Annual Training Forum & AGM 2010
Transforming Risk: Safety Strategies for Life
Training Forum, November 25-26, 2010
Annual General Meeting, November 27, 2010
Frontline and anti-violence workers from across BC gathered at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond on November 25 & 26, 2010 for EVA BC's Annual Training Forum. The training provided participants with a much more in-depth look at domestic and sexual violence risk identification and focussed on various critical safety planning perspectives needed in order to keep women and children safe from violence.
We gratefully acknowledge funding from Department of Justice Canada and the BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General towards the Annual Training Forum.
Click on the links below to view ATF 2010 Keynotes:
ATF 2010 Photo Gallery
Deputy Chief Constable Doug LePard of the Vancouver Police Department
Laurie Kohl and Julia Staub-French delivered the workshop "Bearing Witness to Trauma: The Importance of Maintaining Our Own Safety as We Help Women Stay Safe"
The "Creating Safety Through Risk Identification, Focused Interventions and Information Sharing" workshop was offered on both days of the Training Forum. Presenters were CCWS staff Gail Edinger, Michelle Novakowski and Gisela Ruebsaat, along with BC's former Domestic Violence Resource Counsel Jocelyn Coupal.
Jocelyn Coupal delivered her keynote address "Spotting the Signs - Before Someone Dies"
EVA BC's Executive Director, Tracy Porteous
EVA BC's Office Manager Habiba Rashid and CCWS Regional Coordinator Gail Edinger
Melissa Hyland and the Aboriginal Women's Group
Aruna Papp delivered the workshop "Understanding the Culture in Risk and Safety Planning"
Odin Books brought their amazing selection of books!
Maureen Kitchur sold copies of her book, "The 6 Quantum Secrets to an Amazing Life"