Resources
Journeys : Resilience and Growth for Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse by Publication Date: 2018eBook
Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence and Abuse by Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV6626 .E535 2013Publication Date: 2013
- The Facts About Gender-Based ViolenceSource: Canadian Women's Foundation
- Facts and Figures: Ending Violence Against WomenSource: UN Women
- Women in Canada: A Gender-Based Statistical ReportThe above report includes several datasets that are related to Women in Canada including women’s family status, education, employment, economic well-being, and unpaid work, health. Updated on January 4, 2021. Source: Statistics Canada
- Sexual Assault: Indigenous Women's Experiences of Not Being Believed by the PoliceRates of sexual victimization among Indigenous women are 3 times higher when compared with non-Indigenous women. The purpose of this secondary data analysis was to explore the experiences and recommendations of Indigenous women who reported sexual assault to the police and were not believed.
- Stemming Violence and Abuse (Video Duration 29 minutes)
This program offers insights and suggestions that can stop dangerous incidents before they start. - TEDTalks: Jackson Katz: Violence Against Women - It's a Men's Issue (Video Duration 17 minutes)
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called "women's issues." Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men's issues. - TEDTalks: Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave (Video Duration 15 minutes)
Leslie Morgan Steiner was in "crazy love" -- that is, madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. - This Boy's Life (Video Duration 1 hour 44 minutes)
Film. Set in the 1950s, a young boy and his footloose mother wind up living in a remote part of Washington state with a lout who both browbeats the youngster and beats him physically. - TEDTalks: Black Girls and Sexual Violence (Video Duration 15 minutes)This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxDrewUniversity, an independent event