunningham, L. Baker
  Publisher(s): Library and Archives Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Children’s Exposure

  This resource helps professionals and volunteers understand how woman abuse can impact a child's development. This resource addresses the feelings and thoughts children may have about the violence, roles and coping strategies children may adopt for survival, and how children at different developmental stages may experience violence against their mothers. The goal of this resource is to understand how children experience violence against their mothers and how, by taking into account important contextual features of their family life, one can devise a plan to effectively intervene and support these children.

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• Using Intersectional Feminist Frameworks in Research

  Year: 2007
  Author(s): M. Morriswith, B. Bunjun
  Publisher(s): Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This 2007 resource published by CRIAW/ICREF provides an overview of the development of intersectional feminist frameworks (IFFs), including historical and global contexts for understanding women’s lives. The use of IFFs in research is discussed in detail, including framing the research question, finding financial support, recruiting participants, understanding the information, communicating the information, and evaluating your project. Additional resources on intersectionality theory, practice, and research are also provided.

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• Woman Abuse in the Perinatal Period Guidelines for Care Providers

  Year: 2006
  Author(s): Perinatal Partnership Program of Eastern and Southeastern Ontario
  Publisher(s): Perinatal Partnership Program of Eastern and Southeastern Ontario
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This guide developed by the Perinatal Partnership Program of Eastern and Southeastern Ontario outlines the role of health care providers in assisting pregnant women experiencing abuse. The guide describes woman abuse; the prevalence rates of woman abuse and abuse during pregnancy; the dynamics of abuse; the health impacts; the role of the legal system; and the role of health care providers. Specific attention is paid to health care providers' role in screening, documentation, and prevention.

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• The “In Search of your warrior” program for Aboriginal offenders: A preliminary evaluation

  Year: 2005
  Author(s): S. Trevethan, J.P. Moore, N. Allegri
  Publisher(s): Government of Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This project examined the “In Search of Your Warrior” (ISOYW) program, an intervention developed for federally-incarcerated, male Aboriginal offenders with a history of violence. The program blends aspects of traditional Aboriginal spirituality with western approaches to treatment. Participants demonstrate lower need for intervention targeting personal distress, family issues, substance abuse, and community functioning. Recommendations for improving the program are offered.

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• Warrior-Caregivers: Understanding the Challenges and Healing of the First Nations Men. A Resource Guide

  Year: 2005
  Author(s): W.J. Mussell
  Publisher(s): Aboriginal Healing Foundation
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This guide provides parents and caregivers with strategies to help raise healthy, strong and responsible First Nations boys and youths. It includes a literature review, findings of interviews with key informants, contextual factors contributing current realities, a section on grieving, healing and empowerment, and ways to strengthen community care.

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• Helping Children Thrive: Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting

  Year: 2004
  Author(s): L. Baker, A. Cunningham
  Publisher(s): Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

  This resource was developed for service providers assisting women who have survived woman abuse and includes information for women with lived experience of domestic violence. Topics include: the needs of abused women as mothers; how abusive men parent; how abusive men affect family dynamics; the effects of power and control tactics on mothers; the potential impact of woman abuse on children of different ages; and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes. This resource also provides information on how to parent children exposed to violence. Included in the resource are handouts for women to be given out during individual or group interventions regarding woman abuse or parenting.

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• Workplace Harassment and Violence

  Year: 2004
  Author(s): J. Carr, A. Huntley, B. MacQuarrie, S. Welsh
  Publisher(s): Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Harassment Or Workplace Harassment

  This 2004 report is built on the personal experiences of women who have experienced workplace harassment documents the range of harassment behaviours women experience when they enter the workplace. The goal of this report is to identify the range of workplace harassment and violence that women experience and to examine the effects of their experiences. The report also makes recommendations for reducing the risk of harassment and for providing women with support and legal remedies if they are harassed.

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• An Intersectional Approach to Discrimination: Addressing Multiple Grounds in Human Rights Claims

  Year: 2001
  Author(s): Policy and Education Branch
  Publisher(s): Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Concepts And Analysis / Frameworks

  This 2001 discussion paper authored by the Ontario Human Rights Commission introduces an intersectional approach to human rights claims using examples of Charter cases brought before the Supreme Court of Canada. The application of intersectionality to discrimination is also discussed.

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• Guidebook on Vicarious Trauma: Recommended Solutions for Anti-Violence Workers

  Year: 2001
  Author(s): J. Richardson, Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
  Publisher(s): Health Canada
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Online Training/Curricula
  Topic(s): Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence

  This guidebook is written for those individuals who have chosen to dedicate a time in their life to anti-violence work. It attempts to recognize the unique experiences of anti-violence workers in Canada and to promote individual, professional, and organizational solutions to support them.

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• Woman Killing: Intimate Femicide in Ontario, 1974-1994

  Year: 1999
  Author(s): R. Gartner, M. Dawson, M. Crawford
  Publisher(s): Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Femicide

  This 1994 paper reviews major findings from research on women killed by their intimate partners in Ontario. Between 1974 and 1994, killings by intimate partners accounted for between 63% and 76% of all women killed in Ontario. Trends in intimate femicide, characteristics of victims and offenders, circumstances of the killings, and criminal justice responses to offenders are examined. The article also discusses the gender-specific nature of intimate femicides and identifies ways in which intimate partner killings by males and females are distinctly different.

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• Breaking Free: A Proposal for Change to Aboriginal Family Violence

  Year: 1989
  Author(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Publisher(s): Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
  Accessibility Format: Machine-Readable Text
  Type: Report
  Topic(s): Structural Violence

  The Breaking Free report identifies the complexities of Indigenous women’s experiences with family violence from Indigenous women’s stories. It highlights the nature and causes, gaps and supports of this issue, and it provides recommendations to combat family violence.

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