April 2024
Ford government supports NDP independent member's Bill to declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic
https://www.napaneetoday.ca/2024/04/11/82890/
The legal system must show more compassion to survivors of sexual abuse
What Were You Wearing display confronts biases around sexual assault, says organizer
Tracking of teachers who abuse students is 'weak' in Canada: advocate
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-registry-educators-disciplinary-action-1.7168879
Ontario to support opposition bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic
Get to work, women's advocates urge after partner violence bill passes 2nd reading
Expansion to Prince Edward County on demand transit shuttles
https://www.quintenews.com/2024/04/24/expansion-to-county-on-demand-transit-shuttles/
Canadian banks need to do more to stop abusive e-transfers, survivors say
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/abusive-etranfers-canadian-banks-1.7181495
March 2024
In Montreal, Indigenous women face danger in shelters, encampments | Tent City Nation reader submission
‘Violence against women and girls should be treated the same as terrorism’
Code for victims of violence: What it means when someone asks for Angela
Staff in Canada's women's shelters are facing a burnout crisis, new report finds
Pellerin: Needed – a feminist approach to Canada's housing crisis
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/pellerin-needed-a-feminist-approach-to-canadas-housing-crisis
Raising awareness of gender-based violence with new art installation
Federal Ombudsperson launches systemic investigation into treatment of survivors of sexual assault in Canadian Justice System
Women’s Status Is Declining in the United States
https://msmagazine.com/2024/03/12/best-country-to-be-woman-equality-usa-politics/
Why the Taliban’s persecution of women meets the bar of a crime against humanity
10 ways to help end violence against women and girls
https://www.rescue.org/eu/article/10-ways-help-end-violence-against-women-and-girls
Dating violence against teens aged 15 to 17 in Canada, 2009 to 2022
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2024001/article/00004-eng.htm
Supporting men important in preventing domestic violence: Calgary study
https://globalnews.ca/news/10376157/calgary-study-men-support-domestic-violence-prevention/
Rising intimate partner violence leads to change in Windsor police procedure
Failure to protect: the criminalization of survivors of intimate-partner violence
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/mandatory-charging-intimate-violence/
Canadian journalist Anna Maria Tremonti opens up about how she got rid of shame amid experience with domestic violence
February 2024
James Smith inquest finds 'a road forward' for survivors of mass violence
Children's Aid Society in Sudbury, Ont., creates team for intimate partner violence cases
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/intimate-partner-violence-childrens-aid-1.7105505
What are puberty blockers?
How war and displacement impact women
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034072
'It just rips at your stomach': Committee member haunted world junior hockey sex assault case wasn't reviewed
‘LOVE’ is all you need: How play can help break the cycle of violence
https://www.newswise.com/articles/love-is-all-you-need-how-play-can-help-break-the-cycle-of-violence
Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/february-2024/economics-gender-violence/
One-in-two women report experiencing harassment, sexual assault at work
Tragedy frightening, traumatic for domestic abuse survivors: counsellor
Intimate partner violence an ‘epidemic’ in Canada, say experts
https://globalnews.ca/news/10292925/intimate-partner-violence-epidemic/
Violence prevention can transform Canadian hockey culture — but only if implemented properly
NDP bill to keep women safe advances to committee
https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-bill-keep-women-safe-advances-committee
BC reaches settlement on legal aid for people suffering domestic violence
Sexual harassment, discrimination forcing women lawyers to quit. Some say the profession needs its ‘Me Too’ movement
Man’s bid to keep abuse secret fails
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/02/23/mans-bid-to-keep-abuse-secret-fails
Online safety a key part of Ottawa's new gender plan — and to world peace, says envoy
This Ontario support program for Muslim women helped them feel safe. It's now looking for restart funds
What employers get wrong when dealing with workplace abuse and sexual harassment
Brian Dijkema: Hockey Canada has a culture problem—and Canada has a porn problem making it worse
Polytechnique survivors honoured for making women safer from gun violence
January 2024
Here are some of the new laws and rules coming into effect in Canada in 2024
Advocate and Polytechnique massacre survivor says Canada’s gun-control law Bill C-21 a step in the right direction
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/01/02/advocate-canadas-gun-control-law/
What is gender-based online disinformation—and what can we do about it?
Woman dead after Thunder Bay police don't respond to domestic disturbance call: SIU
Mother of teenager murdered by ex warns ‘end of a relationship is the most dangerous time in a woman’s life’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/domestic-abuse-knife-crime-women-b2466110.html
Misogyny Is a Precursor to Terrorism
https://time.com/6553509/misogyny-precursor-terrorism-essay/
It’s Time to Recognize Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Providers as Human Rights Defenders
Prevalence, correlates and trends of intimate partner violence among Indigenous and northern youths in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Decoding the effects of early life adversity on mental health
https://reporter.mcgill.ca/decoding-the-effects-of-early-life-adversity-on-mental-health/
We need to get serious about confronting gender-based violence epidemic
Canadian Schools Need To Address Digital Sexual Violence In Their Curricula And Policies
Women are changing the face of Canada’s charitable sector
A call for 365 days of action against gender-based violence
https://healthydebate.ca/2024/01/topic/365-days-action-gender-based-violence/
How to provide, get help with domestic violence: ‘Believe them if they come forward’
https://globalnews.ca/news/10233571/how-to-provide-get-help-domestic-violence-believe-them/
Police reluctance to make domestic homicide a public concern part of the problem, say experts
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-intimate-partner-violence-police-privacy/
Ban 'parental alienation' arguments in family law cases, feminist coalition urges federal government
Non-profit moving company helps survivors of domestic abuse flee in safety
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/shelter-movers-greater-moncton-1.7094768
Where do things stand with the sexual assault case involving 2018 Canada world junior players?
The Vital Role of Personal Injury Lawyers in Domestic Violence Cases
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3b21d5b8-5eb2-4d1f-bb00-5698bd7675ef
Final report into Lionel Desmond, former veteran who killed himself and his family, released
‘Call It By Its Name’: Why We Need to Recognise Femicide
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bjwj/recognising-femicide
The #MeToo Movement : Investigating the Lasting International Impacts
https://hir.harvard.edu/metoo-movement-international/
December 2023
Two-thirds of Canadians know a woman who has experienced assault: Poll
Why storytelling is one way to help us make sense of the crisis of violence against women
Naloxone: What you should know about the opioid overdose-reversing drug, free across Canada
Canada’s military colleges are at a crossroads. What 2 graduates want now
https://globalnews.ca/news/10158597/royal-military-college-review-canada/
Send Mounties to investigate Hamas rapes, Canadian women leaders urge
https://nationalpost.com/news/send-rcmp-to-investigate-hamas-rapes-canadian-women-leaders-say
Federal government creates commission to investigate abuse in Canadian sports
https://www.chch.com/federal-government-creates-commission-to-investigate-abuse-in-canadian-sports/
Free menstrual products must now be available for employees in federally regulated workplaces
A Global Commitment to End All Gender-Based Violence
https://msmagazine.com/2023/12/19/gender-sexual-violence-rape-war/
The flight attendants who fought sexism in the skies — and won
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/12/27/the-flight-attendants-who-fought-sexism-in-the-skies-and-won/
First group of sexual assault nurse examiners trained in Labrador
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sexual-assault-nurse-examiners-1.7064955
November 2023
Domestic Abuse Is Not Your Halloween Punchline
https://msmagazine.com/2023/11/03/amber-heard-johnny-depp-halloween/
How a B.C. woman helped give voice to survivors of sexual assault
CMHA CEO honoured as one of Canada's most powerful women
Farquhar: Time for men to demand action to end violence against women
Canada: Improving Access To Justice For Survivors Of Sexual Assault
Stop violence against women; stop glorifying domination, pope says
United Nations Condemns U.S. Failure to Address Discrimination Against Women, Directs U.S. to Ratify ERA and CEDAW
Military sex misconduct survivors push for more change as high-profile cases end
https://globalnews.ca/news/10086043/canadian-forces-sexual-misconduct-reforms/
Lack of affordable housing puts strain on women's emergency shelters
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/women-fleeing-abusive-homes-risk-homelessness
Why funding women’s organizations prevents violence against women
Ontario advocates say gender-based violence an ‘epidemic’, with no end in sight
How gender-affirming health care for kids works in Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gender-affirming-care-youth-1.7021529
Canada launches nationwide 988 crisis helpline
https://ubyssey.ca/news/canada-launches-nationwide-988-crisis-helpline/
U of A replaces sexual assault centre director over letter questioning alleged Hamas sexual violence
Canadian military colleges review ‘about to be launched,’ new report says
https://globalnews.ca/news/10103352/bill-blair-caf-sexual-misconduct-report/
'Undignified,' 'inhumane,' 'wicked': Sexual abuse survivors say they're revictimized during civil process
U of G’s Research on Violence Against Women and Girls Has Global Impact
FAQs: Types of violence against women and girls
https://eca.unwomen.org/en/stories/explainer/2023/11/faqs-types-of-violence-against-women-and-girls
A 'predator' at CSIS: Officers allegedly raped by senior officer provide shocking glimpse inside spy agency
October 2023
'Emotionally, he's destroyed me': Why intimate partner sexual violence needs to be taken as seriously as stranger rape
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-emotionally-destroyed-intimate-partner-sexual.html
Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1141842
Four actions to forge workplaces free from sexual harassment and violence
‘Hysterical’ Women Out for Revenge: Family Court’s Misogynistic Tropes Traumatize Women and Children
https://msmagazine.com/2023/10/03/women-revenge-crazy-family-courts-custody-abuse-piquis-law/
In Her Defence, Episode 1: The Ticking Time Bomb
How the World Is Letting Girls Fall Behind
https://msmagazine.com/2023/10/10/girls-world-education-health-rights/
Federal government providing Alberta $54 million to combat gender-based violence
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/alberta-combat-gender-based-violence
Here's what advocates say is missing from the conversation about crime and public safety in B.C.
Press release: UN Women report reveals devastating impact of the crisis in Gaza on women and girls
Domestic Violence Calls About ‘Reproductive Coercion’ Doubled After the Overturn of Roe
https://msmagazine.com/2023/10/20/domestic-violence-reproductive-coercion-doubled-roe-dobbs/
Canada’s health-care crisis is gendered: How the burden of care falls to women
Women are brutalised, raped, and humiliated during wartime – when will our bodies stop being seen as collateral damage?
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/rape-weapon-war
Women are increasingly at-risk in conflict, underrepresented in peace processes, according to UN Secretary-General report
Explainer: Why women’s role in sustaining peace is more critical than ever
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142762
Sabrina Maddeaux: Sault Ste. Marie shooting a tragic reminder that justice needs reform
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/sault-ste-marie-shooting-tragic-reminder-justice-reform
Time to declare domestic violence an epidemic, Sault officials say
Court outcomes associated with the gender-related homicide of women and girls in Canada, 2009/2010 to 2020/2021
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2023001/article/00007-eng.htm
Algoma domestic violence council declares intimate partner violence an 'epidemic'
Documentary series shares stories of women’s survival, hope, and activism
Liberal bill updating sex-offender registry in response to court decision becomes law
'What You Were Wearing' exhibit aims to raise awareness about sexual violence
Alarm grows as Saskatchewan bars third-party sexual health, sexual abuse prevention educators from classrooms
Let’s start addressing the root cause of intimate partner violence
Campaign against human trafficking accelerates with new rig's highway debut in Ontario
In Her Defence, Episode 5: The battered woman defence
September 2023
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spain-women-gender-violence-femicide-world-cup/
Opinion: Let's prioritize ending family violence as much as social disorder
Sex charges stayed against former cadet major after defence requests counselling records
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cadet-major-stayed-1.6955435
Intimate partner violence impacts whole community, epidemic must be declared in Waterloo region, groups say
Poor police practices are endangering 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of intimate partner violence
Police-academic partnerships could help tackle the crime of coercive control
Nowhere to Go: Gender-Based Violence and Housing Insecurity in Ontario
August 2023
Keira’s Law brings hope for change in child protection against domestic violence
Is it sexual assault to secretly record consensual sex? Ottawa case sparks debate
https://globalnews.ca/news/9901854/sexual-assault-secret-filming-canada/
Justice minister says Canada remains 'open' to criminalizing coercive control
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/remfrew-county-1.6939642
A Call to World Leaders: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Requires Advancing Men’s Access To Mental Health Support
Harmful online messages about masculinity must be countered, violence expert says
What could Canada learn from Scotland's coercive control law?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/coercive-control-canada-scotland-law-1.6946127
Racism partly to blame for worse health outcomes of Indigenous women: study
https://globalnews.ca/news/9923348/indigenous-women-health-phac-study/
The long road to an 'epidemic' of intimate partner violence
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/08/28/intimate-partner-violence-big-story-podcast/
Domestic homicide often follows many warning signs, experts say
https://globalnews.ca/news/9925072/domestic-homicide-warning-signs/
Ontario refuses to label intimate partner violence as an “epidemic.” That could hurt the response to this serious problem
Third-party educators voice concerns about Saskatchewan sexual health decision
https://globalnews.ca/news/9924836/third-party-educatiors-concerns-saskatchewan-sexual-health/
Howard Levitt: Why workplace sexual assault remains a scourge
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/why-workplace-sexual-assault-remains-scourge
Addressing the surge in intimate partner violence
https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/addressing-the-surge-in-intimate-partner-violence-1.6540978
Canadian Forces to repeal ‘duty to report’ in latest sexual misconduct reform
https://globalnews.ca/news/9928563/caf-duty-to-report-repeal/
James Smith Cree Nation killer’s half-brother reflects on roots of family violence