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.