Plenary #1: Trauma-and Violence-Informed Research Panel
SLIDES COMING SOON
Overview
What is trauma- and violence-informed research (TVIR)? How is it distinct from other common approaches used in gender-based violence research? What are its strengths and limitations? How can it be applied successfully? Experts in the field explored these questions through brief presentations and a facilitated Q&A session. The panel began with a brief overview of TVIR. Members of the PHAC-funded Trauma- and Violence-Informed Community of Practice then shared what TVIR has meant for their projects, including both successes and challenges applying TVIR in diverse contexts.Speakers
Katreena Scott
Dr. Katreena Scott is a Professor, clinical psychologist and Director of the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at Western University. She currently holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Ending Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.
Dr. Scott leads an applied research program aimed at ending gender-based violence in violence in family relationships, with specific expertise on addressing abuse perpetration in men. She has authored over 50 articles and book chapters on the development of violent relationships, the efficacy of interventions, the effect of abuse and trauma on children, and on empirically and ethically sound policies for working with abuse perpetrators.
She regularly presents to audiences of academics, community-based service providers and to policy-makers to share emerging knowledge from research on gender-based and family violence.
Nicole Jeffrey
Speaker bio coming soon.
Lori Weeks
Lori E. Weeks, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University and holds a cross-appointment in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. She has expertise in aging and family studies and uses multiple methods to examine care and support services for older adults and their caregivers and factors affecting the health of seniors. Her research often focuses on the needs of vulnerable older adults both in the community and in residential care homes. One stream in Dr. Weeks’ program of research focuses on the abuse of older adults with a particular focus on supports for older women experiencing intimate partner violence. She has served on the Board of the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and currently serves on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging Advisory Board.
Lorraine Greaves
Dr. Greaves is the founding Executive Director of the Centre of Excellence for Women's Health and its Senior Investigator since 2009. She was previously the Director of the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children in London ON. She is a medical sociologist and has worked in education, government, hospitals, and academia. She was appointed Chair of Health Canada’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Health Products for Women in 2019. She has received numerous awards for her work, including a Doctorate of the University from the University of Ottawa. She is leading the academic evidence review and the co-development of the workbook, social support curriculum, and facilitator’s guide. She has experience in creating social support group curricula, leading numerous national and international projects and has authored twelve books, 120 journal articles, and numerous reports, guidance documents, workbooks, toolkits and articles on sex and gender science, intimate partner violence and substance use.
Francine Darroch
Dr. Francine Darroch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Carleton University. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in qualitative health research, public health, inequities in pregnancy and physical activity, maternal health, and the intersections of racism, gender-based violence, substance abuse, trauma, and structural violence. As founder of the Health and Wellness Equity Research Group at Carleton University, Dr. Darroch leads feminist participatory action research that focuses on leveraging physical activity to improve the quality of life of self-identified women and their families. Her current work aims to address inequities in physical activity for pregnant and parenting individuals and families through trauma- and violence-informed approaches to physical activity. While Dr. Darroch’s research is predominantly focused on self-identified women and children, her work also extends to explore and advocate for gender-sensitive programming for fathers living in marginalizing circumstances. Dr. Darroch’s main overarching goal is to co-create programs and resources to increase access to physical activity, enhance social cohesion, community connections, and improve overall health by way of addressing individual, systemic, and structural barriers to health and well-being.
Overall, Dr. Darroch’s multi-faceted research efforts are a reflection of her passionate commitment to social justice, health equity, and challenging power differentials in research practices as an advocate for populations that experience systemic marginalization.
Jacinthe Dion
Jacinthe Dion, PhD, is a full professor in psychology at the Department of Health Sciences of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). She is co-holder of the VISAJ research chair on the Life and Health of Youth and a member of the steering committee of CRIPCAS (Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Problèmes Conjugaux et les Agressions Sexuelles) (English title: The Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse).
Dr. Dion has directed more than 20 projects funded by major granting agencies and published more than 120 scientific articles and book chapters. Her experience as a clinical psychologist has strongly influenced her desire to focus on the strengths and coping skills of youth and their families. She has developed collaborative approaches involving diverse partners and communities in the research process, recognizing the unique strengths that each brings to the projects being conducted. Her work includes documenting risk and protective factors related to psychosocial adjustment among victims of sexual violence and the implementation of intervention and prevention strategies with Aboriginal peoples.
