Externally Funded Studies - Ongoing Projects

Externally Funded Studies - Completed Projects

Internally Funded Studies

 

1. A Determination of Reported Cases of Family Violence and Violence Against Women
2. A Survey of Services for Victims of Violence
3. Abuse of the Elderly as Viewed from the Perspective of Senior Citizens in Various Ethnic Groups - Winnipeg, Manitoba
4. There Was No One I Trusted To Tell: Pathways for Reporting Institutional Abuse
5. Workplace Abuse and Racism: The Experience of Nursing Assistants
6. Financial Abuse of Mentally Incompetent Older Adults
7. An Assessment of the Family Violence Program at Stony Mountain Penitentiary
8. An Evaluation of the Multicultural Partner Abuse Prevention Project
9. Perception and Utilization of Health Care Services by Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Study
10. The Challenges of Parenting: Female Incest Survivors and Their Preadolescent Daughters
11. Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women and Justice
12. System Response: An Annotated Bibliography

1. A Determination of Reported Cases of Family Violence and Violence Against Women
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Community Partner: Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre: The Pas, Manitoba
   • University Investigator: Professor E. Betty Thomlinson, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigators: N. Erickson, Nursing Coordinator, Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre and R. Packo, Prevention Program Coordinator, Cree Nation Tribal Health Council
   • Start Date: January, 1995 End Date: May, 1995
   • The research focused upon describing reported cases of family violence dealt with by various agencies serving communities in the Swampy Cree Nation Tribal Council. The research provided a picture of the extent to which occurrences of family violence and violence against women are currently being dealt with by various organizations, and will assist in the planning of service enhancements. It will also be used to increase community and member awareness of the problem of violence.
2. A Survey of Services for Victims of Violence
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba University Investigator: Dr. E. J. Ursel, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigators: B. Herd, Winnipeg Service Providers; B. Wiktorowicz, Winnipeg Service Providers and E. Tabisz, Winnipeg Service Providers
   • Student Investigator: K. Gorkoff, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Start Date: September, 1994 End Date: January, 1996
   • The purpose of the project was to identify overlapping services and gaps in services to women affected by violence in Winnipeg in order to support agencies and government bodies in their short and long term program planning activities. This should lead to improvements in the comprehensiveness of services to all women affected by violence in the city of Winnipeg.
3. Abuse of the Elderly as Viewed from the Perspective of Senior Citizens in Various Ethnic Groups - Winnipeg, Manitoba
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • University Investigator: Professor J. B. Bond Jr., Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigators: M. Wasylkewycz, Elder Abuse Resource Centre; D. Berg, Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba; J. Block, Social Worker; L. Dan, Elder Abuse Resource Centre; J. Dufault, Health Promotion Social Development Office; M. Guibault, Winnipeg Council of First Nations; B. Jacobs, Freelance Research Consultant; R. Kirouac, Pluri-elles; M. Kronenwald, Research Associate, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba; R. Sachdev, Elder Abuse Resource Centre; E. Schilder, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba and D. Smith, Department of Sociology, University of Winnipeg.
   • Start Date: September, 1995 End Date: September, 1996
   • The goals of this project was to address a lack of information in two major aspects of research on elder abuse: 1) how seniors themselves, rather than professionals, understand abuse and 2) how abuse is viewed by members of various ethnocultural communities.
4. There Was No One I Trusted To Tell: Pathways for Reporting Institutional Abuse
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba Principal Investigator: Z. Lutfiyya, Educational Psychology, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigator: M. Colgan, Independent Living Resource Centre; P. Kierstead, Independent Living Resource Centre; C. Miles-Tapping, Community Health Services, University of Manitoba
   • Start Date: September, 1995 End Date: March, 1996
   • This research was a pilot study in a limited area (one institution with a large population of people with disabilities) to identify and enhance understanding of the abuse experienced by residents, among residents and all levels of staff in an institutional setting; to ascertain the level of awareness of residents and of staff at all levels of abuse in the institutional; to explore how formal pathways for preventing and reporting abuse are perceived by persons with disabilities who have experienced abuse within institutional care giving and to assess the effectiveness of the pathways and enhance, where appropriate, the formal pathways for reporting and preventing resident abuse dictated by institutional policies and procedures.
5. Workplace Abuse and Racism: The Experience of Nursing Assistants
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Principal Investigator: E. Schilder, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigators: D. Goodridge, Riverview Health Centre; D. Wierucka, Riverview Health Centre; M. Thomson, Riverview Health Centre; J. Currie, Deer Lodge Centre; S. Romano, Red River Community College
   • Start Date: November, 1994 End Date: November, 1995
   • The research is a qualitative study designed to explore nursing assistants' perceptions of the nature and level of staff abuse of residents/clients and/or their families, to explore nursing assistants' perceptions of the nature and level of resident/client abuse by staff members, and to probe the nursing assistants' experience with and reactions to racial discrimination in the workplace.
6. Financial Abuse of Mentally Incompetent Older Adults
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Principal Investigator: D. Smith, Department of Sociology, University of Winnipeg
   • Community Investigators: R. Cuddy, Public Trustee's Office, J. Bond, Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba; G. Carr; K. Duncan, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba; S. Hill; M. Kronenwald, Manitoba Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women; E. Lubosch, Manitoba Health; P. Yellen, Age & Opportunity Centre
   • Start Date: November, 1995 End Date: November, 1996
   • The specific objectives of the pilot project were to examine general statistical data generated by the Manitoba Office of the Public Trustee to identify and document trends in the standard demographics of their cases of suspected financial abuse; to analyze, in considerable detail, all client administration files which have been flagged as cases of suspected financial abuse by the Public Trustee's Office in the most recent twelve-month period, and to compare and contrast all client administration files which have been flagged as suspected cases of financial abuse in the most recent twelve-month period (approximately 75 cases) with a random sample of equivalent size selected from the general client administration files opened by the Public Trustee's Office.
7. An Assessment of the Family Violence Program at Stony Mountain Penitentiary
   • Sponsor:RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • University Investigator: Dr. J. Proulx, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigator: S. Perrault, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata
   • Start Date: September, 1995 End Date: March, 1996
   • The project involved a multi-facetted evaluation of a program offered in the Stony Mountain Institution by the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre for Aboriginal men convicted of violent acts in relation to their partners. The investigation involved interviews with current participants in the program, participants who previously completed the program, and correctional staff. In addition, the records of previous program participants examined to attempt to determine the effects of the program. The investigation will focus on the impact of the program, including its cultural appropriateness for Aboriginal men.
8. An Evaluation of the Multicultural Partner Abuse Prevention Project
   • Sponsor:RESOLVE, University of Manitoba and Secretary of State (Multiculturalism)
   • Principal Investigator: W. Josephson, Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg
   • Community Investigator: D. Rice-Lampert, Culture, Heritage & Citizenship
   • Student Investigator: K. Gorkoff, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Start Date: September, 1995 End Date: September, 1996
   • This project involves a multifaceted evaluation of a program designed to provide training to community development workers selected from thirteen ethno-cultural communities in Winnipeg. These individuals were then placed in their communities, where they developed public education and preventive initiatives in consultation with community members. The goals of these activities are to lower the tolerance and prevalence of violence against women.
9. Perception and Utilization of Health Care Services by Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Study
   • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
   • Principal Investigator: T. Heinonen, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
   • Community Investigators: L. McClure, KLINIC; A. Merrett-Hiley, KLINIC; S. Tudiver, Women's Health Clinic
   • Start Date: June, 1995 End Date: March 1997
   • This research will be used to explore the experience of some women survivors of childhood sexual abuse in receiving health care services, including their patterns of utilization of services and how the women perceive the accessibility of such services.
10. The Challenges of Parenting: Female Incest Survivors and Their Preadolescent Daughters
    • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
    • Principal Investigator: C. Piotrowski, Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba and C. Kreklewetz, Master's Candidate, Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba
    • Community Investigator: J. Miles, Private Psychologist, Winnipeg, Manitoba
    • Start Date: October, 1994 End Date: August, 1995
    • This research is a qualitative study based on the experiences of 20 adult women who were child incest victims and the effects of their experiences on parenting daughters between the ages of nine and fourteen.
11. Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women and Justice System Response: An Annotated Bibliography
    • Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
    • Principal Investigator: A. McGillivray, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
    • Student Investigator: J. Parisienne, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba; K. Gorkoff, RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
    • Start Date: June, 1994 End Date: July, 1997
    • An annotated bibliography of some 150 monographs from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
      • Note: Because our name has changed, all research projects that were listed as the Manitoba Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women have been changed to read RESOLVE.