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Television
‘Keira’s Law’ passes Senate, signalling a change to the way courts approach domestic violence, Jessica Mundie, CBC News, April 20, 2023
Canada Tonight with Dwight Drummond (10:09 – 18:45), Dwight Drummond, Canada Tonight, CBC, April 11, 2023
Inquest has ‘a lot of potential’ to change intimate partner violence in rural communities, CBC News, June 6, 2022
Daughter desperate to break the cycle of abuse, City News, March 16, 2021
Unrestrained: Why does he keep abusing? Changing the question about intimate partner violence, W5, CTV, November 14, 2020
Domestic violence on the rise amid coronavirus pandemic, says officials, CityNews, September 2, 2020
Domestic violence during a pandemic, The Agenda, TVO, April 6, 2020
Unfounded: Police dismiss 1 in 5 sexual assault cases as “baseless”, CTV, February 7, 2017
Op-Eds
Why we must declare intimate partner violence an epidemic, for Amplify, The Globe & Mail, November 25, 2023
Sealing criminal records of marginalized people will improve many lives, with Emilie Coyle and Pam Hrick, The Toronto Star, September 24, 2022
B.C.’s informal court process pilot a flawed approach, with Kim Hawkins, Opinion, The Lawyer’s Daily, August 30, 2022
Abused women often face heightened peril if they leave, SaltWire Network, August 5, 2022
This International Women’s Day ensure that women’s expert voices are centred in COVID-19 recovery plans, The Toronto Star, March 8, 2021
Ontario’s family law takes a step forward in protecting the vulnerable, The Toronto Star, November 26, 2020
Women cannot afford another Conservative government, with Farrah Khan, The Toronto Star, October 16, 2019
Action, Not Silence, on Violence Against Women, with Farrah Khan, The Toronto Star, October 17, 2018
Count Us In: Women will vote on June 7, with Lieran Docherty, Amanda Dale, Farrah Khan, Marlene Ham, Lenore Lukasik-Foss and Margaret MacPherson, The Toronto Star, May 29, 2018
Enough mourning. We need action to end the killing of women, with Marlene Ham and Farrah Khan, The Toronto Star, March 18, 2018
Paralegals in family courts not the solution, with Amanda Dale, The Toronto Star, March 19, 2017
Can the Ghomeshi trial lead to change? with Amanda Dale, Globe and Mail, March 24, 2016
No right to a discriminatory defence, with Joanna Birenbaum and Amanda Dale, The Toronto Star, February 8, 2016
The Lawyer’s Daily Columns
B.C.’s informal court process pilot a flawed approach, with Kim Hawkins, August 30, 2022
Making systemic change through an inquest, July 12, 2022
‘No’ to shared parenting presumptions, April 20, 2022
Building consistency, March 17, 2022
New tort of family violence could be life changing, March 10, 2022
Family violence and parenting co-ordination, February 8, 2022
Why it can’t all happen online, November 2, 2021
When leaving doesn’t end the abuse, October 15, 2021
Mediation should not be default resolution process in cases of abuse, August 30, 2021
Why International Women’s Day still matters, March 8, 2021
Bill 207: An important step forward for women fleeing abuse, November 26, 2020
Self-represented or unrepresented?, November 3, 2020
Just who should deliver family law services in Ontario?, July 14, 2020
Technology can create problems as well as solve them, June 29, 2020
Divorce Act delays jeopardize women and children, June 18, 2020
Will new Divorce Act keep women and children fleeing abuse safe? The cons, May 21, 2020
Women fleeing abuse affected by COVID-19, March 18, 2020
It doesn’t end just because she moves out, March 16, 2020
Bill 161 could jeopardize access to justice for women fleeing abuse, February 18, 2020
Women in rural, remote communities get long distance legal help, January 7, 2020
How lawyers can stay safe in family violence cases, December 23, 2019
What you don’t know can hurt you, November 27, 2019
Increasing access to justice through lawyer education, October 31, 2019
Print and web
Sault Ste. Marie shooter had a history of intimate partner violence, says police, Colin Freeze & Molly Hayes, The Globe & Mail, October 25, 2023
Canada calls gender violence an epidemic after triple femicide inquest, Tracey Lindeman, The Guardian, August 16, 2023
‘I burst into tears’: Advocates angry at Ontario’s intimate partner violence response, CBC News Ottawa, June 29, 2023
The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth, Carly Lewis, Maclean’s, June 26, 2023
City declaration on intimate partner violence could help push province, Avanthika Anand, CBC News Toronto, March 11, 2023
Family violence increases for 5th straight year in Canada. What’s behind the trend?, Global News, October 22, 2022
Advocates push to include ‘femicide’ in Criminal Code after Anoka Street murders, CBC News, July 18, 2022
Ontario should declare intimate partner violence an epidemic, inquest jury says, The Globe and Mail, June 28, 2022
‘These deaths don’t end’: Inquest hears community ideas for tackling partner violence, The Toronto Star, June 23, 2022
Man who killed three women in 2015 was prohibited from owning firearms inquest hears, City News, Ottawa, June 16, 2022
Probation officers missed opportunities monitoring murderer of 3 women, review finds, CBC News, June 14, 2022
Time to go public about domestic abuse, City News, Ottawa, June 10, 2022
Expert tells inquest into valley women’s deaths adoption of recommendations should be monitored by independent body, Ottawa Citizen, June 10, 2022
5 ways to help prevent intimate-partner violence from the triple-homicide inquest, CBC News, June 9, 2022
Inquest hears about challenges for victims of partner violence in rural communities,
The Canadian Press, June 8, 2022
Experts at Ottawa Valley triple homicide inquest urge action on future recommendations, CBC News, June 7, 2022
Domestic violence solutions must consider unintended negative consequences, inquest hears, Ottawa Citizen, June 7, 2022
Victims’ families begin coroner’s inquest into Ottawa Valley triple homicide, CBC News, June 6, 2022
INQUEST: Risk factors for rural victims of violence a focus of probe into 2015 murders in Renfrew County, Ottawa Sun, June 5, 2022
Inquest into 2015 murders in Renfrew County will focus on risk factors for rural victims of violence, Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 2022
Hoping for change this time, as Renfrew County triple femicide inquest looms, CBC News, June 4, 2022
In landmark ruling, judge awards Brampton woman $150,000 for ex’s 16-year pattern of ‘family violence’, The Toronto Star, June 4, 2022
Ontario woman lives in fear 6 months after latest assault, CBC News, March 14, 2022
23 women have died after intimate-partner violence since the 1970s in this rural Ontario community, CBC News, December 8, 2021
Coercive Control, the silent partner of domestic violence, instils fear, helplessness in victims, CBC News, December 7, 2021
Calls for a unified family court system and further changes to Canada’s Divorce Act, CTV News, March 26, 2021
‘I didn’t care who heard:’ How the law fails child and youth survivors of family violence, City News, March 16, 2021
Why divorce cases involving allegations of abuse still confound family courts, Chatelaine, January 15, 2021
Ontario’s family law takes a step forward in protecting the vulnerable, The Toronto Star, November 26, 2020
“Vagueness is a gift to an abuser”: What the Tories got right — and wrong — on Bill 207, TVO Politics, November 11, 2020
Luke’s Place in Oshawa makes recommendations to provincial committee about changes to Bill 207, Durham Radio News, October 15, 2020
LSO proposal to allow paralegals to provide family law services garners mixed reaction, The Lawyer’s Daily, August 4, 2020
Why do Canadian women keep dying at the hands of their partners?, Refinery 29, July 30, 2020
A four year old is dead because the legal system failed to protect her from her abusive father, The Conversationalist, July 9, 2020
Economic abuse: Hard to spot, Harder to recover from, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, June 20, 2020
Divorce reforms delayed as experts brace for post-pandemic surge in divorces, The Canadian Press/CTV News, June 9, 2020
No surge in domestic violence cases during COVID-19 lockdown — But it’s happening, Torkin Manes, June 6, 2020
How to help someone leave an abusive relationship during COVID, Chatelaine, May 8, 2020
Justice Department ‘working on responses’ to custody issues during COVID-19: Monsef, iPOLITICS, April 21, 2020
Forced to stay home with their abusers, Canadian victims of domestic violence must ‘choose between two pandemics’, Toronto Star, April 20, 2020
Canada’s domestic violence problem was already critical. COVID-19 is making it worse, Chatelaine, April 17, 2020
COVID-19 crisis complicates intimate partner violence issues, lawyers say, The Lawyer’s Daily, April 16, 2020
Women’s equality advocate and legal expert on domestic violence wins 2020 Corry Award, Queen’s Law News, April 15, 2020
Her abusive ex won’t meet in public during the coronavirus pandemic. How can she pick up her kids?, Global News, April 13, 2020
Staying home a curse for some, The Oshawa Express, April 7, 2020
Domestic violence groups brace for perfect storm as abused women stay home amid COVID-19, The Toronto Star, March 24, 2020
COVID-19 measures may leave abused women ‘trapped’ at home, DurhamRegion.com, March 20, 2020
Where did all the feminists go? Tracing Queen’s sexual and gender politics back to the seventies and eighties, a golden age of campus activism, The Queen’s University Journal, October 18, 2019
Lawyer’s support of women subjected to violence recognized, Kingston Whig-Standard, May 22, 2019
How to help a woman transitioning out of an abusive relationship, Chatelaine, May 1, 2019
Overcoming abuse: How to find legal help, shelters when leaving family violence in Canada, Global News, April 11, 2019
If I go missing ‘you will know who did it,’ a prominent Toronto doctor said. Her husband killed her days after she filed for divorce, The Toronto Star, April 8, 2019
Should Canada restrict the use of gag orders in sexual abuse cases?, Global News, March 24, 2019
Family law charity helping abuse victims recognized by OBA, LSO: Legal director Pamela Cross’s body of work lauded, Canadian Lawyer, March 22, 2019
Ontario teacher who filmed teens’ cleavage guilty of voyeurism: Supreme Court, Global News, February 14, 2019
New project aims to help family courts protect victims of domestic violence, The Globe and Mail, January 24, 2019
At least 148 women were killed in Canada last year. How do we keep them safer?, Global News, January 5, 2019
‘Horrendous’ wait for sexual assault counselling in Hamilton, The Hamilton Spectator, October 20, 2018
Ford government disbands Liberals’ expert panel to end violence against women, The Globe and Mail, October 17, 2018
Femicide is the crisis we all ignoring, The Big Story, September 18, 2018
Why sexual assault survivors can’t say #MeToo at some Canadian universities, The Discourse, April 12, 2018
Co-parenting after you’ve left an abusive relationship, Today’s Parent, January 23, 2018
What consent means in the age of #MeToo, The Walrus, January 18, 2018
The Renfrew County murders are not an anomaly, Chatelaine, November 27, 2017
When men kill their partners, warning signs often missed, The Toronto Star, January 9, 2017
Remembering three women, The Daily Observer, September 22, 2016
Judgment in Mandi Gray sexual assault case ‘glorious,’ but change to legal system will be slow: advocates, CBC, July 23, 2016
De victime à traînée, le mythe increvable, Gazette des femmes, June 10, 2016
Jian Ghomeshi signed a peace bond. What does that mean? The Toronto Star, May 11, 2016
Jian Ghomeshi’s legal saga: Nine takes on the legacy, The Toronto Star, May 11, 2016
Peace bond option not offered to original Ghomeshi complainants: DeCoutere, Winnipeg Free Press, May 11, 2016
How are witnesses prepped in sexual assault trials? Chatelaine, March 24, 2016
Coming forward in court: Women break their silence of sexual assault, Global News, February 23, 2015
Radio and podcasts
An expert on how to recognize and respond to intimate partner violence, Yukon Morning with Elyn Jones, CBC Radio, December 6, 2023
Violence against women inquest: One year later, CTV Morning Live, CTV News Ottawa, June 28, 2023
Addressing intimate partner violence in Canada, Matt Galloway, The Current, CBC Radio, April 11, 2023
Women’s advocates disappointed with Ford government’s initial attempts to fight against Intimate Partner Violence, 580 CFRA Live, February 26, 2023
A rural inquest, with Pamela Cross, Luke’s Place, Shauna Rae, Clearing a New Path Podcast, February 22, 2023
Lawyer reflecting on Renfrew inquest on anniversary of Montreal Massacre, CityNews and The Sam Laprade Show, December 7, 2022
Adding femicide to the Criminal Code, the NFL’s sexual assault problem, returning the Elgin Marbles and more, Day 6, CBC Radio, August 5, 2022
Groundbreaking Inquest in Renfrew County, Alright, Now What? with Andrea Gunraj, Canadian Women’s Foundation, July 27, 2022
Participants of Renfrew County coroner’s inquest praise it for being trauma-informed
Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan, CBC Radio, July 11, 2022
The reality of intimate-partner violence in rural Canada
Front Burner, CBC Radio, June 9, 2022
June 8th Episode – As It Happens, Tom Harrington & Chris Howden, As It Happens, CBC Radio, June 8, 2022
Landmark Canadian case awards damages for domestic violence: 1 woman killed every 6 days due to DV, Dahlia Kurtz, SiriusXM 167, March 21, 2022
Violence against women, Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnaham, CBC Radio, October 19, 2018
Ford government disbands Liberals’ expert panel to end violence against women, Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke, 570 News, October 18, 2018
Changes to the Divorce Act and violence against women, Third Wave CHUO FM, June 12, 2018
What Cosby’s conviction means for sexual assault survivors, CBC Radio, April 27, 2018
On trial: The line of questioning in sexual assault court cases, CBC Radio, June 23, 2016
Statement about Ghomeshi, CBC Metro Morning, May 12, 2016
Peace bonds and sexual assault trials, Third Wave CHUO FM, May 10, 2016
Ghomeshi case highlights issues of fairness in sexual assault trials, Rabble, February 21, 2016