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Our October 2006 2nd National Conference: "Strengthening Our Foundations: A Victim-Centred Approach to Justice" has concluded.  Thanks to all conference presenters and participants who helped to make our conference the success it was! 

2006 National Conference: Presentations, Handouts and Bibliographies/Biographies

Conference Presentation Schedule

Presentation Descriptions
 

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
   
• Femmes francophones en contexte minoritaire et la violence faite aux femmes - Madeleine Roy
   
• 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
   
• Self-Help and Healing on the Path to Justice - Victims of Homicide Support Group, Edmonton, Alberta
   
• Take It Like a Man: Why Men’s Sexual Victimization is (Still) Ignored in Canada’s Victim Services - Rick Goodwin, Men's Project