The BC Coroner just released its Review of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Deaths in British Columbia, 2016-2024. We have been pressing the province for systemic change, with transparency and making the information available to the public as a fundamental first step. The reports key findings is what we’ve been saying all along: 

1. IPV-related deaths remain persistent and mostly preventable. 

2. Women are disproportionately impacted as 76% of victims killed by an intimate partner.

3. A known history of violence was common but not universal. 36% of victim–perpetrator relationships had at least one prior incident of police-reported IPV and, of these, 29% of incidents occurred within one month of the death. Over half of perpetrators had a history of assault.