PATHS 2022 Conference

PATHS Conference in Pictures and Video: We hope you enjoy them!

Our PATHS team and conference attendees sure enjoyed networking and it shows! Take a look at our album right HERE. We are adding more pictures real soon!

We are also pleased to present our conference video, just click on the video below:

PATHS 2022 Conference Regrouping and Recharging: Gathering to Create Sustainable Change was held in Regina on October 19 and 20. Thank you to everyone who made the Conference a success!

Some comments from the evaluation of our conference included:

Ninety-five percent of those who completed the evaluation survey rated the conference as very good or excellent. When asked about their favorite part of the conference, most respondents mentioned “getting together in person after so long.” Here are some of the comments:

“The keynote speakers and plenaries were all VERY on point. Also, I loved the chance to connect with people and just chat. I also am grateful for the reminder that so many people are pouring themselves into this work around the province and throughout the country.”

“I really enjoyed the breakout sessions on the new pet-friendly shelter in Regina and the research on the impacts of IPV in the LGBTQ2S+ community in SK.”

“I loved the Safe & Together Institute stuff. So much of it is valuable and it helps me dream of a world where violence is truly seen as a parenting choice! I LOVED Nneka’s talk on strangulation. It’s a weird thing to say but she was SO funny and handled the material in a way that was palatable. I also really appreciated the talk on organizational trauma. Oh, and Elder Lorna was perfect – funny, smart, thoughtful.”

“All of the information was extremely valuable but i am most excited for the safe and together to be implemented, what a difference this will make in the lives of so many.”

Safe & Together Training: Message from PATHS Project Coordinator

Greetings,

I would like to echo the sentiments of many of our conference attendees in their appreciation of the variety and scope of the presenters which will serve to inform our practice. As the PATHS’ staff member tasked with introducing Safe and Together to our member agencies and beyond, I admit to being a little partial when I say that I was especially pleased with how well David Mandel, Heidi Rankin, and the information about the Safe and Together Model was received. The philosophy of the Safe and Together Institute can be illustrated in the following quote:

“Systems that touch on domestic violence and coercive control are often blind to the choices of perpetrators as parents. They are siloed in their practices and do not have the training or skills to work holistically in collaboration with other agencies in the domestic violence ecosystem for solutions that keep children safe and together with their non-offending parent.

The Safe and Together Model fills the gaps in knowledge and practice and assists all systems touching on domestic violence and child well-being to become domestic violence informed, supporting child well-being and safety across all partners in the domestic violence community.”

I encourage you all to visit the Safe and Together Institute website and enroll in their Virtual Academy.  There are literally dozens of workshops and webinars that are free of charge and many that are very low cost.  Signing up only requires an email address. 

I am attaching the link to resources below to get you started and to fuel your enthusiasm for this as we work towards rolling it out in our province.

Effective January 2023 I will be fully certified as a trainer and will be able to be commissioned to do the following trainings:

1. 1 Hour Briefing – quick highlight of the model, introduces concept and language into the broader systems
2. 1 Day Overview – ideal for leaders and non-direct staff, intro to the perpetrator pattern-based approach and assessment and documentation using the multiple pathways to harm examples. The goal is to build a foundation for organizational change
3. 4 Day CORE training – ideal for direct practitioners who work with families, in-depth exploration of the model, skills based focus. The goal is to change direct practice with families.

I truly look forward to working with all of you and to bringing this valuable initiative to our province. To say I have been energized and changed by this model is an understatement.

Kathryn Boyce, Project Coordinator, PATHS

https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/evidence-resources/free-resources-for-professionals/

View/download the agenda here!

Plenary Presentations Include:
Supports for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: What Has Been Achieved and What is Still Needed—Elder Lorna Standingready
Pivoting to the Perpetrator as Parent: Using a Domestic Violence Perpetrator Pattern-Based Approach to System Transformation—David Mandel, Safe & Together Institute
Building Relationships with Shelters to Implement the Safe & Together™ Model—Heidi Rankin, Safe & Together Institute
A Fresh Breath: Examining the Occurrence of Strangulation Among Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence—Nneka MacGregor, Women’s Centre for Social Justice (WomenatthecentrE)
Indigenous Approaches to Justice—Aly Bear, Third Vice Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
Organizational Trauma—Dwayne Yasinowski, Caring Hearts
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression—Pauline Streete, University of Regina
Read Plenary Speakers’ bios here!

Breakout Sessions Include:
Read synopses of breakout sessions here!
A Journey into Meditation and Creativity—Bernadette Wagner
A Room of One’s Own: How Mental Health Fits into Sustainability—Fakhra Shahid
How Perpetrators Manipulate Systems—David Mandel and Heidi Rankin, Safe & Together Institute
Intimate Partner Violence in Saskatchewan’s 2SLGBTQ+ Communities—Shaylyn White, RESOLVE Saskatchewan
Making Safe Spaces for All Family Members: Pet-Friendly Sheltering—Stephanie Taylor, Regina Transition House & Kaitlin Funke, Regina Transition House
Our Journey—Fakhra Shahid
Responding to Women Who Experience IPV in Rural Municipalities in Saskatchewan—Karen Wood, RESOLVE Saskatchewan & Crystal Giesbrecht, PATHS
Safeguarding and Support of Migrant Victims: Intersectionality of Race, Heritage, Ethnicity, Culture, Migration, and Domestic Abuse—Nazanin Ghodrati
The Crisis of Animal Care in Times of Need: An Overview of Animal Safekeeping in Saskatchewan—Laura Zmud, Saskatchewan SPCA & Sandra Archibald, New Hope Dog Rescue
The Divorce Act Amendments in Practice: Creating Meaningful Change?—Curtis Clavelle, Robertson Stromberg LLP & Tiffany Paulsen, Robertson Stromberg LLP
The Next Wave: Reshaping Family Service Saskatoon’s Intimate Partner Violence Outreach Program—Jody Hanson, Family Service Saskatoon & Cara Fox, Family Service Saskatoon
The Value and Importance of Natural Supports—Tracy Knutson, STOPS to Violence
Three Videos Project: Promoting Indigenous Approaches to Violence Prevention—Jonathan Ballantyne & Bernadette Hillier, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services
Trauma-informed is Not Domestic Violence-informed—David Mandel and Heidi Rankin, Sae & Together Institute
Read Breakout Presenters’ Bios here!