CAAR News

Coalition Against Abuse in Relationships Celebrates 20 Years April 21st Moncton Lions Community Center 473 St. George Street

Coallition Against Abuse in Relationships — 2010-04-19T05:16:17-07:00

MONCTON, NB, Canada - The Coalition Against Abuse in Relationships (CAAR) is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year by holding a one-day conference titled “HELPING CHILDREN THRIVE: Impact on Children Exposed to Domestic Violence” to help professionals recognize and respond to the needs of children who live with domestic violence.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Social workers, youth workers, teachers, nurses, psychologists, police officers, daycare workers, women’s shelter workers, and front line workers.

WHEN: April 21st, 2010 – 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.

Conference topics include:
MORNING - This workshop will help professionals in a variety of front-line positions recognize and respond to the needs of children who live with domestic violence. The material will cover myths and facts about children and domestic violence and also review how violence against a mother can shape children as they grow.

AFTERNOON - This workshop will cover intervention approaches useful for children in different developmental stages, roles children may assume in homes characterized by domestic violence, how domestic violence can affect mothering, and parenting approaches designed for children who have lived with domestic violence.

Participants will be able to attend the morning or afternoon conference or the full day. The conference fee is $30 (half day) & $45 (full day) both with lunch and coffee breaks. Group rates for non-profit organizations are available.

SHORT BIO - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alison Cunningham
Alison is Director of Research and Planning at the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System in Ontario and also a part-time residential counselor in the shelter program at the Women’s Rural Resource Centre of Strathroy Area. With Linda Baker, she has authored many training resources on the topic of children living with violence against their mothers including Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence Against a Mother Shapes Children as they Grow (2007). They also released in 2008 two resources for people who work with abused women: Helping an Abused Woman: 101 Things to Know, Say & Do and Helping Abused Women in Shelters: 101 Things to Know, Say & Do. Alison’s latest training resource is called The Journey to Justice: A Guide to Thinking, Talking and Working as a Team for Young Victims of Crime in Canada’s North which was released in September, 2009.

The Coalition Against Abuse in Relationships believes all men, women and children have the right to live without physical, sexual, economical and emotional abuse. C.A.A.R. is a non-profit organization representing many service providers (www.coalitionagainstabuse.com) whose members work directly or indirectly with victims and/or perpetrators of violence in relationships. Created in 1990, it attempts to improve awareness of and access to services to the victims and/or perpetrators of abuse through public education and lobbying activities.

Registration by e-mail only: Conference Coordinator caar.events@gmail.com
Inquiries Contact: Paulette Lévesque, CAAR Co-Chair, (506) 382-1717 paulettelev@rogers.com

Send payment to C.A.A.R.
233 St.George, Moncton, NB,
E1C 1V8
or
Drop off @ Victim Services,
on 16th floor of the
Assumption Bldg,
Attention: Gabrielle Maillet

Participants will be able to attend the morning or afternoon conference or the full day. The conference fee is $30 (half day) & $45 (full day) both includes lunch and coffee breaks. Group rates for non-profit organizations are available

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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

caarnews — 2010-01-14T15:41:18-08:00

December 6

Did you know that December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada? Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women.

As well as commemorating the 14 young women whose lives ended in an act of gender-based violence that shocked the nation, December 6 represents an opportunity for Canadians to reflect on the phenomenon of violence against women in our society. It is also an opportunity to consider the women and girls for whom violence is a daily reality, and to remember those who have died as a result of gender-based violence. And finally, it is a day on which communities can consider concrete actions to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.

December 6, the December 6th Committee of the Moncton and District Labor Council re-commit to taking action on violence against women and girls by organizing a "Candlelight Vigil" at the Caseley Park Monument, located at Fr. Dan Bohan Centre (5 Fatima Drive, next to Riverview Town Hall) at 6:30 p.m.

All are invited to attend.

First Mourn; then work for change

Journée nationale de commémoration et d'action contre la violence faite aux femmes

caarnews — 2010-01-14T15:39:36-08:00

Le 6 décembre

Saviez-vous que le 6 décembre est la Journée nationale de commémoration et d'action contre la violence faite aux femmes? Instituée en 1991 par le Parlement du Canada, cette journée souligne l'anniversaire du meurtre de 14 jeunes femmes en 1989 à l'École polytechnique de Montréal. Elles sont mortes parce qu'elles étaient des femmes.

En plus de commémorer les 14 jeunes femmes qui ont perdu la vie à la suite d'un acte de violence à l'égard des femmes qui a choqué la nation, le 6 décembre offre l'occasion aux Canadiennes et aux Canadiens de réfléchir au phénomène de la violence à l'égard des femmes dans notre société. C'est également l'occasion de penser aux femmes et aux jeunes filles pour qui la violence est une réalité quotidienne et de se souvenir de celles qui sont mortes par suite de la violence dirigée contre les femmes. Enfin, cette journée offre la possibilité aux collectivités d'envisager des mesures concrètes afin d'éliminer toutes les formes de violence à l'égard des femmes et des filles.

Le 6 décembre, le Comité du 6 décembre du Conseil du travail de Moncton et région réitère son engagement dans la lutte contre la violence à l’égard des femmes et des filles en organisant un « Vigile à la chandelle » au Monument du Park Caseley, situé au Centre Fr. Dan Bohan (5, promenade Fatima, à côté de l’Hôtel de ville de Riverview) dès 18h30.

Tous et toutes sont invités à y assister.

Pleurez-les aujourd’hui ; agissez demain