Criminalizing Coercive Control: Analysis, Updates and Reflections on Legislating Coercive Control in Canada

Description

This webinar invites discussion and input on the potential impacts of the pending legislative changes and options for post-legislative policies and practices.

• Criminalization of victim-survivors and the ongoing misidentification of women as perpetrators

• Gender-based violence is endemic - systemic responses versus incident-centred responses

• Reflecting on victim-survivor, anti-violence, gender justice and other community-based interventions and insights

• The trouble with evidencing coercive control and proving intent

• Coercive control in the context of other areas of the legal system (family, child protection, immigration)

• Options to invest in systemic responses outside of the criminal legal system

Speakers: Emilie Coyle (Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies), Pamela Cross (Canadian Feminist Lawyer and Women’s Advocate, Pamela Cross), Agnes Huang (Family Lawyer, Agnes Huang BC Family Law Lawyer), Deepa Mattoo (Executive Director, Barbra Schliffer Commemorative Clinic), Summer Rain (Manager, Justice Centre at Battered Women’s Support Services), Angela Marie MacDougall (Executive Director, Battered Women’s Support Services).