Catalogue
Luke’s Place offers comprehensive and current
information regarding community services and resources for
the purposes of providing timely and useful information
and referrals to women and service providers. The centre
may be accessed via telephone, email contact or in-person
by scheduled appointment.
The Luke’s Place Resource
Library is available to clients of the agency and
community service providers and legal professionals who
register as members of the Centre. The library houses
approximately 550 titles in various media including;
books, articles, reports, research studies, newsletters,
information booklets, videos and audiocassettes. Most
items may be signed out for a period of three weeks. Some
resources are for reference only. The following is a
listing of subject matter covered:
Child Support
– including Federal Child Support Guidelines
Custody and Access
- including supervised access, child exchange, custody and
access with domestic violence issues; Special Joint
Committee on Child C&A and briefs to and concerns about;
law reform; changes to Divorce Act; custody and access
assessors/assessments
Community
– community responses and protocols; Durham Region-related
reports, studies and services
Divorce and
Separation
Family Issues
– parenting, child care, family issues
Government
– Government initiatives, programs and services
Legal –
the law, legal issues, family law, legislation, changes to
legislation, case law, Legal Aid, Court systems,
procedures and forms, stalking and criminal harassment;
gender equality in the justice system; women’s access to
justice/law reform, etc.
Marginalized women
- includes cultural issues, First Nations women, rural
women, immigrant and refugee women, women with
disabilities and deaf women, lesbian women, women in
conflict with the law
Mediation and ADR
(alternative dispute resolution methods)
Offenders/abusers
Professionals
– legal or health professionals/medical or mental
health professionals, teachers/educators – best practices,
guidelines, handbooks
Relationships,
self- care, health and personal growth
Sexual
Assault/Sexual Abuse
Social and Public
Policies; Social Issues – the women’s movement,
poverty, employment, education, some gender-related
material
Impact of violence
on children
Violence –
family violence, spousal violence, elder abuse, cycle of,
effects of, dynamics of, general information, FAQs, facts
and overviews
Violence-related
surveys and statistics – surveys, research done,
stat sheets on various issues related to violence
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