The purpose of this research was to examine the nature and context of intimate partner violence (IPV) within the 2SLGBTQ community across the prairie provinces. In doing so, this research aimed to garner a comprehensive understanding of the service responses toward the issue and the possible barriers that might exist in relation to accessing these services. IPV refers to any form of physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, financial, and/or spiritual abuse perpetrated by one partner over the other in an effort to exert power and control (World Health Organization, 2012). In 2017, there were approximately 96,000 police-reported incidents of IPV in Canada, accounting for nearly one-third of all incidents reported to police during that year (Burczycka, Conroy, & Savage, 2018). Within the 2SLGBTQ community, there were 22,323 incidents of police-reported same-sex IPV in Canada between 2009 and 2017 (Ibrahim, 2019). This issue has particular significance within the prairie provinces where rates of IPV are amongst the highest in the country (Burczycka & Conroy, 2018). The findings were used to develop recommendations to improve services for 2SLGBTQ victims/survivors of IPV as well as strategies for intervention and prevention. This two-year project took place from 2020-2022.

The goal of this project was to create three short training videos involving Indigenous men from rural, remote, and/or northern communities, who may or may not have been affected by interpersonal violence, themselves. They will reflect on colonialist legacies around gender and intergenerational trauma, integrating Indigenous ways of choosing healing action. This project emerged from a collaborative knowledge mobilization request made to RESOLVE Saskatchewan Director, Dr. Karen Wood, addressing interpersonal and gendered violence in local First Nations communities. Executive Director of Saskatchewan’s Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services (PATHS) passed on a request received from a First Nation for video resources to be used in men’s violence prevention groups. The videos will offer a vital resource for First Nations and Métis communities, wherever internet access is limited. Participants will guide development and retain ownership of the videos, with the potential to upscale to a larger program, developing more videos and related research on reducing violence in other communities.

The purpose of this study is to explore men's experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) across the Prairie Provinces. IPV is recognized as a serious social and public health issue with devastating consequences for individuals and families (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2016). Most research to date has focused on female victims of IPV and although a growing number of studies indicate that men also experience abuse by their intimate partners, there is a paucity of research on men's experience (Tutty, Babins-Wagner, & Rothery, 2009). Existing studies do not provide a clear picture of the context, severity, and consequences of IPV against men and there is a lack of knowledge to inform the development of appropriate services to best meet men's needs. The proposed study was to address this knowledge gap through a qualitative examination of men's experiences, including the nature, severity, context, and consequences of IPV incidents, their experiences of help seeking, and gaps and barriers experienced by men who did seek help. Our report will be available on the RESOLVE Saskatchewan website when published.