In 2020, Justice Canada contracted the Ending Violence Association of BC and Just Outcomes Inc. to undertake the project Restorative Justice and Gender-Based Violence in BC: Revisiting the Conversation. The project involved the development of a discussion paper, a four-part … Continue reading
Discussion Papers and Reports
2017 Regional Teleconferences Reports
EVA BC facilitated four teleconference calls with Stopping the Violence Counsellors, Stopping the Violence and Multicultural Outreach workers, and Community-Based Victim Service workers in April 2016. Each call was two hours long. In total, 109 STVC, ORS and CBVS workers … Continue reading
Analysis: Safe Care Act, September 2017
This paper articulates the Ending Violence Association of BC’s analysis of Bill M 240, the Safe Care Act, 2017 that was introduced as a Private Member’s Bill to the 6th session of the BC Legislature in March 2017 by MLA … Continue reading
Highlights from a Preliminary Study of Police Classification of Sexual Assault Cases as Unfounded
BC’s Early Alarm About Police Unfounded Classifications of Sexual Assault: In 2006 our then Legal Analyst, Gisela Ruebsaat and our long time colleague and sometimes consultant, Linda Light provided their findings from a research project they conducted to the Federal … Continue reading
2016 Regional Teleconferences Report
EVA BC facilitated four teleconference calls with Stopping the Violence Counsellors, Stopping the Violence and Multicultural Outreach workers, and Community-Based Victim Services workers between May 24th and May 26th of 2016. Each call was two hours long. In total, 68 … Continue reading
Assessing the Complexities and Implications of Anti-Violence Service Delivery in British Columbia
This May 2014 study, conducted by researchers at the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children (Simon Fraser University), was designed to explore the complexities and time-related challenges associated with anti-violence service delivery in BC. Study findings … Continue reading
EVA BC Response to RCMP Victim Services Referral Regulation Amendments, March 2014
Download file (pdf) In March 2014, EVA BC developed a submission to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and the Department of Justice in response to their call for input on pending RCMP regulation amendments that address the … Continue reading
Consultation on Victims’ Bill of Rights
Download file (pdf) The Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) was grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Federal Department of Justice Consultation on the proposed Victims’ Bill of Rights in Vancouver on July 15, 2013. As part … Continue reading
Response to White Paper on Justice Reform Part Two
EVA BC Response to the White Paper on Justice Reform Part Two Download file (pdf)
Violence Against Women and Their Children in BC: 33 Years of Recommendations
Download file (pdf) EVA BC’s report, Violence Against Women and Their Children in BC: 33 Years of Recommendations, reviews studies and reports issued throughout the last 33 years and delivers a compilation of a number of critical recommendations that describe … Continue reading