BC Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs

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.

Mental Health and Substance Use Info in Other Languages 
Information in Arabic, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Farsi/Dari, French, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Punjabi, Vietnamese. http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/other-languages 

ERABC Information Bulletins
Topics such as anger management, couples counselling, etc. http://erabc.ca/bulletins.htm

Best Practice Approaches: Child Protection and Violence Against Women
Ministry of Children and Family Development, 2004 Download file

Domestic Violence Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors in Alberta
Alberta Department of Justice, 2008 Download file

She hit me, too: Identifying the Primary Aggressor: A Prosecutor’s Perspective
Gael B. Strack, San Diego Assistant City Attorney 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

Neighbours, Friends and Family: Community Action Kit to Prevent Woman Abuse
Download file

Violence Against Rural and Farm Women
On the Education Wife Assault website. Download file

Problems of Rural Battered Women
On the website of the Women's Rural Advocacy Program, Minnesota. Download file

Crown Policy Manual
On the Ministry of Attorney General website. Download file

Highway of Tears Newsletter, January 2008
Includes updates about the work being done on the Highway of Tears initiative, through Carrier Sekani Family Services. Download the newsletter at their website: http://www.csfs.org/.

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 BCASVACP Training Forum. Download pdfs:

• Part 1 Introduction and Overview of the Models
  
• Part 2 Evidence Paper
  
• Part 3 Toolkit

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.