CAVA Conference Papers now online

[Randy McCall]

Adobe Acrobat versions of some presentations made at CAVA's 2nd National Conference in Mississauga last October are now available.  More will be added as electronic versions of the presentations are submitted to CAVA by the presenters.

These presentations are available by navigating to the CAVA website at:

http://www.infocava.ca/ and clicking on the "Conference" link, or you can go there directly at: http://www.vaonline.org/cava/conference.htm

The following presentation titles, some of which are available in French, are available.  Where possible, biographies, bibliographies and handouts are also included:

Keynote Presentations

Victim Advocacy: Meeting victims' needs or using victims to advance the conservative agenda? - Dr. Jo-Anne Wemmers, University of Montreal 

Presentations

Canadians Victimized Abroad - Les Canadiens victimes d’un acte criminel à l’étranger - Beth Heinze, Policy Centre for Victim Issues

      

Compensating the "Good Victim": Quebec's Case - Biography - Dr. Geneviève Parent

      

Creating a Knowledge Cycle: Introducing Basic Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice Theory to Victim Services: Part One - Theory, Part 2 - Practical, Bibliography - Randy McCall, Victim Assistance Online

      

Financial Assistance for Victims to Attend Parole Hearings - Aide financière aux victimes qui assistent aux audiences de la Commission nationale des libérations conditionnelles - Beth Heinze, Policy Centre for Victim Issues

      

MADD Canada Victim Services - Presentation Description and Biography - Gloria Appleby, MADD Canada

      

Media Violence - Valerie Smith, FreeRadical.com

      

National Office for Victims / Victim Parole Fund - Bureau national pour les victimes Bureau national pour les victimes d’actes criminels - Andrea Dow, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

      

New Realities: An Integrated Approach to Family Violence - Sharon Taylor, Lorna Monkman, Wolseley Family Place for the New Realities

      

Partner Contact: Protocol, Policy, Practice - Marilyn Rivers, Violence Again Women Program, Family Service Association, Toronto

      

Repeat Victimization - Handout 1 Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4 - Kim Gramlich, Police Victim Services of BC

      

Responding to Victims: Emerging Issues and Innovative Solutions - Répondre aux besoins des victimes :Nouvelles questions Solutions innovatrices:

- Jocelyn Sigouin, Policy Centre for Victim Issues, Justice Canada;

- Brenda Thomas, Victim Services, Community and Correctional

  Services Division, Government of New Brunswick;

- Carol Lemieux, Victims Programs, Alberta Solicitor General and Public

  Safety;

- Steven Ford, Victim Services and Community Programs Division, British

  Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

      

Take It Like a Man: Why Men’s Sexual Victimization is (Still) Ignored in Canada’s Victim Services - Rick Goodwin, Men's Project