Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
More Than A Bed: A National Profile of VAW Shelters and Transition Houses
VAW shelters, feminist scholars, and policymakers have long recognized the need to better understand the scope of services and supports provided to women and children fleeing violence at the national level. This report provides a comprehensive national profile of both VAW and second stage shelters.
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is comprised of the truths of more than 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers shared over two years of cross-country public hearings and evidence gathering.
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is based on the lived experience, leadership, and expertise of Indigenous survivors.
Supporting Women with Precarious Immigration Status, Refugees, Refugee Claimants and Immigrant Women Facing Domestic Violence
Supporting Women with Precarious Immigration Status, Refugees, Refugee Claimants and Immigrant Women Facing Domestic Violence is a safety assessment and safety planning tool providing practical information, a toolkit, and a safety assessment and intake form.
Building Support Project: A community-based project on equitable access to housing services for immigrant and refugee women leaving violence
A community-based project on equitable access to housing services for immigrant and refugee women leaving violence.
Briefing Note on Divorce Act Amendments
BACKGROUNDER/BRIEF
In September 2018, West Coast LEAF submitted a briefing note on Bill C-78 to ensure that proposed changes to the Divorce Act fulfill the stated goal and avoid unintended and harmful consequences.
You Are Not Alone: A toolkit for Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people escaping domestic violence
This is a toolkit for Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people escaping domestic violence.
#CallitFemicide 2018
Understanding sex/gender-related killings of women and girls in Canada, 2018 contains critical information that builds on earlier and ongoing work on femicide by highlighting issues that require further investigation and monitoring in the coming years.