Research Briefs

RESEARCH BRIEF - February 2025

Reproductive Coercion & Intimate Partner Violence

This research brief summarizes and synthesizes community and academic research on reproductive coercion in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV).

RESEARCH BRIEF - December 2024

The Homicide Timeline: A Model Developed by Dr. Jane Monckton Smith

This brief summarizes Dr. Jane Monckton Smith’s work on The Homicide Timeline, which is a model for understanding and assessing risk of homicide in cases where there is domestic abuse.

RESEARCH BRIEF - October 2024

Gender-Based Violence In Nova Scotia

This research brief examines gender-based violence in Nova Scotia, including the unique environmental, cultural, and health factors present in the province that contribute to it.

RESEARCH BRIEF - October 2024

A Population Health Approach Framework to Addressing CSEC in Nova Scotia

This research brief summarizes the IWK Mental Health and Addictions Health Promotion Team’s (IWK MHAHPT) report, A Population Health Approach Framework to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth in Nova Scotia.

RESEARCH BRIEF - October 2024

IPV In The 2SLGBTQAI+ Community

This research brief examines the ways that members of the  2SLBGTQAI+ community are impacted by and experience IPV in Canada.

RESEARCH BRIEF - October 2024

Supporting 2SLGBTQAI+ Survivors

This research brief summarizes and synthesizes community and academic research on barriers to service provision for 2SLBGTQAI+ survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and how to support them. A lack of appropriate services and support for 2SLGBTQAI+ survivors of IPV demonstrates a need for increased education, research, and awareness of the complexities and nuances of IPV in the 2SLGBTQAI+ community.