Silence and Sexual Assault: The Case of Nafissatou Diallo vs. Dominique...
Newsweek magazine published an interview, in which Nafissatou Diallo tells her side of a story that has been front-page news since May 2011. Continue reading →
View ArticlePublication Bans: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Cases
- On the morning of the preliminary hearing, the Crown Attorney asked the victim in the sexual abuse case if she wanted to have a publication ban placed on the trial. Until that moment, she did not...
View ArticleAnnual Reports of the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
On September 19, 2011 the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, tabled the 2008-09 and 2009-10 annual reports of the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for...
View ArticleThe Collision of the Personal and the Professional
My personal and professional lives collided recently, and I am forever changed. Continue reading →
View ArticlePenn State’s Biggest Failure
This past week we watched – with horror – as individuals attempted to use their positions of power and fame to broker deals to save their careers and reputations amidst the ruins of the lives of little...
View ArticleRecovery Bill of Rights for Trauma Survivors
Sexual abuse and sexual assault are trauma Continue reading →
View ArticleSexual Violence Against Young Women and Police Response
"[The police should] make us feel more safe and do more to make the community aware they are taking abuse seriously." (Youth Alliance Report, p.14) Continue reading →
View ArticleWhy Hollywood Is Bad for Sexual Violence Survivors
For “real life” sexual abuse and sexual assault survivors there is no script. Continue reading →
View ArticleOntario Expands Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence Through the Language...
Ontario expands support for survivors of sexual violence Language Interpreter Services program Continue reading →
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