Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability.
As part of 16 Days of Activism we would like to highlight AASAS's participation in the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability.
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During #16DaysOfActivism, the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability remembers 131 women and girls killed by violence in #Canada. Please join us to remember lives & potential lost to help increase awareness about #femicide in our country. Follow #RememberMe, https://femicideincanada.ca
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AASAS participated in the conversation around Bill 21 which will allow for a lifetime ban on health professionals who are convicted of sexual assault.
During this year's Grey Cup festivities in Edmonton AASAS was on-hand for the announcement of a new campaign to address violence against women by the CFL, Ending Violence Association of Canada, Status of Women Canada, and United Steelworkers.
SACE Executive Director, Mary Jane James, was interviewed about the announcement of an awareness campaign to address the spike in domestic violence during major sporting events.
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First Responder to Sexual Assault and Abuse Training
What will Participants Learn?
This training is intended to build the capacity of professionals, paraprofessionals and community members to assess and respond effectively to disclosures of sexual assault and sexual abuse. Survivors who receive safe and supportive responses to disclosures of sexual violence are more likely to reach out for help from medical and counselling services and/ or report to police. First Responder to Sexual Assault and Abuse Training™ is a comprehensive two day training, inclusive of the full continuum of sexual violence and across the lifespan.
Upcoming training dates:
Dec 6-7 Olds (Private Training)
Dec 6-7 Calgary (Registration Open)
Dec 11-12 Edmonton (Session Full)
Jan 16-17 Banff (Private Training)
Jan 29-30 Bonnyville (Registration Open)
Feb 6-7 Edmonton (Registration Open)
May 2-3 Lethbridge (Registration Open)
Oct 10-11 Lethbridge (Registration Open)
Please visit the AASAS website regularly for new training dates.
If you would like to coordinate a First Responder Training in your community, organization, or institution – please email AASAS.
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Counselling Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence
The Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (AASAS) is thrilled to announce an upcoming Counselling Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence Course, taking place in an online classroom from February 1 – April 19, 2018.
What will Students Learn?
This course offers an integrative, mindfulness-based approach to ongoing assessment and interventions with adult survivors (all genders) of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse. It draws on the most current theory including feminist, attachment, regulation, and interpersonal neurobiology; and evidence-based practices, including mindfulness, cognitive, emotion-centred, somatic, neurofeedback and other emergent approaches for trauma, addiction and mental health.
Who Is This Course For?:
This 12 week online integrative course is designed for counselors, therapists, and other mental health practitioners who may wish to work with survivors of sexual violence, or who may be already working with survivors and would like to more deeply inform their counselling practice. Registrants must have, at a minimum, a bachelors level education in a social or health services discipline and/or are registered/licensed with a professional association that maintains a code of ethics and standards of practice that provide parameters for the registrant’s scope of practice. Special considerations may be accommodated on a case by case basis.
Participant Feedback about the Course:
- “I really enjoyed every part of this course… I felt my instructors were very informative and presented the course great”
- “I very much appreciated how comprehensive this course was”
- “I feel I learned things about myself and am aware of it now”
For more information and to register, click on the poster below.
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Member Agency Events & Updates
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DCSC Launches Restorative Justice Program at Local School
This past month, a local school reached out to Dragonfly Centre (DCSC) and asked if they could create a presentation to address behavioural challenges in the classroom. The Grade 4 classroom had been struggling with interpersonal friction and bullying between students.
“This was a timely request as our agency has been developing a restorative justice program for just this situation,” explained Cheryl Bujold, Executive Director of DCSC “This year our educational team has incorporated the use of restorative circles into our school programming as a way to promote a deeper learning experience in a safe and comfortable way.” The local school jumped at the opportunity to have DCSC launch its newest program.
DCSC Facilitators invited the classroom into a circle and passed a talking stick around providing each individual with an opportunity to speak from their heart. In 45 minutes, the class, together created three agreements that now hang on the classroom wall and outlines how they have agreed to interact with one another.
There are a number of positive benefits to incorporating restorative justice in schools and classrooms. The goals of the program are to:
- Nurture healthy relationships among and between students and adults, including parents and/or guardians;
- Increase meaningful communication;
- Reduce the number of disruptive friction and transform the ways we see conflict.
DCSC is excited to offer this program to schools in the Northeast Region of Alberta because it is directly related to the promotion of healthy relationships and respect amongst all community members.
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Community Training Opportunities in Grande Prairie
Pace Community Support, Sexual Assault and Trauma Centre in Grande Prairie are offering a wide variety of community support trainings.
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