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Bala, Fidler and Professor Michael Saini, a member of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Social Work, are also the authors of ''[https://www.amazon.com/Children-Resist-Postseparation-Parental-Contact/dp/019989549X Children Who Resist Postseparation Parental Contact]'', a 2013 book published by Oxford University Press that provides a really good overview of more recent research and therapeutic and legal responses to children who resist contact after separation. Courthouse Libraries BC can probably help you find this book as well.
The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts has also recently published a [https://files.constantcontact.com/6beb60a3701/43f71ab1-a85f-44e8-9b18-449927fafa35.pdf joint statement] on parent-child contact problems with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, an American organization. The statement is worth reading for the suggestions it directs toward lawyers, judges and mental health professionals dealing with children who resist seeing a parent after separation. Another excellent resource in the "what can we do about this problem" vein is ''[https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Parent-Child-Contact-Problems-Interventions/dp/0190235209 Overcoming Parent-child Contact Problems]'', published by Oxford University Press in 2017, which includes chapters by prominent mental health professionals, researchers and academics including Bala, Fidler, Sullivan, Johnston and Saini, as well as Drs. Robin Deutsch, Abigail Judge and Peggie Ward.
The following articles were among the readings on child alienation and estrangement recommended by Dr. Joan Kelly at a seminar in Vancouver and may be helpful, even though they're all more than a few years old.