New research from across the country was featured in three sessions organized by the Canadian Sociological Association’s Violence & Society Research Cluster.
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A new publication released this month brings together researchers from around the globe in The Routledge International Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
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The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability released its third annual report today, identifying that, on average, one woman or girl continues to be killed every 2.5 days in this country.
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As part of the International Sociological Association’s IV (Virtual) Forum on Sociology, Prof. Sylvia Walby, City, University of London (UK) and University of Guelph Sociology Prof. Myrna Dawson co-organized several sessions for the new thematic group Violence & Society as well as the research committee Deviance and Control.
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A three-country collaborative reflection on the state of data related to femicide, family, and intimate partner homicide was released this month, identifying shared data challenges and the role of vicarious trauma inherent in prevention research.
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Sociology Professor and CSSLRV Director Myrna Dawson was one of 11 faculty awarded a Research Leadership Chair in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences this month.
Sociology professor Myrna Dawson delivered an international presentation this week as part of the 16 Days of Activism for Violence Against Women.
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CSSLRV Director Myrna Dawson was Current Sociology’s Sociologist of the Month this October.
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CSSLRV researchers Myrna Dawson and Michelle Carrigan released research this month in Current Sociology that explores the utility of numerous sex/gender-related motives and indicators (SGRMIs) for distinguishing femicide from other homicides.
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A research project being led by CSSLRV Research Associate, Dr. Jordan Fairbairn, has received $191,096 from the SSHRC Insight program to examine media coverage of intimate femicide in Canada.
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