Following a recent report from Ontario Provincial Police showing a rise in reports of intimate partner violence across Ontario, Western University has experts available for comment, including members of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC).
Katreena Scott
Professor, Education; Academic Director, CREVAWC
Areas of expertise: Prevention of gender-based and sexual violence, domestic violence and domestic violence and the judicial system.
Lisa Heslop
Research Partner, CREVAWC
Areas of expertise: Justice and intimate partner violence, criminal justice, family law.
Professor, Nursing; Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence
Areas of expertise: Health and social service sector response to gender-based violence, violence and trauma informed approaches to providing services to victims.
Kaitlynn Mendes
Associate Professor, Sociology; Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender
Areas of expertise: Online violence as it intersects with domestic violence, tech-facilitated sexual violence, youth online violence.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca
