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Discussing Femicide in Canada with Karen Mason on the Beyond the Rape Kit Podcast 

Discussing Femicide in Canada with Karen Mason on the Beyond the Rape Kit Podcast 

Karen Mason

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April 2026

Funding Announcement: Federal government enhances safety and advances gender equality

Funding Announcement: Federal government enhances safety and advances gender equality

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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March 2026

SOARs Open Letter to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

SOARs Open Letter to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

SOAR

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August 2025

It Ends With Us is about an abusive relationship. So why is the marketing so light-hearted?

It Ends With Us is about an abusive relationship. So why is the marketing so light-hearted?

CBC NEWS

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August 2025

SOAR’s Open Letter to Manitoba’s Minister of Health on IPV-BI Clinic Closure

SOAR’s Open Letter to Manitoba’s Minister of Health on IPV-BI Clinic Closure

SOAR

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August 2025

SOAR’s Open Letter to Winnipeg Regional Health Authority on IPV-BI Clinic Closure

SOAR’s Open Letter to Winnipeg Regional Health Authority on IPV-BI Clinic Closure

SOAR

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August 2025

Closure of Winnipeg Clinic for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with Brain Injuries

Closure of Winnipeg Clinic for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with Brain Injuries

CBC News

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August 2025

Time for ‘Bailey’s law’, says mother of slain Kelowna woman

Time for ‘Bailey’s law’, says mother of slain Kelowna woman

KELOWNA NEWS

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July 2025

Calls for ‘Femicide’ to Be Declared a Distinct Crime in Wake of Kelowna Mother’s Death

Calls for ‘Femicide’ to Be Declared a Distinct Crime in Wake of Kelowna Mother’s Death

Global News

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July 2025

SOAR’s Open Letter to The Honourable Sean Fraser on the Urgent Need for Legal Reform to Prevent Femicide

SOAR’s Open Letter to The Honourable Sean Fraser on the Urgent Need for Legal Reform to Prevent Femicide

SOAR

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July 2025

NBIS – Community Based Initiatives & Women in Research

NBIS – Community Based Initiatives & Women in Research

NBIS

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June 2025

SOAR’s Open Letter to Premier Eby Calling for Gender-Based Violence to Be Declared an Epidemic

SOAR’s Open Letter to Premier Eby Calling for Gender-Based Violence to Be Declared an Epidemic

SOAR

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June 2025

Researching Brain Injury from Intimate Partner Violence in BC Two new studies will gather info from survivors to improve diagnosis and treatment.

Researching Brain Injury from Intimate Partner Violence in BC Two new studies will gather info from survivors to improve diagnosis and treatment.

THE TYEE

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August 2024

Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast: Interpersonal Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury with Dr Paul van Donkelaar and Karen Mason on Apple Podcasts

Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast: Interpersonal Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury with Dr Paul van Donkelaar and Karen Mason on Apple Podcasts

HEADFIRST

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August 2024

UBC researchers receive $3.4M to address brain injuries in survivors of intimate partner violence

UBC researchers receive $3.4M to address brain injuries in survivors of intimate partner violence

UBC

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June 2024

People First Radio

People First Radio

SOAR

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January 2024

New resource helps medical providers recognize and respond to brain injury from intimate partner violence

New resource helps medical providers recognize and respond to brain injury from intimate partner violence

CASTANET

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July 2023

Concussion Story

Concussion Story

YWCA

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May 2023

Domestic-violence victims may have injuries used against them in custody battles: study: Diagnosis can become double-edged sword used to argue lessened capacity for parenting, UBC researchers report

Domestic-violence victims may have injuries used against them in custody battles: study: Diagnosis can become double-edged sword used to argue lessened capacity for parenting, UBC researchers report

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

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March 2023

Domestic violence causes concussions

Domestic violence causes concussions

VANCOUVER SUN

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October 2022

How you can support someone who is in an abusive relationship

How you can support someone who is in an abusive relationship

TED.COM

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May 2022

Concussion Talk: Episode 78 – Intimate Partner Violence & Traumatic Brain Injury

Concussion Talk: Episode 78 – Intimate Partner Violence & Traumatic Brain Injury

CONCUSSION TALK PODCAST

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March 2022

The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries from Domestic Violence

The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries from Domestic Violence

NEW YORK TIMES

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March 2022

Episode 13: Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research

Episode 13: Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research

WOMENS RESEARCH

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October 2021

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