Recent Presentations

Below is a list of selected recent presentations:

January 2021. Discussant. Animals, Capital, and the Law. Hosted by Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Program.

November 2020. Plenary Address: The Relationship between Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence: What We Know and Where the Research is Headed. National Prosecution of Animal Abuse Conference.

November 2020. The co-occurrence of animal abuse and intimate partner violence: Empirical evidence and policy recommendations. The Policy Exchange (UK).

November 2019, Toronto, Ontario. The State of Housing the Pets of Intimate Partner Violence. Canadian Violence Link Conference. With Nicole Forsythe (RedRover), Betty Barrett, Patti Fritz, and Rochelle Stevenson.

October 2019, Vancouver, BC. Safe Pet Programs Across North America: Trends, Practices, Solutions. British Columbia Association of Transition Houses. Co-Facilitator: Rochelle Stevenson.

October 2019, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Social recognition of animals (ab)used in the context of intimate partner violence: A strategic avenue for broader socio-legal change? Canadian Animal Law Conference.

April 2019, Windsor, Ontario. Animal companionship as a social-determinant of psycho-social health in older adults: Implications for promoting active and healthy aging. A Celebration of Ageing: Active Ageing, Vibrant Communities Conference. Betty Barrett and Amy Fitzgerald.

March 2019, Brock University. Book talk: Animal Advocacy and Environmental Rights: Understanding and Bridging the Divide. Thinking about Animals Conference.

November 2018, Atlanta, GA The Co-occurrence of Animal Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence: Why Ought Green Criminologists Care? American Society of Criminology. Co-authors: Barrett, Betty; Gray, Allison.

October 2018, Vancouver, BC Helping abused women who have pets via strategic website content. British Columbia Society of Transition Houses annual training. Co-facilitator:  Stevenson, Rochelle.

September 2018, Bozeman, Montana. The Community Impacts of Industrial Animal Slaughtering. At the screening of the “Dominion” documentary.

June 2018, Ottawa, ON  Women and Children and Pets? An Inclusive Approach to Anti-Violence Work. Women’s Shelters Canada National Conference. Co-presenter: Rochelle Stevenson.

June 2018 Niagara Falls, Ontario  Building Bridges over Troubled Waters: The Future of Cruelty Investigations Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ annual
conference.  Co-presenter: Kendra Coulter.

April 2018 Hartwick College, New York  The Annual Hardy Lecture: The co-occurrence of animal abuse and intimate partner violence: Why it matters.

March 2018 Brock University  Understanding Canadian animal transport regulations and the process of updating them as food offences. Thinking about Animals conference. Co-author: Wesley Tourangeau.

December 2017 Ottawa, ON  Plenary: Beyond the Violence Link, at the Canadian Violence Link  Conference, hosted by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies

October 2017, Vancouver BC  Women, and Children… and Pets? An Inclusive Approach to Anti-Violence Work, The British Columbia Association of Interval and Transition Houses annual training. Co-facilitator: Rochelle Stevenson.

May 2017 Toronto  Animal maltreatment in the context of intimate partner violence: A  manifestation of power and control? Canadian Sociological Association. Co-presenter:
Barrett, Betty.

May 2017 Toronto   Responding to the presence of pets in the context of intimate partner violence: Insights from shelter staff in Canada. Canadian Sociological Association. Co-authors: Rochelle Stevenson, Betty Barrett.