Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia Ltd

Published purpose

Through this 31-month project, Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia will scale an existing promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector to prevent re-victimization and recurring trauma, and to promote better outcomes for families and children in the Nova Scotia justice system. It will address the need to understand how domestic violence and interactions with the justice system impact child well-being, and to better understand the particular risk to safety that children and survivors face when navigating parental separation and the family justice system. To do so, the project will scale the National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book and associated training and engagement to support service provision amongst legal and community stakeholders in the context of family violence. The project will undertake engagement, network building and knowledge mobilization activities, as well as develop materials and training for lawyers, the public and community service providers. Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia will engage community and legal experts in the building of a resource database and will share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand up on it.