2018 Conference

Transforming Health Services, Policies and Systems through Research, Education, Innovation and Partnerships

September 26-28, 2018
Pillar and Post Conference Center, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by Western University Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

More than 170 delegates from all over the world attended, including practitioners, researchers, students, policy makers, community leaders, managers, and advocates.

The conference provided a forum for nurses, social workers, counsellors, physicians, advocates, community activists, policy makers and researchers to share their work and engage in dialogue about innovations in research, practice, education and policy that support action to create a violence-free world.

Special Areas of Focus Included:

  • Scale-up and Implementation of Promising Interventions and Practices

  • Working Across Differences: Violence at the intersections of Gender, Class, Ability…

  • Understanding and Addressing the Health Effects of Violence Across the Lifespan

  • Engaging the Media, Policy Makers and the Public as Allies

  • Health Professional Education and System Change

  • Evolving Approaches to Community-Based Research

Conference Committee Members:

Local Members: Marilyn Ford-Gilboe and Victoria Smye (Co-Chairs), Helene Berman, Kim Jackson, Rachel Colquhoun, Tara Mantler

Board Members: Susan Jack, Donna Schminkey, Tazeen Ali, Leesa Hooker

NNVAWI Members: Hafrún Finnbogadóttir, Kelly Scott-Storey