Separation SupportGroup

 Resources from May 16th Workshop 

Re

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

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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 1-3 pm - 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/justice/about-bcs-justice-system/justice-access-centres/how-to-find-us/nanaimo

~RB Separation Support - @RBSeparationSupport on Instagram

~Mamas for Mamas - https://www.mamasformamas.org/nanaimo/ - 4535 Uplands Dr #102 - Karma Market (snacks, clothing, diapers)

~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 - Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.- 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