Archives: Violence Against Women

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Humans of CFICE: Anna Przednowek

by Shannon Ing, CFICE Volunteer As part of our celebrations for International Women's day, we're featuring one of our many smart and hard-working female CFICE researchers for this month's Humans of CFICE piece: Anna Przednowek. Anna Przednowek is a PhD Candidate at Carleton University’s School of Social Work and CFICE’s current Violence... More

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Video: Kim Pate, VAW Hub Co-lead, Awarded Honourary Degree

On June 14, Violence Against Women (VAW) Hub's community co-lead, Kim Pate, was awarded an honourary degree by Carleton University. According to Carleton University, Kim Pate was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, "in recognition of her tireless efforts and outstanding leadership in promoting human rights for women within the... More

Monday, February 1, 2016

Addressing Sexual Violence on Campuses Requires Community Collaboration

by Anna Przednowek, PhD student in Social Work, VAW Hub RA On Tuesday January 19th, 2016, the Carleton University community with the support of every Carleton faculty and the Office of the Vice-President (Students and Enrollment) plus numerous campus  institutes, departments, associations, and centres was invited to a screening of the documentary... More

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

VAW Hub calls for NWAC leadership position in National Inquiry

by Anna Przednowek, PhD student in Social Work, VAW Hub RA Recently, CFICE's Violence Against Women (VAW) hub community leaders and senior scholars commended Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a formal letter, for committing to hold a National Inquiry into Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The VAW hub participants called upon Prime... More

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Action is needed to fight violence against women

by Amy Richardson, CFICE Communications RA Even though it was 26 years ago we still remember the shootings  at École Polytechnique. Today, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we remember the 14 women who died in Montréal on Dec. 6th, 1989, as well as the many other women who... More

Friday, November 27, 2015

Elizabeth Fry Societies denied standing at Sask. inquiry into aboriginal woman’s death

According to an article by the CBC, the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, an organization that advocates for the rights of women and girls in the justice system, has been refused access to participate in an inquest into the controversial death of an aboriginal woman who died while in a federal prison hospital.... More

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

CarletonNow Articles

Carleton University's monthly community magazine has published two articles that you may find interesting. One features the KMb Game that was created by research assistants in the KM Hub. This game is aimed to teach newcomers to knowledge mobilization about knowledge mobilization, as well as create a shared learning experience. The other article... More

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

CFICE Violence Against Women Hub Co-Lead Receives Honourary Degree from Carleton

Carleton University awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, "in recognition of her tireless efforts and outstanding leadership in promoting human rights for women within the justice system" to Kim Pate, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, and co-lead of  the Violence Against Women Hub of... More

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