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Family Violence Initiative
Public Legal Education and Information
The Department of Justice Canada provides legal information to the Canadian public through its public legal education and information (PLEI) activities.
Under the Family Violence Initiative, PLEI activities are designed to support the development and delivery of public legal education and information to the Canadian public on family violence. PLEI activities also contribute to the prevention and reduction of family violence.
Activities
The PLEI activities of the Family Violence Initiative are intended to:
- identify the need for public information materials on family violence
- support the development of resources, such as fact sheets, brochures, training programs and workshops
- deliver public legal education and information on family violence issues by working with PLEI organizations across Canada
- evaluate education and information materials
The resources – and the results of the evaluations – are distributed and used by:
- organizations involved in public legal education and information across Canada
- Victim and witness assistance programs
- social service organizations
- criminal justice professionals
- persons who have experienced, or are at risk of, experiencing violence
- members of the public
Public Legal Education and Information Publications
Justice Canada publishes its own PLEI materials. For more information, please see Family Violence Publications. Also, through its funding agreements with organizations involved in public legal education and information, the Department helps these organizations to develop relevant materials on various issues, including family violence.
Some examples of Department of Justice PLEI publications
Four information booklets have been developed and distributed across Canada: Abuse is Wrong, Abuse is Wrong in Any Language, Abuse is Wrong in Any Culture and Stalking is a crime called criminal harassment.
- Abuse is Wrong (PDF (521 KB), PDF Help) (March 2009) is a booklet for anyone who is suffering from abuse in a relationship or in a family.
- Abuse is Wrong in Any Language (2012) - This booklet is for anyone who is new to Canada and might be living with abuse in a relationship or in a family. The booklet contains information about Canadian law and where to go for help. Various types of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional) are described. The booklet can also help you if you know a person who might be living with abuse. This publication is available in 12 languages:
- English: HTML, PDF (2.06 Mb), PDF Help
- French: HTML, PDF (3.81 Mb), PDF Help
- Arabic: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Chinese (traditional): PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Dari: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Korean: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Punjabi: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Russian: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Somali: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Spanish: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Tamil: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- Urdu: PDF (2MB), PDF Help
- An adaptation of the above booklet, called Abuse is Wrong in Any Culture, is a booklet for Inuit women who are suffering from abuse in a relationship or in a family – available in English, French, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut and Labradorimiut.
- English: HTML, PDF 933 KB, PDF Help
- French: HTML, PDF 113 KB, PDF Help
- Inuinnaqtun: HTML (HTML available in official languages only), PDF 123 KB, PDF Help
- Inuktitut: HTML (HTML available in official languages only), PDF 1037 KB, PDF Help
- Labradorimiut: HTML (HTML available in official languages only), PDF 126 KB, PDF Help
- Stalking Is A Crime Called Criminal Harassment is a document that explains what type of behaviour counts as criminal harassment and what victims can do to better protect themselves. It has been produced in five languages:
