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CKW Inquest Anniversary
This month marks three years since the conclusion of the inquest into the tragic femicides of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam. In the wake of this violence, the 2022 inquest resulted in 86 urgent recommendations aimed at preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) and femicide across Ontario. As we mark the third anniversary of…
Read moreFor immediate release: Women’s Advocates Gather on 2nd Anniversary of CKW Inquest
(Renfrew County) – Violence against women advocates from across Ontario will gather in Barry’s Bay, Renfrew County, on Friday June 28th to mark the second anniversary of the Culleton, Kuzyk, Warmerdam (CKW) femicide inquest. The event will open in the Opeongo Seniors Centre with a panel presentation by three advocates involved with the inquest —…
Read moreNo more delay when it comes to implementing the CKW inquest recommendations!
The first of 86 recommendations from the 2022 inquest into the murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam (CKW inquest) was for Ontario to formally declare intimate partner violence (IPV) an epidemic. In the nearly two years since the jury released the recommendations, survivors and their advocates have repeatedly called on the Ontario…
Read moreWe’ve recently updated our CKW Inquest Advocacy Toolkit!
Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children has developed this toolkit to assist organizations that do not have the time or resources to develop their own advocacy strategy and tools. It reflects the priorities we have identified for ourselves, based on our organization’s mandate. It is certainly not meant to limit or lead the…
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Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) Inquest advocacy toolkit Download: CKW Inquest Toolkit June 2024 Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children has developed this toolkit to assist organizations that do not have the time or resources to develop their own advocacy strategy and tools. It reflects the priorities we have identified for ourselves, based…
Read moreCulleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) Inquest advocacy toolkit
Download the newest version of the toolkit As of today, 95 municipalities in Ontario have declared intimate partner violence to be an epidemic, in support of the first of the jury’s 86 recommendations. These declarations are largely the result of hard work by VAW organizations in each community – congratulations! For a complete list of…
Read moreMarking 10 years since the CKW Murders: Remembering, Reflecting, and Continuing the Work
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the murders of Nathalie Warmerdam, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Carol Culleton, three women killed in one day by the same man in what became one of Ontario’s most horrific cases of intimate partner violence (IPV). While a decade has passed, the push for meaningful change in how we prevent and…
Read moreInquests and Justice: Renfrew County and Beyond with Pamela Cross
What is an inquest, and why does it matter in the fight against gender-based violence? In a powerful new episode of the RAGE podcast, lawyer, author, and long-time advocate Pamela Cross joins the hosts to unpack these questions. The conversation takes a close look at the Renfrew County Inquest, which examined the 2015 murders of…
Read moreCulleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) advocacy
On the morning of September 22, 2015, in rural Renfrew County, Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam were murdered by a man with whom each had had a past relationship. The perpetrator was arrested later that day and has been imprisoned ever since. In 2019, the coroner’s office announced that the province would hold…
Read moreMaking systemic change through an inquest (Part two)
Over the three weeks of the recent femicide inquest held in Pembroke, Ontario, the five jurors read hundreds if not thousands of pages of exhibits and listened to the testimony of more than 30 witnesses who spoke to a broad range of issues related to the 2015 murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie…
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