Speakers:

Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell Keynote Speaker Addressing Violence Against Women in a Global Context: Challenges, Priorities and Success Stories From her international work and the WHO Multi-Country study, Dr. Campbell will provide a global overview of violence against women, highlighting the health inequities (including HIV/AIDS) between indigenous women and colonizers that have resulted from violence and oppression. Using examples of innovative strategies for addressing violence against women from across the world, she will challenge us to consider how we can might move forward in improving the health and quality of life of women exposure to violence. Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN is the Anna D. Wolf Endowed Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her BSN, MSN and PhD are from Duke University, Wright State University and the University of Rochester Schools of Nursing. She has been conducting advocacy policy work and research in the area of domestic violence since 1980 and has been at Hopkins since 1993. Dr. Campbell has been the PI of 10 major NIH, NIJ, DoD or CDC research grants and published more than 145 articles and seven books on this subject, including the new textbook Family Violence and Nursing Practice co-authored by Janice Humphreys. Her risk assessment instrument, the Danger Assessment (www.dangerassessment.com) was developed in 1986 to assist abused women in assessing their own risk of lethality. It was recently validated in two major studies with weighted scoring and levels of risk and is widely used in domestic violence advocacy programs, including those in the criminal justice system. She is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing and was a member of the congressionally appointed US Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence. In addition, she has served on the Board of Directors of the House of Ruth Battered Women's Shelter, as well as several other shelters and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Family Violence Prevention Fund. She was recently named the 2005 American Society of Criminology Vollmer Award recipient and is the Institute of Medicine/American Academy of Nursing/American Nurses' Foundation Scholar in Residence for the 2005-2006 Academic Year.

Madeleine Dion Stout Plenary Speaker Oma kanipowesitama poko kawitapistama: "What we stand by is what we sit in for" Nurses of the world must unpack stories and take a hard look at life's riddles so that the histories, cultures, relationships and material worlds of women and children yield solutions to stopping violence. In her address, Ms. Dion Stout will illustrate how Aboriginal (cree) concepts and stories may help us 'rethink" our understanding of violence against women and reconsider how might sit in protest and solidarity with women as part of the healing process. Madeleine Dion Stout, a Cree speaker, was born and raised on the Kehewin First Nation in Alberta, Canada. After graduating from the Edmonton General Hospital as a Registered Nurse, she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, with Distinction, from the University of Lethbridge and a Masters Degree in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. She serves on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal boards and committees including the B.C. Women's Health Research Institute and the national Population Health Promotion Expert Group and was President of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada and member of the National Forum on Health. Madeleine was a Professor in Canadian Studies and founding Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Education, Research and Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Assiniwkamik Award by the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, a Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Lethbridge and an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of British Columbia. Now self employed, she continues to work as a researcher, writer and lecturer on Aboriginal health and health care, paying particular attention to children and women.

Mazeda Hossain Mazeda Hossain is social epidemiologist based at the Gender Violence and Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. She specialises in the health impacts of gender violence, sexual and reproductive health issues, and the development of measurement tools using epidemiological and psychometric methods. She has a special interest in experiences of gender violence among vulnerable populations including trafficked women, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. She has worked, in collaboration with Cathy Zimmerman, on a multi-country study collecting data on the physical, sexual, and mental health consequences of trafficking among women in post-trafficking service settings. She is currently coordinating a multi-country study exploring experiences of violence and health outcomes among women seeking asylum. Her previous work is diverse and includes the development of guidelines for sexual and reproductive health care provision for trafficked women in Ukraine, sexual health care guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS in Europe, and various humanitarian aid and development projects in West Africa.

Bonnie Robichaud "Saying No to Harassment Helps Free Us from Oppression" Bonnie Robichaud was a lead hand cleaner at CFB North Bay. While on probation in 1979 she was sexually harassed by her supervisor. When her probation was over she fought back by making a complaint of Sexual Harassment. First she put in nine grievances under her collective agreement, which also included abuse of authority. From there she went to the Public Service Commission Anti-Discrimination Directorate, to the Canadian Human Rights Commission Tribunal, then to Appeal to the Review Tribunal, then Department of National Defense appealed the decision to the Federal Court of Appeal. With a split decision she sought leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. July 1987 they found that the employer was vicariously liable for all forms discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act whether known or otherwise, unless it adopts such steps to remedy and prevent recurrence of a complaint. During this time Bonnie Robichaud, continued to work for the man who harassed her until 1985. She went to every conference and union activity she could. Putting out a national newsletter, news releases, letters to members of parliament, supporters and public speaking she gained the support of the, the Ontario Women's Directorate, major unions, including her own union the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the media. Sending out letters, news releases, newsletters, to members of parliament and public speaking. she gained the support of the media changing unions and employers attitude that Sexual Harassment "is not a personal problem but a social problem." Now both employer and the union have a legal responsibility to remedy.

Events:

Interactive Forum Theater: "Missed Opportunities" by Toni Wilson & Gillian Fournier Toni Wilson is a Teacher on Special Assignment with the Thames Valley District School Board in Safe Schools. She has been writing, directing and facilitating Forum Theatre for the past fifteen years. Forum Theatre is interactive theatre. The play "Missed Opportunities" is filled with inappropriate behaviour and language as well as verbal, psychological and physical abuse. There are many missed opportunities for bystanders to intervene on behalf of an abuse victim in an intimate relationship. The play will be performed once and then performed a second time where the audience will be given the opportunity to take the place of the bystanders/actors in the play to create a different ending.

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