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BC TodayDomestic violence and the housing crisisA Vancouver non-profit has published a report detailing how B.C.'s housing crisis can worsen the challenges faced by victims of intimate partner violence, where the lack of housing options can lead to victims staying with their abuser or going back to them after they leave. Haley Hrymak, a staff lawyer at Rise Women's Legal Centre, joins the show.
2025-11-1822 min
You Can’t Say That in Court!Episode 5: Family Violence: Why Can't Everyone Just Get Along?ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, we are joined by Haley Hrymak - a staff lawyer at Rise. Haley shares some of the findings from Rise’s research project, which was conducted between June 2017 and May 2020 (funded by WAGE). This research found that despite the well-documented prevalence of family violence directed at women. many legal system professionals still tend to view cases involving family violence as outliers or exceptions to the norm.
The findings are presented in a report titled: Why Can't Everyone Just Get Along?
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Everything that we have said today is no...
2025-05-0229 min
Talking Papers with Haley HrymakDoomscrolling During COVID-19 | Matthew PriceHave you heard of doomscrolling? It was coined during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe the phenomenon of the rise in negative feelings after viewing pandemic-related media. In this episode Professor Matthew Prices discusses his research on the negative association between daily social media consumption and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. His study found that regularly viewing pandemic-related social media was associated with an increase in psychopathology, particularly for those with already had existing vulnerabilities.Matthew Price is the George W. Albee Green and Gold Professor at the University of Vermont. He is a cl...
2023-07-2538 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakNegative Social Comparison on Social Media and Suicidal Ideation Among Young Adults | Elizabeth SpitzerMost young adults use Instagram and Facebook frequently. Social media use is associated with increased negative social comparisons. Negative social comparisons on social media are related to suicidal ideation. In this episode Professor Elizabeth Spitzer discusses her research on the negative social comparison, suicidal ideation, thwarted belongingness and social media use. In her survey of 456 college students she found a positive relationship between negative social comparison on social media and suicidal ideation. Elizabeth Spitzer earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University. She has over fifteen publication from her research in suicide prevention and...
2023-06-0332 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakA Little Good Goes an Unexpectedly Long Way | Amit KumarPerforming random acts of kindness increases the happiness in both the givers and receivers. However, people underestimate the positive value performing a random act of kindness may have. In this episode Professor Kumar discusses his recent paper "A Little Good Goes an Unexpectedly Long Way: Underestimating the Positive Impact of Kindness on Recipients" published in August of 2022 in the Journal of Experimental PsychologyProfessor Amit Kumar is currently an Asst. Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the Mc Combs faculty, he completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at t...
2023-03-1937 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEquity-Relevant Sociodemographic Variable Collection in Emergency Medicine | Dr. Murdoch LeeiesUnderstanding patient sociodemographic factors is necessary to quantify equity and inclusion in healthcare. The World Health Organization recommends all countries integrate health inequality monitoring into their information systems and develop practices that promote health equity. Dr. Murdoch Leeies explains the findings of his recent publication on collecting sociodemographic data in Emergency Departments. This conversation includes recommendations for Emergency Departments to implement equity-focused collection of sociodemographic variables. Dr. Murdoch Leeies works clinically in Manitoba as an emergency medicine, critical care medicine and organ donation specialist physician. Dr. Leeies is trained in clinical epidemiology and is the Research Director for...
2023-02-2042 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 15: Parental Alienation | Suzanne ZaccourDoes Domestic Violence Disappear from Parental Alienation Cases? Why? How? Suzanne Zaccour is a feminist author, researcher and public speaker. After studying law at McGill University, the University of Toronto and the University of Cambridge, she is currently wrapping up her research on sexual offences law as a doctoral candidate at Oxford University. Her research interests include sexual and domestic violence, family law, animal rights, and gender and language. She is the author of La fabrique du viol (Leméac 2019), a book in French about sexual violence and rape culture, and has authored and co-authored other books an...
2023-01-2334 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 14: Substance Use Stigma and Community Drug Checking | Samantha DavisDrug checking is a harm reduction response to help prevent people who use drugs from consuming substances they did not intend to purchase and to provide the opportunity to make informed decisions about drug use. Substance use stigma prevents people from engaging in harm reduction practices. In this podcast episode, Samantha Davis discusses her recent paper “Substance Use Stigma and Community Drug Checking: A Qualitative Study Examining Barriers and Possible Responses” published within the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Samantha Davis has her Master of Social Work from the University of Victori...
2023-01-0732 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 13: The Problem with Predators in Business | William BlackWilliam K. Black is a professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) and the Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Financial Regulation at the University of Minnesota Law School. He is a white-collar criminologist. He was the Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention from 2005-2007. He was a senior financial regulator instrumental in ‘reregulating’ the savings and loan industry to counter the debacle and aiding the successful prosecution of over 1,000 elite white-collar criminals. He is a serial whistleblower and co-founder of Bank Whistleblowers United. He authored The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to...
2022-11-061h 26Talking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 12: Pricing in Physical Climate Risks | Julie SegalJulie Segal is Senior Manager, Climate Finance at Environmental Defence, where she advances climate-related financial policy and regulation. In this episode, Julie discusses her paper, "Justice and Sustainability: Pricing in Physical Climate Risks" which won First Prize Paper in the Ethics & Trust in Finance Global Prize. The paper discusses how pricing in physical climate risk is inconsistent with environmental justice. Why are countries vulnerable to climate change having to pay higher rates to access financing, while these same countries are the least responsible for climate change? The impact of this, is that the countries who need access to financing...
2022-10-0839 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 11: Family Law and Emotion | June CarboneProfessor June Carbone Professor holds the Robina Chair in Law, Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota Law School. Prior to beginning this position in 2013, she was the Edward A. Smith/Missouri Chair of Law, the Constitution and Society at the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC). She is an expert in family law, assisted reproduction, property, medicine and bioethics, and also has taught contracts, remedies, financial institutions, civil procedure, and feminist jurisprudence.In this episode, Professor Carbone discusses a chapter that she co-authored with Naomi Cahn, “Family Law and Emotion” in Bandes, Susan A, et a...
2022-09-161h 02Talking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 10: Attitudes Toward Reconciliation in Canada: Connectedness to Nature | Aleah Fontaine & Katherine StarzykIn this episode, Aleah Fontaine and Katherine Starzyk discuss their paper, "Attitudes Toward Reconciliation in Canada: Relationships With Connectedness to Nature, Animal–Human Continuity, and Moral Expansiveness" published in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science in 2021. In this paper they surveyed 233 non-Indigenous undergraduate students in Canada to investigate the relationships among connectedness to nature, animal–human continuity, moral expansiveness, and support for reconciliation. Participants who felt more connected to nature had more positive attitudes toward reconciliation. They discuss how this implies that strengthening peoples’ connection to nature, and consequently extending peoples’ circles of moral concern, may increase support fo...
2022-09-0549 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 9: Interviewing Survivors of Atrocity as Whole People | Anna SheftelDr. Anna Sheftel is internationally recognized for many of her publications, including the article she discusses in this episode: “Talking and Not Talking about Violence: Challenges in Interviewing Survivors of Atrocity as Whole People,” which won the Oral History Association’s 2019 Article Award. Dr. Sheftel is Principal and Associate Professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia. Her field of expertise is oral history of genocide and atrocity, and she has done research projects on wartime memory in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the public testimonial practices of Holocaust survivors in Montreal. Refugee...
2022-08-1730 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 8:Memorializing Sex Workers in Vancouver's West End | Becki RossBecki Ross is a long-time academic-activist in social movements, including feminist activism, Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ liberation, trans rights, sex workers’ sovereignty, and reproductive justice. Becki does her queerly feminist anti-colonial teaching and research in Sociology at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. In this episode, Beckie discusses her paper “Loss Must Be Marked and It Cannot Be Represented”: Memorializing Sex Workers in Vancouver’s West End” 2018 BC Studies. This paper won the prize for the best article publi...
2022-07-2853 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 7: The Legal Abuse Scale | Ellie GutowskiEllie Gutowski, PhD is an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development. Ellie discusses two of her first author papers: “Like I’m Invisible: IPV Survivor-Mothers’ Perceptions of Seeking Child Custody through the Family Court System” and “Coercive Control in the Courtroom: the Legal Abuse Scale” both published within the Journal of Family Violence. The Legal Abuse Scale is a tool that is intended to help assess legal abuse in family court. This tool will hopefully support further development of policy and practice that recognizes and responds to c...
2022-07-1548 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 6: How the Legal System Responds to Family Violence in BC | Haley HrymakBetween 2017 and May 2020, with funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada, Rise Women's Legal Centre studied how the family law system responds to family violence in BC. This episode discusses some of the key findings of the 2021 report from Rise Women's Legal Centre, authored by Haley Hrymak & Kim Hawkins: Why Can’t Everyone Just Get Along-Rise Women’s Legal-January2021.
2022-05-2837 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 5: What is an Artist's Responsibility to Care? | David NgDavid Ng is a queer, feminist, media artist, and co-Artistic Director of Love Intersections - an arts collective made up of queer people of colour. This episode discusses David and Jen Sungshine's paper on the key themes and methodologies from Love Intersections. The paper also explores the approaches to ethical storytelling through a decolonial lens. David Ng is a co-founding member of the Vancouver Artist Labour Union Co-Operative (VALU CO-OP), as well as a founding charter member of the Artist and Cultural Workers Union (IATSE B-778). He is currently a PhD candidate at the Social Justice Institute at...
2022-04-2349 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 4: Legal Systems Abuse and Coercive Control | Dr. Heather DouglasThe legal system is often used by abusers to exercise coercive control over a former intimate partner. In this episode, Dr. Heather Douglas describes her research findings from interviews with 65 women in Australia, and her recommendations for change as outlined in her paper "Legal Systems Abuse and Coercive Control" published in Criminology & Criminal Justice in 2018. Dr. Douglas is a law professor at the Melbourne Law School and an internationally recognized expert on legal responses to domestic and family violence. In 2021, Dr. Douglas was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia. w: https://law.unimelb.edu...
2022-03-2451 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 3: Retirement and Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity? | Dr. Ayse YemiscigilIn this episode Dr. Ayse Yemiscigil discusses her first author paper “The Effects of Retirement on Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity?” published in Psychological Science in 2021. Dr. Ayse Yemiscigil is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. As a behavioral scientist, she studies the relationship between work and well-being. She aims to uncover the factors that allow people to have meaningful careers and lives. Her research has been published in leading academic journals...
2022-03-0433 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 2: Climate Justice | Temitope OnifadeIn this episode, Temitope Onifade, PhD student at UBC, discusses his paper “Climate Justice Under the Paris Agreement: Framework and Substance” published in the journal Carbon and Climate Law Review, 2021. This paper was one of the top 5 articles in all of 2021 on Lexxion Publisher for the journal Carbon and Climate Law Review Temitope speaks about living and working in the Niger Delta and how it prompted his interest in environmental sustainability. He explains that it was his work representing start-up clients dealing in renewable energy in South-West Nigeria that eventually made him decide to specia...
2022-02-191h 04Talking Papers with Haley HrymakEp 1:Physical Health Benefits of Gratitude | Laura HazlettIn this episode, Laura Hazlett, PhD student at UCLA discusses her paper “Exploring neural mechanisms of the health benefits of gratitude in women: A randomized controlled trial” published in the journal Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity in 2021. Laura explains that this research from the Social and Affective Neuroscience lab at UCLA examined the possible benefits that gratitude may have on health. Past research shows there is a strong relationship between giving behavior and health, so the question for this study was: “Is it possible that gratitude may benefit health through the same mechanisms as giving to other...
2022-02-0419 minTalking Papers with Haley HrymakWelcome to Talking PapersWelcome! Here is a quick summary of who I am, and what this podcast is all about. To follow along you can find me at any of the below platforms: w: www.haleyhrymak.com instagram: HaleyHrymaktwitter: HaleyHrymakemail:haley@haleyhrymak.com
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