Shift Participates in the Scientific Panel on Gender-Based Violence

September 13, 2016 by Elena in Conferences and Presentations

Lana Wells – the leader of Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence – participated in a Scientific Panel on Gender-Based Violence hosted by Status of Women Canada over two days in Ottawa. The objective of this panel that consisted of a dozen of scholars from across Canada, was to identify best and promising practices in violence prevention and to discuss effective strategies and approaches in primary prevention of domestic violence. Lana’s contribution to this panel draw on her experiences in bringing systemic changes in primary prevention in Alberta in two areas: advancing healthy youth relationships and engaging men and boys in violence prevention. This panel is a part of consultative process that Status of Women is leading to help create the Federal Strategy on Gender-Based Violence (to be released in 2017).

Find out more about this process and strategy.

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Elena

Shift acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 4, Treaty 6, and Treaty 7 territories and the traditional meeting grounds and home for many Indigenous Peoples, including Cree, Saulteaux, Niisitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, and Nakota Sioux, the Siksika, the Piikani (Peigan), the Kainai (Blood), the Tsuut’ina (Sacree), Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, Dene, Mountain Cree, and the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, including Chiniki, Bearpaw, and Wesley First Nations. It is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 and Region 4. We respect the Treaties that were made, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.

Initiated by The Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence

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