{"id":6296,"date":"2017-08-18T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/?p=6296"},"modified":"2017-08-18T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:28:22","slug":"harmony-house-receives-funding-study-family-court-system-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2017\/harmony-house-receives-funding-study-family-court-system-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmony House receives funding to study the family court system in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Anna Przednowek, Violence Against Women Hub RA<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6298\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 240px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6298 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic-e1503076635355-240x119.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Press photo of the Ontario Court House sign.\" width=\"240\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic-e1503076635355-240x119.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic-e1503076635355-160x79.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic-e1503076635355-400x198.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic-e1503076635355-360x178.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/ontario-court-justice-generic-e1503076635355.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Canadian Press<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are happy to share that earlier this summer Leighann Burns, Executive Director of Harmony House and a Violence Against Women (VAW) Hub Steering Committee member and community partner, received a $400,000 federal grant to study the state of family law in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the project, Leighann and key partners will look at best practices outside of the country, collaborate with advocates, survivors, lawyers and\u00a0academics to get\u00a0their views, and revise family law courses at the University of Ottawa.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6297\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide.jpg\" alt=\"Harmony House banner made up of multiple different photos of women.\" width=\"1300\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide-160x46.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide-240x68.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide-768x219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide-400x114.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-wide-360x102.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Harmony House<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A primary goal of the project is to train lawyers and law students to be more effective advocates in family court.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to reporting more on this exciting project as it unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Harmony House project in the news please check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/harmony-house-shelter-grant-1.4207996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this CBC article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Anna Przednowek, Violence Against Women Hub RA We are happy to share that earlier this summer Leighann Burns, Executive Director of Harmony House and a Violence Against Women (VAW) Hub Steering Committee member and community partner, received a $400,000 federal grant to study the state of family law in Canada. 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