July 2018 – The Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence

Busy days for CSSLRV researchers who volunteered at World Congress this week

CSSLRV researchers were proud to be a part of the hardworking team of 120-plus volunteers who were vital this week to ensuring that ISA’s XIX World Congress of Sociology ran smoothly and that all the approximately 6,000 delegates from 120 countries felt welcome.

Canadian-themed session focuses on missing, murdered indigenous women and girls

One of four Canadian-themed sessions at ISA World Congress of Sociology this week, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: What Can Sociology Bring to the Table?” took place today.

CSSLRV researchers present research at international conference

CSSLRV researchers participated today at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto which has attracted about 6,000 delegates from 120 countries to the city this week.

Research examining definitions of domestic violence, homicide presented today in Toronto

CSSLRV researchers Danielle Sutton, Jordan Fairbairn and Myrna Dawson presented research today at the 19th International Sociological Association, World Congress of Sociology in Toronto this week.

CDHPIVP exhibits research to date at World Congress of Sociology

Research team members for the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations (CDHPIVP) helped promote the SSHRC-funded research this week at the 19th International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology Conference in Toronto.

Benchimol, Poon, and Hotton present research at ISA World Congress of Sociology

Three CSSLRV researchers presented their research today at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto. Guila Benchimol, a PhD candidate in Sociological Criminology, presented her paper entitled “Victims are Doing it from Themselves: Examining the Move from Sexual Victimization to Anti-Sexual Violence Advocacy.”

Dawson is new president of Canadian Sociological Association

CSSLRV Director and UG Sociology Professor Myrna Dawson took up the position of President for the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) today at the CSA Annual General Meeting.