Separation Support Group

Our Separation Support is currently by appointment.
Please contact us via email.

Our separation support group is a community
peer run support group to
assist those in their journey of
separation or challenged with domestic abuse.

Follow us on Instagram
@RBSeparationSupport

In May 2023,
Risebridge hosted a community
workshop on Coercive Control.
Below are the resources gathered and
shared during this workshop.

Thank you to the

Department of Justice Canada

for the grant funding

to host these important workshops.

seperation-support-resources

REPORT: Creating Safety in BC Courts: Key Challenges and Recommendations:

https://womenslegalcentre.ca/creating-safety-in-bc-courts-key-challenges-and-recommendations/

The Hidden, Deadly Epidemic in Partner Violence

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/02/08/BC-New-Police-Training-Help-Women-Risk-Strangulation/

HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/help-aide/index.html

Marginal note: Abduction in contravention of custody or parenting order

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-282.html

Domestic Violence Death Review Committee

https://www.ontario.ca/document/domestic-violence-death-review-committee-2018-annual-report/domestic-violence-death-review-committee-aims-and-objectives

Post-Separation Abuse Wheel (attached)
https://www.onemomsbattle.com/post-separation-abuse

Jane Monckton Smith Domestic Homicide Timeline TED talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_jane_monckton_smith_the_homicide_timeline

CCFWE Economic Abuse Screening Tool

https://ccfwe.org/economic-abuse-screening-tool/

Legal Abuse Scale

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10896-022-00408-3

Recent News which will be important in upcoming months:

Submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council on April 19th, 2023 the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem - on Parental Alienation

https://www.nationalsafeparents.org/uploads/1/8/5/1/18512926/unga_custody_report_april_13_2013.pdf

Book Recommendations:
1. Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives - Dr.Emma Katz
2. Why Does He Do That? - Lundy Bancroft
3. When Dad Hurts Mom - Lundy Bancroft
4. See What YOU Made Me Do - Jess Hill
5. Know Your Rights and Claim Them - A Guide for Youth - Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie, Geraldine Van Bueren
6. In Control - Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder - Jane Monckton-Smith
7. Coercive Control - Evan Stark
8. Fix the System, Not the Women - Laura Bates

Podcasts to listen to:

1. The Trap -Victorian Women's Trust and Jess Hill

2. She is Your Neighbour

3. Talking Papers with Haley Hrymak - episodes 4, 6 & 7

Supports available in Nanaimo, BC:

~RCMP 911/non-emergency line and can be connected to RCMP Victim Services

~Haven Society - drop in Monday to Friday - crisis line 24/7 1-888-756-0616 https://www.havensociety.com/

~Crisis Line - 1-888-494-3888

~Justice Access Centre - https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/divorce/family-justice/who-can-help/family-justice-centres/locations/nanaimo-justice-access-centre

~RB Separation Support - @RBSeparationSupport on Instagram

~Mamas for Mamas - https://www.mamasformamas.org/nanaimo/

~Cedarwoman House - 250-591-5580 - https://www.cedarwomanhouse.org/

~Nanaimo Regional General Hospital - Forensic Nurse Examiners available 24/7 via Emergency Department

~Brooks Landing Mental Health Support - Walk-in Crisis Counselling Clinic

https://www.islandhealth.ca/our-locations/children-youth-locations/central-island-access-services-brooks-landing-children-youth-families

~Vancouver Island Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program (VISCAN) - Referrals for this program are accepted from MCFD, First Nation agencies, healthcare providers and the police. https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/2018-04/vi-scan-brochure.pdf