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.
Policy Options on Non-Consensual Deepnudes and Sexual Deepfakes
Advancements in technology create the potential for new forms of gender-based violence that Canada needs to recognize, address, and monitor. This resource focuses on two of these new forms of violence, known as non-consensual deepnudes and sexual deepfakes.
The Pan-Canadian Women’s Housing & Homelessness Survey
This is a pan-Canadian mixed-methods survey to explore the housing challenges facing women, girls, and gender diverse people. Completed by 500 diverse women and gender diverse people living in communities across the country, this research constitutes the largest national gender-specific survey on housing need and homelessness to date.
Peer-Led Programming for Two-Spirit, Non Binary and Trans Communities
This webinar addresses peer-led programming in providing affirming, supportive services to two-spirit, non-binary and trans survivors of violence.
Resetting Normal: Gender, Intersectional & Structural Violence and Leadership
This report argues for the development of a holistic, intersectional leadership development conduit, combined with systemic reforms in governance models, as necessary for developing the conditions for meaningful civic participation and leadership of women, transgender, and Two-Spirit people.
The Missing Story of #MeToo: Sexual Violence by Law Enforcement Agents
Although studies show that sexual violence is the second most frequently reported form of police misconduct, it is not frequently talked about. What does sexual violence by police look like?
Navigating Concurrent Legal Processes with Survivors of Domestic Violence
Many women who leave abusive relationships end up dealing with multiple legal processes as they try to rebuild their lives – a family court process to determine decision-making responsibilities and parenting time, navigating immigration issues, a criminal case against their abuser. Learn how these different processes interact with each other.
Police Sexual Violence: What We Know & What Can We Do About It
This background details the reality of sexual violence by U.S law enforcement officers – including local and state police, ICE agents and Border Patrol, school resource officers, federal law enforcement agents, probation and parole officers; an issue that otherwise remains shrouded in silence.
Police Responses to Domestic Violence: A Fact Sheet
A U.S-based factsheet on police responses to domestic violence, arguing that police responses to domestic violence calls are primarily sites of physical and sexual violence, and neglect.