Earl Silverman: Commemorating the life and work
Earl Silverman, the man that established as well as ran the only refuge for battered males in Canada. Mr Silverman committed suicide after the sanctuary, which was entirely ignored by the Canadian Government, fell into tough financial times.
The scenarios, as well as precise factors for Earl Silverman to have this choice, are not known currently. We do understand that Earl had actually struggled for years. Mainly to provide services to guys who required to escape fierce connections. He was first exposed to that physical violence when he was married to an abusive woman. He looked for help for that and located there was none. The Canadian federal government peremptorily denied every one of his ask for funding. He pushed ahead with plans and given services to beaten men out of his very own pocket.
Said one advocate today:
“The fellow I was staying within Calgary hung himself this morning. He had spent 20 years fighting the courts and agencies of government to have men recognized as victims of domestic abuse worthy of equal treatment by the courts and government. He was frustrated because no one seemed to care or do anything about it. In his own case, he was victimized first by his ex and later by a system that didn’t care to hear him. No [one] wanted to help the battle.”
Earl Silverman’s death,confirmed by the medical examiner to James Huff.
Earl Silverman’s will directed that the funds from his estate ought to be distributed. An academic scholarship was set up for male victims of female carried out residential physical violence. The superior court of Alberta guided that the funds should be directed to the Mount Royal College for this function.
Erin Pizzey was the writer as well as the founder of Refuge. She stated that Earl Silverman was a martyr to the indifference of the Canadian Government. We will certainly always remember his name. She stressed there will certainly be no change in the ‘stone-hearted’ Canadian federal government.
