C. Nadine Wathen

(she/her)
  • Professor & Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence (2019-2026), Western University
For research to contribute to public discourse, it can’t be the only voice in the room. A university gets creative by bringing artists, activists, public servants and researchers together. (citysymposium/Twitter)

The City Symposium: How communities can come together to address their problems

City Symposium in London, Ont., brought artists, activists, civil servants and academics together to broaden understanding about health inequity research in the community.
The issue of coercive control is better dealt with by addressing its root causes and listening to those victimized by it than by criminalizing it. (Alexandre Chambon/Unsplash)

Criminalizing coercive control may seem like a good idea, but could it further victimize women?

Like mandatory charging policies, criminalizing coercive control could turn out to be harmful to the victim-survivors they were intended to protect.

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