Domestic violence strategy

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Domestic violence clients and the family justice system

Content warning: this post includes descriptions of violence LAO began developing its Domestic Violence Strategy by looking at our services through the lens of a client who has experienced or is experiencing domestic violence. This is one in a series of posts exploring the legal needs of domestic violence clients. More and more, people are […]

Why LAO needs a domestic violence strategy

Over the last couple of years, there’s been more and more of a media spotlight on the continuing severity and prevalence of domestic violence in Canada. Over at Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), we first committed to prioritizing services for those who have experienced domestic violence in 2002. Since then, we developed guidelines for all front […]

Remembering the women who have lost their lives to violence

By Michelle Squires Twenty five years ago on Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered by an armed man in the name of “fighting feminism.” And every year, to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, Women’s College Hospital staff and community partners place a rose in a vase in […]

Make term ‘honour based violence’ irrelevant

By Alia Hogben The Quran is clear that the burying of live infant girls is a sin for which the murderers will be held responsible, then why does anyone think the killing of women and girls will not be viewed in the same light? “When the sun is shrouded in darkness and when the stars […]

Making it easier for domestic violence survivors to get services

LAO has launched this dedicated Domestic Violence Strategy page in the hopes of building a forum for our partners to share ideas in how we can all work together to help people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. It’s difficult for anyone who has been victimized by violence to reach out for help and […]