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Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025 | 1:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time (ET)

Founded in 2003, the mandate of Ontario’s multi-disciplinary Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is to assist the Office of the Chief Coroner in the investigation and review of deaths of persons that occur as a result of intimate partner homicide and to make recommendations to help prevent further deaths. In March 2023, a new 15-member DVDRC committee was appointed and began reviewing deaths. The first report of the new committee will be released this fall.

This webinar is co-hosted by the Learning Network & Knowledge Hub (LN/KH) Webinar Series and the Family Violence Family Law | Awareness to Action (A2A) Project, and is part 1 of a 2-part series. It features members of the DVDRC speaking about their experience on the committee and as contributors to three of the themed chapters of the most recent report: intimate partner homicides (IPH) in aging populations, IPH involving firearms, and homicides in the context of intersecting concerns about mental health and substance use. Major themes and recommendations for preventing deaths in these circumstances will be presented.

For those Clubs working on Gender Based Violence advocacy and all other interested members - register HERE