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The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family was established on 1 February 1987. The objects of the Institute are to undertake and advance interdisciplinary research, education, and publication on issues related to law and the family; to promote evidence-based reform of the law and legal processes; and, to improve access to justice in family law matters.
The Institute is an independent organization affiliated with the University of Calgary, and is managed by a board of directors made up of prominent judges and family law lawyers, and leading scholars in law, social work, psychology and sociology, from across Canada. The Institute has been incorporated as a registered charity since 1988.
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Item Open Access Access to Legal Services in Women's Shelters(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2015-12-01) Wright, A.C.; Bertrand, L.D.This study examines access to legal services among clients of three Calgary-area domestic violence shelters. The study samples the views of staff and clients at three domestic violence shelters with the goals of improving understanding of clients' legal service needs, understanding the challenges clients attempting to access legal services encounter and making recommendations for improvement. The authors conclude that clients' service needs are complex and often involve legal problems, yet shelters face specific organizational barriers to coordinating legal services. The authors recommend that a further analysis be undertaken to examine the legal access patterns of women experiencing domestic violence, to assess the prevalence of the barriers identified in the study and to determine whether further barriers are present in other shelters.Item Metadata only Adolescent Substance Use in Alberta(1994) Bertrand, L.D.Item Metadata only Age and Gender Differences in the Predictors of Adolescent Drinking(1998) Barber, J.G.; Bolitho, F.; Bertrand, L.D.Item Metadata only Albertans' Perceptions and Experience of Victimization: Selected Highlights of Findings from the Victimization Survey(2001) Gomes, J.T.; Bertrand, L.D.; Boyle, P.J.; Paetsch, J.J.Item Metadata only Albertans' Perceptions and Experience of Victimization: Some Preliminary Findings(2001) Gomes, J.T.; Boyle, P.J.; Bertrand, L.D.; Paetsch, J.J.; Hornick, J.P.Item Open Access Analysis of Data from the Federal Justice Divorce File Review Study: Report on Findings for Alberta, 2011(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2017) Kleiner, S.; Boyd, J.-P. E.; Bertrand, L.D.; Paetsch, J.Item Open Access Calgary's Family Justice Services Client Utilization Survey: Final Report(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2013-12-01) Bertrand, L.D.; Paetsch, J.J.Item Open Access Calgary's Family Justice Services Client Utilization Survey: Results of the Pre-test(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2012) Bertrand, L.D.; Paetsch, J.J.Item Metadata only Changing Definitions of the Family: A Social Science Perspective(1994) Bertrand, L.D.; Hornick, J.P.Item Metadata only Child Support Awards Short-term Data Collection Project: Data Degradation Report(Department of Justice Canada., 1998) Bertrand, L.D.; Hornick, J.P.; Bala, N.M.C.Item Metadata only The Child Witness in Sexual Abuse Cases: Professional and Ethical Considerations(1995) Bertrand, L.D.; Hornick, J.P.; Bolitho, F.H.Item Metadata only The Child-centred Family Justice Strategy: Baseline Information from Family Law Practitioners(Department of Justice Canada., 2005) Paetsch, J.J.; Bertrand, L.D.; Bala, N.; Hornick, J.P.Item Metadata only The Child-Centred Family Justice Strategy: Survey on the Practice of Family Law in Canada, 2004-2006(Justice Canada., 2006) Paetsch, J.J.; Bertrand, L.D.; Bala, N.Item Restricted Children's Participation in Justice Processes: Finding the Best Ways Forward, Results from the Survey of Symposium Participants(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2017-12-01) Paetsch, J.J.; Bertrand, L.D.; Boyd, J.-P. E.Children's Participation in Justice Processes: Finding the Best Ways Forward was a two-day national symposium that brought together a multidisciplinary spectrum of leading stakeholders to share information and dialogue about how the voices of children and youth are heard, how their interests are protected and how their evidence is received in justice processes. The symposium, which was held in Calgary in September 2017, was organized by the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family and the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, and gave the Institute a unique opportunity to survey an informed and involved pool of participants regarding their perceptions and experiences with children's participation in justice processes. This report presents the final results of our survey of symposium participants. The findings from the results are discussed, and recommendations are made for moving forward.Item Restricted Comparing the Views of Judges and Lawyers Practicing in Alberta and in the Rest of Canada on Selected Issues in Family Law: Parenting, Self-represented Litigants and Mediation(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2016-04-01) Bertrand, L.D.; Boyd, J.-P. E.This report examines the results of our survey of attendees of the National Family Law Program 2014, and compares the views of Alberta respondents with those from the rest of Canada on a number of issues, including parenting after separation, self-represented litigants and their access to justice, and mediation. The report notes some striking differences between the views and experiences of Alberta practitioners and those from elsewhere in Canada. Alberta practitioners are more likely to: have cases resulting in shared custody or shared parenting; support the amendment of the Divorce Act to use terms such as parenting responsibilities and parenting time; have cases involving self-represented litigants; support mandatory information programs for self-represented litigants; and, support the use of paralegals to improve access to justice for self-represented litigants.Item Metadata only Consultation on Experiences and Issues Related to the Implementation of the Child Support Guidelines(Department of Justice Canada., 1998) Paetsch, J.J.; Bertrand, L.D.; Hornick, J.P.Item Open Access Consultation on the Voice of the Child at the 5th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights(National Judicial Institute and the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2009) Paetsch, J.J.; Bertrand, L.D.; Walker, J.; MacRae, L.D.; Bala, N.The purpose of this project was twofold: (1) to identify issues that have arisen, both across Canada and internationally, in attempts to allow the voice of the child to be heard in family law proceedings; and (2) to identify best practices in this area, which can be utilized for jurisdictions that are trying to enhance mechanisms for hearing the voice of the child, and in particular that might be implemented in Canada.Item Open Access The Development of Parenting Coordination and an Examination of Policies and Practices in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2017-12-01) Bertrand, L.D.; Boyd, J.-P. E.This paper reviews the development of parenting coordination in the United States and its adoption in Canada, as well as the findings of the research available to date on parenting coordination, its efficacy in resolving parenting disputes, its efficacy in steering such disputes out of court and its impact on parental conflict. It discusses the practice of parenting coordination in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, compares processes and training standards in those provinces, and makes recommendations for the practice of parenting coordination in Alberta, and in Canada generally.Item Open Access The Development of Parenting Coordination and an Examination of Policies and Practices in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta(2017) Bertrand, L.D.; Boyd, J.-P. E.Item Metadata only Divorce and the Processing of Child Support Orders(Department of Justice Canada., 1998) Hornick, J.P.; Bertrand, L.D.; Bala, N.M.C.