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April meets Sheriff of Nottingham and the Police Commissioner

April is in the UK to visit colleagues, share expertise, and complete a learning exchange. Because of interest from visits to BC 18 months ago; April and Bruce Curtis (who work together in a regional network to design, produce and mobilize anti-racism, anti-homophobia and anti-hate awareness, change and capacity building programs) met and talked […]

Prevention Workshops

The BC Association of Community Response Networks is offering workshops in presenting abuse of older adults . The workshops are aimed at neighbours, friends and families and what they can safely do to recognize and support those potentially being abused. April is a Provincial Trainer (and helped develop the training) and will deliver a […]

Women and Homelessness Project

Music Creation and Transitions Podcasts Coming Up

Courtney Hartman and April Struthers are collaborating on two pieces which will be released as podcasts early in the New Year. Courtney and April have been engaged for the last 18 months in learning together, developing projects and ways of looking from two different professional perspectives at things they both agree are important. They […]

OneBeat – cross cultural music videos

Watch Courtney Hartman and other OneBeat fellows performing together. Courtney and Mehdi from Morocco perform a gnawa inspired composition at sunset on a trail at Caldera Arts Centre, Oregon

 

Research on Older Women

Research on older women in Canada, especially gender based research, is lacking. Older women can remain ignored by policy because of this. Several projects from the Canadian Centre for Older Law  have brought women’s voice and issues into more clear focus. April worked on the phase 1 of the project.

Two project reports are available […]