Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence against Women
Centre Directors:
Patti A. Timmons Fritz, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Department of Psychology
401 Sunset Ave.
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3707
Fax: (519) 973-7021
E-mail: pfritz@uwindsor.ca
Margery J. Holman, Ph.D.
Faculty of Human Kinetics
401 Sunset Ave.
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2436
Fax: (519) 973-7056
E-mail: holman@uwindsor.ca
© Copyright 2010
University of Windsor
Health Research Centre for the
Study of Violence against Women
Please join us for a talk by Charlene Y. Senn~
An Imperfect Feminist Journey
February 26 at 11:30 a.m.
Room 203 Toldo Health Education Centre
An Ontario Women's Health Council Career Award allowed University of Windsor Psychology Professor, Dr. Charlene Y. Senn, to establish a Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence Against Women. This Centre acts as an intellectual home for many researchers and trainees with interests that include the causes of violence against women, its prevention and the rehabilitation of its effects.
Specifically, the Centre provides
- communication of research ideas and results,
- an extended mentorship program, and
- a source for research funding to help our junior researchers establish their own independent research studies related to women's health and violence against women.
The Centre uses the following broad definition of violence against women and children:
United Nations (23 February 1994)
“any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.” Included (but not limited to) is “physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry related violence, marital rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation; physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere; trafficking in women and forced prostitution; and physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the state, wherever it occurs.” (Resolution No. A/RES/48/104)
The Centre was begun in April 2005 and is still in its infancy. Please watch these pages for developments over the next three years.
Please read the Mission Statement for the Centre which was developed on May 5, 2006.
Researchers affiliated with the Centre include professors and students in:
Jacqueline Power School of Business | . | "My research on bullying in the workplace has been informed by my association with other researchers in the HRC-VAW group. I been privileged to hear about their research and to discuss applicable theory. Thank you to my patient colleagues who have allowed me to ask them annoying questions!" |
Melissa St. Pierre Department of Psychology | . | "The HRC-VAW has been an invaluable resource for me as a graduate student. Through the HRC-VAW, I have broadened my access to a variety of other researchers from several disciplines who have similar research interests. This has resulted in exciting paid research and publication opportunities." |