Recognizing Black History Month through celebration and reflection

Title Blach History Month, with fists and arms located in the bottom representing community.

February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements of Black individuals and communities and to reflect on their ongoing fight for justice and equality.  Throughout the month, we will be highlighting Black women and advocates who have paved the way for anti-violence work and explore some of the intersections of gender-based violence…

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Family violence HELP for family law legal advisors

Lawyer looks at documents

Identifying the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a new family law file has never been easy for lawyers, but help has arrived in an important new tool recently released by Justice Canada. The HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisors became available in early January, after several…

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