October 18-19, 2017
London Convention Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Conference Themes:
- Working with Indigenous; rural, remote & northern; immigrant & refugee populations; and children exposed to domestic violence
- Emerging trends in Canadian domestic homicides
- Domestic homicide reviews in Canada
- Risk assessment (RA), risk management (RM) & safety planning (SP)
The conference offered:
- 4 plenary sessions;
- 60 workshops
- Innovation Showcase
- Poster session
- Book Store
- A Healing Room was available at the conference for those people who needed solace, or quiet, or a private space. We were sensitive to the possibility that the topics may have "triggered" a response from people who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) or have been witness to IPV. The room was staffed by our guiding elder Myrna Kicknosway and counsellors from Family Services Thames Valley.
Conference Program (PDF)
Plenary Videos
Video Overview of whole conference
Plenary Slides
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Morning Plenary - Domestic Homicides: Voices of Survivors (PDF)
Mariann Rich, sister of Shirley Parkinson; Terri Brown, sister of Ada Elaine Brown; Maha El-Birani, daughter of Sonia El-Birani, Marie-Paule McInnis, mother of Justin and Jérôme
Afternoon Plenary - Safety Planning with Vulnerable Populations (PDF)
Jackie Campbell, Deborah Doherty, Sepali Guruge, Dawn Lavell-Harvard, Linda Baker
Chair: Jane Ursel
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Morning Plenary - Risk Assessment and Management with Vulnerable Populations (PDF)
Zoe Hilton, Randy Kropp, Josie Nepinak, Mohammed Baobaid, Donna Martinson, Crystal Giesbrecht
Chair: Kate Rossiter
Afternoon Plenary - Domestic Homicide Reviews: What have we learned? (PDF)
Neil Websdale, Claudette Dumont-Smith, Tracy Porteous, Jo-Anne Dusel, Peter Jaffe
Chair: Cathy Menard
Workshop Slides
Student Posters
Domestic Violence Victims’ Experiences with Police and the Justice System in Canada
Michael Saxton, Laura Olszowy, Jennifer C.D. MacGregor, Barbara J. MacQuarrie, & Nadine Wathen
"Faces of Deomstic Violence" - Research Artist Collaboration
Wendy Aujla & Heidi Erisman
Policing Hidden Crimes: Preventing Domestic Violence Through Focused Deterrence
Olivia Peters
Profiles of Recent vs. Non-Recent Immigrant Perpetrators of Domestic Homicide: An Exploratory Study
Randal David & Dr. Peter Jaffe
Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Safety Planning with Vulnerable Populations: A Survey of Canadian Professionals
Laura Olszowy, Michael Saxton, Peter Jaffe, Myrna Dawson, Anna-Lee Straatman, & Marcie Campbell
Too Many Deaths: Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report (89-503-X): Women and the Criminal Justice System
Lisa L'Heureux