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 Diverse Voices 2009 Conference Program Schedule

 

Program Schedule — Sunday, November 15

Evening

November 15 2009

6:00-9:00

Registration and Reception

6:30 & 7:45

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING (60 minutes)

It’s Time: African Women Join Hands Against Domestic Violence
presented by: Justice Education Society of British Columbia http://itstimeafrica.org/index.html
 

Program Schedule — Monday, November 16

Morning

November 16, 2009

7:00-8:15

Registration

7:30-8:30

Breakfast

8:30-9:00

Opening Remarks

9:00-10:00

Keynote Address (handouts)
Barbara Coloroso

Just Because It’s Not Wrong Doesn’t Make it Right. 
From Toddlers to Teens, Teaching Kids to Think and Act Ethically

10:00-10:30

Break/Networking

10:30-12:00

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session A (handouts)
Barbara Coloroso

The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander.  From Pre-School to High School: How Parents and Teachers can help break the cycle of violence.

Session E
RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention, Canadian Red Cross Society (Kristy Harcourt and Alana Ross)

Building Communities Capacity to Keep Kids safe from Violence and Abuse: the RespectED Education Model

Session B (handouts)
Steve Koziol & Corporal Deanna Fontaine

Leduc and District Family Support and Intervention Program

Session F
The Support Network (Stephanie Parent-Chandler)

Dying to get out: Exploring the link between suicide and domestic violence

Session C
Mary Fiakpui—Bride Price and it’s Implication for Domestic Violence

Session G
DAWN-RAFH Canada
(Carmela Hutchison & Jane Warren)

Women, Family Violence and Brain Injury

Session D
Chief Superintendent Michael Sekela, RCMP

Project KARE

Session H (handouts)
Pauline Ngure

Family Violence & Immigrant Communities

Afternoon

November 16, 2009

12:00-1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:15

Keynote address (downloads)
RESOLVE (Lorraine Radtke, Leslie Tutty, Jan Reimer)

The Healing Journey: A Longitudinal Study of Women in Alberta

2:15-2:45

Break/Networking

2:45-4:15

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session I (downloads)
RESOLVE
Mothering and Intimate Partner Abuse: Custody and Access and Other Parenting Issues

Session M
Chief Superintendent Michael Sekela, RCMP
Project KARE

Session J
DAWN-RAFH Canada
(Carmela Hutchison & Jewelles Smith)
NAAS- Access to Women’s Shelters for Women with Disabilities

Session N  
RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention, Canadian Red Cross Society (Kristy Harcourt and Alana Ross)
Building Communities Capacity to Keep Kids safe from Violence and Abuse: the RespectED Education Model

Session K
Dr. Judee E. Onyskiw
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Research Findings and Implications

Session O
The Support Network (Stephanie Parent-Chandler)
Dying to get out: Exploring the link between suicide and domestic violence

Session L
Mary Fiakpui—Bride Price and it’s Implication for Domestic Violence

Session P (downloads)
Pol Ngeth &  Sophan Seng
When Cultures Collide: How do we deal with the cultural gap around issues of family violence?

4:15 - 5:15

Bonus Workshop     OPEN TO ALL DELEGATES
Pol Ngeth

Buddhist and Dalai Lama perspective on “Destructive Emotion

 

Program Schedule — Tuesday, November 17

Morning

November 17, 2008

8:00-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Keynote Address
William Fals-Stewart Drinking, Drug Use, Partner Violence: It’s a Family Affair CANCELLED

REPLACED WITH

Pauline Ngure  Creating Hope:  A Personal Story (downloads)

10:00-10:30

Break/Networking

10:30-12:00

Concurrent Sessions

 

Session A
Naomi Haynes Griffith
Invisible Scars: the Effects of Emotional Maltreatment

Session E
Dr. Judee E. Onyskiw
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Research Findings and Implications

Session B
William Fals-Stewart
Intimate Partner Violence and Drinking: Where Do We Go From Here?

Session F (downloads)
Dr. Sophie Yohani
Refuge children and trauma

Session C
Brian Vallee
The fear factor: Fear of the abuser / Fear of the system. Also, screening of Vallée’s ‘Life With Billy’ documentary

Session G (downloads)
Cst. Eric Nelson, Calgary EPS
Stalking/Criminal Harassment

Session D (downloads)
Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
(Pragya Sharma and Monika Penner)
Taking Sexual Abuse Prevention Tips out of the Perpetrator’s Tool Belt

Session H (downloads)
Calgary Humane Society (Sarah Davies)
The Connection between Family Violence, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse and Animal Cruelty

Afternoon

November 17, 2008

12:00-1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:15

Keynote address
Brian Vallee

The War on Women

2:15-2:30

Break/Networking

2:30-3:30

Keynote address
Naomi Haines Griffith

Renewing our Commitment: Seeing the Hard Work with New Eyes
3:30-4:10 PEACE IN FAMILIES AWARD for Recognition of Outstanding Service to End Domestic Violence,
Sponsored by United Cultures of Canada Association
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