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Domestic Violence and Access to Justice: A Mapping of Relevant Laws, Policies and Justice System Components Across Canada, 2020 CanLIIDocs 3160.
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan, Janet E Mosher and Wanda A Wiegers
Source: Canadian Legal Information Institute (2021)
Responding to Domestic Violence in Family Law, Civil Protection & Child Protection Cases, 2nd ed, 2017 CanLIIDocs 2
Author(s): Linda C. Neilson
Source: Canadian Legal Information Institute (2020)
2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
Source: https://mmiwg2splus-nationalactionplan.ca/ (2021)
A Report to Guide the Implementation of a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence (2021)
Author(s): Amanda Dale with Krys Maki and Rotbah Nitia
Source: https://nationalactionplan.ca/ (2021)
A Review of the Effectiveness and Viability of Domestic Violence Interventions as an Adjunct to the Formal Criminal Justice System
Source: Nova Scotia Department of Justice Victims’ Services Division (2001)
Are We Ready to Change? A Lawyer's Guide to Keeping Women and Children Safe in BC's Family Law System
Author(s): Zara Suleman, Haley Hrymak & Kim Hawkins
Source: Rise Women’s Legal Centre (2021)
Decolonizing Family Law through trauma-informed practices
Author(s): Myrna McCallum and Haley Hrymak
Source: Rise Women’s Legal Centre (2022)
Discussion Paper: BILL C-78: An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act
Author(s): Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre and National Association of Women and the Law/Association nationale Femmes et Droit* (NAWL/ANFD)
Source: Luke’s Place (2018)
Enhancing Safety: When Domestic Violence Cases are in Multiple Legal Systems (Criminal, family, child protection)
Author(s): Linda C. Neilson
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2013)
Family Violence and Parenting Assessments: Law, Skills and Social Context:
Author(s): The Honourable Donna Martinson and Professor Emerita Margaret Jackson
Source: The FREDA Centre (2019)
Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2018:
Author(s): Shana Conroy, Marta Burczycka and Laura Savage
Source: Statistics Canada (2019)
Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2019:
Author(s): Shana Conroy
Source: Statistics Canada (2021)
The Impact of the Lack of Legal Aid in Family Law Cases
Author(s): Rachel Birnbaum & Nicholas Bala
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2019)
Intimate partner violence in Canada, 2018: An overview
Author(s): Adam Cotter
Source: Statistics Canada (2021)
Intimate partner violence: Experiences of young women in Canada, 2018:
Author(s): Laura Savage
Source: Statistics Canada (2021)
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard: A Gender-Based Analysis of Family Law, Family Court and Violence Against Women
Author(s): Pamela Cross
Source: Luke’s Place (2012)
Kitchen Table Talks in the African Nova Scotian Community
Author(s): Courtney Brown
Source: The Nova Scotia Association of Black Social Workers and Be the Peace Institute (2019)
Making Appropriate Parenting Arrangements in Family Violence Cases: Applying the Literature to Identify Promising Practices
Author(s): Peter G. Jaffe, Claire V. Crooks, Nick Bala
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2006)
Making appropriate parenting arrangements in family violence cases, 2023 (summary and supplemental materials)
Author(s): Peter G. Jaffe, Nicholas Bala, Archana Medhekar, Katreena L. Scott & Casey Oliver
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2023)
Making the Links in Family Violence Cases: Collaboration among the Family, Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2013)
Not Without Us. What We Heard – A Report About Changing the Response For Women with Disabilities Experiencing Domestic Violence
Source: https://www.oneaction.ca/about (2020)
Queering Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Response in Canada
Author(s): Julia Falco, Alex Tesolin, and Fae Johnstone
Source: Canadian Women’s Foundation & Wisdom2Action (2022)
Race, gendered violence and the rights of women with precarious immigration status
Author(s): Deepa Matto
Source: Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic (2017)
Recommendations for Legal Reforms: Access to Justice in Gender-Based Violence
Author(s): Stacey Godsoe
Source: Be the Peace (2020)
Restorative Conversations: Expanding the Dialogue Project
Author(s): Sue Bookchin and Diane Crocker
Source: Be the Peace (2019)
Risk of Future Harm: Family Violence and Information Sharing Between Family and Criminal Courts
Author(s): The Honourable Donna Martinson and Dr. Margaret Jackson
Source: The FREDA Centre (2015)
The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2016 - A Focus on Family Violence in Canada
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (2016)
Through the looking glass - The experiences of unrepresented abused women in family court: Final report and recommendations
Source: Luke’s Place (2008)
Towards a Violence-Free Canada: Addressing and Eliminating Intimate Partner Violence and Family Violence. Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
Source: House of Commons (2022)
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: The importance of family violence screening tools for family law practitioners
Author(s): Luke’s Place (Pamela C. Cross, Sara Crann, Kate Mazzuocco, Mavis Morton)
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2018)
Why can’t everyone just get along: How BC’s family law system puts survivors in danger
Author(s): Haley Hryman and Kim Hawkins
Source: Rise Women’s Legal Centre (2021)
Actuarial Risk Assessment in Sexually Motivated Intimate-Partner Violence
Author(s): Martin Rettenberger and Reinhard Eher
Source: Law and Human Behaviour (2012)
All Families Are Equal, but Do Some Matter More Than Others? How Gender, Poverty, and Domestic Violence Put Quebec's Family Law Reform to the Test
Author(s): Suzanne Zaccour
Source: Canadian Journal of Family Law (2019)
Bill C-78: The 2020 Reforms to the Parenting Provisions of Canada's Divorce Act
Author(s): Nicholas Bala
Source: Canadian Family Law Quarterly (2020)
Canada’s First Integrated Domestic Violence Court: Examining Family and Criminal Court Outcomes at the Toronto I.D.V.C
Author(s): Rachel Birnbaum, Michael Saini and Nicholas Bala
Source: Journal of Family Violence (2016)
COVID-19, the Shadow Pandemic, and Access to Justice for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan, Janet Mosher and Wanda Wiegers
Source: Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2021)
Custody disputes Involving allegations of domestic violence: Toward a differentiated approach to parenting plans
Author(s): Peter G. Jaffe, Janet R. Johnston, Claire V. Crooks, Nicholas Bala
Source: Family Court Review (2008)
Does Domestic Violence Disappear from Parental Alienation Cases? Five Lessons from Quebec for Judges, Scholars, and Policymakers
Author(s): Suzanne Zaccour
Source: Canadian Journal of Family Law (2020)
Domestic Violence and Access to Justice Within and Across Legal Systems
Source: Canadian Journal of Family Law (2023)
Articles in this issue include:
Introduction: Domestic Violence and Access to Justice within the Family Law and Intersecting Legal Systems
Authors: Jennifer Koshan, Wanda Wiegers, Janet Mosher, Wendy Chan, and Michaela Keet
Challenging Myths and Stereotypes in Domestic Violence Cases
Author: Jennifer Koshan
“This Isn’t Justice”: Abused Women Navigate Family Law in Greater Vancouver
Authors: Wendy Chan and Rebecca Lennox
Mediator Discretion in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Michaela Keet and Jeff Edgar
The Intersection of Child Protection and Family Law Systems in Cases of Domestic Violence
Author: Wanda Wiegers
Preventive Justice? Domestic Violence Protection Orders and their Intersections with Family and Other Laws and Legal Systems
Author: Jennifer Koshan
Domestic Violence, Precarious Immigration Status, and the Complex Interplay of Family Law and Immigration Law
Author: Janet Mosher
Domestic Violence and International Child Abduction at the Border of Canadian Family and Refugee Law
Author(s): Michelle Hayman
Source: Canadian Journal of Family Law (2020)
Domestic violence, DOVE, and divorce mediation
Author(s): Desmond Ellis and Noreen Stuckless
Source: Family Court Review (2006)
Enforcing a Parent/Child Relationship at All Cost?: Supervised Access Orders in the Canadian Courts
Author(s): Fiona Kelly
Source: Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2011)
Establishing Canada's First Integrated Domestic Violence Court: Exploring Process, Outcomes, and Lessons Learned
Author(s): Nicholas Bala, Patricia Hebert and Rachel Birnbaum
Source: The Canadian Bar Review
Ethical Duties of Lawyers for Parents Regarding Children of Clients: Being a Child-Focused Family Lawyer:
Author(s): Nicholas Bala, Patricia Hebert and Rachel Birnbaum
Source: The Canadian Bar Review
Family Violence and Evolving Judicial Roles: Judges as Equality Guardians in Family Law Cases:
Author(s): The Honourable Donna Martinson and Dr. Margaret Jackson
Source: Canadian Journal of Family Law (2017)
Full Disclosure: Family Violence and Legal Ethics
Author(s): Deanne Sowter
Source: UBC Law review (2020)
Grounding Access to Justice Theory and Practice in the Experiences of Women Abused by Their Intimate Partners
Author(s): Janet Mosher
Source: Osgoode Digital Commons (2015
Investigating Integrated Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons from New York
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan
Source: Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2014)
Mapping Domestic Violence Law and Policy in Alberta: Intersections and Access to Justice
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan
Source: Alberta Law Review (2020)
Protecting Survivors of Domestic Violence Within the Insurance Regime: Opportunities to Seek Termination or Variation of Insurance Contracts
Author(s): Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
Source: Canadian Journal of Family Law (2014)
Quality of Maternal Parenting among Intimate-Partner Violence Victims Involved with the Child Welfare System
Author(s): Cecilia Casanueva, Sandra L. Martin, Desmond K. Runyan, Richard P. Barth & Robert H. Bradley
Source: Journal of Family Violence (2008)
Sharing elements of effective practice to address earlier signs of family violence
Author(s): Liz Curran
Source: Alternative Law Journal (2019)
Specialised domestic violence courts in Canada and the United States: Key factors in prioritising safety for women and children
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan
Source: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law (2018)
The Costs of Justice in Domestic Violence Cases: Mapping Canadian Law and Policy
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan, Janet Mosher and Wanda Wiegers
Source: Osgoode Digital Commons (2020)
The Future Harm Exception: Coercive Control as Serious Psychological Harm and the Challenge for Lawyers’ Ethics:
Author(s): Deanne Sowter
Source: Dalhousie Law Journal (2021)
The 2021 Canadian Parenting Reforms: Is Shared Parenting the New Normal?
Author(s): Nicholas Bala and Yakin Ebsim
Source: Queen’s Law Research Paper Series (2022)
A Framework for Addressing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Custody Disputes
Author(s): Peter Jaffe, Claire Crooks and Nicholas Bala
Source: Journal of Child Custody (2009)
A Review of Pro Pro-Arrest, Pro-Charge, Pro-Prosecution Policies: Redefining Responses to Domestic Violence
Author(s): Dr. Nancy Ross and Cary Ryan (2021)
Children’s best interests and intimate partner violence in the Canadian family law and child protection systems
Author(s): Judy Hughes and Shirley Chau
Source: Critical Social Policy (2012)
Effects of Historical Coercive Control, Historical Violence, and Lawyer Representation on Post-Separation Male Partner Violence Against Mother Litigants Who Participated in Adversarial Family Court Proceedings
Author(s): Desmond Ellis, Tanice Lewis and Taryn Nepon
Source: Violence Against Women (2020)
Enhancing Civil Protection in Domestic Violence Cases: Cross Canada checkup
Author(s): Linda C Neilson
Source: Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research University of New Brunswick (2015)
Family Violence and Family Law in Alberta: The Need for Legislative Reform and Expansive Statutory Interpretation
Author(s): Jennifer Koshan
Source: LawNow (2021)
From the Trenches of High-Conflict Family Litigation
Author(s): Erika Hagen
Source: Law Now (2019)
Going the Distance: Supporting Rural and Remote Survivors with Family Law Issues
Author(s): Pamela Cross and Paula Wansbrough
Source: Luke’s Place (2016)
Implacably Hostile or Appropriately Protective?: Women Managing Child Contact in the Context of Domestic Violence
Author(s): Christine Harrison
Source: Violence Against Women (2008)
In Whose Best Interest? A Canadian Case Study of the Impact of Child Welfare Policies in Cases of Domestic Violence
Author(s): Ramona Alaggia, Angelique Jenney, Josephine Mazzuca and Melissa Redmond
Source: Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention (2007)
Interpreting the new Divorce Act, Rules of Statutory Interpretation & Senate Observations
Author(s): Linda C. Neilson and Susan B. Boyd
Source: Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (2020)
Managing High Conflict Family Law Cases for the Sake of the Children
Author(s): Marguerite Trussler
Source: Canadian Bar Review (2008)
‘Ordinary decent domestic violence’: A discursive analysis of family law judges’ interviews
Author(s): Catherine M Naughton, Aisling T O’Donnell, Ronni M Greenwood and Orla T Muldoon
Source: Discourse & Society (2015)
Partner Violence and Child Custody Cases: A Cross-National Comparison of Legal Reforms and Issues
Author(s): Peter Jaffe and Claire Crooks
Source: Violence Against Women (2004)
Risk Factors for Children in Situations of Family Violence in the Context of Separation and Divorce
Author(s): Peter Jaffe, Katreena Scott, Angelique Jenney, Myrna Dawson, Anna-Lee Straatman, and Marcie Campbell
Source: Department of Justice Canada (2014)
The Divorce Act and Invisible Abuse: Coercive Control in Family Law
Author(s): Glenda Lux
Source: LawNow (2021)
The Role of Service Providers, Technology, and Mass Media When Home Isn’t Safe for Intimate Partner Violence Victims: Best Practices and Recommendations in the Era of COVID 19 and Beyond
Author(s): Danielle C. Slakoff, Wendy Aujla and Eva PenzeyMoog
Source: Archives of Sexual Behaviour (2020)
When Shared Parenting and the Safety of Women and Children Collide
Author(s): Pamela Cross
Source: Luke’s Place (2016)