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.
Gender-Based Violence in Schools and the Intersectional Experiences of Black-Canadian Girls
This webinar discusses the unique experiences of female identified adolescents of African descent in Canada, and their experiences with gender based violence in schools. Specific attention is given to cultures of violence, how they manifest, and the need to attend to prevention, as opposed to the current focus on punishment, when addressing the intersectional experiences of Black girls.
Rights Back at You
In each episode of the Peace by Piece podcast, we identify tools and approaches that breakdown gender-based violence, unpack the systems that perpetuate violence, and piece together how we can confront and stop gender-based violence all together.
Intentionally Marginalized Communities: The Violence We See in Relationships, Families and Systems in Canada
Through this webinar, participants gain knowledge, understanding and insights into the concept and experience of violence in intentionally marginalized communities.
Unravelling the Complexities of Domestic Violence and Criminalization in Black Women’s Lives
This webinar identifies trauma and violence informed frameworks that are both relevant and responsive to the intersecting realities in Black women’s lives, especially with an increasing number of Black women being charged with perpetrating violence against an intimate partner.
Reducing Stigma: Exploring the intersections between trauma, race and criminalization
This report draws on data that was gathered through interviews and surveys with racialized women who have lived experience of trauma and criminalization. It discusses how intimate partner violence can be a pathway into the criminal justice system for survivors.
Toolkit for Colour of Violence: Race, Gender & Anti-Violence Services
This companion toolkit accompanies the report “Colour of Violence: Race, Gender & Anti-Violence Services,” and details key barriers for racialized survivors seeking safety and offers best practices in developing anti-racist interventions that better supports Indigenous, Black, newcomer immigrant/refugee, and racialized survivors.
Colour of Violence: Race, Gender & Anti-Violence Services
A community-based research project to better understand and raise awareness on the experiences of Indigenous, Black, newcomer immigrant/refugee, and racialized survivors accessing gender-based violence services in B.C.
Criminalized Black Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada
This study addresses Black women’s victimization and criminalization by examining the ways in which criminalized Black women’s intersecting identities of race, class, and gender influence how they perceive, experience, and respond to intimate partner violence (IPV).