Browsing by Author "Lorenzetti, Liza"

Now showing 1 - 13 of 13
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    A Context of Domestic Violence: Learnings for Prevention from the Calgary Filipino Community
    (International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 2013) Wells, Lana; Hurlock, Debb; Antonio, Marichu; Lantion, Vic; Abboud, Rida; Claussen, Caroline; Lorenzetti, Liza
    There is a lack of interpretive research in the domestic violence literature and, in particular, within an ethnocultural context. Interviews were held with four Filipina women in Calgary, Alberta who had previously been in violent relationships, in combination with a referral group of key informants with leadership and knowledge of community issues related to domestic violence. By adopting a phenomenological approach to the research, it was hoped that new understandings of what is identified in clinical paradigms as the “risk” and “protective” factors associated with domestic violence would be unearthed. This research study is at once exploratory and informative and is intended to contribute to the development of a province-wide plan to address and prevent domestic violence through the Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    A Difficult Journey: How Participation in an Indigenous Cultural Helper Program Impacts the Practice of Settler Social Workers Supporting Indigenous Service Users
    (2019-05-28) Slessor, Jane; Kreitzer, Linda; Lorenzetti, Liza; Pratt, Yvonne Poitras
    The impacts of the Indian Residential School System and other assimilationist policies have had a devastating impact on the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. As a result, Indigenous Peoples frequently experience poorer economic, health, and social outcomes, including experiencing homelessness at a greater rate than settler Canadians. Unfortunately, social work as a profession has been complicit in this history of colonization and still struggles to work effectively with Indigenous Peoples. In this post Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada era, it is incumbent upon the social work profession to actively seek better ways of working with Indigenous service users as reconciliation is not possible whilst such inequities continue to exist. Homeward Trust Edmonton (HTE), with the Housing First (HF) program, have developed a unique strategy to work more effectively with the Indigenous Peoples they house. It is called the Indigenous Cultural Helper Program (ICHP). This program offers housing support staff the opportunity to learn about Indigenous histories, worldviews, cultures and ceremonies in order that they may experience and understand the significance that (re)connection to culture can have for people attempting to connect with home. This research study interviewed settler housing support workers who had taken part in activities offered by the ICHP to determine if their participation had any impact on their housing support work with the Indigenous Peoples in the program. An anti-colonial research methodology for settler researchers doing research in Indigenous sovereignty was used for this research (Liz Carlson, 2016 a, 2016b). Through participants’ rich narratives, the research found that the housing support workers were impacted personally, in their relationships with the Indigenous service users they work with, and in how they view the transformations necessary within their organizations.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Domestic Violence in Alberta’s Gender and Sexually Diverse Communities: Towards a Framework for Prevention
    (2015-02) Lorenzetti, Liza; Wells, Lana; Callaghan, Tonya; Logie, Carmen
    This report provides an overview of domestic violence within gender and sexually diverse communities, with a focus on Alberta and Canada. Included are specific risk factors for gender and sexually diverse communities, as well as information about barriers to accessing safe and appropriate services. The report highlights areas for prevention, including promising practices aimed at decreasing rates of violence, promoting attitudinal and norms change, and providing safe, welcoming and appropriate domestic violence services. The findings from this report are currently being shared across Alberta with the objective of catalyzing a much-needed discussion about how discrimination, stigma and systemic barriers negatively impact the lives of gender and sexually diverse communities. Pam Krause, President and CEO of the Calgary Sexual Health Centre and Brian Hansen, Shift Research Associate have been leading a series of consultations across Alberta, sharing the research findings and trying to identify solutions at the local and policy levels. If you would like more information, please contact bhansen@ucalgary.ca
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Engaging Men and Boys in Domestic Violence Prevention: Opportunities and Promising Approaches
    (2013-02) Wells, Lana; Lorenzetti, Liza; Carolo, Humberto; Dinner, Tuval; Jones, Clay; Minerson, Todd; Esina, Elena
    This report outlines seven ‘entry points’ for engaging men and boys in domestic violence prevention: 1. Engaging fathers in domestic violence prevention; 2. Men’s health and domestic violence prevention; 3. The role of sports and recreation in domestic violence prevention; 4. The role of the workplace in domestic violence prevention; 5. The role of peer relationships in domestic violence prevention; 6. Men as allies in preventing domestic violence; and 7. Aboriginal healing and domestic violence prevention. This research provides an analysis of the literature and highlights 67 promising approaches in the areas of policy, programs and practices, and citizen-led initiatives.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Engaging Men in Domestic Violence Prevention: Building a Collective-Cultures Approach
    (2016) Lorenzetti, Liza; Este, David; Walsh, Christine; Badry, Dorothy; Nelson, Fiona; Nixon, Kendra
    The United Nations and the World Health Organization recognized domestic violence as the most severe form of gender-based violence. While men are the primary perpetrators of sexual abuse and domestic violence causing injury and death, preventing domestic violence is commonly viewed as a woman’s issue. Research emphasizes that socialization towards male dominance in both public and private spheres and intergenerational patterns of abuse contribute to intimate partner violence. A growing body of literature also suggests that domestic violence can be influenced by colonization; racism; migration and resettlement; and class/poverty, among other forms of structural inequality. Within the last two decades, there has been an increase in the number of initiatives by men to address domestic violence; however, research in this area is limited. In particular, there is a need for Canadian studies on promising approaches to engaging men in violence prevention that incorporate Canada’s multicultural and Indigenous contexts. This dissertation used a feminist participatory action research framework grounded in an intersectionality analysis to engage 20 community men and five women violence prevention leaders in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Through this work, a collective-cultures theoretical/practice model was developed that reflects a multi-layered and multi-faceted approach to domestic violence prevention. This model and other collective knowledge from the study were used to promote men’s leadership roles and address domestic violence from an intersectional lens. The emergence of a male-led violence prevention group, Men’s Action Network Calgary, was an important outcome of the research. This study contributes to the exploration of new and potentially innovative ways to prevent domestic violence and reduce its impact.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    How Public Policy and Legislation Can Support the Prevention of Domestic Violence in Alberta
    (2012-06) Wells, Lana; Dozois, Elizabeth; Cooper, Merrill; Claussen, Caroline; Lorenzetti, Liza; Boodt, Casey
    This paper proposes specific, evidence-informed program and policy amendments and initiatives to enhance the Government of Alberta's family violence prevention strategy. The report suggests an increased focus on primary prevention in policy, legislation and resource allocations, will support the objective of significantly reducing rates of domestic violence in Alberta.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Interrogating White Male Allyship: A Critical Ethnographic Study
    (2022-09) Halvorsen, Jeffery; Lorenzetti, Liza; Jamal, Aamir; Ferrer, Ilyan; Chowdhury, Turin; Chau, Shirley
    Numerous scholars and activists have contested white men’s attempts at allyship, noting this group’s propensity to dominate discussions, assume positions of leadership, create emotional burdens for the groups they seek to support, and disengage when faced with adversity. The literature on white men’s allyship focuses largely on men’s experiences of engaging in allyship, but there are few studies that demonstrate how white men’s allyship is experienced in anti-racist, anti-colonial, and gender justice movements. Also lacking is knowledge on how white men come to engage in critical reflection and personal transformation as they aspire to trustworthy allyship. In this dissertation, I investigated the tensions and burdens imposed by white male allies on progressive social movements, and the commitments and actions necessary for white men to contribute to social change. My inquiry was guided by a theoretical framework drawing on critical race feminism, masculinities, and whiteness. I adapted a critical ethnographic methodology (Carspecken, 1996; Madison, 2019) to develop a five stage research approach in which I began by interrogating my positionality, and my own aspirations to allyship. Throughout the study, I continued to reflect on my decisions in research and allyship journals. I engaged in relationship building with two social justice organizations. I presented the study plans and recruited an Advisory Group of seven community leaders who identified as Indigenous, Black, and racialized, with whom I participated in a process of inter-relational reflexivity (Gilbert & Sliep, 2009). These members nominated six white men they identified as their allies and I conducted life history interviews and go-along interviews with these men. All participants came together to confirm the findings and plan dissemination of results after the study. The Advisory Group guided me to centre social justice, histories of resistance, and to decenter white men’s allyship. They defined whiteness and masculinities, and outlined their expectations of would-be allies. The white men shared the starting points of their allyship, the change process they engaged in to prepare for allyship, and contoured allyship practice in five relationships they engage in. I concluded the study with a suggested praxis model for allyship.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    "Knocking on Doors that Never Open": Examining Discourses of Rejected Asylum Seekers from Kosova
    (2017) Kusari, Kaltrina; Walsh, Christine; Drolet, Julie; Chowdhury, Tanvir Turin; Lorenzetti, Liza
    This qualitative study examined the experiences of rejected asylum seekers from Kosova in order to contribute to the paucity of literature on rejected asylum seekers. Grounded in postcolonial theory and through a Critical Discourse Analysis of interviews with rejected asylum seekers and Kosova’s Repatriation Strategy, the study examined dominant discourses which shape the repatriation process in Kosova. The main findings illustrate the European Union (EU)-Kosova power imbalance and the pervasiveness of the EU as ‘exclusive’ discourse is crucial in shaping experiences of repatriation and the identities of rejected asylum seekers. These findings add to the body of existing repatriation literature and provide important implications for reparation policies as well as social work theory, practice, and education.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Methodological Meeting of the Minds (M3): A Teaching & Learning Series
    (2019-04-30) Burns, Victoria; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Walsh, Christine; Badry, Dorothy; Jenney, Angelique; King, Regine; Lorenzetti, Liza; Sitter, Kathleen
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Preventing Domestic Violence in LGBT Communities
    (2014-08) Lorenzetti, Liza; Wells, Lana; Callaghan, Tonya; Logie, Carmen; Koziey, Lynne
    In November 2013, the provincial government released Family Violence Hurts Everyone: A Framework to End Family Violence in Alberta, which highlighted the need for research and prevention strategies that focused specifically on LGBT communities. Our third Issue Brief “Preventing Domestic Violence in LGBTQ Communities” responds to the government’s request for research-based recommendations and strategic directions that center on the Alberta context. Understanding LGBT persons daily experiences of heterosexism and homo/bi/transpohobia is an important first step in making sense of domestic violence in LGBT intimate partner relationships. What we found is that while there are generalized risk factors for domestic violence perpetration and victimization, such as child maltreatment, parental mental illness and exposure to domestic violence, LGBT persons face additional risk factors such as stigma, harassment, social exclusion, and rigid gender and sexuality norms that may influence their intimate relationships. Recommendations specific to the Alberta context are enclosed.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Psychosocial and career outcomes of peer mentorship in medical resident education: a systematic review protocol
    (2017-08-31) Pethrick, Helen; Nowell, Lorelli; Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth; Lorenzetti, Liza; Jacobsen, Michele; Clancy, Tracey; Lorenzetti, Diane L
    Abstract Background Many medical residents lack ready access to social and emotional supports that enable them to successfully cope with the challenges associated with medical residency. This absence of support has been shown to lead to high levels of burnout, decreased mental wellbeing, and difficulty mastering professional competencies in this population. While there is emerging evidence that peer mentoring can be an important source of psychosocial and career-related support for many individuals, the extent of the evidence regarding the benefits of peer mentorship in medical residency education has not yet been established. We describe a protocol for a systematic review to assess the effects of peer mentoring on medical residents’ mental wellbeing, social connectedness, and professional competencies. Methods Studies included in this review will be those that report on peer-mentoring relationships among medical residents. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies will be eligible for inclusion. No date or language limits will be applied. We will search EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, ERIC, Education Research Complete, and Academic Research Complete databases to identify relevant studies. Two authors will independently assess all abstracts and full-text studies for inclusion and study quality and extract study data in duplicate. Discussion This is the first systematic review to explicitly explore the role of peer mentoring in the context of medical residency education. We anticipate that the findings from this review will raise awareness of the benefits and challenges associated with peer-mentoring relationships, further the development and implementation of formal peer-mentoring programs for medical residents, and, through identifying gaps in the existing literature, inform future research efforts. Systematic review registration This protocol has not been registered in PROSPERO or any other publicly accessible registry.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    The Role of Peer Mentors in Promoting Knowledge and Skills Development in Graduate Education
    (2020-11-08) Lorenzetti, Diane L.; Nowell, Lorelli; Jacobsen, Michele; Lorenzetti, Liza; Clancy, Tracey; Freeman, Georgina; Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth
    The objective of this study was to explore the role of peer mentorship in facilitating graduate student resiliency, knowledge acquisition, and development of academic competencies. We conducted a qualitative case study, using in-person interview data from sixty-two students recruited from four professional faculties (Education, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work) at a large Canadian University. We identified four broad themes derived from a thematic and constant comparative analysis of interview data: (1) knowledge sharing, (2) skills development, (3) academic milestones, and (4) program supports. Graduate students reported that peer mentorship promoted the development of learning environments that emphasized community, collaboration, and shared purpose. Students believed that peer mentors facilitated their access to essential procedural and disciplinary knowledge and helped them to develop academic and research skills and achieve key academic milestones. While the majority of the students interviewed had not participated in any formal peer-mentoring program, they recommended that any future program incorporate mentorship training and include access to collaborative spaces and targeted opportunities for students to develop these relationships.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Understanding the environment: Domestic violence and prevention in urban Aboriginal communities
    (The First Peoples Child & Family Review, 2016) Goulet, Sharon; Lorenzetti, Liza; Walsh, Christine A; Wells, Lana; Claussen, Caroline
    Aboriginal women in Canada are at significantly higher risk for spousal violence and spousal homicide than non-Aboriginal women. Although the majority of Aboriginal people in Canada live in urban settings, there is a dearth of literature focusing on the experiences and violence prevention efforts of urban Aboriginal peoples. In order to understand issues relevant to the prevention of domestic violence among this population, we employed Aboriginal community development principles to conduct a scoping review of the relevant literature to explore the meanings and definitions, risk and protective factors, and prevention/intervention strategies within urban Aboriginal communities. Our study underscores that a number of domestic violence risk and protective factors are present in both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. However, the multifaceted impacts of colonization, including residential school trauma is a key factor in understanding domestic violence in urban Aboriginal contexts. The limited available research on this topic highlights the need for Aboriginal-led research directed towards eliminating the legacy of violence for Aboriginal peoples in Canada.