Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
Toolkit for Lawyers: Best Practices in Working with Battered Immigrant Women
This toolkit addresses some of the common challenges faced by lawyers working with battered immigrant women, and provides tools and strategies that enhance effective communication with, and legal representation of women.
Involving Men in Ending Violence Against Women
This article explores gender alliances and male involvement in activities to end gender-based violence against women, setting the British Columbia experience within a larger movement.
Toolkit for Immigrant Women Working with a Lawyer
This resource is for all immigrant women who have experienced violence and are going through the legal system. Using this resource will help you be more prepared to work with your legal aid lawyer or any lawyer.
Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside
A short film that documents the history of the annual women’s memorial march in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. By focusing on the voices of women who live, love, and work in the Downtown Eastside this film debunks the sensationalism surrounding a neighbourhood deeply misunderstood, and celebrates the complex and diverse realities of women organizing for justice.
Peer Research In Action: Ethical Issues
Wellesley Institute I Sarah Flicker, Brenda Roche, Adrian Guta This report addresses the dearth of data on peer research and tackles questions regarding the authenticity of community participation, how power differentials are addressed (if at all),...
Community-Based Participatory Research: A Training Manual for Community-Based Researchers
The goal of this toolkit is to help develop a basic understanding of community-based participatory research concepts and methodologies, such that community members can participate meaningfully in the different phases of the research process (including planning, data collection, data analysis, dissemination of findings, and action) in their community.
Locking Them Up to Keep Them “Safe”: Criminalized Girls in British Columbia
This report provides a unique glimpse of young women’s experiences of criminalization. Four girls with first-hand experiences of being arrested, appearing in court, and spending time in prison share their stories. The report also offers an overview of the history of girls’ imprisonment in Canada, and the many human and equality-rights abuses criminalized girls are currently subject to.
Report on Violence Against Women, Mental Health and Substance Use
Experiences with violence can have various impacts on women’s physical and psychological health, including their levels of mental health and substance use. Research affirms that women’s health is profoundly impacted by violence, mental health and substance use and the co-occurrence of these three conditions can adversely impact the outcome of each.