Externally Funded Studies - Ongoing Projects

Externally Funded Studies - Completed Projects

Internally Funded Studies

 

Research Networking Project

Phase II - The Development of a National Strategy Focusing on Violence Prevention and the Girl-Child Prairie Project: Examination of Innovative Programming for Children and Youth Involved in Prostitution

Canadian Forces Response to Woman Abuse

The Winnipeg Family Violence Court

Expansion of the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Family Violence Program Stony Mountain Project

Program Evaluation for L’Entre Temps Des Franco-Manitobaines Inc.

Phase II - An Evaluation of the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Family Violence Program: Stony Mountain Project

Brighter Futures Provincial Evaluation (Evaluation of Children's Programs in Manitoba Women's Shelters)

Phase II - The Development of a National Strategy Focusing on Violence Prevention and the Girl-Child - Prairie Project: Examination of Innovative Programming for Children and Youth Involved in Prostitution.

Sponsor: Status of Women Canada (funding for three years for each Centre)

Principal Investigators: Directors of the Alliance of Five Research Centres on Family Violence are: Dr. D. Harrison, Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research; Dr. M. Rinfert-Raynor, Le Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Violence Familiale et la Violence Faite aux Femmes (CRI-VIFF); Dr. K. McKenna, Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children; Dr. J. Ursel, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba; Dr. Y. Jiwani, BC/Yukon Feminist Research, Education, Development, and Action(FREDA)

Co-Investigators: K. Gorkoff, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba; Dr. K. Busby, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Dr. L. Tutty, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary Student Investigators: TBA

In partnership with the Manitoba Child and Youth Secretariat and the other RESOLVE partners, to undertake an examination of Innovative Programming for Children and Youth involved in Prostitution. This project consisted of three components, a legal research team, a policy team and a program team.

The Winnipeg Family Violence Court

Sponsor: Department of Justice

Principal Investigators: Dr. J. Ursel, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

Co-Investigator:K. Gorkoff, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

Student Investigators: S. Brickey, Undergraduate student in Arts, University of Manitoba; L. Murdock, Graduate student in Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba

Tracking family violence cases through the family violence court. Includes data management, data input, and data analysis. Winnipeg Family Violence Court project is continuing data collection in its ninth year. We are cleaning the 6 and 7th years and finding the missing child abuse cases from the 5th year.

Expansion of the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Family Violence Program Stony Mountain Project

Sponsor: Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Family Violence Program

Principal Investigator:Dr. J. Ursel, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

Construction and modification of 5 new sessions to be added to the current family violence program being delivered at Stony Mountain Correctional Facility.

Phase II - An Evaluation of the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Family Violence Program: Stony Mountain Project

Sponsor: Correctional Services Canada

Principal Investigator: S. Perrault, Central Site Manager & Team Manager, Ma Mawi Chi Itata and J. Proulx, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

The purpose of this proposal is to expand the existing family violence program delivered at Stony Mountain Correctional Facility from 29 sessions to 34 sessions. The extra sessions would include extension of the parenting session into two additional sessions and the addition of three sexual abuse sessions. Evaluations of these added sections and modifications based on these assessments would be conducted. Currently we are conducting a literature review and getting ethical approval for the project.

Research Networking Project

Sponsor: Crime Prevention Centre, Justice of Canada

Principal Investigators: Dr. J. Ursel, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

Co-Investigators: Dr. L. Tutty, University of Calgary

To provide funding per province per year to develop the research network.

Canadian Forces Response to Woman Abuse

Sponsor: SSHRC

Principal Investigator: D. Harrison, Family Violence Research Centre, University of New Brunswick

Sponsor:Status of Women Canada: Women's Program

Principal Investigator: J. Ursel, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

Co-Investigator: B. Bailey, Faculty of Education, Brandon University; M. Bertrand, Family Dispute Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba; G. Deveau, Department of National Defense; P. Ericson, Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick; G. Friars, Social Worker, Ottawa, Ontario; A. Koller, Women's Advocate Counsellor, Oromocto, New Brunswick; L. Laliberte, Lawyer, Ontario; R. Linden, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba; H. Matheson, Social Worker, Greenwood, Nova Scotia; J. Rice, Social Worker, Gagetown; B. Sainz, Physician, New Brunswick; E.J. Ursel, Co-Director, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba - Student Investigator: K. Gorkoff and S. Kuropatwa, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

A three forces (Army, Navy, and Airforce), four site (Halifax, N.S., Gagetown, N.B., Winnipeg, MB, and Brandon, MB.) research project.

Program Evaluation for L'Entre Temps Des Franco-Manitobaines Inc.

Sponsor: L'Entre Temps

Principal Investigator: Dr. J. Ursel, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

Conduct an evaluation of the programs and services for women and children offered at L'Entre Temps, a French Canadian shelter for battered women and children.

Brighter Futures Provincial Evaluation (Evaluation of Children's Programs in Manitoba Women's Shelters)

Sponsor: Manitoba Association of Women's Shelters

Principal Investigators : K. Gorkoff and S. Kuropatwa, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba

The evaluation is part of a larger evaluation scheme that has three components. First, a National Evaluation of how Health Canada delivered the funding dollars to projects around the country. Second, a Provincial Evaluation which will address whether programs that were funded met the objectives of Health Canada, and finally, the project level evaluation assessed how each individual project met their outlined objectives. This evaluation is one such project level evaluation.