Ramona Alaggia, Rupaleem Bhuyan, Melanie Doucet, Roberta Timothy, and Cathy Vine

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Intentionally Marginalized Communities: The Violence We See in Relationships, Families and Systems in Canada

Presented by: Ramona Alaggia, Rupaleem Bhuyan, Melanie Doucet, Roberta Timothy, and Cathy Vine.
This Webinar was presented and recorded on January 18, 2023.

Several contributors and the editors of the recently published third edition of Cruel But Not Unusual: Violence in Families in Canada explore the concept of intentionally marginalized communities in relation to their work and experiences with Black communities, non-status, refugee, and immigrant women, and children and youth in care. What does the concept mean and how does it play out? What are these communities experiencing and are our systems helping and/or causing further harm? What are these communities and advocates doing to bring about change and how can we support them? These and other questions are explored in a lively panel discussion.

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Learning Objectives

By participating in this Webinar, participants:

  1. Gain knowledge, understanding and insights into the concept and experience of violence in intentionally marginalized communities
  2. Learn about the realities and challenges facing individuals and families in intentionally marginalized communities through case studies and experiences shared
  3. Understand how feminist, intersectional, anti-oppression, and strengths-based approaches are needed to:
    1. Learn from the experiences of survivors of violence
    2. Reduce state and systems-based harm
    3. Support advocacy and leadership, and
    4. Increase safety
  4. Become inspired by ideas and concrete actions to bolster advocacy efforts, small and big

Panelists

Ramona-Alaggia.pngRamona Alaggia, MSW, PhD, professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, examines gender-based violence from the standpoint of child sexual abuse, sexual violence and intimate partner violence survivors. In her role as the Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child & Family, she promotes the health and well-being of children and families. Using a trauma- and resilience-informed lens, her research contributes to developing anti-discriminatory practices for women and children living with violence. Her current study is on the impact of the #MeToo movement in Canada. 

Rupaleem-Bhuyan.pngRupaleem Bhuyan, PhD, is an associate professor in social work at the University of Toronto where she teaches community practice, social action, and qualitative research methods. Dr. Bhuyan joined the movement to end gender-based violence in university as a peer rape prevention educator and has since worked or volunteers as a domestic violence advocate, public educator, and researcher. She is currently researching how immigration policy contributes to gendered inequality and gender-based violence, focusing on migrant collective action and intersections between systemic racism in Canada’s immigration and child welfare systems.

Melanie-Doucet.pngMelanie Doucet has been working to improve the lives of youth in care for over fifteen years. She is a former youth in care, holds a PhD in social work, is a senior researcher and project manager at the Child Welfare League of Canada and a researcher at the Centre for Research on Children and Families at McGill University’s School of Social Work. Her doctoral research, “Relationships Matter for Youth ‘Aging Out’ of Care,” provided a platform for youth from care to propose recommendations relevant to policies and interventions. She is active in provincial and national youth-in-care advocacy initiatives aiming to improve child protection services policies in a youth-centred way.

Roberta-Timothy.pngRoberta Timothy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, and is the inaugural Program Director for the upcoming MPH Program in Black Health at Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Timothy has worked for over thirty years in community health working on resisting anti-Black racism and intersectional violence strategies. Dr. Timothy is also co-founder and consultant at Continuing Healing Consultants where she implements and teaches her intersectional mental health model "Anti-Oppression Psychotherapy." She has been living with a visual disability for over twenty-five years.

Cathy-Vine.pngCathy Vine, MSW, RSW engages in research, writing and action projects by collaborating with diverse groups—young people, parents, researchers, practitioners, advocates, and Indigenous groups—to advance their goals. Highlights include advocating with and for children and youth through Voices for Children, supporting the Youth Leaving Care Hearings in Ontario, and working with Indigenous researchers and educators to promote cultural safety, Indigenous student success, and land-based learning. Cathy is the co-editor of Cruel but Not Unusual: Violence in Families and Caring Relationships in Canada, 3rd edition and has co-written and co-edited several books, chapters and reports in the areas of child maltreatment, sexual abuse and resilience.

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