It's not just academic. She served for five years as a Victim Service's worker with Halifax Police. Dr. Ardath Whynacht is an activist and writer who works for and with survivors of state and family violence. She teaches sociology at Mount Allison University and has spent time with people convicted of murder as well as those who are affected by violence. Her book "Insurgent Love - Abolition and Domestic Homicide" was recently given the Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing. She argues that police-loving cultures cause mass shootings and domestic homicide. The work was started prior to the events in Nova Scotia in 2020 and she weighs in on the Mass Casualty Proceedings and whether she thinks it will achieve its goals. And she says the best way to honour the lives of victims is by preventing the loss of any more members of our community.
