Every week Erin Lee, Executive Director of Interval House joins Bob Perreault and a special guest for our weekly podcast, Silence Broken.
They aim to keep awareness of Intimate Partner Violence in the spotlight. Conversations about ending IPV can continue anytime, not just when the crime is being reported.
The most current and past episodes can be viewed below.
You can also listen to the podcasts looking into the jury recommendations from the Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam inquest into intimate partner violence, here.
Silence Broken: Smiths Falls police chief shares powerful insights on IPV
A new episode of Silence Broken: Keeping IPV in the Public Conversation is now live on LanarkLeedsToday.ca with Smiths Falls Police Chief Jodi Empey and a candid discussion about intimate partner violence. Chief Empey reflects on the lasting impact o...
Nov 28, 2025
Silence broken: A simple way you can help in the fight against Intimate Partner Violence
A new episode of Silence Broken: Keeping the IPV Conversation Alive is now online. This week's preview highlights how local residents can take real action to help end intimate partner violence. The podcast features Erin Lee, Executive Director of Lan...
Nov 21, 2025
Silence Broken: Lanark County rallies to end IPV
Lanark County pushes to make zero-femicide a reality through new community safety plan LanarkLeedsToday.ca's latest Silence Broken podcast shines a light on the county's efforts to end intimate partner violence through collaboration and awareness. Ho...
Nov 14, 2025
Silence Broken: Family Court Support Workers aid victims of IPV at the highest level
The latest episode of our Intimate Partner Violence awareness podcast, "Silence Broken," is now available at LanarkLeedsToday.ca. This week we speak with Emily Murray, legal director of Luke's Place to speak about the Family Court Supporter...
Nov 07, 2025
Silence Broken: The power of social media and IPV awareness
The latest edition of our podcast "Silence Broken" raising IPV awareness is out and features a chat with Emma Kinsman, Social Media Coordinator at Lanark County Interval House. Kinsman says sharing information with the public can be challen...
Oct 24, 2025
Silence Broken: Julie Lalonde on bystander intervention's role in ending IPV
Our series "Silence Broken" keeping the fight against Intimate Partner Violence in the community eye welcome Julie Lalonde this week, a Women's Rights Advocate and Educator on Bystander Intervention. Lalonde says intervening in smaller comm...
Oct 17, 2025
Silence Broken: Victim Advocates helping victims of IPV
The latest episode of our weekly podcast, "Silence Broken", which keeps the topic of eliminating Intimate Partner Violence in the public eye, is now available at Lanark LeedsToday.ca. We welcome Brianne Luckasavitch Victim Advocate Coordina...
Oct 10, 2025
Silence Broken: MMIWG2S 10 years later, and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
LanarkLeedsToday.ca's weekly series on keeping Intimate Partner Violence in community conversation continues. This week, to mark the National Day of Truth and Reconcilliation, we welcome Roberta Della Picca, Indigenous community member and advocate t...
Oct 03, 2025
Silence Broken: Reflecting on Renfrew County femicide anniversary and ongoing call for change
This week's "Silence Broken" podcast on keeping the conversation surrounding Intimate Partner Violence centres around the anniversary of the triple femicide of three women in Renfrew County. On September 22nd, 2015 Carol Culleton, Anastasia...
Sep 19, 2025
Silence broken: Continuing the local IPV conversation
LanarkLeedsToday.ca is starting a new series keeping conversations surrounding Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the forefront. We share the goal of helping to eliminate the IPV epidemic from Smiths Falls, Lanark & Leeds, and beyond. It will fea...
Sep 05, 2025