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Forced and Coerced Sterilization: The Ongoing Genocide of Indigenous People

November 22, 2024

All day

Online

In this session, speakers (a researcher, author/survivor, and midwife) discuss the historical and ongoing practice of coerced sterilization against Indigenous People in Canada.

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Navigating Ethical Challenges in Trauma- and Violence-Informed Research: Toward a Training Module for Gender-Based Violence Researchers

Recorded on October 29, 2024

All Day

Online

This webinar aims to open a dialogue around the possibilities for developing a TVI research ethics training module—a project which might incorporate the rich insights of current TVI...

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Engaging Men in Conversations about Family Violence and Risk

Thursdays in November 2024

1:00PM to 4:00PM

Online

A critical part of reducing gender-based violence is engaging men. Participants will learn skills for asking questions in ways that promote understanding of abuse and risk, for making complex and...

Addressing challenges faced by deaf women experiencing gender-based violence (GBV)

Nov. 19, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Online

This presentation aims to broaden knowledge about deafness and raise awareness of the specific challenges faced by deaf women, particularly those related to gender-based violence.

Pamela Cross Book Launch

Dec. 10, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The Springs Restaurant

Celebrate Pamela Cross's book launch with the author featuring a reading by Pamela plus a Q&A. Your ticket includes lunch from The Springs Restaurant Lunch Deluxe menu (salad, main course,...

Western University is Closed

Dec. 23, 2024 - Jan. 2, 2025

All Day

Western University

Western University Will Be Closed

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IPV Foundations

Wednesdays from Jan. 8, 2025 to Jan. 29, 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Online

This course provides foundational skills for responding to intimate partner violence (IPV). The focus is on translating systemic understandings of IPV into practice that centres diverse and...

Skills for Working with Mothers and Infants who have Experienced IPV

Mondays from January 20, 2025 to February 10, 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Online

Practitioners working with parents and young children require practical skills to amplify strengths in mothers who themselves are IPV survivors. This course focuses on skills for working...

IPV Risk Assessment Training

Tuesdays From Feb. 11, 2025 - Mar. 4, 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Online

Recognizing, assessing and communicating risk is a core skill for all professionals responding to intimate partner violence. In this interactive course, participants will distinguish between risk...