Knowledge Hub Bulletin 35 - June 2025

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Knowledge Exchange – September 30, 2025   

Our final Knowledge Exchange will be held on September 30, 2025, the day before the conference, at the Toronto Airport Delta Hotel. The goal for this Knowledge Exchange event will be to share project successes, lessons learned, and next steps.

We are also pleased to host all community of practice members for a final dinner and banquet at the hotel that evening after the knowledge exchange.

We are asking that each project prepare a brief 5-minute presentation with 5 slides:

  1. Slide One: Title of project
  2. Slide Two: Reach of your project
  3. Slide Three: Lessons learned – what you might do differently next time
  4. Slide Four: Sustainability - what is being sustained at the end of the project and how
  5. Slide Five: Project Successes - share an image or photo reflecting an aspect of success
 

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Knowledge Hub Presents! Conference  

Conference planning is well underway. We have a tremendous amount of interest in the conference, both in participation in the posters and mini presentation sessions as well as in general attendance. At the time this bulletin was published, we had 185 registered and received more than 80 mini-presentations and 25 poster submissions.  

We were thrilled to receive so many submissions from CoP member projects. Thank you so much for your interest and investment in this conference; we are excited to share your important work. We have a tentative schedule created but things are subject to change, so we will be sharing at some point over the summer. If you have any additional requests or requirements, please let us know as soon as possible.   

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Important Dates

Four pathways to sustainability were explored:

  • ASAP! Please book your hotel rooms. The block of rooms that we have set aside is nearly sold out, so do not delay if you want to get the discount.
  • ASAP! You need to register for the Knowledge Exchange and conference.
  • July 15, 2025 - Deadline for submitting all conference PowerPoint slides for translation.  
  • September 2, 2025 - Deadline for submitting Knowledge Exchange PowerPoint slides for translation.
 

Webinars & KH Presents!   

Our 2025-2026 Learning Network and Knowledge Hub webinar series is in full swing and this year we have been able to feature a number of CoP members . 

  1. On April 15 , 2025, Catrina Brown, Lorraine Greaves, Lianne Lee and Lana Wells presented a panel discussion entitled Leveraging Digital Interventions for GBV Prevention and Support. It was an exciting discussion about the realities and possibilities of digital services in the GBV sector. Click here to watch.
  2. On June 19 th from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. ET, CoP members David Burnes, Lori Weeks, Kathleen Allen and Mélanie Couture will be facilitating a discussion entitled, Strengthening Community Responses to Elder Mistreatment: Innovations, Interventions, and Lessons Learned. Click here to watch. 
  3. We have another KH Presents! on June 25 th from 1:00-1:30 p.m. ET, with researcher Stephanie Begun who se evaluation explored the impacts of Sharing in the Healing Journey an expressive arts-based programming offered by YWCA Toronto, that provides support simultaneously to both mothers and children who have survived violence. Click here to watch. 
  4. On July 10 th , we are excited to have Christen Kong from the HEAL Project and folks from Artes et Contes present their discussion, Creative Expressions: Arts-based Interventions for Empowerment and Connection. Click here to register.

Help Spread the Word!    

ConnectED Parents is recruiting for their next cohort of parents for the texting component . Please share the poster belo w with your networks to help spread the word!   

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Highlights from the Canadian Child and Youth Trauma Consortium Symposium  

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Anna-Lee and Sabry represented the Knowledge Hub (KH) at the Canadian Child and Youth Trauma Consortium Symposium to promote our upcoming conference. The event brought together more than 1,500 researchers, clinicians, and decision-makers from across the country to strengthen trauma-informed responses for children and youth. A key takeaway was the importance of dosage in intervention— finding the right balance to meet real needs without causing re-traumatization. Presentations by Bruce D. Perry and Dr. Delphine Collin-Vézina sparked powerful conversations around youth agency, relational care, and systems change.

We promoted the upcoming KH National Conference and connected with community of practice members including Marie-Ève Grisé-Bolduc, Jessica Martin, Jacinthe Dion.

Event Highlight — Marie-Vincent Symposium

On June 3, 2025, the Marie-Vincent Symposium on Preventing Sexual Violence Among Children and Youth (0–17 years) was held in La Prairie, Quebec. The event gathered professionals and experts to explore concrete, developmentally appropriate strategies for prevention and intervention. The Boussole project by Marie-Vincent presented their work. Sabry connected with community of practice members including Mélanie Murphy, Jessica Martin and Myriam Elie Leblanc from the Compass project, and Alice Echaquan who works with Jacinthe Dion on the Kaskinomatasowin project.

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Introducing new Knowledge Hub team members   

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Esther Li is the new Media Technician at The Knowledge Hub, joining the team in May 2025. She is wrapping up her Masters of Media in Journalism and Communication, and brings a strong background in digital media, content creation and video production. At CREVAWC, she’s excited to support the team through webinars, digital content development, and other tech-related initiatives. Outside of work, she enjoys watching K-dramas and getting lost in a good book.

 

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Nicole Jeffrey (PhD) is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children working with the Knowledge Hub team. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor (status only) at the University of Windsor. Her research focuses on men’s violence against women, particularly sexual violence, and social norms about consent, masculinity, and normative heterosexuality. In her spare time, she loves to travel and spend time with her family, friends, and dog.

 

Zayah.png Zayah Samad is double majoring in philosophy and sociology. She presented at the Western Student Research Conference on the social factors behind elevated sexual violence risks for bisexual women. Her infographic on the topic was published by Western’s GEMS Research Lab. She also researched why second-generation immigrants often outperform their parents educationally. Currently, she’s working with Knowledge Hub on Undressing Consent, a project on sexual violence, consent, and agency.

Baby Announcement   

On April 11 th 2025 , at 3:44pm , Jade welcomed sweet baby Aletheia Jade Seres, 7lbs 6oz . We are so thrilled for the entire family.   

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