We are pleased to welcome Kerrie James, Lecturer in Social Work Practice, who will be hosted by The FREDA Centre for several weeks this summer while on study leave from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Kerrie is affiliated with the Centre for Gender Related Violence Studies (CGRVS) and the Centre for Refugee Research at UNSW, and will be working on a project in the area of domestic violence and homicide prevention during her stay in Vancouver.