Posts Tagged ‘Department of Justice’
Increased federal support for families, women and survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario
July 17, 2023 – Oshawa, Ontario – Department of Justice Canada Gary Anandasangaree, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Ryan Turnbull, Member of Parliament for Whitby, Ontario, announced that the Government of Canada is providing financial support to four projects led by Luke’s Place. Justice Canada is providing…
Read moreThe importance of family violence screening tools for family law practitioners
Since 2003, Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee consistently finds that a history of domestic violence and pending or recent separation are the first and second highest risk factors for lethality in domestic homicides. Yet there is no universal family violence screening tool for Canadian family law practitioners. Family law lawyers are often the first…
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