Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
Roadmap to a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence
This report was developed in response to a nation-wide strategic engagement process with anti-violence leaders to inform the development of a National Action Plan to End Violence against Women and Gender-Based Violence in Canada.
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care describes a major problem of Indigenous-specific racism in the B.C. health care system.
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse and Closing the Housing Gap: Second Stage Shelters in Canada
This report lays out the importance of second stage shelters in breaking the cycle of abuse for survivors. Second stage shelters are an integral aspect of the continuum of supports for IPV survivors, providing them with the time and space to heal, plan for the future, and achieve independence and housing stability.
Declarations of Truth: Documenting Insights from Survivors of Violence
This report researches and proposes a new justice framework that is survivor led, accountability-driven, and healing-centred.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
This submission was prepared for the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, detailing why Indigenous women and girls in Canada urgently need a feminist COVID-19 pandemic-response plan to respond to and eliminate the structural inequities perpetuating discrimination against them which have been further exposed and exacerbated by COVID-19.
The State of Women’s Housing Need and Homelessness in Canada
Women’s homelessness is made invisible by how we define, measure, and respond to housing need and homelessness. This review explored evidence on the unique causes, consequences, and experiences of homelessness and housing precarity for women, girls, and gender diverse peoples in Canada.
Mind the Gap: A Legislative Approach to Ending Pay Discrimination in BC
Mind the Gap: A Legislative Approach to Ending Pay Discrimination in BC is a report that evaluates the legislative tools available to the province of B.C to effectively address gender-based pay discrimination.
Girls Without Barriers: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Girls and Young Women with Disabilities in Canada
Girls Without Barriers seeks to identify and address gaps in research regarding the needs of girls with disabilities, as well as to increase the participation of girls with disabilities and deaf girls in girl-serving programs.