On March 7th, the eve of International Women’s Day, four NDP MPPs – Kristyn Wong-Tam, Lisa Gretzky, Jill Andrew and Peggy Sattler — introduced Bill 173. It’s a short bill, consisting of one sentence: “The Government of Ontario shall recognize Continue reading It’s an epidemic (almost)→

On January 3, 2017, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Lionel Desmond killed his daughter, wife, mother and himself. While this was undeniably a domestic violence homicide, it was much more than that. The Desmond Fatality Inquiry was established to gather Continue reading The Desmond Fatality Inquiry→

The level of public and media interest in intimate partner violence (IPV) is higher than ever. In particular, individuals and municipal governments across Ontario are keenly engaged in thinking about how they can support implementation of the CKW (aka Renfrew Continue reading What now?→

The mandate of Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is to assist the Chief Coroner in the review of domestic violence related deaths after an initial investigation has been completed by a coroner, and to make recommendations to help Continue reading Learning from the dead to help the living→