Links to More Anti-Violence Resources
These are links to resources created by other agencies. Please send any suggestions for other resources that would be useful for anti-violence workers in BC.
Abuse of People with Disabilities for Service Providers
People's Law School of British Columbia, December 2008. (Download file)
Best Practice Approaches: Child Protection and Violence Against Women
Ministry of Children and Family Development, 2004. (Download file)
Courtprep.ca
A site for youth preparing for court.
(www.courtprep.ca)
Crown Counsel Policy Manual
On the Ministry of Attorney General website.
Domestic Violence Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors in Alberta
Alberta Department of Justice, 2008.
(Download file)
Empowerment of Immigrant and Refugee Women Who
are Victims of Violence in Their Intimate Relationships
The Justice Institute of BC's report on research into what service delivery factors in the health care,
social service, and justice systems are
uniquely empowering and disempowering to immigrant women who are victims of
violence in their relationships. To receive an electronic version of the report free of charge,
contact cfcs (at) jibc.ca. Hard copies are also available for purchase.
ERA BC Information Bulletins
Topics such as anger management, couples counselling, etc. (erabc.ca/bulletins.htm)
Highway of Tears Newsletter, January 2008
Includes updates about the work being done on the Highway of Tears
initiative, through Carrier Sekani Family Services. (www.csfs.org)
Human Trafficking in Canada
People's Law School of British Columbia, July 2007. (Download file)
Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence Against a Mother Shapes Children as They Grow
Alison Cunningham and Linda Baker, the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, London, Ontario, 2007. (Download file)
Mental Health and Substance Use Info in Other Languages
Information in Arabic, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese,
Farsi/Dari, French, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Punjabi, Vietnamese. (www.heretohelp.bc.ca/other-languages)
Multilingual Legal Publications
A partnership between MOSAIC and the Latin American Community Council. Resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish, Vietnamese. (www.multilingolegal.ca)
Neighbours, Friends and Family: Community Action Kit to Prevent Woman Abuse
(www.neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca)
Problems of Rural Battered Women
On the website of the Women's Rural Advocacy Program, Minnesota. (www.letswrap.com)
Safety and Health Enhancement (SHE) Framework for Women Experiencing Abuse
By Jill Cory and Lynda Dechief, with Louise Godard
Published by the BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre and the BC
Institute Against Family Violence, with funding from National Crime
Prevention Centre. As featured at the 2007 EVA BC Training Forum.
Download pdfs:
She Hit Me, Too: Identifying the Primary Aggressor: A Prosecutor’s Perspective
Gael B. Strack, San Diego Assistant City Attorney. (Download file)
Violence Against Rural and Farm Women
On the Education Wife Assault website. (www.womanabuseprevention.com)
"We Can" Campaign to End Violence Against Women
Sponsored by an alliance of BC organizations, We Can has put together a collection of resources to be used in anti-violence education. (www.wecanbc.ca)