This report provides a summary of the second day of the Knowledge Exchange held February 24th to 25th, 2016 on the intersections of system navigation for Domestic Violence(DV) and Sexual Violence (SV) services for women. OAITH worked in partnership with the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) and the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC). The report summarizes outcomes of discussions among representatives of Sexual Assault Centres (SACs), Domestic Violence shelters, and community partners on key questions relating to mapping where DV and SV services intersect and diverge, communication and coordination between SV and DV sectors, and supports needed for frontline workers. Recommendations for how the two sectors can work together to serve women's needs are offered, including coordination of OCRCC and OAITH provinvial lobbying activities, funding coordination, and public education to increase visibility on services the sectors offer.
Diversity in Governance: A Toolkit for Nonprofit Boards is a comprehensive toolkit for use by CEOs, board chairs, heads of board governance committees and independent consultants when working with boards on issues around diversity and governance. It covers understanding diversity in your organization, developing board policy, outreach and recuitment, effective board orientation, mentoring and governance, and monitoring and evaluating progress. It is a companion to the Maytree publication Diversity Matters which focuses on public agencies, boards and commissions.
OAITH began formally documenting Intimate Partner Femicide (IPF) in Ontario as it was reported in the media since 1995 and has the names of women and children who have lost their lives to violence since 1990. This report analyzes those 25 years of data to help increase our understanding of media reporting trends over time, identify gaps and limitations in how Femicide is reported in the media, create resources to bring increased attention to systemic issues, and spread the message that women and children losing their lives to violence is preventable. Looking at victim characteristics such as age, gender, relationship status, cause of death, and geography, the report highlights key findings about the occurrence of IPF over time.
The Learning Network, an initaitive of the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, undertook an evaluation of the effectiveness of OAITH's online training course "Foundations in VAW". Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses, the report shows the findings of course participants' perceived and actual learning from the course. Overall, the findings were that the course has a positive impact across the range of different participants, regardless of factors such as number of years worked in the sector, age, or prior education. As well as documenting the effectiveness of Foundations of VAW as a training tool, the methodology used provides the basis for a model of training evaluation that can be used for professional training more broadly.
Though Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) is receiviing greater attention in the past, it remains a largely hiddne problem. On February 24, 2016, CREVAWC, in partnership with the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) and the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), organized a knowledge exchange to bring together researchers, pracitioners from Sexual Assault Centres (SACs) and Women's Shelters, and community partners to bring the issues out into open and explore the topic further. The issues of exploration were based on presentations: Survivor Voices; Patterns of Service Utilization (researcher: Janice Du Mont); Reportoductive Coercion (researcher: Wendy Norman); and Role of Shelters in System Navigation (researcher: Nadine Wathen). The report presents summaries of the latest research and questions, issues, and concerns raised in the dicussion by paricipants. Key themes were: Language used to talk about violence; Survivor Experiences; System-level considerations; Barriers to Collaboration; Training and Education; and Intersectional Experiences and Anti-Oppression Approaches to service provision.
This guide explains what every worker, supervisor, employer and constructor needs to know about workplace violence and workplace harassment requirements in the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario). It describes everyone's rights and responsibilities and answers, in plain language, the questions that are most commonly asked aobut these requirements.
This manual by James K. Hill is focused on applying research findings from an earlier study on the cognitive change in victims and the impact on clinical understanding and interventions of victim characteristics, cognitive changes and coping skills. It is intended to support front-line workers in the daily challenges they face in working with victims of crime. The manual explores self-care, models of victimization, and approaches to assessment. There are two chapters on "speciality crimes": victims of hate and hate crimes, and victims of terrorism.
The five scenarios in this video provide case studies for in-depth exploration of situations that VAW workers deal with on a regular basis and highlight some problematic responses designed to draw attention to what could happen when underlying issues are not addressed. This film offers workers an opportunity to reflect on some of the situations that may arise in their workplaces and work out strategies to address them.
To be used in conjunction with the Working Together Discussion Guide.
Five scenarios are presented in this video that dramatize the conflictual issues that arise in VAW work. This film offers workers an opportunity to reflect on some of the situations that may arise in their workplaces and work out strategies to address them.
To be used in conjunction with the Discussion Guide.
This report takes a human rights approach to llking at housing access in Canada. It examines discrmiination in housing on different gounds, including sex, race, age, family status, source of income, and disability. The report also examines how rights can be enforced and how to provide advice, suipport and advocacy for people facing challenges wtih access to housing.
Published by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation in association with the Women's Housing Equality Network.