Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment: Current Research and Prevention
from Monday, September 24, 2018 8:00AM to Monday, September 24, 2018 2:30PM
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Sexual violence and sexual harassment include a broad spectrum of behaviours that negatively affect targets. These behaviours include unwanted sexual comments, unwanted touching, persistent sexual advances, and other demeaning and sexually objectifying behaviours as well as more serious and harmful forms of sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault.This symposium will advance knowledge about the nature and impacts of sexual violence and harassment and describe leading edge strategies for prevention. Topics include: Public health impacts of sexual violence and harassment Causes Experiences of victims Perceptions and perceived norms of perpetrators Roles of peers & peer dynamics Bystander interventions Sexual assault resistance training Engaging men in prevention This is a free event that is open to researchers, clinical and prevention practitioners, policymakers and students. Symposium Chair Samantha Wells, Associate Director, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH and Assistant Professor, Clinical Public Health Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Speakers Antonia Abbey, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Wayne State University Viktoria Belle, Harm Reduction Worker and Program Manager, Maggie's Toronto and Founder and Coordinator, The Dandelion Initiative Peter Donnelly, President and CEO of Public Health Ontario and Full Professor at University of Toronto, McMaster University and Queen’s University, Canada and at St. Andrews University, Scotland Tara Dumas, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Huron University College, Western University Kathryn Graham, Senior Scientist Emeritus, CAMH and Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Sarah McMahon, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Center on Violence Against Women and Children, Rutgers University Charlene Senn, Canada Research Chair in Sexual Violence and Professor, Applied Social Psychology, University of Windsor Matt Schaaf, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women Kevin Swartout, Associate Professor, Psychology, Georgia State University AnnaLise Trudell, Manager of Education, Training & Research, Anova (sexual assault centre and gender-based violence agency) Samantha Wells, Associate Director, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH and Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto For more information, please contact Symposium Coordinator, Sharon Bernards at [email protected] or 519-858-5000. Clinical Public Health Division Preliminary Program Welcome and opening remarks 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Samantha Wells, Associate Director IMHPR Defining and understanding sexual violence 9:10 - 9:40 a.m. The public health impacts of sexual violence and harassment — Peter Donnelly, CEO Public Health Ontario 9:40 - 10:00 a.m. Women’s experiences of sexual aggression in bars and clubs — Kathryn Graham, CAMH 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. Sexual assault etiology: Psychosocial factors with a focus on alcohol — Antonia Abbey, Wayne State University 10:20 - 10:40 a.m. Discussion 10:40 - 11:00 a.m. Break and refreshments Understanding the context 11:00 - 11:20 a.m. United Nations SafeCities: A demonstration of a new project to map spaces where sexual harassment and violence occur — AnnaLise Trudell, Anova 11:20 - 11:40 a.m. The importance of peer networks for understanding campus sexual violence — Kevin Swartout, Georgia State University 11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Peer status and its relationship to preventing sexual aggression — Tara Dumas, Western University 12:00 - 12:20 p.m. Young men’s attitudes, norms, and beliefs related to sexual harassment and aggression in bars — Samantha Wells, CAMH 12:20 - 12:40 p.m. Discussion 12:40- 1:20 p.m. Lunch Addressing sexual violence 1:20 - 1:30 p.m. The Dandelion Initiative’s Safer Bars and Safer Spaces Training — Viktoria Belle, Dandelion Initiative 1:30 - 1:50 p.m. Reducing the sexual violence that women students experience: The EAAA Sexual Assault Resistance Program — Charlene Senn, University of Windsor 1:50 - 2:10 p.m. Bystander interventions as a way to reduce sexual violence — Sarah McMahon, Rutgers University 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. Current community-based and institutional strategies to engage men in preventing sexual violence — Matt Schaaf, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women 2:50 - 3:20 p.m. Discussion 3:20 - 3:30 p.m. Wrap up and closing remarks
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