Agenda

  • October 1, 2025

  • October 2, 2025

8:00am

Breakfast

Registration

8:00am - 9:00am International Foyer

9:00am

Welcome Housekeeping

Opening Ceremony

Introduction to the Knowledge Hub

Movement with Anna

Display Tables

9:00am - 10:15am International Foyer

10:15am

Break

10:30am

RISE: Toward evidence-based elder mistreatment prevention and response

10:30am - 11:30am International Ballroom B & C David Burnes & Marta Hajek

Mini presentations (11)

10:30am - 12:00pm International A

Lessons from implementing the iHEAL program in diverse health care contexts: Drivers of success and implications for scale up

10:30am - 11:30am New York Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, Caitlin Burd

Changing Contexts: A primary prevention approach to working in male-dominated settings (90 mins)

10:30am - 12:00am Paris Lana Wells SHIFT

Sharing in the Healing Journey: Results from a Mixed Methods Evaluation of Expressive Arts Programming to Promote Healing after Gender-based Violence

10:30am - 11:00am London

Display Tables

10:30am - 12:00pm International Foyer

11:00am

Best Practices in Digital Empowerment and Literacy Skills for Survivors

11:00am - 12:00am London

11:30am

“The support that is out there is not adequate”: Key findings from the AIM Study and implications for future research and practice (30 min)

10:30am - 11:30am International Ballroom B & C Lori Weeks, Kathleen Allen, and Katie Hamill

Virtual Groups for Men Who Have Used Violence Within Rural and Isolated Communities in Atlantic Canada (30 min)

10:30am - 11:30am New York Catrina Brown

12:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Accompagner les futurs parents ayant un vécu traumatique: résultats du projet

1:00pm - 2:00pm International Ballroom B & C Nicholas Berthelot

Mini Presentations(11)

1:00pm - 2:30pm International A

Participatory Approaches to Advancing Trauma- and Violence-Informed Physical Activity Panel

1:00pm - 2:00pm New YorkFrancine Darroch, Candace Roberts, Grace McKeon, Nadine Simpson, Anna Wilson

ConnectED Parents: A Tech-driven Approach for Empowering Parents to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence

1:00pm - 2:00pm ParisLianne Lee

Trauma-Informed Facilitation and Digital Media Literacy Education - Part 2

1:00pm - 2:30pm LondonDr. Kara Brisson-Boivin, Khadija Baig, Vanessa Turyatunga

2:00pm

Revitaliser les pratiques ancestrales en matière de sexualité chez les pères Atikamekw

2:00pm - 2:30pm International Ballroom B & C Jacinthe Dion, Alice Echaquan, Mireille Hebert, Isabelle Lessard

Making Space - TVI Movement Session

2:00pm - 2:30pm New York Anna Wilson and Francine Darroch

2:30pm

Break

2:30pm

Trauma-and Violence-Informed Research Panel

2:45pm - 4:00pm International Ballroom B & C Nicole Jeffrey, Lori Weeks, Lorraine Greaves, Francine Darroch, Jacinthe Dion, Moderator: Katreena Scott

4:00pm

Poster Session and Reception

4:00pm - 6:00pm International Foyer

8:00am

Breakfast

TVI Movement Session

8:00am - 8:30am New York Anna Ferdinand

Breakfast

8:30am

Breakfast

9:00am

Keynote:Trauma & Violence-Informed Approaches with Victims of Gender-Based Violence

9:00am - 10:00am International Ballroom B & C Nadine Wathen

10:00am

Break

10:15am

ASTRA : Une formation sur les Approches Sensibles aux TRAumas en périnatalité

10:15am - 11:15pm International Ballroom B &CMarie-Ève Grisé Bolduc

Mini presentations (17)

10:15am - 12:00pm International A

Engaging black men as leaders in domestic violence prevention

10:15am - 11:15am New York Patrina Duhaney, Sheryl Thompson

A conversation on IPV and Substance Use: Connections, Dual-focussed Support, and Needed action

10:15am - 11:15am Paris Nancy Poole, Andreea Brabete, and Lorraine Greaves

Low Barrier High Impact: Community Based Research with Newcomer Survivors of Gender-based Domestic Violence

10:15am - 11:15am London

11:15pm

Quand l’art et les histoires révèlent nos chemins de résilience : Art et Contes

11:15am - 12:00pm International Ballroom B & CLaurence Gauthier et Fernanda Camejo

Breaking the silence: Strengthening black communities through collective DV prevention

11:15am - 12:00pm New YorkPatrina Duhaney, Sheryl Thompson

Mini Presentations(4)

11:15am - 12:00pm Paris

12:00am

Lunch

1:00pm

Le programme Boussole: meilleures pratiques et outils concrets pour prévenir la violence sexuelle envers les 6-12 ans

1:00pm - 2:30pm International Ballroom B & C Jessica Martin and Mélanie Murphy

Mini Presentations (17)

International A 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Supporting women with initmate partner violence and substance use: Findings from the Strong Women virtual support group and workbook intervention

1:00pm - 1:30pm New York Lorraine Greaves, Andreea Brabete, Nancy Poole, Lindsay Wolfson, Carol Munoz Nieves

Giving and receiving warmth, love, and care: Women's processes of change in an interpersonal violence intervention

1:00pm - 1:30pm ParisMelissa Major, Naomi Andrews, Debra Pepler

Unheard Stories of Butterflies: Newcomer Stories of Gender Base Domestic Violence

1:00pm - 1:30pm LondonChristen Kong

1:30pm

Connection, reflection, and skill-building: The development of a participant-led methodology for addressing intimate partner violence in Northeastern Ontario at the Building Opportunities for Women Program

1:30pm - 2:00pm New York

"Evaluating a National Initiative to End the Cycle of Violence for Mothers and Their Children"

1:30pm - 2:00pm ParisGloria Jooyoung Lee, Naomi Andrews, Mary Motz

Building a Nest Together: Arts Integration for Trauma Healing Among Newcomers

1:30pm - 2:00pm ParisChristen Kong

2:00pm

The art of developing online training: Planning is everything!

2:00pm - 3:00pm New YorkMelanie Couture & Renée-Pier Filiou

Connections and Self-Compassion: How Mothers heal from Interpersonal Violence

2:00pm - 2:30pm ParisBTC

Cross-Sectoral Solutions: Strengthening Community Capacity to Address the 'Parallel Pandemic' of Gender-Based Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Through a Survivor-Led Support Program

2:00pm - 3:00pm LondonDr. Gifty Asare and Kelsy Dundas

2:30pm

Mini Presentations (2)

2:30pm - 3:00pm International Ballroom B & C

Stories of Strength: A Community-Driven Journey

2:00pm - 3:00pm LondonGolnoosh Hakiman and Meenu Dhillon

3:00pm

Break

3:15pm

Trauma-and Violence-Informed Practice: Reflections form CoP members / Closing Ceremony

3:15pm - 4:00pm LondonKatreena Scott , Sabry Adel Saadi, Fernanda Camejo, Laurence Gauthier, Kelsy Dundas / Alice Echaquan