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.
CVS relating to different areas are available here: 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
http://witworks.ca/wit/wp-admin/post.php?post=914&action=edit
Provoke 15
April is part of presentation on restorative actions. UK.
http://ourneighbourhoodlearning.net/provoke-15/4594180055
ARTICLES
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: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wean20
AGEISM Powerpoint Presentation Ageism Feb 2019 Feb 12
How to run a Slow Tour Ageism -Slow Tour November 2018
Hidden Homelessness Report released today :Hidden Homelessness Final report
Hidden Homelessness Presentation Women over 50 Final Event Nov 22 No vid
PROTOCOL to Respond to Racism and Hate-Sunshine Coast Protocol Update ResilBC 2022
PROTOCOL Brochure . Racism Broc reduced file
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
‘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. Available at: http://itsnotright.ca
http://itsnotright.ca/sites/learningtoendabuse.ca.itsnotright/files/DAY2-EXPL-dmstc-vlnc-sm.jpg
‘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:
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/hQERNZmBCVpA6e
REPORTS
Wit Works sister company in the UK evaluates a partnership project between Birmingham Royal Ballet and a Nottingham not for profit Renewal Trust.
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NATIONAL PROJECT (Canada)
Promising Approaches in housing Older Women Fleeing Violence
Promising Practices for Housing Women who are Older and 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
A Draft Framework for a National Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy.
http://www.cnpea.ca/Strategy%20Framework%202007.pdf
Provincial: Better at Home, United Way of Lower Mainland
Better At Home Older Adult Services Sunshine Coast background paper
http://www.betterathome.ca/sites/default/files/webfm/BAH%20
Final%20Report%20Sunshine%20Coast%20online%20version%20reduced%20size.pdf
Regional: Sunshine Coast
Older Women and Hidden Homelessness
http://http://www.sccss.ca/news-events/sharing-findings-hidden-homelessness
Full Report:
Hidden Homelessness Final report
Videos:
Being Least Intrusive Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGLhdP3nBJI
Its Not Right Conference – April’s presentation ‘Intersections Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse’
http://itsnotright.ca/changing-attitudes-changing-responses-conference Segment 2
Workshops:
Being Least Intrusive Tool
Orientation to cross cultural response to adult abuse in indigenous communities
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/dNHKZHAW6zpb
BLI – Wise Practices Powell River 2014 (Struthers and Risk)
Powerpoint at:
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/gfWaUqXyls9K8k
Article about BLI:
http://buildingabiggerwave.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/BBW-Newsletter-Fall-2014.pdf
Webinars for Dental Hygienists
Abuse of Older Adults Webinar Series: Co-writer / presenter for Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
http://www.cdha.ca/cdha/Education/Webinars/CDHA/Education/Webinars/Elder_Abuse_Multiple.aspx
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.