by BSCC | Apr 6, 2021 | Advocacy, Project
Guiding Systemic Responses to Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Through Risk Assessment: A Survivor-Centric Approach With funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada and in partnership with agencies across Canada, researchers and survivors of violence, we are...
by BSCC | Mar 11, 2021 | Advocacy, Project
#ANDMETOO #AndMeToo levels the ground for survivors from complex socio-economic backgrounds to voice their concerns and seek advice. With its re-appearance as a hashtag in October 2017, #MeToo encouraged thousands of women around the world to start sharing their...
by BSCC | Jan 29, 2020 | Advocacy
Not Okay: A Knowledge Sharing Forum Over the past 30 years, the legal response to sexual violence has evolved considerably. High profile cases such as the 1999 Jane Doe Audit, the 2014 Jian Ghomeshi case in Canada, and the 2017 revelations about sexual violence by...
by BSCC | Dec 4, 2019 | News
The thought of having my second child taken from me left me feeling such profound pain and desperation, that I considered ending my life. I decided to go to church first. This is when the priest gave me the number of the Barbra Schlifer Clinic and turned my fate...
by BSCC | Nov 21, 2019 | Legal
The Schlifer Clinic at the Supreme Court of Canada intervening on two appeals regarding Anti-SLAPP Legislation On Tuesday, November 12th, the Clinic’s pro-bono lawyer Joanna Birenbaum and Andrew Bernstein from Tory’s argued at the Supreme Court of...