Are you a VAW survivor or do you support VAW survivors in your work?

As part of an interprovincial study on experiences accessing or delivering VAW services, we are inviting VAW survivors and staff from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario to take part in an online survey. Participants will be compensated for their time

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Strengthening systems responses to violence against women in Canadian provinces

About us

As a diverse team of researchers, community leaders and advocates, trainees, and women with lived experience of violence we are committed to research and knowledge mobilization that strengthens systems responses to violence against women across Canadian provinces.

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People Experiencing Marginalization and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response on Violence Against Women Services:

The MARCO-VAW study

How did VAW services across the Greater Toronto Area adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic? What contextual factors influenced these adaptations? How well have VAW services met the needs of survivors during the pandemic? What can we learn to strengthen VAW practice and policy?

The Interprovincial Violence Against Women (IPV) Project

We aim to identify and mobilize knowledge around best practices for preventing and responding to violence against women, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, that account for differences in jurisdictions and population groups across Canadian provinces. This study includes partners across Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

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Read our latest report

Click to read our results overview from our MARCO-VAW study, which investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on VAW services in the Greater Toronto Area with actionable recommendations for policy and practice.

Read our brief to the House of Commons

Click to read a brief our team contributed to for the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women's Study on Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence in Canada. Our brief focused on regional concerns for prevention strategies for IPV in Nova Scotia.

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