It’s here! On April 25, 2022, Luke’s Place launched its updated After She Leaves online training and resource manual for new and experienced workers supporting women involved in the family court system.
Both the online training and resource manual cover changes to the Divorce Act and Ontario’s Children’s Law Reform Act (CLRA),
Luke’s Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children is an award-winning non-profit centre of excellence devoted to improving the safety and experience of women and their children as they proceed through the complex family court system after fleeing an abusive relationship. We are the only stand-alone family law support centre in Canada for women who have been subjected to intimate partner violence.
Presented by Pamela Cross, Luke’s Place Legal Director, on March 25, 2022 at 1:00pm
Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today on this important issue. I am the Legal Director at Luke’s Place in Durham Region. We provide direct services to women who have left abusive relationships and are engaged with the family law process and work at the provincial and national levels,
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Last April, Pamela Cross, our Legal Director, was awarded the J.A. (Alec) Corry Distinguished Alumni Award (for excelling in a career outside the traditional practice of law) from Queen’s Law. A virtual ceremony on May 20, 2021, celebrated this year’s Queen’s alumni award recipients with last year’s.
Luke’s Place has been recognized with the 2020-21 Victim Services Award of Distinction by the Ministry of the Attorney General for the expansion of its innovative Virtual Legal Clinic in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the third time that Luke’s Place has been honoured with this award;
Luke’s Place offers a variety of supports to women and their advocates in Ontario during the pandemic
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If you are in Durham Region
(Ajax, Brock, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge and Whitby) Contact us at 905-728-0978 ext. 235 Monday to Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm for and Intake Assessment.
CTV News recently spotlighted the changes in Canada’s Divorce Act, interviewing the Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross. Among other revisions, the new Act includes a definition of family violence as it relates to the best interests of the child.
From the article:
“We’re very unhappy with the way the language around decision-making responsibility is worded,” Cross told CTV News in a phone interview.“In the old days,
Op-Ed in The Toronto Star by Farrah Khan and Pamela Cross
This International Women’s Day we can expect to hear the usual platitudes from government, business and institutions about women’s empowerment and how far we have come. What we deserve to hear are concrete commitments to address the gender-based impacts of the pandemic.
Luke’s Place co-chairs working group for National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence
