The MMFC Research Day highlights the work of its researchers and associated community members addressing the many complexities of family violence.

• Adapting the violence against women system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Alexa Yakubovich.

• Influencing policy: Policy briefs and strategies for transferring research knowledge to policymakers with Meranda McLaughlin, Bronwen Cunningham, Jo-Anne Fullerton and moderator, Ewos Emiko.

• The nexus of poverty and domestic violence in family law with Madame Justice Boudreau-Dumas, Chantal Landry and Lindsay Manuel.

• IPV in the relationships of young people and the education sectors response in Northern Ireland with Eaton Scholar Lucia E. Klencakova from Belfast, Ireland.

• Guest Lecture - Abolitionist feminist approaches to domestic homicide and mass casualties with Dr. Ardath Whynacht.

This bilingual series was sponsored by the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, the Province of New Brunswick, PLEIS NB, NBPower, the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and WorksafeNB.

Recordings:

• Addressing systemic discrimination under the New Brunswick Human Rights Act by: Marc-Alain Mallet
• Commissioner on systemic racism: The journey of exploring Systemic racism in New Brunswick by: Dr. Manju Varma.
• JEDI presenting Indigenous reconciliation in the workplace by: Ashley Brooks and Nisa Kennedy.
• Othering women firefighters by: Dr. Carmen Poulin.

Tips and Tools Contributing to Healthy Workplaces

• De-escalating customers and clients by: Nicole Smith.
• A New Brunswick-based project developing tools to address sexual harassment in the workplace by: Amber Chisholm.
• Services and learning opportunities for employers and employees by: Lisa LaForge.
• Responding to domestic violence in the workplace: It's Your Business by: Silke Brabander and Jennie Wilson.
• Boosting conflict management competency in your workplace by: Kelly VanBuskirk.
• Emotionally intelligent communication by: Sally Wells.

Trauma-Informed Workplaces

• Nurses: How Are You? by: Cathy Rogers.
• Labour perspectives on workplace psychological health and safety in healthcare and long-term care panel discussion by: Cathy Rogers, Norma Robinson and Sharon Teare.

Each year, Nov. 1 marks the beginning of Family Violence Prevention Month. The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research remains deeply committed to being part of solution to family violence in New Brunswick and beyond and we want you to be part of that solution too. Together we can, and will, be part of the solution to family violence.

During Family Violence Prevention month, in partnership with researchers, collaborators, and stakeholders, the MMFC typically hosts a series of Online Lunch and Learns around a variety of topics related to Family Violence Prevention, work and services. These events are free but registration is required.

November 2021 (Recordings)

• Love shouldn't hurt campaign: Educating and informing New Brunswickers about intimate partner violence with Autumn Locke.

• Yoga as therapy and theory in helping vulnerable populations deal with grief, trauma and pain with Mayme Lefurgey.

• Intimate partner violence and work: Exploring the impacts of domestic violence on workers and workplaces with Dr. Laura Winters.

• It's your business - A domestic and intimate partner violence workplace toolkit with a member of the domestic and intimate partner violence in the workplace committee.

November 2020(Recordings)

• Erasure is violence: Addressing the gaps in New Brunswick school-based sex education through cellphilms with Megan Hill and Dr. Casey Burkholder.

• Domestic violence: It's your Bbusiness with Silke Brabander.

• Gender and intimate partner violence treatment programs: Are specialized processes in Canada effective? with Mary Aspinall.

• Une culture de consentement dans nos écoles : Où en sommes-nous en 2020 ? avec Lyne Chantal Boudreau.