Forensic Nursing

What do male professional athletes and victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) have in common? Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as CTE. While one group gets millions of dollars in research, the other remains underfunded and less publicized.
See what advocates and researchers are doing to elevate and amplify the voices of IPV victims.


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How does intimate partner violence affect women’s brains? Scientists, social workers advocate for more research Approximately one in eight Canadian women are likely suffering from an unrecognized brain injury related to domestic violence and researchers want to know more

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Digital Domestic
Abuse

Perpetrators are using technology as an add way to inflict power & control against their victims. See what's being proposed to curve these actions, and the challenges being faced. Studies now show that as technology becomes more innovative, abusers continue to push boundaries and put its uses to the test.


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New tech gadgets are making it harder to escape domestic abuse: advocates - National | Globalnews.ca Intimate partner violence in Canada has been referred to as a "shadow pandemic," intensifying during COVID-19 as lockdowns limited victims' ability to leave abusive partners.

It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989). This act of violent misogyny shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

On December 6, we remember:

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

As we mourn their loss and remember their lives, we reaffirm our commitment to fight the hatred that led to this tragedy, and the misogyny that still exists today.

Credit: Government of Canada