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Diana Carolina Alvarado, Freelance Interpreter

Diana Carolina Alvarado, Freelance Interpreter at the Barbra Schlifer Clinic Diana Carolina Alvarado, Freelance Interpreter at Barbra Schlifer Clinic September 30th is International Translation Day. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on...

Rosa Jeyapalan

Interview with Rosa Jeyapalan, Transitional Support Counsellor at the Barbra Schlifer Clinic Q: By definition, the humanitarian worker provides material and logistic support to people with the objective of saving lives, alleviating suffering and...

Paula Alves

Interview with Paula Alves, Manager of Legal Operations at the Barbra Schlifer Clinic Q: By definition, the humanitarian worker provides material and logistic support to people with the objective of saving lives, alleviating suffering and...

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons by Patricia Coelho, Project Coordinator at the Barbara Schlifer Clinic July, 2019 In 2003, the United Nations designated July 30th as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The aim is to bring about...

Mindfulness for Trauma Recovery

The Role of Mindfulness in Trauma Recovery by Holly Miles, Counsellor at the Barbra Schlifer Clinic July 2019 Popular culture has recently embraced the idea of Mindfulness as a means of stress reduction. However, it is a concept that is thousands...

Risk Identification and Safety Assessment (RISA) Tool Website Launch: RISA Resources Now Available for Service Providers

Toronto, ON, May 15th, 2024. We are excited to announce that our RISA website is now live! Released this Fall by Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, the Risk Identification and Safety Assessment (RISA) tool was developed for frontline service providers working with...

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 Schlifer Award: Carla...

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 - Released this fall by the...

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 legislature, and...