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.
This guide is for women, including trans women, who are liviing with HIV and who experience or are at risk of experiencing violence from their intimate partner. It provides information about different laws that may apply to women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), inlcuding information about how the criminal law affects intimate relationships for people living with HIV. This guide focuses on Ontario-based laws, but some sections are applicable throughout Canada.
Published by HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (HALCO), AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and METRAC.
This report shares findings of research into the impact of mandatory charging policies through focus groups with Crown Attorneys and interviews with women charged with domestic violence. The key findings were that: women arrested were living with abusive men; gender neutrality of mandatory charge policies decontextualizes abused women's use of force; there are serious socio-economic and emotional consequences of criminalizing women's self-protective use of force for both themselves and their children; and, criminalizing women's responses to male violence increases their vulnerability to further abuse.
The findings and recommendations from this study reflect the unique experiences of abused women in the rural community of Huron County. Results of interviews with women, service agencies, and others are reported and recommendations for changes to Ontario Works policy are presented based on the findings. Topics covered include having specific response from Ontario Works to victims of domestic violence, increasing the safety of women and children, increased benefits and supports, support to ge toff Ontario Works, recognition for the unique situation of women in rural areas, among others.
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