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SUMMARY:CanWaCH Academy 2025
DESCRIPTION:Brush off your favourite notebooks this back-to-school season — the CanWaCH Academy returns from September 22 to 25! Shaped by the theme Adapting to Change: Strengthening Capacity in a Shifting World\, this year’s sessions are designed to help members adapt and respond to a rapidly changing world. From navigating advocacy in a shifting geopolitical landscape to building strategies for impactful storytelling\, the Academy will offer timely\, skills-based learning to support resilience and strengthen capacity.  \nAs humanitarian needs increase and more members work in fragile and crisis-affected settings\, the Academy will also explore how we can collaborate more effectively to support women\, children and adolescents in the most challenging contexts. \nView the CanWaCH Academy program and register today 
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/canwach-academy-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events,CanWaCH Events
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SUMMARY:Truth and Reconciliation Week 2025
DESCRIPTION:Truth and Reconciliation Week 2025 is a transformative five-day journey for students (grades 1-12)\, educators\, and the broader community to engage with the poignant history and enduring spirit of First Nations\, Inuit\, and Métis peoples. \nExplore interactive workshops\, witness the profound “The Gifts We Carry” youth empowerment gathering\, engage in meaningful dialogues\, and contribute to our collective path toward reconciliation. \n\nSeptember 22 to 26\n\n\n\n\n\n\n+ IN PERSON Youth Empowerment Gathering on September 18th (Halifax) & Live Broadcast from Parliament Hill on September 30th (Ottawa)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis free\, online educational program is brought to you by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Programming is available in English\, French\, and ASL. \n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more here! 
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/truth-and-reconciliation-week-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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SUMMARY:The Ongoing Legacy of the Residential School System through Child Welfare
DESCRIPTION:English with French and ASL interpretation. \n\n\n\n\nThis session will look at the direct throughline from the residential school system to the Sixties Scoop through to the overwhelming number of Indigenous children in child welfare today\, including the directly related aspect of forced and coerced sterilizations of Indigenous women. CFS worker Roxanne Balan will moderate a discussion between Residential School Survivor Vivian Ketchum and reproductive justice support worker Shelby Ponace. \nAttend here!
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/the-ongoing-legacy-of-the-residential-school-system-through-child-welfare/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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SUMMARY:Webinar Wednesdays: From Tension to Transition- Central Alberta’s Journey to Regional Victim Services
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, September 24th\, as the AVA Webinar Series presents From Tension to Transition: Central Alberta’s Journey to Regional Victim Services\, featuring Lauren Reid from Central Alberta Regional Victim Serving Society (CARVSS). \nWednesday\, September 24th\, 2025 \n12 – 1:30pm MST \nWhat does it take to dismantle and rebuild a province-wide victim services system? In this frank and informative session\, CARVSS CEO Lauren Reid explores the driving forces\, community tensions\, and operational realities behind Alberta’s transition to regional victim services. She offers firsthand insights from CARVSS’s first year — navigating grief\, resistance\, innovation\, and resilience — and invites conversation about what meaningful systems change looks like in victim support. \nAbout the Speaker \nLauren Reid is a passionate leader with over 15 years in Victim Services\, from Edmonton’s inner city to rural RCMP detachments. She’s held roles from frontline Advocate to Program Manager\, Executive Director\, and Board Director\, with experience overseeing both Victim Services and Restorative Justice programs. With a background in social services\, library systems\, and Municipal leadership\, Lauren brings a unique blend of strategy\, empathy\, and humour to her work. Now CEO of CARVSS\, she’s focused on building meaningful programs\, fostering strong teams\, and ensuring every person impacted by crime or tragedy is met with dignity and compassion. \nAttend here! 
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/webinar-wednesdays-from-tension-to-transition-central-albertas-journey-to-regional-victim-services/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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