The Luke’s Place Legal Clinic provides free, confidential support to help women subjected to intimate partner violence (IPV) across Ontario navigate family law. Through the clinic, women connect with experienced family law lawyers who provide summary legal advice, guidance, and support.
History of the Virtual Legal Clinic
Luke’s Place launched a free in-person legal clinic in 2009,
Read moreWe are excited to announce the launch of our new website, After She Leaves!
The After She Leaves Website is a national resource created specifically for Canadian women’s advocates supporting women who have been subjected to intimate partner violence and are navigating family court.
The site offers clear context, practical legal information,
Education is a powerful tool for both preventing and responding to IPV. It can prevent harm, shift systems, and save lives. It is also a core part of the work we do at Luke’s Place.
As International Day of Education approaches on January 24th, Luke’s Place is reflecting on the role education and resources play in preventing and responding to IPV. Meaningful access to education is vital for women and children navigating family court, as well as for the professionals who support them.
January is Stalking Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about a form of abuse that is often hidden, minimized, or misunderstood. Stalking is about control, fear, and ongoing harm. In today’s world, technology has made stalking easier to carry out and harder to escape.
What is Stalking?
Stalking is a pattern of repeated,
On January 19th, feminist lawyer Pamela Cross will lead a virtual session titled “Finding Hope Despite the Despair: Moving Forward to End Gender-Based Violence.”
In this powerful free online talk, hosted by CFUW Perth, Pamela draws on more than 30 years of frontline experience in the violence against women movement to explore why our legal systems continue to fail so many survivors,
As we step into the new year, we reflect on the work we have accomplished together and the work that still lies ahead. Women subjected to intimate partner violence continue to face complex challenges, especially within the family court system, the core focus of Luke’s Place’s mission. With your support, we look forward to 2026 as a year of growth,
As the year draws to a close, we want to thank our community for standing with survivors of intimate partner violence. Your support makes our programs, such as the Women’s Direct Service and Legal Support Program, possible.
There is still time to make a tax-deductible donation before December 31 and help us continue our work in the new year.
On December 10th we globally celebrate Human Rights Day. On this day, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
This day also coincides with the final day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (November 25 – December 10), a global campaign that calls on all of us to speak out and take action to end violence against women,
Technology is part of our daily lives, and it changes fast. These changes can help people stay safe, but they can also be used to cause harm. New apps, devices, and websites can give survivors more control, but they also bring risks like spying, pretending to be someone else, harassment, and breaking into accounts.
Every year on December 6, Canadians pause to remember the 14 young women who were murdered at Montréal’s École Polytechnique in 1989, targeted simply because they were women. The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is both a moment of mourning and a call to action, a reminder that gender-based violence continues to devastate lives,
