Documents
Our Approach
Wit Works believes in spreading, disseminating and exchanging knowledge where possible, and offers downloads of reports and presentations. Wit Works consultants are frequent conference presenters, produce webinars, and on line learning events, and participate in Communities of Practice nationally. Examples are below.
Curricula Vitae
CVs relating to different areas:
- CV 2021
- April Bio longer 2019
- wit worksAS RESUME 2014 (management),
- Bio2015 2 (prevention work and community engagement),
- RECENT WORK CV Prevention (older women, adult abuse, indigenous work)
Projects
Social Innovation: Slow Tour - Anti-Ageism Professional Musicians
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April is part of presentation on restorative actions. UK.
Articles
Measuring What Matters
https://bccrns.ca/prevention-and-awareness/measuring-what-matters-bc-crns-developmental-evaluation
How To Build an Effective Action Network
https://medium.com/@emotusoperandi/peer-to-peer-action-network-101-fccbf2ae8ccf
Messy Elegance: Wabi Sabi Learning for a Complex World
Older Women Fleeing Abuse
Peer reviewed Article: Journal of Abuse and Neglect.
Krista James LL.B., Raissa Dickinson MPH & April Struthers MED, RCC
ISSN: 0894-6566 (Print) 1540-4129 (Online)
Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wean20
Conference Presentations
Slow Tours and Fast Connections Anti-Ageist Music Tour
A social Innovation to combat ageism. February 12, 2019. PowerPoint Presentation.
Hidden Homelessness: Women Over 50 on the Sunshine Coast
With Sunshine Coast Community Services. November 22, 2017. PowerPoint Presentation.
'Intersections of Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Fields'
Changing attitudes, Changing Responses Conference. It's Not Right Initiative, Centre for Research and Education for violence against women and children, Western University. May 4/5, 2015. PowerPoint Presentation.
'Messy Elegance'
Developmental Evaluations with Ben Kadel. Health Evaluators Conference Can Evaluation Society BC /Yukon Branch . Nov 21. 2014. Available at:
'From Process to Product-Influencing Social Policy'
Canadian Association of Gerontololgy - Vancouver 2013; and Taos Institute-New Mexico 2013 (Struthers, Leaney and Neufeld). Powerpoint at:
Reports
International Projects
How to run an Anti-Ageism Slow Tour
November 2018. Summary
Not Just Ballet
Wit Works' sister company in the UK evaluates a partnership project between Birmingham Royal Ballet and a Nottingham not for profit Renewal Trust.
nott-just-ballet-e-learning-history-2014
National Projects (Canada)
Promising Approaches in housing Older Women Fleeing Violence
https://www.bcli.org/project/promising-practices-in-housing-older-women-fleeing-violence-or-abuse
Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse - Policy Papers
Outlook 2007: Promising Approaches for Prevention of Older Adult Abuse in communities In Canada
Promising Approaches Final 2007
Provincial Projects (British Columbia)
Better at Home, United Way of Lower Mainland
Better At Home Older Adult Services Sunshine Coast
Regional Projects (Sunshine Coast)
Older Women and Hidden Homelessness
Sharing the Findings: Hidden Homelessness (Web Page)
Full Report, 2017: Hidden Homelessness Final Report
Workshops
Being Least Intrusive Tool
Orientation to cross cultural response to adult abuse in indigenous communities
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/dNHKZHAW6zpb
https://www.nicenet.ca/tools/bli-being-least-intrusive
Being Least Intrusive - Wise Practices
Powell River 2014 (Struthers and Risk)
Powerpoint at: https://www.slideshare.net/secret/gfWaUqXyls9K8k
Article about Being Least Intrusive: https://buildingabiggerwave.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/BBW-Newsletter-Fall-2014.pdf
Webinars
Abuse of Older Adults Webinar Series
Co-writer / presenter for Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
https://www.cdha.ca/cdha/Education/Webinars/CDHA/Education/Webinars/Elder_Abuse_Multiple.aspx
Blogs
Blog for Rural Social Workers
Blog produced by Lindsay (Neufeld) Risk for project by April and Alison Leaney commissioned by Public Health Agency of Canada-examples of using social media for rural and remote areas in Canada to create virtual community for professionals involved in intervening in adult abuse cases.
Protocols
Protocol to Respond to Racism and Hate on the Sunshine Coast
Protocol: Responding to Racist Incidents (PDF), Updated 2023