We are pleased to share a new edition (updated from the 2006 edition) of the EVA BC’s Records management guidelines: Protecting privacy for victims/survivors of violence. These guidelines provide clear instruction for those handling sensitive client information on what they … Continue reading
Category Archives: Resources
New Online Resource Hub Offers Tools to Prevent and Respond to Workplace Sexual Harassment
The Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) is pleased to announce the launch of its Sexual Harassment Advice, Response and Prevention for Workplaces (SHARP Workplaces) online resource hub. With funding provided by the Government of Canada’s Department of … Continue reading
West Coast LEAF BC Gender Equality Report Card – Social Media Images
West Coast LEAF has released eight social media images, based on their BC Gender Equality Report Card 2019/2020. EVA BC had the opportunity to review and offer feedback on the Gender-Based Violence section. Wonderful work from the team at West … Continue reading
NEW! COVID-19 Fact Sheet
Please find this COVID-19 Fact Sheet – we hope it is a helpful resource that you may print and post at your workplace, use as a reference guide, or serves as a resource for workplaces developing COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policies: … Continue reading
Resource on Interpreting Provisions of the New Divorce Act
Canada’s federal Divorce Act will soon change in significant ways. Professor Emerita Linda C. Neilson and Professor Emerita Susan B. Boyd from Peter A Allard School of Law are kindly sharing the attached document they developed for public information purposes, INTERPRETING THE NEW DIVORCE ACT, RULES OF STATUTORY INTERPRETATION & SENATE OBSERVATIONS. The … Continue reading
2019 Webinars from EVA BC
Risk Identification and Safety Planning Risk identification helps to recognize and address the risk of future violence, prioritize cases needing increased levels of support and intervention, inform safety plans, and assist in perpetrator management. Risk identification tools serve an important … Continue reading
Funded Family Justice 211 Report Service
EVA BC Information Update, December 2018 Section 211 of the BC Family Law Act authorizes courts to order reports that assess the needs of a child, the ability of a party to satisfy those needs and/or the views of a … Continue reading
Domestic Violence Risk Factors Info
Many anti-violence workers are familiar with the 2-page Summary of Domestic Violence Risk Factors from the BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, which articulates 19 domestic violence risk factors within the categories of: Suspect History Access to Weapons/Firearms … Continue reading