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SUMMARY:ACWS Presents at the Policy Centre for Victim Issues Fall 2022 Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Collaborating to End Domestic Violence: Lessons on Building Local\, National\, and International Relationships\nResearchers\, activists\, and front-line service providers have continually confirmed the vital importance of collaboration to address violence against women and children and have long called for increased coordination across all sectors\, levels\, and responses to domestic violence. Such a methodology means working across disciplines and agencies to encourage an integrated and consistent approach that holistically engages with the justice\, health care\, child protection\, social services\, immigrant settlement\, and education systems\, and accounts for the unique needs of Indigenous women and other diverse groups. The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) has taken these calls seriously and has built collaboration into its very mandate. \nThis workshop will outline the unique needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence\, with special attention to the needs of victims and survivors from communities that have been marginalized\, as well as how ACWS has used collaborative projects to address and advocate for those needs. This workshop will ask participants to explore the questions: How can we maximize the impact of collaborations? What would you ideally like to gain from collaborations with other agencies and organizations? How can we ensure that all collaborations remain victim/survivor-centered\, and tailored to meet the unique needs of the individual? This workshop will be delivered in a flexible\, welcoming\, inclusive\, and accessible manner\, and will promote a safe and non-judgmental sharing environment. \nRegistration\nEmail your completed Registration Form to pcvi-cpcv@justice.gc.ca \nPanelists\nJan Reimer (she/her)\nExecutive Director\nAlberta Council of Women’s Shelters \nJan Reimer recently celebrated her 20th year as Executive Director at the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS)\, where she has served as a well-known resource on gendered violence prevention and intervention. Under her leadership\, ACWS hosted the first-ever World Conference of Women’s Shelters. More than 800 delegates from 51 countries attended. As a result of this conference\, shelters were able to exchange practices and learn from one another. The conference also provided the impetus for both a Canadian and a Global Network of Women’s Shelters. Jan Reimer is a founding member of both organizations and was invited in 2015 to present at the 3rd World Conference of Women’s Shelters in The Hauge\, Netherlands. The fourth World Conference was held in Taiwan in 2019. \nNicole Orji (she/they)\nCoordinator of Member Supports and Special Projects\nAlberta Council of Women’s Shelters \nNicole Orji (she/ they) is a Haudenosaunee woman who has worked to create healthy\, safe and inclusive communities in Nistawâyâw (Fort McMurray) for the past 10 years. Holding a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario\, Nicole brings both a research-based and a social justice lens to her violence against women work. Working as a Librarian and an Outreach Manager\, they advocate for accessible\, barrier-free\, and culturally safe programs and services for communities and individuals. She is a compassionate leader who looks to Indigenize and decolonize spaces while challenging the status quo. They are guided by humility and curiosity\, own a cat and are an avid volunteer \nMiranda Pilipchuk (she/her)\nResearch and Evaluation Coordinator\nAlberta Council of Women’s Shelters \nMiranda Pilipchuk (she/her) received her Ph.D. in philosophy at Villanova University\, specializing in gender-based violence\, feminist theory\, critical race theory\, decolonial theory\, and legal theory. Before joining the ACWS\, she worked as an adjunct professor and social justice facilitator at Villanova\, and as the managing editor of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. Miranda has received several research awards and fellowships\, including a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship\, the Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction\, the Villanova Gender and Women’s Studies Graduate Research Award\, and the Greater Philadelphia Women’s Studies Consortium Graduate Research Award. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and encyclopedias\, as well on public blogs. \nJill Shillabeer (she/her)\nLeading Change Call to Action Coordinator\nAlberta Council of Women’s Shelters \nJill Shillabeer works to bring shelter-informed primary prevention education and training across Alberta. Jill is a senior policy\, strategy\, and operations professional\, and experienced facilitator\, trainer\, and public speaker who has been working in equity and inclusion since 2013. She has worked in multiple sectors including non-profit\, social innovation\, cultural industries\, post-secondary\, and public service. No matter the setting\, Jill seeks opportunities to help individuals engage with their own agency to make the world more equitable and create spaces for marginalized voices. She employs an intersectional feminist and anti-oppressive lens to help find new ways to address old problems. \nOlivia Street (she/her)\nCoordinator of Communications & Social Advocacy\nAlberta Council of Women’s Shelters \nIn her role at ACWS\, Olivia is responsible for media relations\, public awareness\, and supporting the organization and its members in their work to meet the needs of abused women and their families. She holds a Master’s Degree in English from the University of Alberta and has held professional communications positions in both non-profit and corporate environments. Olivia is also a mother and an accomplished musician\, with an extensive background as an arts administrator and consultant \nMelanie Willerth (they/she)\nProgram Development & Training Coordinator\nAlberta Council of Women’s Shelters \nMel Willerth is responsible for supporting member shelters and making sure they have access to the training they need to work effectively. Mel holds a Master’s degree from the University of Calgary in Communication and Media Studies and has spent much of her career in the non-profit sector\, working with families\, youth\, and children. In 2020\, Mel was awarded the Ruby award from the Soroptimist International of Central Alberta for organizing a fundraiser show of the Vagina Monologues in Central Alberta; the event raised over $17\,000 for organizations that help women and 2SLGBTQ folks experiencing violence. She is an experienced educator\, having taught Sociology at Red Deer College\, and is passionate about pop culture\, media representation\, and getting more women and non-binary folks involved in craft beer culture
URL:https://acws.ca/event/acws-presents-at-the-policy-centre-for-victim-issues-fall-2022-webinar-series/
CATEGORIES:Awareness,Event,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20221027T163000
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SUMMARY:Leading Change™ Facilitator Activation Training (Online)
DESCRIPTION:This training is for ACWS members and the public interested in augmenting their knowledge and ability to deliver Leading Change™ curriculum in their community. \nParticipants build their knowledge base and learn how to address some of the tough questions we get when doing this work while gaining facilitation skills. This workshop increases awareness and capacity among prevention leaders at all levels of your organization\, equipping them to continue the work of violence prevention in their communities. \nIf you have any questions about the session\, please contact leadingchange@acws.ca \nThe registration form is available to members through the Members Hub. \nThis training is available to ACWS Full Members free of charge\, and to Associate Members at a reduced rate.
URL:https://acws.ca/event/leading-change-online-facilitator-activation-training/
CATEGORIES:Awareness,Leading Change,Training,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20220915T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20220915T170000
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CREATED:20220906T173933Z
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SUMMARY:Leading Change™: Domestic Violence & Your Workplace presentation at the CMHA Working Stronger Network
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, learn about the impacts domestic violence can have on your workplace\, and how to respond to it. \nThis session is available to members of the CMHA Working Stronger Network. \nRegistration for the network is available at the CMHA Working Stronger website at a cost of $200.00
URL:https://acws.ca/event/leading-change-domestic-violence-your-workplace-presentation-at-the-cmha-working-stronger-network/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Awareness,Event,Leading Change,Virtual
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SUMMARY:National Indigenous Peoples Day: Virtual Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\nKímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy\nKímmapiiyipitssini (Blackfoot): GEE-maa-bee-bit-sin — giving kindness to each other\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association and the National Film Board. \nOn National Indigenous Peoples’ Day\, ACWS is hosting a virtual screening of Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy followed by a post-screening discussion moderated by Leigh Sheldon\, psychologist at Indigenous Psychological Services and the Consultant for the Indigenous Community of Practice with the Blueprint Project\, and featuring Dr. Tailfeathers and other special guests. \nAbout the Film\nThe film is an intimate portrait of survival\, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta\, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic. \nFREE for ACWS members\, staff\, and shelter clients. Open to the public by donation\, with all proceeds going to ANFCA. \n \nDr. Esther Tailfeathers\n \nDr. Tailfeathers is a family physician in her home community of Standoff\, Alberta\, and served Fort Chipewyan\, where she flew in for one week a month to provide 24-hour service for seven days. She is Indigenous Medical Lead with the Indigenous Health Program\, Alberta Health Services\, and an emergency room doctor in Cardston\, Alberta. \nOne of the biggest challenges that Dr. Tailfeathers has faced in her medical career is a fentanyl crisis in her community. She led the fight against the epidemic before the scope of the problem was recognized in the rest of Canada. \nHer experience dealing with this crisis reinforced her commitment to improving health care providers’ recognition and understanding of the social determinants of health. More attention must be paid to the emotional and mental trauma behind addiction and other illnesses\, she argues\, including the continuing impacts of the residential school system. \nLeigh Sheldon\n \nLeigh is an Indigenous Registered Psychologist from Swan River First Nations. She has also operated Leigh’s Counselling Services since 2018 and served clients throughout Alberta. She founded Aboriginal Psychological Services in 2017 and  it is now called Indigenous Psychological Services. Indigenous Psychological Services is located in Slave Lake\, Enoch\, Edmonton and Calgary and entails 16 practitioners. She has been in practice since 2013. \nLeigh specializes in providing Psychological Services for Indigenous peoples and Decolonization. Her focus has been on research on the impacts of colonization\, historical influences that impact our clients\, systematic racism and oppression\, trauma informed techniques that honor the medicine wheel approaches and integrating cultural techniques in a clinical setting. She honors the two eyed seeing approach when it comes to operating a practice and how to work with clients. \nLeigh provides an internship program that honors the unique needs of our clients by creating specialization in trauma and culturally informed techniques. She also provides presentations to organizations\, schools and first Nations communities on clinical and cultural awareness. \nLeigh also specializes in Complex trauma with her dedication to ongoing trauma training in the past six years. She is certified in Somatic Attachment Practitioner two year training. She is completing her third year Somatic Experiencing training\, narrative therapy and Self-Regulation Therapy. Leigh personally believes in holistic approaches and embodying the Medicine Wheel to provide balance and direction. With compassion\, gentleness and kindness\, humans have the ability to heal and overcome many things. \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://acws.ca/event/virtual-screening-and-panel-discussion-kimmapiiyipitssini-the-meaning-of-empathy/
CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20220308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20220308T133000
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SUMMARY:IWD: Film Screening and Panel Discussion\, "Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual screening of Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again followed by a live panel discussion with filmmaker Courtney Montour and guests. \nMary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley\, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement. \nUsing never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings\, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men. \nMontour speaks with Cree activist Nellie Carlson\, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women\, and meets with three generations in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawà:ke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanized a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children. \nThe virtual screening is FREE to attend for ACWS members\, staff\, and shelter clients. \nIt is also open to the public\, by donation. All proceeds from the event will go to the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association. \nTickets\n  \nPanelists\n\nCourtney Montour  \nCourtney Montour is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Kahnawake. She works in the documentary film and digital media fields exploring issues of Indigenous identity. She directed\, wrote and co-produced Flat Rocks (2017)\, a short documentary revealing how the development of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway forever changed the landscape and the livelihood of the Kahnawake Mohawk community. Her first documentary Sex Spirit Strength won Best of Festival and the Emerging Filmmaker award at the 2016 Yorkton Film Festival. She has directed episodes for several documentary series including Mohawk Ironworkers (2016) and Skindigenous (2021). Courtney co-created and coordinated McGill University’s Indigenous Field Studies course\, held in Kahnawake\, for 8 years. Passionate about educating\, the course surfaces the intergenerational effects of colonization and Canadian policies on contemporary Indigenous society.  \nIrene Morin   \nIrene is a resilient Indigenous woman who\, after overcoming hardship and adversity at a young age\, rose to become a celebrated community leader. Throughout her lifetime Irene has demonstrated an indomitable spirit\, resilience and optimism. She is fiercely proud of her culture\, her people and her community; she has tirelessly dedicated herself to building bridges and advancing the interests of Indigenous peoples.  \nToday\, Irene is an Elder of the Enoch Cree Nation. She is a survivor of the Blue Quills Indian Residential School in Alberta\, and credits the institution for providing her a solid educational foundation.  \nIrene’s extensive career included working in the 1960’s for what was then the Department of Indian Affairs\, and later for the Edmonton Separate School Board\, Native Counselling Services of Alberta\, the Senate of Canada in Ottawa and for the Enoch Cree Nation for nearly 30 years.  \nIrene has been recognized for her outstanding contribution to her community and province. In 2002 she received the Queen Elizabeth 11 Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2017 she was a recipient of the Senate of Canada 150 Anniversary Medal. The “Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal was awarded by the Governor General of Canada to “those who have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to their communities or to Canada as a whole”.  \nThe Senate of Canada 150th Medal recognized those who “through generosity\, dedication\, volunteerism and hard work\, make their hometowns\, communities\, regions\, provinces or territories a better place to live” and “outstanding individuals” whose work reflects the “values of diversity\, acceptance\, generosity\, fairness and equality”.  As reflected by these accolades\, Irene has\, throughout her life\, led vital initiatives and enriched the lives of those in her community.  She was the founder and driving force behind the Annual Aboriginal Role Models of Alberta Awards for more than 25 years. Though officially retired\, Irene still volunteers for causes close to her heart\, including the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters and the World Indigenous Games. She was instrumental in bringing the Games to the Enoch Cree Nation.  \nJeannette MacInnis  \nAs the former Director of Health and Ending Violence initiatives at the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centre’s Jeannette has an extensive background in a multitude of social determinants of health and wellness areas including poverty. Jeannette has been a strong advocate for the health and well-being of women\, with an expansive academic and professional background on the issue\, extending as far afield as the plight of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Jeannette has been highly active in the movement to end violence against women and girls\, including human trafficking\, sexual exploitation\, and domestic and family violence with participation on many provincial and national committees and projects. She previously sat on the board of directors for the Battered Women Support Services (BWSS) for 4 years\, and BCs Community Coordination for Women’s Safety provincial working group for 5 years. Nationally\, she sat on the Canadian Women’s Foundation and a former National Advisory Committee on the prevention of human trafficking and exploitation of Indigenous women and youth. She is currently the Women & Wellness Manager at ANFCA.  \nJanice Willier  \nJanice is from Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory and currently resides in Edmonton with her partner and two sons. Janice works for Indigenous Services Canada as a Program Liaison Officer\, but was previously part of the Mental Wellness Unit where responsibilities included overseeing the Indian Residential School Support Program\, the Elder’s Advisory Committee and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls’ Pre-inquiry process. She has always been a strong advocate for Indigenous people\, particularly in the health field\, and brings her expertise and knowledge to her role on the board. Janice is an ACWS Public Director.  \n 
URL:https://acws.ca/event/iwd-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-mary-two-axe-earley-i-am-indian-again/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20211124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20211124T200000
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SUMMARY:The “Men-U” Panel
DESCRIPTION:The “Men-U” Panel: On November 24th at 7 pm\, community leaders will gather online to discuss different ways men across Alberta are expanding their skills and helping to end gender-based violence. Learn the everyday things you can do to be an ally to women and girls. \nPanelists: Omar Yaqub\, Jordan Witzel\, Anthony Parker\, Todd Crawshaw \nRegister here.
URL:https://acws.ca/event/the-men-u-panel/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Breakfast with the Guys,Event,Leading Change,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20211104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20211104T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T113529
CREATED:20210819T193838Z
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SUMMARY:Gifts of Hope 2021
DESCRIPTION:Reach Out\, Rebuild\, Rise Up!\nThe Gifts of Hope Committee invites you to attend Gifts of Hope Reach Out\, Rebuild\, Rise Up! A special virtual event for women to come together and celebrate with the women close to their hearts. This year\, we are pleased to host speaker and best-selling author of A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose\, Samra Zafar. Samra inspires audiences as she shares her journey of escaping an abusive child marriage to pursue her education and shed light on gender-based oppression. We hope that you will join us for Samra’s presentation\, opening remarks from Jan Reimer\, Executive Director of ACWS\, prize raffles\, and so much more all in support of ACWS. \nPrize Raffle\nWhether you are able to attend this year’s virtual event or not\, you can still win one of two amazing prize packages! Tickets for this year’s prize raffle fundraiser are available now. Click here to get your raffle tickets! \nPresentation Details\nAbuse rarely ever starts with physical assault. There are several early signs and “red flags” masked in manipulation that victims often perceive as romance. Join us for Samra’s presentation\, Power and Control — Recognizing Early Signs of Abuse\, as she uses her personal experiences\, insights\, and education to shed light on the cycle of abuse\, how to recognize early signs of abusive behaviour and protect yourself and your loved ones before it’s too late. \nWhat: Gifts of Hope featuring Samra Zafar\nWhen: Thursday November 4th\, 2021 @7 PM\nWhere: Zoom\nTickets: $40 \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://acws.ca/event/gifts-of-hope/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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