The Trauma Toolkit, which was designed for service organizations, health care facilities and individual service providers, is intended to help organizations ensure that the services they offer are trauma-informed and sensitive to the needs of people who are trauma-affected. The Trauma Toolkit Second Edition, 2013 Download (pdf)
14 Briefing Notes on Gender-Based Violence, 2016
In 2016, the Ending Violence Association of Canada (EVA Canada) developed a series of 14 Briefing Notes on gender-based violence as a resource to support the work of Status of Women Canada and Department of Justice Canada in the development of a federal strategy on gender-based violence. Click below to view any of the following […]
Child Sexual Abuse: A Cursory Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Victimization and Perpetration
Authored by: Caroline Claussen, Elena Esina and Lana Wells Child sexual abuse is a serious and prevalent problem, generating increasing concern among the public, media and various professionals over the past two decades.1 While research suggests that sex crimes against children have declined since the early 1990’s, there is recognition that the prevention of child sexual […]
Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence: Preliminary Research
Prepared in Partnership by: The Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence; Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence; and the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services This report was created in partnership by AASAS and Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence to facilitate discussion with the Government of Alberta around the […]
Surveying the Landscape: Sexual Violence Plans from Around the World
Prepared in partnership by: The Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence; Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence; and the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services This report was created in partnership by AASAS and Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence to facilitate discussion with the Government of Alberta around the […]
The Intersection of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Prepared for the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services Authored by: Kathleen Gorman Read the Full Report here »
Safety for Immigrant, Refugee and Non-Status Women: Submission to the Public Commission on Legal Aid
These submissions were made on behalf of the Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) to the Public Commission on Legal Aid on October 8, 2010. These submissions pertain specifically to legal aid services for abused immigrant, refugee, and non-status women. Download (pdf)
VAWIR Policy 2010
Download File (pdf) The Violence Against Women in Relationships (VAWIR) policy was developed in 1993 to revise and expand the original 1986 Ministry of Attorney General Wife Assault policy. The policy has been updated several times over the years (1996, 2000 and 2004) to reflect applicable legislative changes (including Criminal Code and provincial legislation) and […]
Safety for Immigrant, Refugee, and Non-Status Women: Focus Groups Summary
This focus groups summary offers details of the findings from four focus groups conducted throughout British Columbia as part of The Safety for Immigrant, Refugee and Non-Status Women Project carried out by Ending Violence Association of BC, MOSAIC & Vancouver Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society. Funded by the Law Foundation of BC. Download […]
Sexual Assault Services in Alberta: A framework for service delivery for sexual assault survivors living in rural, remote and Northern communities
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