ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to our research participants for their tremendous contributions. Their rich stories provide an in-depth look at the challenges of youth experiencing family violence and the strength and agency exercised by them. We admire their commitment, passion and desire to extend solidarity to other youth through their stories and vision.

We are thankful to Professor Janet Mosher for agreeing to write the foreword for this book and for her insightful feedback to the authors.

Thanks to the research ethics boards of Toronto Metropolitan University and Sheridan College for providing ethics clearance. Thanks also to Sarah Bukhari, Manager, Scholarly Research & Creative Activity, Faculty of Community Services, Toronto Metropolitan University, for help with recruitment by circulating the recruitment flyer to students in schools within the faculty.

Toronto Metropolitan School of Social Work’s Field Education Department was very helpful in identifying two students to work as research assistants on this project.

We also express our deep appreciation for the support of our research assistants Sophia Schmitz and Allyson Nodin, from Toronto Metropolitan University, and Gillian Grant, from Sheridan College.

Thanks to Kerry Fast for copyediting the book and to Sanaya Chaze  for the cover page design. Thanks also to Rebecca Mathews for her help with uploading this book to the eCampus Ontario platform.