The IPV Project | Yakubovich

The Interprovincial Violence Against Women (IPV) Project

About the project

Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Nova Scotia Health (NSH), this mixed-methods study aims to identify and mobilize knowledge around best practices for preventing and responding to violence against women (VAW), during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic across Canadian provinces. In developing our understanding of the state of the social and healthcare response to VAW and best practices, we seek to account for differences in regions and population groups. We are conducting surveys and interviews with VAW survivors and staff who support them across Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

Co-Investigators & Collaborators

Ann de Ste Croix
Annette Elliott Rose
Carla Neto
Catherine Roy Comeau
Cathy Holtmann
Christine Johnson
Christine Pritchett
Cora Cole
Corinne Sauvé
Crystal John
Elizabeth Tremblay
Erin Cusack
Geoff Wilson
Harmy Mendoza

Janice Du Mont
Jay Michaud
Jennifer Heatley
Jennifer Jollymore
Katey Altman
Katie Rennie
Katrina Jarvis
Kylie Bergfalk
LeeAnn Larocque
Lindsey Parker
Lisa Greenough
Lisa Manuel
Lori Weeks
Margaret MacPherson

Martine Stewart
Nancy Cashen
Patricia O'Campo
Priya Shastri
René Boudreau
Rhonda Fraser
Robert Green
Shelley Fashan
Shiva Nourpanah
Silke Brabander
Stacy Burgess
Stephen Ferguson
Susan Wilson
Teresa Johnson

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Latest project updates

Over 2,300 people have participated in The IPV Project to date!

Our surveys are now closed and we have followed up with over 60 participants with in-depth interviews. We are now in the process of analyzing our data and sharing our findings.

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On February 9, 2024, Dr. Yakubovich shared some of the preliminary survey results from The IPV Project in a talk called "How is the health system responding to violence against women in Nova Scotia?" as part of the Health Justice Institute Seminar Series at Dalhousie University.

Click below to read our policy brief submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women's Study on Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence in Canada, written with members of the Metro Interagency Restorative Conversations Committee on Family Violence

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