Ottawa 2015
Social Services Network (SSN) invite groups, organizations and academics who have been conducting studies, developed community strategies and/or have developed community-based resources related to family violence in South Asian and diverse communities, to come and present their work to a Ottawa, provincial and national audience.
Proposals are welcome for paper presentations, roundtables and workshops from emerging and established community based agencies, policy analysts, front line practitioners, researchers, activists and artists.
All work related to the nature of violence in South Asian and diverse communities, as well as the prevention and more effective response is welcomed – in particular however we encourage contributions from work that focuses on the:
- Sexual Diversity – Violence in LBGT-Q communities
- Violence Against Children and Adults with Disabilities from diverse Cultures
- Sexual Violence & Human Trafficking
- Forced marriages happen…
- Femicide (Myth of “Honour Based” Violence) and the Canadian Context
- Violence Against Women and Children
- The Role of Film, Television and Media in Perpetuating Violence
- Role of Men
- Working with Youth
- Training for Police Officers
The selection committee for all conference presenters welcome other workshop subject matters that are related to the theme and overall purpose of the conference.
Submit a Conference Proposal Due 15th February 2015 Proposals may be submitted for the following 3 types of presentations. Workshops will be approximately 1.5 hours in length:
- Presentation of Community-based work, followed by a facilitated discussion, a Q &A and/or interactive exercise to assist participants to engage with the content.
- Roundtables: moderated roundtable discussions on a community based approach, policy reform strategy, research or practice that will benefit from extended discussion.
- Paper Presentation: single paper presentations followed by a facilitated discussion.
- In your conference proposal please submit the following information:
- Title of Proposal
- Presentation Type: Community-based presentation, Roundtable or Paper
- Short Description: A short summary of your proposal. This will appear in the conference program (40 word limit).
- Longer Description: A concise description of your work including (150-200 words).
- Keywords: 3-5 keywords that describe the main ideas of your work.
- Biographical Information: organization or institution, position/title and a short statement of interest in addressing the issue of family violence in South Asian and diverse communities (100 words).
All proposals should be sent to fvc@socialservicesnetwork.org, and d.rajan@rogers.com with the title: 2015 Conference Workshop Application.
Acceptance notifications will be sent out by 14th March 2015.
What is the Impact of Family Violence Conference Initiative?
For the last 4 years, this initiative has focused in the Greater Toronto Area. This year, as its final year, we are bringing this conference to Ottawa. The initiative has brought together the diverse South Asian population living within the host community with local sectors involved in violence prevention and response, as well as provincial and national partners.
Each new local team builds on the learnings of previous years to design their conference, bringing out hundreds of participants to receive information and training, continue the process of identifying and working on key challenges and an expression of their commitment for ongoing work in this area.
The primary goal is to engage and empower diverse newcomer and immigrant family members- especially youth, women and seniors, relevant mainstream sectors, ethno-specific faith and community groups along with local neighbourhoods in building the capacity of their community and the country as a whole, to develop and implement strategies that will address the specific forms of violence that occurs in South Asian and diverse families.
