Research Corner
The following reports are written by external subject matter specialists, who are contracted by the OFOVC to explore areas within their fields of expertise related to victimology.
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Understanding the Experiences of Coercive Control and Sexual Exploitation
Prepared by Andrea Silverstone, Chief Executive Officer, Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society
May 2022
Prepared by Dr. Hannah Scott, Ontario Tech University
May 2021
Not the ‘golden years’: Femicide of older women in Canada
Prepared by Myrna Dawson, PhD, Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence, University of Guelph
April 2021
Victims and survivors of impaired driving and Canada’s parole process
Prepared by MADD Canada
March 2021
Developing a modernized federal response plan for Canadians victimized abroad in acts of mass violence: How Canada can address the needs of cross-border victims based on international best practices
Part 1 - The needs of cross-border victims and the current systems across the five eyes
Prepared by : Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT)
March 2021
Developing a modernized federal response plan for Canadians victimized abroad in acts of mass violence: How Canada can address the needs of cross-border victims based on international best practices
Prepared by : Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT)
March 2021
Prepared by Jo-Anne Wemmers, PhD
March 2021
Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada
Prepared by Dr. Benjamin Roebuck, Diana McGlinchey, Kristine Hastie, Marissa Taylor, Maryann Roebuck, Simrat Bhele, Emily Hudson, Riya Grace Xavier
August 2020
Prepared by : Kate Rossiter (PhD), Misha Dhillon (MA), and Tracy Porteous (RCC)
April 2020
Prepared by Carmen Gill, Ph.D. and Mary Aspinall, Ph.D. candidate
April 2020
Sawbonna: Victim-led restorative justice
Prepared by: Margot Van Sluytman, Poet, B.A., M.A.
March 2020
Restorative approaches and gendered violence: Moving beyond is it possible? A Discussion Paper
Prepared by Verona Singer, PhD
May 2019