A Canadian researcher will visit CQUniversity Mackay on Thursday, April 5 to speak about awareness being the best preventative for domestic homicide.

Dr Myrna Dawson has been invited by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR) to deliver a 45-minute presentation on ‘Domestic Homicide and Death Reviews'.

Dr Myrna Dawson will visit CQUniversity to host a seminar on Domestic Homicide and Death Reviews. The seminar will be video-linked to 10 other sites across Queensland, as well as Sydney and Melbourne.

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Dr Dawson said Australia is one of several countries which have begun to implement domestic violence death review teams to prevent fatality in a domestic violence situation.

"Through comprehensive reviews of these killings, primarily of women, these teams identify risk factors, detail circumstances leading up to and surrounding the killings, and make recommendations to improve community and systemic response so as to enhance future opportunities for violence intervention and prevention," Dr Dawson said.

The first committee was formed in Ontario, Canada in 2002 and, since then over 100 cases have been reviewed and recommendations have targeted multiple sectors. ,

Dr Dawson's seminar will focus on the trends and patterns in domestic homicide in Canada, along with the key findings of the Ontario Domestic Violence Death Review Committee.

"The key findings will include primary risk factors and recommendations for improvements across sectors, as well as the benefits and challenges of implementing and conducting reviews," Dr Dawson said.

For more information contact CDVFR on 4940 7837.