Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
This webpage is a centralized hub for resources related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from organizations across British Columbia, as well as key national and international research. We will continue to update this webpage as further resources become available.
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.
Briefing Note on Pay Equity
In August 2018, West Coast LEAF presented a briefing note calling for proactive pay equity and pay transparency legislation to be implemented in the province.
Building Supports: Housing Access for Immigrant and Refugee Women (IRW) Leaving Violence
This BC Society of Transition Houses brief focuses on provincial and select federal policy barriers, practices, and recommendations/solutions to reduce or eliminate the obstacles that exist for IRW leaving violence to obtain safe and secure housing.
Barriers to Reporting or Disclosing Violence and Seeking Help for Immigrant and Refugee Women
This infographic provides examples of a range of systemic and social barriers that immigrant or refugee women may encounter that prevent them from getting appropriate help or from disclosing violence.
A Second Chance: A Gladue Rights Story
This graphic novel introduces you to Gladue rights for Aboriginal peoples. Through engaging storytelling and illustrations, A Second Chance tells the story of Myra.
Warning Signs Of High Risk Factors For When Women Are Killed
The Domestic Violence Death Review Committee of Ontario reviewed 267 domestic violence cases between 2003-2015 that resulted in domestic homicide (i.e. the abuser killed the person he was abusing). This resource details the 10 most common risk factors.
Is that Legal? What the Law Says about Online Harassment and Abuse
This resource is to help youth become safer online when they use social media. It describes four online situations they might find themselves in: taking intimate images; sharing intimate images; cyberstalking, and sexual exploitation.
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.