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V.I.N.E. Newsletter >
V.I.N.E. - Violence Is Not Endorsed
August 10, 2007
Celebrating what's right in our corner of the world.
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0 in 4 Project: Putting violence against women in a museum
Project
Purpose of this project is to actualize some of the
strategic visions developed from the 1 in 4 Project.
1) Revise the Sexual Assault Protocol
Activity: Revise the sexual assault protocol that
addresses the needs of recent and past sexual assault/abuse
survivors. Host three training days throughout Leeds &
Grenville on the use of the protocol.
Update: Ev Dales put together a job description and
advertised for the position of Consultant as it relates to
the revision of the Sexual Assault Protocol. Interviews
were held this past week with a goal of having someone in
place shortly.
2) Workshop on the intersection of Family & Criminal Court
Activity: Host a one day workshop on the Intersection of
Family Court and Criminal Court for victims and service
providers.
Update: The date and location are confirmed - Wednesday,
December 19th, 2007 at the Royal Brock Hotel, in
Brockville. At this time Pam Cross will be presenting in
the morning and we will have a panel of experts for the
afternoon.
Still plenty of details to sort out and as always our goal
is to bring you a content rich, high quality workshop.
3) Youth Summits
Activity: Host two, one day summits with youth to elict
youth input on their strategies to end violence against
women and to engage them in the peace building process.
This will identify service gaps and provide youth with
access to referral information.
Update: At this time Barb Lotan, Dave Heater, Ev Dales,
Lisa Fleming and myself had our first planning meeting to
flesh out this activity.
Using an Appreciative Inquiry / Open Space approach we will
invite students to dialogue, and answer the question of
'Violence Against Women: Who's problem is it anyway?'
Through networking our we will ask each high school in
Lanark, Leeds & Grenville to identify 2 male and 2 female
students in grades 9 through 11 who would be challenged by
the discussion and stimulated to work towards solutions.
We are hoping for participation from 60 students, with the
first day set for Nov/Dec and the follow-up day set for
February.
Interested in working on this? Let me know!
4) Youth Web page
Activity: Design and publish a youth friendly/accessible
web page as part of the victiminfo.ca site.
Update: At this time it will be summary of the work that
comes out of the summits.
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Cyber Safety Patrol Project
The purpose of this project is to keep our youth safe while
the surf the 'net.
1) Include internet luring & predators in the revised
Sexual Assault Protocol
Activity: Include comprehensive information on internet
predators and luring as part of the revised Sexual Assualt
Protocol.
Update: No action on this just yet.
2) Cyber Safety Patrol Contest & Media Campaign
Activity: Host Cyber Safety Patrol Workshops and Contest -
a website created by youth, for youth dedicated to Cyber
Safety.
Update: Linda and Janet at the EEC have a core group of 4
committed youth + 2 youth who may yet join. This core
group is setting up regular meetings to design the contest
and begin to become subject matter experts in the area of
staying safe on the net.
As part of the planning work they are reaching out to the
community and having subject matter experts come talk to
them. This coming week I will be meeting with them to
share where this project came from and clarify
expectations. As well, Tom Riel of the Brockville Police
Service will be doing a presentation on issues of safety on
the internet.
Great work by the EEC Team to pull this together and get
the youth involved and motivated!
3) Cyber Safety Training
Activity: To provide training on Cyber Safety to Parents,
Service providers, community agencies and youth workers &
staff.
Update: Very early stages of planning. Nothing to report.
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Network of Support Project: (An L & G VCARS Project)
Objective: To lessen the impact of crime and trauma
through support services to victims.
Identify Funding Providers:
Emergency Assistance for Canadians Victimized Aboard
May be able to provide $ assistance to a Canadian who is a
victim of a violent crime in a foreign jurisdiction.
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/voc/funding.html
Funeral Expenses
Anyone with limited financial means may apply for
assistance with funeral expenses through the United
Counties of Leeds & Grenville Community and Social
Services.
Internet Child Exploitation Counselling Program
ICE may provide funding for short-term immediate
counselling services to children and youth who are victims
of internet sexual explotation and thier family members.
Victim Quick Response Program
May provide finanical assistance to victims of homicide,
serious physical assault, domestic violence, sexual assault
and hate crimes. Application must be made with 14 days of
the crime. Contact VCARS office (613) 341-7700
Emergency Housing / Overnight shelter
Families or individuals in need of emergency housing or
overnight accomodation may be able to access services via
Social Services. During the day - contact Ontario Works at
341-4104 and identify that the person is in an emergency
situation. After Hours have the police or fire contact the
Red Cross via Brockville Fire Dispatch and the Red Cross
will make the arrangements.
Identify Service Providers:
We have identified the following for fee services that are
open to referrals from victim agencies.
Counseling services (adults, youth and children)
Home Repair Services
Crime/Death Scene Clean-up
Identify Community Services:
Francophone/French language services are available via
Association Champlain.
Interpretation and access to the Multi-Cultural community
is available. Contact VCARS to access.
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