Status of Women committee  Collectively, we have to change and expand our language. It takes time and it takes pretty serious episodes of violence before a person acknowledges and says that she is, in fact, a victim of spousal violence. Before getting there, the person will say that things aren't going wel

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. However, there is a part of the question that I won't be able to answer, because my research didn't deal with women victims of spousal violence, but rather with children and adolescents exposed to that type of violence. Our sample did include a lot of

Status of Women committee  I think the pandemic will have brought about some practical transformations. For example, in a place like the one where Ms. Montminy works, it is very important to offer certain services online, not just now, but also when the pandemic is over. These services may benefit people w

Status of Women committee  I do think there is a huge gap in the services offered for young adults. Young adults who need help have to pay out of pocket for specialized services, when, as I mentioned earlier, they have fewer resources than most other young people. I don't want to generalize, but I would sa

Status of Women committee  When a new measure is created, as in the case of the specialized court in Quebec, it is really important that we, as researchers, be able to support the process. Our researchers are involved in the process relating to these measures and are able to collaborate. They can study wha

Status of Women committee  Coercive control is one of the most dangerous dynamics of violence, that is, dynamics that are potentially explosive and can endanger people's lives. Given this kind of dynamic of violence, more stringent and safer control measures have to be taken. For example, Quebec is in the

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. As I said earlier, we are a research centre, so our contribution is made in that way, not in the form of direct services to the public. However, I think that the productive alliance and the collaboration between research and practitioners really are

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, yes. In fact, we can't solve a problem this complex by adopting a simplistic solution. Changing the laws does offer tools, but that is not sufficient if we then don't help the people working in the field to work together to provide a safety net. Also, the tools can so

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. One of the benefits would be to enable children to understand what they are experiencing sooner, to take the responsibility off their shoulders and let them know that help is available for them somewhere. I spoke earlier about difficulties in accessin

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, I didn't have time to finish my presentation and tell you my recommendations. I would therefore like to present two recommendations that I think are important in connection with my presentation. First, we have to do more and provide more support

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for your invitation. My name is Geneviève Lessard and I am a professor at Université Laval and director of the RAIV, an acronym referring to applied and interdisciplinary research into intimate, family and structural violence. The RAIV is one of the fiv