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Notes From the Editor
Jill Hightower, Executive Director of BCIFV has led the Institute,
its staff and board to international renown as a locus of
research and education activity in the area of family violence.
With her hands and heart in all the pots - from community
to government to academia - Jill has facilitated a healthy
and productive discourse on family violence which has sought
to, and succeeded in, producing an integrated conceptualization
of the myriad of issues touched by family violence across
the lifespan.
At the end of the month, Jill Hightower will be stepping
down as the executive Director of the BC Institute Against
Family Violence. She has left a strong and dynamic legacy
for the incoming Executive Director, Penny Bain. Jill will
be missed by all those with whom she has associated and worked
over the years. At the same time, we, the staff, are looking
forward to the energies and ideas of Penny Bain, and to continuing
the quality of work that Jill has worked so hard to produce.
On another note, I would like to call attention to a few
pieces in the current newsletter. Of special note is the article
from Sharon Velisek on Criminal Harassment. Following a major
editing error on our part in the Fall 1997 newsletter, Ms.
Velisek agreed to tell her story - a compelling and chilling
account of how she came to be a victim of criminal harassment.
Her piece is sensitive and thought-provoking, and extremely
useful in the quest to keep women safe.
David Allen gives a clear account of the work of Health Canada’s
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence in the realm of
Aboriginal Issues. He discusses the resources the Clearinghouse
is producing to address the issue of Family Violence in the
context of Aboriginal families and communities.
Elaine Enarson looks at the effect of disaster on domestic
violence. She draws attention to the lack of disaster preparedness
in organizations and shelters, serving women who may or may
not already live with the "daily disaster" of domestic
violence.
I would like to thank all of our contributors for their time
and energy in putting forth work of such quality.
Cheers,
Carolyn Wright
Publications Editor, BCIFV
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