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Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide: Reflections from Members of the DVDRC, Part 2

This Webinar was presented and recorded on November 27, 2025

Founded in 2003, the mandate of Ontario’s multi-disciplinary Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is to assist the Office of the Chief Coroner in the investigation and review of deaths of persons that occur as a result of intimate partner homicide and to make recommendations to help prevent further deaths.  

This webinar is the second in a series co-hosted by the LNKH webinar series and the FVFL project. In it, DVDRC members will share lessons learned from homicides in the context of family law proceedings as well as unique issues for survivors in immigrant or refugee communities. The webinar will also explore the special needs of surviving children in the aftermath of domestic homicide deaths.   

Part 1 of this webinar, available as a recording, focused on recommendations based on reviews of cases of intimate partner homicides in aging populations, those involving firearms, and in intersection with concerns about mental health and substance use.  

Webinar Recording


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Learning Objectives

By participating in this webinar, participants will: 

  • Understand post-separation abuse and appreciate how family court contexts can increase risk for lethality
  • Identify unique challenges and risks for IPV homicide faced by immigrant and refugee communities   
  • Gain knowledge about the steps that court systems, legal professionals, community-based professionals can take to prevent of intimate partner homicide   
  • Consider the profound impact on, and needs of, child survivors of intimate partner homicide. Understand changes we need to make to better respond to these children.  

Speakers

Pamela Cross

Pamela Cross is a feminist lawyer, a well-known and respected expert on violence against women and the law for her work as a researcher, writer, educator and trainer. She works with women’s equality and violence against women organizations across Ontario. After leading the creation and expansion of legal programming and services at Luke’s Place in her role as Legal Director, Pamela has moved her focus to advocacy, and is now the Luke’s Place Advocacy Director, developing and leading law and policy reform efforts and media work at the provincial and national levels.     

 

Peter Jaffe Peter Jaffe is a psychologist and professor emeritus at the UWO, Faculty of Education. Dr. Jaffe was a founding partner in the creation of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children in 1992 and was the Academic Director from 2005-2021. He has influenced generations of researchers, mental health professionals, lawyers, judges, school systems, families, and individual children.

  

 

Deepa Mattoo

Deepa Mattoo is a dedicated lawyer and intersectional feminist recognized for her commitment to advancing equity, anti-oppression, and anti-racism. Her extensive career spans various legal and leadership roles. Since 2019, Deepa has served as the Executive Director of the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, overseeing multiple departments and directing the Clinic’s intervention and advocacy efforts. She has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Parliamentary committees, and UN civil society meetings, advocating on a broad spectrum of social justice and human rights issues. In 2023, Deepa was appointed to the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC).   

Deepa has trained thousands of service providers to support forced marriage survivors, racialized non-status women, and clients navigating immigration law. Since 2017, she has shared her expertise as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School through numerous speaking engagements and interviews. Deepa's contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Spirit of Schlifer Award in 2015 and the Law Society Medal and Women of Distinction Award in 2022 for her advocacy and access to justice efforts. In 2023, she received the Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Women's Equality and the Desi Achiever’s Award for her exceptional contributions to human rights and access to justice. In 2024, Deepa was honoured with an Honorary Degree from Humber College in recognition of her contributions to social justice and equity.  

Prévention de l'homicide entre partenaires intimes : réflexions des membres du CEDVF, partie 2

Ce Webinaire a été présenté et enregistré le 27 novembre 2025.

Fondé en 2003, le Comité d'examen des décès dus à la violence familiale (CEDVF) multidisciplinaire de l'Ontario a pour mandat d'aider le Bureau du coroner en chef dans l'enquête et l'examen des décès qui surviennent à la suite d'un homicide entre partenaires intimes et de formuler des recommandations pour aider à prévenir d'autres décès.  

Ce webinaire est le deuxième d'une série co-organisée par la série de webinaires du Learning Network et Centre de connaissances et le projet VFDF. Dans ce webinaire, les membres du CEDVF partageront les leçons tirées des homicides dans le contexte des procédures de droit de la famille ainsi que les enjeux particuliers pour les survivantes des communautés de personnes immigrantes ou réfugiées. Le webinaire explorera également les besoins particuliers des enfants survivants à la suite de décès par homicide familial.

La première partie de ce webinaire, disponible en tant que vers un enregistrement, portait sur des recommandations fondées sur l’examen des cas d'homicides entre partenaires intimes (HPI) au sein des populations vieillissantes, des cas impliquant des armes à feu et des cas à l’intersection d’enjeux de santé mentale et d’usage de substances psychoactives.   

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Objectifs d'apprentissage

Ce webinaire permet aux participant.e.s de

  • Comprendre la violence post-séparation et comment les contextes des tribunaux de la famille peuvent accroître le risque de létalité  
  • Cerner les défis uniques et les risques d'homicides en contexte de violence entre partenaires intimes (VPI) auxquels sont confrontées les communautés de personnes immigrantes et réfugiées   
  • Acquérir des connaissances sur les mesures que peuvent prendre les systèmes judiciaires, ainsi que les professionnel.le.s juridiques et les professionnel.le.s communautaires pour prévenir l'homicide entre partenaires intimes   
  • Réfléchir aux répercussions profondes sur les enfants survivants d'homicide entre partenaires intimes, ainsi que leurs besoins. Comprendre les changements que nous devons apporter pour mieux répondre à ces enfants.  

Biographies des présentatrices  

Pamela Cross

Pamela Cross est une avocate féministe. C’est une spécialiste du domaine de la violence faite aux femmes et du droit qui est reconnue et respectée grâce à son travail de chercheuse, d’auteure et d’éducatrice. Elle collabore avec des organisations œuvrant pour l’égalité des femmes et contre la violence à leur endroit dans tout l’Ontario. Après avoir supervisé la création et l’essor des programmes et des services juridiques chez Luke’s Place en tant que directrice juridique, Pamela Cross s’est tournée vers la défense des droits. Elle occupe actuellement le poste de directrice de la défense des droits chez Luke’s Place, où elle soutient un plaidoyer en faveur d’une réforme législative et politique du droit et travaille avec les médias aux échelons provincial et national.

Peter Jaffe

Peter Jaffe (Ph. D.) est psychologue et professeur émérite de la Faculté d’éducation de l’Université Western à London en Ontario. Peter Jaffe a participé à la création du Centre de recherche et d’éducation sur la violence contre les femmes et les enfants en 1992 et il en a été le directeur de la recherche de 2005 à 2021. Il a influencé des générations de chercheurs et de chercheuses, de spécialistes de la santé mentale, d’avocats, de juges et d’intervenants et d’intervenantes dans les systèmes scolaires et a aussi œuvré auprès des familles et des enfants.

 

Deepa Mattoo est une avocate dévouée et une féministe intersectionnelle reconnue pour son engagement en faveur de l’équité, de la lutte à l’oppression et de l’antiracisme. Sa longue carrière l’a amenée à occuper différents postes en droit et en gestion. Depuis 2019, Deepa Mattoo est directrice générale de la clinique commémorative Barbra Schlifer. Elle supervise plusieurs de ses services en dirigeant les interventions et le soutien devant le tribunal de la clinique. Elle a été appelée à témoigner devant la Cour suprême du Canada, des commissions parlementaires et lors de réunions de la société civile de l’ONU pour des plaidoyers relatifs à un vaste éventail d’enjeux liés à la justice sociale et aux droits de la personne. En 2023, elle a été nommée membre du Comité d’examen des décès dus à la violence familiale (CEDVF) en Ontario. 

Elle a formé des milliers de personnes des fournisseurs de services visant à soutenir des personnes survivantes de mariages forcés, des femmes racialisées sans statut et des client.e.s évoluant dans le système lié au droit de l’immigration. Elle a partagé ses compétences depuis 2017 en tant que professeure adjointe à la Osgoode Hall Law School au moyen de nombreuses conférences et interviews. Les contributions de Deepa Mattoo ont été soulignées par plusieurs prix et distinctions, notamment le prix  Spirit of Schlifer en 2015, la médaille du Barreau de l’Ontario et le Prix Femmes de mérite en 2022 pour ses efforts en matière de plaidoyers et d’accès à la justice. En 2023, elle a reçu le prix d’excellence de l’Association du Barreau de l’Ontario pour la promotion de l’égalité des femmes et un prix des  Grant’s Desi Achievers Awards pour ses contributions exceptionnelles en matière de droits de la personne et d’accès à la justice. En 2024, elle a enfin reçu un diplôme honorifique du Collège Humber pour ses contributions en rapport avec la justice sociale et l’équité.

Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide: Reflections from Members of the DVDRC, Part 2

This Webinar was presented and recorded on November 27, 2025

Founded in 2003, the mandate of Ontario’s multi-disciplinary Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is to assist the Office of the Chief Coroner in the investigation and review of deaths of persons that occur as a result of intimate partner homicide and to make recommendations to help prevent further deaths.  

This webinar is the second in a series co-hosted by the LNKH webinar series and the FVFL project. In it, DVDRC members will share lessons learned from homicides in the context of family law proceedings as well as unique issues for survivors in immigrant or refugee communities. The webinar will also explore the special needs of surviving children in the aftermath of domestic homicide deaths.   

Part 1 of this webinar, available as a recording, focused on recommendations based on reviews of cases of intimate partner homicides in aging populations, those involving firearms, and in intersection with concerns about mental health and substance use.  

Webinar Recording


CLICK HERE FOR PRESENTATION SLIDES

Click here for related resources 

By participating in this webinar, participants will: 

  • Understand post-separation abuse and appreciate how family court contexts can increase risk for lethality
  • Identify unique challenges and risks for IPV homicide faced by immigrant and refugee communities   
  • Gain knowledge about the steps that court systems, legal professionals, community-based professionals can take to prevent of intimate partner homicide   
  • Consider the profound impact on, and needs of, child survivors of intimate partner homicide. Understand changes we need to make to better respond to these children.  

Speakers

Pamela Cross

Pamela Cross is a feminist lawyer, a well-known and respected expert on violence against women and the law for her work as a researcher, writer, educator and trainer. She works with women’s equality and violence against women organizations across Ontario. After leading the creation and expansion of legal programming and services at Luke’s Place in her role as Legal Director, Pamela has moved her focus to advocacy, and is now the Luke’s Place Advocacy Director, developing and leading law and policy reform efforts and media work at the provincial and national levels.     

 

Peter Jaffe Peter Jaffe is a psychologist and professor emeritus at the UWO, Faculty of Education. Dr. Jaffe was a founding partner in the creation of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children in 1992 and was the Academic Director from 2005-2021. He has influenced generations of researchers, mental health professionals, lawyers, judges, school systems, families, and individual children.

 

 

Deepa Mattoo

Deepa Mattoo is a dedicated lawyer and intersectional feminist recognized for her commitment to advancing equity, anti-oppression, and anti-racism. Her extensive career spans various legal and leadership roles. Since 2019, Deepa has served as the Executive Director of the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, overseeing multiple departments and directing the Clinic’s intervention and advocacy efforts. She has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Parliamentary committees, and UN civil society meetings, advocating on a broad spectrum of social justice and human rights issues. In 2023, Deepa was appointed to the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC).   

Deepa has trained thousands of service providers to support forced marriage survivors, racialized non-status women, and clients navigating immigration law. Since 2017, she has shared her expertise as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School through numerous speaking engagements and interviews. Deepa's contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Spirit of Schlifer Award in 2015 and the Law Society Medal and Women of Distinction Award in 2022 for her advocacy and access to justice efforts. In 2023, she received the Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Women's Equality and the Desi Achiever’s Award for her exceptional contributions to human rights and access to justice. In 2024, Deepa was honoured with an Honorary Degree from Humber College in recognition of her contributions to social justice and equity.

 

 

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