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As we continue to add articles from past years, this page will link to the full text of each article. To request a copy of a back issue of the BCIFV newsletter, please contact our Resource Centre coordinator at [email protected].

Complete Alphabetical List of Articles

1994 Vancouver and Lower Mainland Single Mothers' Resource Guide

Volume 3 Issue 4

1999 - International Year of Older Person

Winter 1999

2000 International Year for the Culture of Peace

Winter 2000


Abbotsford's Freedom From Fear Project

Volume 4 Issue 3

Aboriginal Women:
No Rights to Land or Children

Volume 8 Issue 2

Aboriginal Women's Council

Volume 3 Issue 3

Abuse Against Women in Swiss Families

Volume 4 Issue 4

The Abuse of Custody:
Interview with Ruth Lea Taylor, Lawyer

Volume 3 Issue 4

Achieving Justice for Abused Seniors: The Search for Solutions

Spring 2001

Acknowledging the Continuum From Childhood Abuse To Male Prostitution

Volume 4 Issue 2

The Actual Panorama In Latin American and Caribbean Countries in Regards to Women Assault

Volume 4 Issue 4

Adolescent Health Survey:
Street Youth in Vancouver

Volume 4 Issue 2

The Adult Guardianship Act: It Really Works!

Spring 2001

Advocacy for Seniors: Building on What Works

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

Advocacy from an Empowerment Perspective

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

AGING: Drugged Up and Misdiagnosed

Volume 4 Issue 3

Annotated Service Guide for Persons with Disabilites

Volume 7 Issue 2

Article Reviews

Volume 7 Issue 2

Assessing Men Who Abuse Women for Custody and Access

Volume 3 Issue 2

"At Risk": Determining Vulnerability

Volume 4 Issue 3


Battered Women's Support Services:
Interview with Janet Freeman, Resources Coordinator

Volume 4 Issue 1

Battering in Lesbian Relationships:
Part One

Volume 3 Issue 4

Battering in Lesbian Relationships:
Part Two

Volume 4 Issue 1

Battering in Lesbian Relationships: mainstream response and the real story

Summer 2000

BC CEAS: A Message from the Vice President

Winter 1999

BCIFV Named Canadian Health Network's "Violence Affiliate"

Winter 2000

Beyond a Mixed Message:
A Child's Right to Physical Integrity

Volume 2 Issue 3

Book Review

Volume 7 Issue 1

The BC Association of Counsellors of Abusive Men

Volume 5 Issue 4

B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations

Volume 2 Issue 3

Book Review

Winter 2000


A Case for Prevention

Volume 6 Issue 1

Case Study of an Intervention

Volume 4 Issue 3

Challenges in Working with Older Women

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

The Change of Seasons Program

Volume 3 Issue 3

Child Abuse and Neglect...What Is It?

Winter 2001

Child Custody and Access and Family Violence

Volume 8 Issue 2

Child Sexual Abuse in Hong Kong

Volume 4 Issue 4

Child Sexual Abuse:
Long Term Effects

Volume 5 Issue 3

Circle of Harmony Healing Society

Volume 3 Issue 3

Community Coordination of Victim Services in Terrace, B.C.

Volume 4 Issue 1

Conference 94:
Stopping the Violence, Changing Families, Changing Futures

Volume 3 Issue 4

Conversations On Aging

Winter 1999

Counselling Women at North Shore Family Services

Volume 2 Issue 2

Covenant House
   Lee Clarke

Volume 6 Issue 4

Criminal Harrasement from the Perspective of the Target

Volume 7 Issue 1

Crown Counsel Victim/Witness Services:
Interview with Maryam Majedi, Manager

Volume 4 Issue 1

Custody and Access in British Columbia

Volume 3 Issue 2

Custody and Access or Contact and Control?

Volume 3 Issue 2

Custody Order or Disordered Custody?

Summer 1999


Dangerous Perceptions of Women at Risk

Volume 6 Issue 1

TO DEAN, R.I.P.: Poetry by RICHARD VAN CAMP

Volume 4 Issue 2

DEYAS Youth Project

Volume 4 Issue 2

The Dignity of Risk

Volume 7 Issue 2

Divorce Mediation and Family Violence

Volume 3 Issue 2

Divorce Mediation and Woman Abuse:
Danger and Potential

Volume 3 Issue 2

Domestic Violence and Older Women
La violence familiale et les femmes �g�es

Summer 2000

Domestic Violence Education for Professionals

Volume 5 Issue 4

Domestic Violence in Japan:
Building a Movement Through Research Activities

Volume 4 Issue 4

Domestic Violence in Japan: Overview

Volume 4 Issue 4

The Domestic Violence Intervention Program at St. Paul's Hospital

Summer 2000

Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
- History of the National Training Project

Volume 5 Issue 4

The Dynamics of Ex-Partner Stalking

Summer 2000


The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children

Summer 1999

The Evaluation of an Integrated Programme to Address Family Violence:
United Kingdom

Volume 4 Issue 4


Facilitating Change, Intervention and Prevention of Abuse of Seniors

Spring 2001

Family Maintenance Enforcement Program

Volume 3 Issue 2

Family Violence: an essential factor in determining custody and access

Summer 2000

Family Violence and Aboriginal People

Summer 2001

Family Violence in Aboriginal Communities:
An Aboriginal Perspective

Volume 8 Issue 2

Family Violence Statistics

Volume 6 Issue 4

Firearm Legislation: A Perspective on Gun Control

Volume 4 Issue 4

First Call:
Making Children and Youth a Priority

Volume 6 Issue 1

First Nations Community Coordination

Volume 5 Issue 2

First Nations Programs Reach
Disillusioned Students at Native Education Centre

Volume 5 Issue 3

First Nations Youth Violence Prevention Program

Volume 3 Issue 3

From the Executive Director

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

From the Executive Director

Summer 1999

From the Executive Director

Winter 1999

From the Executive Director

Winter 2000

From the Executive Director

Summer 2000

From the Executive Director

Winter 2001

From the Executive Director

Spring 2001

From the Executive Director

Summer 2001

From the Executive Director of BCCEAS

Spring 2001

From the President of BCCEAS

Spring 2001


Healing Approaches to Male Survivors in Groups

Volume 2 Issue 2

Healthy Relations

Volume 6 Issue 4

Helping Spirit Lodge Society

Volume 3 Issue 3

"Here To Listen...":
A Brief Look at BC Programs for Children Who Witness Abuse

Summer 1999

Hey-way'-noqu'

Volume 3 Issue 3

History, Aging, Abuse and Neglect and Grecian Formula Economics

Volume 4 Issue 3

How to Talk About Sexuality
to Youth People With Disabilities

Volume 5 Issue 4


An Immigration Problem?
Battered Chinese Women in British Columbia

Volume 5 Issue 3

Indian Homemakers Association of B.C.

Volume 3 Issue 3

In Memoriam

Volume 6 Issue 4

INNERSTART:
Conflict Resolution Training Program for Youth

Volume 4 Issue 2

Interview With Brad Watson of
Special Needs Adoptive Parents

   Barb Sherman

Volume 6 Issue 4

Interview with Pat Townsley,
Supervisor Downtown Eastside Youth Alcohol & Drug Svcs

Volume 4 Issue 2

Interview with Robert Kiyoshk,
Co-Founder & Program Director of the Change of Seasons Program

Volume 5 Issue 3

Interview with Robert Kiyoshk
- Change of Seasons Program
- Part Two

Volume 5 Issue 4

Interview with Ruth Lea Taylor, Vancouver Lawyer

Summer 1999

Interview with Sandy Cooke,
District Supervisor, Vancouver, Adolescent Street Unit

Volume 4 Issue 2

Interview with Shani Mootoo

Volume 2 Issue 2

Intrafamilial Violence Service in a General Hospital in Argentina

Volume 4 Issue 4

Introducing the New Executive Director : Penny Bain

Volume 7 Issue 1

The Israeli Emergency Centre for Treatment of Children-at-Risk and their Families

Volume 4 Issue 4


The Justice Institute of B.C.
- Continuing Professional Education in Family Violence Intervention

Volume 5 Issue 4


Langley Family Services:
Focusing on Prevention and Early Intervention

Volume 6 Issue 1

Latin American Community Council

Volume 5 Issue 3

LEAF:
A Study of Legal Advocacy

Volume 3 Issue 4

Letter from the Executive Director

Volume 7 Issue 1

Living in Two Worlds: the story of Naomi Yupae and the origin of family voice

Summer 2000

Long Term Effects of Trauma:
Implications for Practitioners

Volume 4 Issue 3

Looking to the Past for the Future

Winter 2000


Major Issues in the Abuse of Seniors

Volume 4 Issue 3

Male Survivors and the Need for Training

Volume 5 Issue 4

Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Volume 2 Issue 2

Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Volume 7 Issue 1

Multiple Victim Child Sexual Abuse

Winter 2001

Myths and Misconceptions About Violence and Abuse in Gay Male Relationships

Summer 2000

Myths, Magic and Ownership in Australian Family Violence Practice

Volume 4 Issue 4


National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

Volume 7 Issue 1

National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse:
Belize, Central America

Volume 4 Issue 4

Native Education Centre

Volume 3 Issue 3

Native Education Centre
- Family and Community Counselling Program

Volume 5 Issue 4

The New Adult Guardianship Legislation and Abuse and Neglect

Volume 4 Issue 3

News From Across the Border:
(ACP) Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence

Volume 6 Issue 1

The New Zealand Economic Cost of Family Violence

Volume 4 Issue 4

Not in the Holiday Spirit: The role of Alcohol in Elder Abuse

Winter 1999

Notes from the Editor

Volume 7 Issue 1

Notes from the Editor

Summer 1999

Notes from the Editor

Winter 1999

Notes from the Editor

Summer 1999

Notes from the Editor

Winter 2000

Notes from the Editor

Summer 2000

Notes from the Editor

Winter 2001

Notes from the Sexual Health Resource Network:
Supporting Families in Preventing Sexual Abuse: A New Resource

Volume 6 Issue 1


Office of the Advocate

Volume 7 Issue 2

Older Adults, The Internet and Information

Winter 1999

One Caregiver's Perspective

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

Organizing Against Violence:
An Anti-Racist and Anti-Sexist Perspective

Volume 5 Issue 3


Parental Violence Against Children in India

Volume 4 Issue 4

The Person Within Project: A Vision for the Year 2000

Winter 2000

Poetry Page

Volume 7 Issue 1

Preventing Abuse of Children & Young People with Disabilites

Volume 7 Issue 2

Preventing Elder Abuse

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

Producing a Protocol Document in Burnaby, British Columbia

Volume 5 Issue 2

Professional Native Women's Association

Volume 3 Issue 3

Profile of Dr. Gloria M. Gutman

Volume 3 Issue 4

Profile of Dr. Mary Russell

Volume 6 Issue 1

Profile of Dr. Ronald Roesch

Volume 4 Issue 3

Profile of Mr. Benjamin Kendall

Volume 4 Issue 1

Profile of Ms. Judy Moses

Volume 3 Issue 3

Profile of NSDRCA

Volume 7 Issue 2

Profile of Wendy Harvey

Volume 3 Issue 2

Progress Report on Abuse of Persons with Disabilities

Winter 2000

Progress Report on Child Abuse

Winter 2000

Progress Report on Children Exposed to Family Violence

Winter 2000

Progress Report on Elder Abuse

Winter 2000

Progress Report on Partner Abuse

Winter 2000

Public Awareness of Family Violence
Through Community Partnerships in New Brunswick

Volume 5 Issue 2

Public Libraries Receive SVAWIR Materials

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

Public Education and Training at Battered Women's Support Services

Volume 5 Issue 4


The Reality of Family Violence on Prince Edward Island

Volume 6 Issue 1

Recent Amendments Affecting Persons with Disabilities

Volume 7 Issue 2

Reflections of a Support Group:
The Challengers

Volume 4 Issue 3

Regional Coordination on Seniors

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

Relationships Between Parents and Children

Volume 6 Issue 1

Research Notes:
The Problem of the Self-Report in Survey Research

Volume 6 Issue 1

Resiliency: A Strategy for Survival of Childhood Trauma
LA R�SILIENCE: Une strat�gie de survie aux traumatismes de l�enfance

Summer 1999

Resources at BCIFV on Children Who Witness Violence

Summer 1999

Resources at BCIFV on Violence and Disabilites

Volume 7 Issue 2

The Risky Business of Translating Resiliency Research into Advocacy Practice

Winter 2001

The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Assessing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Custody and Access Proceedings
R�le des professionnels de la sant� mentale lors de l��valuation des all�gations de violence familiale dans le cadre des proc�dures touchant la garde et le droit de visite

Summer 1999

Runaways and Street Youth: Poetry by Rory Fraser

Volume 4 Issue 2


SAFE TEEN A Lifeskills and Violence Prevention Program

Volume 7 Issue 2

Safer Futures for BC Women

Winter 1999

Sanctuary Foundation Programs for Youth

Volume 4 Issue 2

A Shared Concern:
Newsletter of the B.C.Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors

Volume 4 Issue 3

A Shared Concern:
Newsletter of the B.C. Coalition to Eliminate the Abuse of Seniors

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

Senior Citizen Counsellors

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

S.P.A.N
Service Providers Adult/Advocacy Network

Volume 2 Issue 2

Services for Abused Older Canadians

Volume 4 Issue 3

Services for First Nations in the Lower Mainland

Volume 7 Issue 1

Some Facts About Children Involved in Local Family Homicides

Volume 3 Issue 2

Some Senior-Specific Alcohol Abuse Resources in BC

Winter 1999

Specialized Victim Assistance in Matsqui/Abbotsford

Volume 4 Issue 1

"Suffer Little Children":
A South African Perspective on Sexually Abused Children and the Criminal Justice System

Volume 4 Issue 4

Suicide Prevention
   Jennifer White

Volume 6 Issue 4

Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children

Volume 7 Issue 2

Supervised Access

Volume 3 Issue 2

Support Group for Abused Older Women

Winter 1999

Surviving Domestic Violence and Disaster / Survivre � la violence familiale et aux d�sastres

Volume 7 Issue 1

Survivors Breaking the Cycle of Abusive Parenting
at Burnaby Family Life Institute

Volume 2 Issue 2

Swedish Government Commission on Violence Against Women

Volume 3 Issue 3


TORTURED: Poetry by JUNIPER

Volume 4 Issue 2

Transition Houses: Do they meet the needs of older women?

Winter 1999


The Undervalued Foster Parent

Volume 2 Issue 3

The Undervalued Foster Parent
   Sydney Segal, M.D.

Volume 6 Issue 4

UN Principles for Older Persons

Winter 1999

untitled: Poetry by CRAMPZ

Volume 4 Issue 2

Urban Native Youth Association

Volume 7 Issue 1


Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Services Society

Volume 3 Issue 4

Victim Assistance in an Isolated Community:
Mackenzie, B.C.

Volume 4 Issue 1

Victim Services Unit, Vancouver Police Department:
Interview with Carol McClenahan, Director

Volume 4 Issue 1

Video Review

Winter 2000

Vulnerability in Aging
La vuln�rabilit� et le vieillissement

Winter 1999


Web Links

Volume 6 Issue 4

Web Links

Volume 7 Issue 1

Web Links

Volume 7 Issue 2

Web Links

Winter 1999

What is Childhood Exposure to Family Violence?

Summer 1999

What is partner abuse?

Summer 2000

What Makes a Good Practitioner Makes a Good Training Program

Volume 5 Issue 4

What You Can Do If Your Child Has Witnessed Abuse

Summer 1999

Who Will Speak For Me?

Volume 6 Issue 2/3

A Women's Legal Advocate Discusses Child Apprehension

Volume 2 Issue 3


Youth Programs at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre

Volume 4 Issue 2

Youth View
   Robin Hovorka

Volume 6 Issue 4

Your Point of View
- A Note on Partnerships & Collaboration

Volume 5 Issue 4