Elizabeth Sheehy, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Law, is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Legal Committee for LEAF. [...] A member of the Advisory Group of Rights of Women and the Women’s Aid Expert Advisory Group to the Child First campaign, she is currently assisting the Ministry of Justice in the UK with an inquiry titled “Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases.” She will present on concerns about PA in the UK. [...] The panel will outline international efforts to challenge the scientific and legal validity of PA, will report on recent trends in family law, and will show how PA claims are silencing women and children and are generating concerns around the world about child safety and gender bias in legal systems. [...] We want to speak with survivors one-day conference and workshop, hosted by the Workplace of severe domestic violence who are now safe or to Violence and Abuse Team (WVAT) of the Muriel McQueen Fer- people who were close to a victim of domestic homi- gusson Centre for Family Violence Research, will offer presen- cide. [...] We want to learn from people with experiences tations and a workshop facilitated by individuals with expertise that occurred between 2006 and 2016 who fall into the related to issues of respect in the workplace and who work and following groups: Indigenous, immigrants and/or refu- conduct research in professional, legal, union and academic gees, living in rural or remote areas or children exposed.
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