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The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence E-Bulletin is a bi-monthly newsletter for those interested in family violence prevention. It is produced by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on behalf of the Family Violence Initiative (FVI) of the Government of Canada.
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2005/2006 Transition Home Survey
According to the 2005/2006 Transition Home Survey:
- Nine in ten shelters served an urban area, 42% served rural areas and 28% served reserves. Among facilities providing residential services to rural areas and reserves, few did so exclusively.
- Like urban shelters, safety or protection planning, transportation and accompaniment and individual short term counselling were among the in-house services most frequently offered by rural facilities. However, shelters in rural areas are notably less likely than urban-area shelters to offer services such as job training and employment counselling, medical services, addiction counselling, financial assistance or welfare services and advocacy.
- Women staying in rural shelters are less likely to bring their children with them to shelter services. The proportion of mothers staying in rural shelters without their children (52%) was about twice that of mothers staying in urban shelters (22%).
Source:
Taylor-Butts, A. 2007. "Canada's Shelters for Abused Women, 2005/2006." Catalogue no. 85-002-XIE, Vol. 27, no.4. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. Ottawa: Statistics Canada (pages 7-8).
Feature Article: Family Violence and the Law: Train-the-Trainer
The Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (PLEIS-NB), in partnership with New Brunswick’s Women’s Issues Branch - Executive Council Office, has developed a training program that explores various social, economic, criminal law and family law issues related to family violence.
The goal of the training is to assist service providers, particularly those in rural areas who may not have easy access to information and resources. It provides accurate and appropriate law information and gives service providers and community helpers the tools and confidence to discuss law related issues.
The project was funded by the Department of Justice Canada and piloted in seven New Brunswick communities in 2005-2006. The response to the training has been extremely positive and a formal evaluation has established it as “better practice” in family violence prevention and community capacity building.
For more information visit: http://www.legal-info-legale.nb.ca/showpub.asp?id=140&langid=1
Publications:
The NCFV offers over 130 publications, including overview papers, reports, discussion papers and handbooks on family violence issues. To preview our most recent publications, please see our What's New page. NCFV publications are available free of charge, in hard copy or online, in English and French and in alternative formats. To order, please visit our Web site or contact us.
- Canada's Treatment Programs for Men Who Abuse their Partners (Update)
- Directory of Services and Programs for Abused Men in Canada (Update)
- Transition Houses and Shelters for Abused Women in Canada (Update)
Library:
The NCFV provides an extensive library reference collection, housed in the Health Canada Departmental Library. The following books may be borrowed through an interlibrary loan through your local public, academic or institutional library. Please contact the NCFV for more information or visit our Web site: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/lib_e.html
Resources on Family Violence in Rural and Remote Communities:
Making family violence law information available to people in rural areas: an inventory of promising practices, by Deborah Doherty; Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence. Ottawa: Justice Canada, 2002, 58 p.
Available: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/reports/fv_rural.html
Copyright / permission to reproduce: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/copyright.html#cp
Understanding abuse: partnering for change, by Mary Lou Stirling & Catherine Anne Cameron.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004, 326 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6625/U55/2004]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=8129&step=4
Violence in the family: social work readings and research from Northern and rural Canada, edited by Keith Brownlee & John R. Graham. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2005, 183 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.23/C3/V795/2005]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.cspi.org/books/v/violence.htm
"Separation/divorce sexual assault: the contribution of male support," by Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz et al. Feminist Criminology 1, 3 (July 2006): 228-250.
Publisher's abstract: http://fcx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/3/228
Sexual assault during and after separation/divorce: an exploratory study, by Walter S. Dekeseredy. Rockville, MD: U.S. National Institute of Justice, Document No.: 217591, Award no. 2002-WG-BX-0004, 2007, 145 p.
Available online: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/217591.pdf
NCJRS abstract: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=239256
Domestic violence: a primary care issue for rural women, by Linda Chamberlain.
Washington, DC: Women's Health Network, 2002, 4 p.
Available: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/ipems/injury_prevention/akfvpp/FVarticles/DVRural.pdf
Domestic violence and the experiences of rural women in East Central Saskatchewan, by D.J.F. Martz & D. Bryson Saraurer; Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (Canada). Winnipeg: Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence, 2001, 33 p.
Available: http://www.pwhce.ca/domesticViolence.htm
Copyrighted by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.
Moving toward safety: responding to family violence in Aboriginal and northern communities of Labrador, by Kimberly Dreaddy for the Provincial Association Against Family Violence. St. John's : Govt. of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2002, 62 p.
Available:http://www.gov.nf.ca/vpi/pdf/MovingTowardSafety.pdf
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is the owner of copyright and grants permission for the information of this web site to be used by the public and non-government organizations.
Research Report: Ontario Rural Woman Abuse Study (ORWAS) final report, by Lorri Biesenthal & Lynne Dee Sproule; Community Abuse Program of Rural Ontario (CAPRO). Ottawa: Dept. of Justice Canada, 2000, 77 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.23/.C2.O5/B589rpt/2000]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/rs/rep/1998/orwas/tr98-12-5b.html
Responding to wife abuse in farm and rural communities : searching for solutions that work, SIPP Public Policy Paper No. 10, by Jeannie Hornosty & Deborah Doherty. Regina: University of Regina. Saskatchewan Public Policy Institute, 2002, 36 p.
Available:http://www.uregina.ca/sipp/documents/pdf/Regina%20revised%202002.pdf
A vague and dangerous dance: the politics of justice for domestic assault victims in a rural county, by Marilyn Struthers, London: Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, 2001, 44 p. Available: http://www.crvawc.ca/docs/pub_struthers2001.pdf
New to the Library Reference Collection:
The challenge of children's rights in Canada, by Katherine Covell & R. Brian Howe,
Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001, 244 p. [call no.: ncfv/HQ789.C4/C873/2001]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.wlu.ca/press/Catalog/covell-howe.shtml
Family mediation and collaborative practice handbook. 4th ed., by Barbara Landau, Lorne H. Wolfson, & Niki Landau, Markham, ON : LexisNexis Canada/Butterworths, 2005, 573 p. [call no.: ncfv/HQ838/L253/2005]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.lexisnexis.ca/bookstore/bookinfo.php?pid=96
Preventing injuries and violence: a guide for ministries of health, by The World Health Organization, Geneva : The Organization, 2007, 35 p. Available online: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/injury
_policy_planning/prevention_moh/en/index.html
NB. All rights reserved. "Extracts of the information in the web site may be reviewed, reproduced or translated for research or private study but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes. Any use of information in the web site should be accompanied by an acknowledgment of WHO as the source, citing the uniform resource locator (URL) of the article."
Will the circle be unbroken? Aboriginal communities, restorative justice and the challenge of conflict and change, by E. Jane Dickon-Gilmore & Carol La Prairie, Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2005, 268 p. [call no.: ncfv/E78.C2/D554/2005]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=8300&step=4
Women who perpetrate relationship violence: moving beyond political correctness, by Frederick P. Buttell & Michelle Mohr Carney, Binghampton, NY: Haworth, 2005, 130 p. [call no.: ncfv/HV6626.25/W872/2005]
Publisher's abstract: http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=5744
Videos:
In collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, the NCFV offers a vast collection of videos that address family violence. Videos may be borrowed through NFB partner public libraries across Canada or through an interlibrary loan through your local public, academic or institutional library. To obtain a complete list of videos, libraries and distributors, please contact us or vist our online video catalogue.
Recent additions to the Video Collection:
Finding Dawn
Dawn Crey, Ramona Wilson and Daleen Kay Bosse are three of the estimated 500 Aboriginal Canadian women who have gone missing or been murdered over the past thirty years. Directed by Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh, Finding Dawn is a compelling documentary that puts a human face to this national tragedy. It illustrates for the first time the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Aboriginal women both inside and outside their communities. Finding Dawn presents the ultimate message that stopping the violence is everyone’s responsibility (2006).
Wards of the Crown
At age 13, Andrée Cazabon was placed briefly in a group home. Marked by this experience, the filmmaker decided to track four youths: Leaha, Myrtho, Emily and Chantal for 10 months as they prepared to leave foster care. The result is Wards of the Crown, a stirring documentary about a little-known reality (2005).
Sheldon: A Story of Human Courage
It was the story that broke Canadians’ hearts. On the ice, Sheldon Kennedy was a multi-talented hockey player who succeeded to the NHL; however, Kennedy paid a terrible price. He was abused by his hockey coach from age 14 to 19. This film examines how the abuse happened, why Sheldon did not disclose it for many years, his struggle to cope, and how he finally exposed and prosecuted his former coach. It also explores the dangers of sexual abuse and how pedophiles use their authority to control and take advantage of children (1999).
(in chronological order)
October 9-11, 2007, Crime Reduction: Exploring Leading Practices International Conference, Banff, AB
http://www.crimereduction2007.com/
October 15, 2007, World Rural Women’s Day
http://www.rural-womens-day.org/
October 18–20, 2007, Complexities and Diversities: Creating Change in a Global Context, 15th International Nursing Conference of the Nursing Network on Violence against Women International (NNVAWI), London, ON
http://www.nnvawi.org/
October 25-26, 2007, Family Assessment and Intervention Training and Certification: Clinical Applications to Trauma, Child Abuse and Violence Risk Assessment, 25th Anniversary National Conference, Canadian Association of School Social Workers and Attendance Counsellors, Saskatoon, SK
http://casswac.ca
October 25–28, 2007, Relief, Recovery, and Restoration: Helping Men Heal from Sexual Abuse, MaleSurvivor 2007 International Conference, New York, USA
http://www.malesurvivor.org/
November 5–6, 2007, 5th Manitoba Provincial Conference on Family Violence Prevention, Manitoba Association of Family Violence Workers, Winnipeg, MB
http://www.mafvw.ca/
November 8-10, 2007, Canadian Conference on Elder Law, Vancouver, BC
http://www.ccels.ca/conferences.htm
November 11-13, 2007, Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, Toronto, ON
http://www.injurypreventionconference.ca
November 18-21, 2007, XIth ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.ispcan.org/euroconf2007
Status of Women Canada
Status of Women Canada is the federal government agency working to promote the full participation of women in the economic, social and cultural life of Canada. The Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women recently announced a new funding mechanism for the Women's Program. Beginning April 1, 2007, the Women's Program has two components: the Women's Community Fund and the Women's Partnership Fund.
The newly created Women's Partnership Fund is for collaborative projects that involve non-governmental organizations in partnership with public institutions and other levels of government. The objective of the fund is to build partnerships between Status of Women Canada, eligible non-governmental organizations and public institutions in addressing the economic, social and cultural situation of women. The expected short-term outcome of this component is: "increased engagement by other federal departments, levels of government, NGOs and the private sector through partnership projects that directly impact the economic, social and cultural situation of women."
Information Guide
Preliminary Proposal Form 2007-2008
Introducing Dr. Deborah Doherty, Canadian Family Violence Researcher
Deborah Doherty, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (PLEIS-NB). Dr. Doherty has a longstanding commitment to participatory action research and to addressing family violence, particularly the unique barriers and challenges faced by rural women.
In the 1990s she conducted family law and family violence information needs assessments of rural women in New Brunswick for Justice Canada. As acting director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research in 2002, she prepared an inventory for Justice Canada of promising practices called, Making Family Violence Law Information Available to People in Rural Areas. Dr. Doherty has been conducting family violence research for over ten years, making countless presentations as well as co-authoring articles on abused rural and farm women.
Dr. Doherty is currently co-principal investigator on three family violence research teams. One team is examining the nature and extent of firearms misuse in family violence situations in rural homes; the other is looking at health services responses to abused rural women in the Tantramar region of New Brunswick; and the third is an evaluation of a toolkit and website dealing with family violence and the workplace.
Dr. Doherty has developed numerous family violence materials for PLEIS-NB over the past 15 years. In 2005, for example, she created a training session on family violence and the law which educates service providers on the law information issues confronted by rural women. This past year, she established a partnership between PLEIS-NB and Gignoo Transition House (the Aboriginal women’s transition house in New Brunswick) to create a culturally sensitive bilingual family violence prevention toolkit and website for Aboriginal people called The Healing Journey. Dr. Doherty occasionally teaches university courses on family violence and the law and she sits on numerous family violence committees. As a member of the New Brunswick Silent Witness Committee, she also researches and publishes on factors contributing to domestic homicide risk in New Brunswick with a focus on the factors associated with living in rural areas.
Research Centre:
The Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE) is one of the Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health supported by the Bureau of Women's Health and Gender Analysis at Health Canada. The Centres are dedicated to improving the health status of Canadian women by supporting policy-oriented and community-based research and analysis on the social and other determinants of women’s health.
PWHCE’s goal is to improve the health of women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan by making health and social systems more responsive to women’s and girls’ health and well being. The health of women living in rural, remote & northern communities is one priority area of focus.
Recently, the PWHCE funded Rural and Remote Women and the Kirby-Keon Report on Mental Health: A Preliminary Gender-Place Analysis by Jayne Melville Whyte with Joanne Havelock. This publication examines the Senate report titled Out of the Shadows at Last with a gender-place lens focused on women living in rural and remote areas in Saskatchewan.
In The Next Edition:
The NCFV’s November E-bulletin will focus on family violence and the justice response.
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