HelpTV Promotes the Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying

Children’s Services and ACCESS TV partnered to produce a HelpTV episode on the prevention of family violence and bullying. The episode aired on November 14, 2007 and featured guests from Children’s Services, Alberta Education, Prevention of Bullying Youth Committee, the Family Violence Info Line 310-1818 and students from Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.

The episode also included a series of public service announcements developed by Children’s Services encouraging Albertans to “speak up for those who are silenced” by family violence. Watch the HelpTV episode. (Uses Windows Media Player.)

Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs in Alberta Environmental Scan

Alberta Children's Services and Alberta Council of Women's Shelters collaborated with RESOLVE Alberta to develop the environmental scan, Programs that Address Domestic and Sexual Violence: What's Working in Alberta? This scan identifies perspectives regarding the services available in Alberta communities for those impacted by family violence.

Safe Visitation Environmental Scan

Alberta Children's Services and Justice and Attorney General collaborated with RESOLVE Alberta to develop the safe visitation environmental scan, Supervised Visitation and Exchange Centres for Domestic Violence: An Environmental Scan. This scan is a valuable resource for jurisdictions considering developing visitation centres in order to safeguard all family members touched by domestic violence and support parents and children in continuing to have positive relationships.

Animal Cruelty and Family Violence

The Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has published an updated resource book on animal cruelty and its links to family violence. In a family violence situation, an abusive person may threaten to or actually harm a pet as a method of control. 

Read the Alberta SPCA's resource book.
Visit the Alberta SPCA website.

Women's Emergency Shelter Program Review

In January 2006, Alberta Children's Services initiated a review of the Women's Emergency Shelter Program. The review, completed in June 2006, aimed to understand the issues, strengths and opportunities facing Alberta's women's emergency shelters and to propose recommendations to strengthen shelters, their partnerships and the program as a whole.

Read the report.
Read the executive summary.
Read the government's response.
Read the news release.

Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission

The latest issue of AHRIS, the electronic newsletter of the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, features the following topics:

• Chief Commissioner of AHRIS' support letter to Elections Canada on their decision allowing Muslims to wear burkas when voting
• Information and applications for the Diversity Leadership Award

Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Network (AEAAN)

Alberta's fastest-growing population is over the age of 65. AEAAN is a province-wide network of Albertans who work to increase awareness about and support a community response to elder abuse. To learn more or to find out how you can help, visit the AEAAN website.

SafeCanada.ca

The Government of Canada has developed this website, which features links to information about domestic violence for Aboriginal people, kids, parents, seniors, teachers and youth.

¹Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends (2006). Page 19. Commissioned by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministries responsible for the Status of Women. Statistics Canada. Minister of Industry (www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/85-570-XIE2006001.pdf).
²Family Violence in Canada:  A Statistical Profile (2006). Page 6. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada. Minister of Industry (www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-224-XIE/85-224-XIE2006000.pdf).