Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Research Project
As you know, pets are very important to their people, and this relationship can be even more important when someone is experiencing a difficult or traumatic situation. Dr. Rochelle Stevenson (Thompson Rivers University) is conducting a Canada-wide research study into how pets may help survivors of intimate partner violence in help-seeking and healing, and contribute to survivors’ health and wellbeing more generally. The project is funded by the Human-Animal Bond Research Institute.
The research team is hoping that information shared by survivors during interviews will lead to improved services for both humans and animals in providing safety for all family members and maintaining the human-animal relationship. The research team is asking for your help in letting your clients know about the research by displaying a small poster or a stack of small postcards in your clinic. The small poster (or postcard) lets people know about the research, and invites them to contact the research team for more information.
If you are interested in being sent printed color posters for your clinic, please fill in this short form with your address and the number of posters/postcards you would like. For more information about the project, please contact Dr. Stevenson at rstevenson@tru.ca.