April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. It’s time to focus on the safety and well-being of children in our community and across Alberta. Child abuse takes many forms, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect and exposure to family violence. Recent statistics from Alberta show that neglect and exposure to domestic violence […]
Gender-Based Violence & the 2025 Election
On Sunday, March 23, Prime Minister Mark Carney dissolved parliament and set a new election for April 28, 2025. JMMF’s mission includes advocacy as a key activity to break the cycle of domestic violence. We are firmly bipartisan, but our work is innately political as we advocate for changes to the system that will help […]
Update on James Urbaniak
On April 29, 2009, James Urbaniak murdered Jessica Martel as she tried to leave their abusive relationship. He was granted a life sentence for second-degree murder, without parole for 10 years. In 2019, he was granted day parole, where he hid a romantic relationship with a staff member who worked at the halfway house where […]
Advocate for More Responsive Legal and Justice Systems, with Partnership at the Federal Level
This blog is part of a series where we explore the top recommendations from the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) in response to the National Action Plan to End Gender Based Violence: Amid the news of the horrendous tragedy in Calgary, Edmonton Police Services (EPS) announced that domestic and interpersonal violence has become their […]
Strengthen primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention as well as intervention efforts
This blog is part of a series where we explore the 3 recommendations from ACWS’s response to the National Action Plan to End to End GBV What is Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary prevention? Shelters and second-stage housing programs like Jessie’s House and Eileen’s Place are crucial intervention efforts to support survivors of domestic violence. However, […]
