Legal news & strategy
What will it take to end gender-based violence in Canada?
Answer: A National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender Based Violence would certainly help. Women’s Shelters Canada was asked and funded by the department of Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) to develop a strategic engagement with anti-violence leaders across Canada to inform the development of a National Action Plan (NAP) on Violence Against…
Read moreSupporting women to access family law supports during COVID-19
Luke’s Place offers a variety of supports to women and their advocates in Ontario during the pandemic For women If you are in Durham Region (Ajax, Brock, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge and Whitby) Contact us at 905-728-0978 x 221 Monday to Friday 9 am to noon and 1 to 4:30 pm for: Individual consultations…
Read moreBridging the gap between the needs of survivors of family violence and the realities of family court
Luke’s Place joined the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children for a webinar on supporting women through family court. Our Legal Director, Pamela Cross, discussed the challenges survivors face when seeking safety and support in the family court. She was joined by Linda Baker of CREVAW who looked at the…
Read moreGovernment of Canada Commits to National Action Plan (NAP) on Gender Based Violence (GBV)
Luke’s Place co-chairs working group for National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence
Read moreNew laws for parenting arrangements
Luke’s Place has resources available on changes to the Divorce Act and the Children’s Law Reform Act.
Read moreWebinar: Making the new Divorce Act work for women
The new Divorce Act is effective, March 1, 2021. This webinar looks at how to make the new act work for women who are leaving an abusive relationship.
Read moreShould Canada criminalize coercive controlling behaviour?
As Crystal Giesbrecht recently wrote in The Lawyer’s Daily, coercive control in situations of intimate partner abuse is often unidentified or misunderstood. While, as she noted, coercive control is not a criminal offence in Canada, that could change if MP Randall Garrison has his way. Last fall, he introduced a private member’s bill – Bill…
Read moreWebinar recording: Ontario’s new Children’s Law Reform Act
Ontario recently significantly revised its family law that deals with custody and access, the Children’s Law Reform Act, to align it with the federal Divorce Act. In this presentation, you will learn about the changes, with a focus on their impact on women fleeing abusive relationships. This is another in the series of webinars on family law…
Read moreInspiring talks from Vikki Reynolds
Vikki Reynolds, a “Consultant, Instructor and Supervisor specializing in Team Development, Resisting Burnout and Organizational Change”, offers a variety of resources that inspire thought and action. Here are a couple: A Handbook co-created with Riel Dupuis-Rossi and Charlene Hellson:“Disrupting Current Colonial Practice & Structure in the Immigration & non-profit sector” Solidarity Talks: Lateral Liberation. Kim Haxton is an…
Read moreSelf-represented or unrepresented?
There are many reasons women leaving abuse don’t have a lawyer, but none of those reasons is choice, which is implied by the term “self-represented.”
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