External Resources

Animal and Interpersonal Abuse Research Group (AIPARG) – conducts research on aspects of the intersection of abuse against people and animals

BC Society of Transition Houses – a member-based, provincial umbrella organization that, through leadership, support and collaboration, enhances the continuum of services and strategies to respond to, prevent and end violence against women, children and youth.

Canadian Women’s Foundation – Canada’s public foundation for gender equality.

DAWN Canada – an organization that works towards the advancement and inclusion of women and girls with disabilities and Deaf women in Canada.

The Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women and Children – London – based in the University of Western Ontario, the Centre is committed to the development and application of knowledge for the prevention of violence against women and children through promoting innovation, collaboration, and equality

The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children – Vancouver – committed to participatory action research, focused specifically on violence against women and children, and works in the interests of the community to end this violence

Interdisciplinary Research Center on Family Violence and Violence against Women (CRI-VIFF) – Montreal – contributes to knowledge advancement on family violence and violence against women

Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research – New Brunswick – conduct and encourage practice and policy-relevant research on family violence and violence against women and children

National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence – an organization dedicated to reducing family violence nationally by advocating for frontline workers serving Indigenous survivors of violence in Canada

Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses – a provincial coalition of first stage emergency women’s shelters, 2^ndstage housing organizations and community-based women organizations who work towards ending violence against all women.

RESOLVE: Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse – Alberta – a tri-prairie research network that co-ordinates and supports research aimed at ending violence, especially violence involving girls and women

RESOLVE: Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse – Manitoba – a tri-prairie research network that co-ordinates and supports research aimed at ending violence, especially violence involving girls and women

RESOLVE: Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse – Saskatchewan – a tri-prairie research network that co-ordinates and supports research aimed at ending violence, especially violence involving girls and women