CAVA Conference Call for Papers and Location Announcement
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"Strengthening Our Foundation: A Victim-Centered Approach to Justice"
in partnership with Victim Services of Peel and the Canadian Centre
for Abuse Awareness
Mississauga, Ontario - October 23 - 26
CALL FOR PAPERS
(To download an Adobe Acrobat version, in both English and French:
http://www.vaonline.org/cava/cava%20final.pdf )
Come showcase your ideas, present your research at the CAVA-ACAV´s
2nd Conference. This is the only Canadian conference for all victims
and victim service providers. It is your one chance to attend a
conference on victims´ affairs in this country. Attendees will
include victims, victim assistance professionals, law enforcement and
justice officials, media and NGO´s. Papers presented at the
conference will made available on the web and some presenters will be
webcast.
We invite you to submit proposals for conference sessions that fit
within one of following tracks:
1. Victim services and emerging issues
2. Family violence
3. Vulnerable victims
4. Advocacy and reform
5. Victimization / grief / death
6. National / international best practices, training & accreditation
7. Restorative justice
8. School violence
9. Caring for the caregiver
WORKSHOP SESSIONS: Concurrent sessions will be 45 or 90 minutes in
length. They are scheduled October 23 - 26, 2006. Our planning
committee welcomes submissions for individual and panel
presentations.
SELECTION CRITERIA: Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the
following criteria: relevance to the conference theme; contribution
to victims and victim assistance; link to current research; what the
audience will learn; evidence of new and innovative learning and
presentation approach.
The Conference Program Committee may request individual presenters
join with others who have submitted proposals on similar or
complimentary topics. To ensure a balanced program, the Committee
reserves the right to solicit presentations in addition to those
received through this Call for Papers
Presenters must register and pay the conference registration fee, as
well as travel and accommodation expenses. Please ensure your
submission includes the following:
o Contact information (name, title, organization, address, phone and
fax numbers, and email address) and designated contact person if more
than one presenter;
o Presentation title, program track, and description of session and
relevance to conference theme;
o Type of session: panel or individual
o Brief description of session (100 words)
o Desired length - 45 or 90 minutes
o Language to be presented in: English or French (In both languages
if available)
o Audiovisual requirements
o Brief presenter(s) bio (50 words each)
o An electronic copy of the presentation by September 5th, 2006 for
translation
o Please indicate if would be willing to take part in a one-hour
webcast online discussion about your presentation at the conference.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 16th, 2006 Proposals in English or
French.
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION BY : July 14th, 2006.
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: confe...@infocava.ca and indicate `Conference
Proposal´ in the subject line.
For surface mail or fax, please use:
CAVA Presentation Submission
c/o Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime
100 - 141 Catherine Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K2P IC3
Fax: (613) 822-4904
CONFERENCE LOCATION: The Novotel Hotel, 3670 Hurontario Street,
Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 1P3 Canada Tel: (905) 896-1000 Email:
H0...@accor.com
For CONFERENCE UPDATES: See the Conference Website: www.infocava.ca