Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
Operating in Darkness: BC’s Mental Health Detention System
B.C. is considered the most regressive jurisdiction in Canada for mental health detention and involuntary psychiatric treatment. The goal of this research project was to investigate and make public some of the most common and troubling components of mental health detention and involuntary psychiatric treatment in B.C.
Key Practices for Community Engagement in Research on Mental Health or Substance Use
This document describes key practices for community engagement in research on mental health or substance use. This document is intended to provide academic researchers with a foundation for conceptualizing how one or both of these communities might be engaged in their next research project in these areas.
Police Abuse of Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan and Failures to Protect Indigenous Women from Violence
This submission outlines Human Rights Watch’s findings on police interactions with Indigenous women in Saskatchewan based on six weeks of fact-finding carried out from January to July 2016, in addition to interviews and correspondence with police authorities and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to Canada
This report contains the findings of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its visit to Canada from 17 to 21 October 2016. The report presents its findings on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia and related intolerance faced by people of African descent in Canada.
Live Safe, End Abuse
Live Safe, End Abuse is for people leaving an abusive partner. The resource contains information on what abuse is, how people can plan for their safety and protect their children, and who can help.
Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience
Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience is a graphic novel created through a series of creative writing workshops with immigrant and refugee women who came together to learn, share, and compile their stories on sexual violence and harassment.
Femicide of Older Women
This article focuses on femicide, or the killing of women, aged 55 years and older in Ontario between 1974 and 2012.
Women, Intimate Partner Violence, & Homelessness
This resource describes that even though the circumstances around individuals seeking shelter are complex and varied, we know that oppressive structures, such as economic injustice, racism, and sexism, play a key role. These systemic forces interact to shape the experiences of women living with intimate partner violence (IPV) and housing issues.