Co-Directors
Myrna Dawson
Director, Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence
University of Guelph
mdawson@uoguelph.ca
Peter Jaffe
Academic Director, Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC)
Western University
pjaffe@uwo.ca
Management Team
Elsa Barreto, Digital Media Specialist
Julie Poon, National Research Coordinator
Anna-Lee Straatman, Project Manager
Co-Investigators
Diane Crocker, Saint Mary’s University
Myriam Dubé, Université du Québec à Montréal
Jordan Fairbairn, King's, Western University
Sepali Guruge, Ryerson University
Catherine Holtmann, Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research
Julie Kaye. University of Saskatchewan
Nicole Letourneau, RESOLVE Alberta
Pertice Moffitt, North Slave Research Centre/ Aurora Research Institute
Kendra Nixon, University of Manitoba
Cathy Richardson/Kinewesquao, Université de Montréal
Kate Rossiter, Simon Fraser University and Ending Violence Association of British Columbia
Katreena L. Scott, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Partners/Collaborators
Mike Aubé, BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Deidre Bainbridge, Chief Coroner and Forensic Pathology Service of Ontario
Linda Baker, Western University
Mohammed Baobaid, Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration
Janelle Braun, Manitoba Justice Victim Services
Deborah Doherty, Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick
Jo-Anne Dusel, Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan
Anuradha Dugal, Canadian Women’s Foundation
Claudette Dumont-Smith, Consultant
Nicole Eshkakogan, Scientific Director, Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society
Amy S. FitzGerald, BC Society of Transition Houses
Crystal Giesbrecht, Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan
N. Zoe Hilton, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Margaret Jackson, FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
Randy Kropp, Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, British Columbia
Simon Lapierre, University of Ottawa
Geneviève Lessard, Laval University
Maggie MacKillop, Homefront Calgary
Barb MacQuarrie, Western University
Krystle Maki, Women’s Shelters Canada
Cathy Menard, Northwest Territories Office of the Chief Coroner
Tracy Porteous, Ending Violence Association of BC
David O’Brien, Government of Prince Edward Island
Anita Olsen Harper, National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
Aruna Papp, Consultant
Lydia Quinn, RCMP/Police Nova Scotia
Diane Redsky, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Deborah Sinclair, Consultant
Verona Singer, Coordinator HRP Victim Services
Rona Smith, Government of Prince Edward Island
Lorinda Stoneman, BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, Government of Prince Edward Island
Lana Wells, University of Calgary
Lorraine Whalley, Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
Ian Wheeliker, Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters
Research Assistants
Abir Al Jamal, Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration
Mary Aspinall, University of New Brunswick
Danielle Bader, University of Guelph
Jennifer Bon Bernard, University of Calgary
Randal David, Western University
Misha Dhillon, Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC)
Alana Glecia, University of Saskatchewan
Meghan Gosse, Dalhousie University
Renée Hoffart, University of Manitoba
Nicole Jeffrey, University of Guelph
Anna Johnson, University of Guelph
Salima Massoui, Université du Québec à Montréal
Olivia Peters, University of Manitoba
Katherine (Kay) Reif, Western University
Gursharan Sandhu, University of Guelph
Danielle Sutton, University of Guelph
Melissa Wuerch, University of Regina
Sarah Yercich, Simon Fraser University