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2024 Spirit of Barbra Schlifer Award Recipients
Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic Honours Carla Neto and Kirsten Mercer with 2024 Spirit of Schlifer Award Toronto, ON, April 16, 2024 - The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic proudly announces the recipients of the 2024 Spirit of Barbra...
Criminalization and Survivorship: Strengthening GBV-sector responses to criminalization, coercive control, and litigation abuse in Canada
This 30-month National project, started in Fall 2023, funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada and led by Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, is a comprehensive initiative aimed at preventing and addressing the criminalization of Gender-Based...
Risk Assessment and Safety Planning Tool for survivors of gender-based violence released by the Barbra Schlifer Clinic
Informed by a 3-year community-based research study, the online tool will be available to service providers across Canada to help them assess the risks of violence faced by survivors and to enhance safety planning. Toronto, Ontario -...
Decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in the case of Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia released today
Toronto, Ontario: July 7, 2023 - Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic is encouraged by the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recognition that “it is axiomatic that intimate partner violence must be recognized, denounced and deterred” and that “society, the...
OBA Award of Excellence in The Promotion of Women and Gender Diverse People’s Equality
June 1, 2023 Deepa Mattoo, OBA Conference CentreGood evening, everyone. Today marks the beginning of Pride, and I am so proud of the Clinic's commitment to supporting trans and gender-diverse communities. Happy Pride to all. It is an honour to...
Post #MeToo
Join us for a series of conversations exploring how our legal and social structures have changed in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Our second in the series will focus on the hospitality sector and soaring rates of workplace sexual assault....