2019 Training Forum - Ending Violence BC

Supporting Survivors

Across the Years

About 330 people attended EVA BC’s Annual Training Forum 2019 that took place on November 28 and 29, 2019 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, BC. Besides the many anti-violence workers who attended from all over British Columbia, participants included representatives from police, health, justice, government, and academia.

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2019 Keynote Speakers:

Myrna McCallum, LLB – Intergenerational Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy
Dr. Jennifer Charlesworth, BC Representative for Children and Youth – Key Questions About Gender-Based Violence: Supporting BC Children, Youth and Young Adults
Dr. Myrna Dawson – Femicide in Canada and Globally: Identifying Gender-Based Motives/Indicators in the Killings of Women and Girls
Vathsala Illesinghe, PhD Candidate – Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada: Taking a Transnational View
Dr. Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao – Dignity and Recovery Across the Lifespan: Helping Survivors of Gendered Violence Reclaim Their Lives