The family law system
After She Leaves: A Resource Manual for Women’s Advocates, Luke’s Place, 2022
Family Court and Beyond: A Survival Workbook for Women, Luke’s Place, 2021
Comments on the Law Society of Ontario’s Family Legal Services Provider Licence Consultation Paper, prepared on behalf of Luke’s Place for the Feminist Law and Policy Reform Coalition, 2020
Brief on Bill 207: An Act to amend the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Courts of Justice Act, the Family Law Act and other Acts respecting various family law matters, submission on behalf of Luke’s Place with endorsements, 2020
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: The Importance of Family Violence Screening Tools for Family Law Practitioners, Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre and the Department of Justice, Canada, 2018
It Shouldn’t Be This Hard: A gender-based analysis of family law, family court and violence against women, Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre, 2012
Towards a Centre of Excellence: A Think Tank Discussion about Violence Against Women and Family Law, Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre, 2012
Through the Looking Glass: The Experiences of Unrepresented Abused Women in Family Court Final Report and Recommendations, Luke’s Place, 2008
“Family Law: A Canadian Perspective,” Domestic Violence, Action and Resource Magazine, Domestic Violence Resource Centre, South Brisbane, Australia, Issue 12, December 2001
“Children’s Safety: Contradiction in the System,” Domestic Violence, Action and Resource Magazine, Domestic Violence Resource Centre, South Brisbane, Australia, Issue 12, December 2001
Parenting arrangements
The Law and Parenting Arrangements After Separation: A toolkit of legal and safety information for women leaving abuse, Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre, 2021
When Shared Parenting and the Safety of Women and Children Collide, Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre, 2016
“Children’s Safety: Contradiction in the System,” Domestic Violence, Action and Resource Magazine, Domestic Violence Resource Centre, South Brisbane, Australia, Issue 12, December 2001
In Whose Best Interests? National Association of Women and the Law, Jurisfemme Volume 20, Number 4, Spring/Summer 2001
Sexual violence
“The Vengeful Cunt Asked for it: Constructions of Women as Evil in our Analysis of Rape”, co-authored with Dr. Donnalee Iffla for presentation at Feminine Interdisciplinary Conference, Budapest, Hungary, May 2009
Women in marginalized communities
Going the Distance: Supporting Rural and Remote Survivors with Family Law Issues, Luke’s Place, 2021
Violence Against Women: Health and Justice for Canadian Muslim Women, Canadian Council of Muslim Women, 2013
Muslim and Canadian Family Laws: A Comparative Primer, with Dr. L. Clarke, Canadian Council of Muslim Women, October 2006
“Should different kinds of people living in the same province be governed by different kinds of laws?” Dossier 27, published by Women Living Under Muslim Laws, December 2005
“Representing the Abused Immigrant Woman”, Citizenship and Immigration, published by the Ontario Bar Association, Volume 12 No. 1
Issues for advocates
Feminist Media Leadership Toolkit, Luke’s Place, 2023
The Impact of Third Parties on Solicitor-Client Privilege, Luke’s Place, 2015
Who Do You Want to Sue You? Confidentiality and community risk management research report and recommendations, Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, 2011
Life Beyond Shelter: Toward Coordinated Public Policies For Women’s Safety and Violence Prevention, YWCA Canada, 2009
Gender and law
A Girl’s Guide to Knowing her Rights, YWCA Canada, 2009
Fresh Start, YWCA Canada, 2009
Abortion in Canada: Legal but not accessible, YWCA Canada, 2009
Systemic change
Law and Policy Reform Toolkit, Luke’s Place, 2023
CKW Inquest Toolkit, Luke’s Place, 2023
Forty-four Percent: A Short History of Intimate Partner Violence, Luke’s Place, June 2022
Curriculum Models in Ontario Law Schools: A Framework for Teaching About Violence Against Women, Law Commission of Ontario, 2012
Justice Done: Crafting Opportunity from Adversity, Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, 2011
Not in the Best Interests of Women and Children: An Analysis of Bill 422: An Act to Amend the Divorce Act, National Association of Women and the Law, 2009
Private Member’s Bill Would Erode Women’s Rights, Herizons Magazine, Fall 2009
Bill C-22: What Now? National Association of Women and the Law, Jurisfemme, Volume 23, Number 1, Winter 2004
Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-22, An Act to Amend the Divorce Act, with Andree Cote, National Association of Women and the Law, 2003
Brief to the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Family Law Committee on Custody, Access and Child Support, National Association of Women and the Law, 2001