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…

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We’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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CKW Inquest Toolkit

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…

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Culleton, 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…

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Inquests 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…

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Culleton, 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…

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Making systemic change through an inquest (Part two)

Pamela Cross - Guthrie Award speech by Carol Barkwell

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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