Report on the Canadian Forces' response to woman abuse in military families
Abstract
In 1996, a 20-person research team was established jointly by the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research at the University of New Brunswick and the RESOLVE Violence and Abuse Research Centre at the University of Manitoba whose purposes were: to learn more about woman abuse in the Canadian military community; to understand how the Canadian Forces (CF) are presently responding to woman abuse; and to make recommendations about how the CF might respond more effectively to woman abuse and take steps to reduce its incidence. Team members included university researchers, military and civilian service providers, and other members of the CF. Although the project involved collaboration with the CF, it was sponsored and carried out independently.