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.
Lana Wells expressed her thoughts at the 16th Family Violence Conference Diverse Voices. Drawing on Shift’s review of 100 Domestic Violence Prevention Plans from the global North with a focus
Lana Wells, the Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence, presented at the City of Calgary Community Services inaugural Diversity in Leadership Conference with the focus on women
Lana Wells was the Keynote Speaker at the Alberta Northeast Domestic Violence Prevention Annual HEART Conference (Health, Education & Action in Healthy Relationships Team) in Whitecourt, Alberta. Her presentation’s focus
Shift’s team members, Dr. Deinera Exner-Cortens and Lianne Lee presented the Alberta Healthy Youth Relationships Strategy at the Society for Prevention Research conference in San Francisco, CA. The topic of
