Welcome
Welcome to the Knowledge Hub!
The Knowledge Hub connects innovative trauma-and violence-informed health promotion projects funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada’s investment, “Supporting the health of victims of domestic violence and child abuse through community programs” (2015-2022) and subsequently, Preventing and addressing Family Violence: The Public Health Perspective (2022-2026). As part of its investment, PHAC is also pleased to support the Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at Western University to lead the Knowledge Hub, including a Community of Practice (CoP) aiming to bolster the combined impact of funded projects, and further advance innovations in the growing field of trauma-informed health promotion.
These projects support people who have experienced intimate partner violence and/or child maltreatment through a variety of programs. The Knowledge Hub facilitates knowledge mobilization among and for projects through a Community of Practice, the Learning Network and Knowledge Hub Webinar Series, and a variety of other resources (reports, bulletins, videos).
New Resources and Upcoming Events
Upcoming Webinar!
Enhancing Judicial Practice by Integrating Coercive Control
Presented by: Karine Barrette and Marie-Jeanne Gratton
The presentation will demystify the concept of coercive control and talk about the need to address it before the potential offence takes effect. This presentation also will provide an opportunity to share the many tools developed for socio-judicial practitioners who work with survivors of domestic violence, thus offering them concrete avenues for action.
Resources for Evaluating Trauma- and Violence-Informed Practice
This resource provides an overview of over twenty qualitative and quantitative evaluation tools designed to measure trauma-and violence-informed practices of individuals and /or organizations. These tools were meticulously selected through a comprehensive search of academic literature, grey literature, and websites. The literature search spanned from 2010 to 2023, and included websites that did not provide dates of publication.
Recording Available!
Presented by: Margeaux Feldman and Nicole Brown-Faulknor
In this session, speakers discuss the connection of trauma and the body, and the ways in which somatic/embodiment practices can be integrated into the everyday work of supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
Recording Available!
Presented by: Amy Bombay
This webinar discusses the unique experiences of violence experienced by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples since first contact.
Featured Project:
Kids Club and Mom’s Empowerment
The Beauséjour Family Crisis Resource Centre is collaborating with its research and community partners to implement and evaluate the evidence-based Kids' Club and Moms’ Empowerment programs for children aged 6 to 12 and their mothers who have been exposed to family violence. Learn more.
Featured CoP Member:
Ginette Landry
Ginette Landry is a Program Coordinator at the Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre/Courage Centre located in Shediac, New Brunswick. She has worked in the research and development of a new Supervised Parenting Time Centre and is currently the Program Coordinator with the multi-year PHAC project called the Kids Club and Mom’s Empowerment program. Learn more.
