WHEN
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern
ASL Interpretation available
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ABOUT
This webinar presented by the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults will address the confusion created by neurocognitive disorders when it comes to understanding mistreatment in the context of caregiving.
Based on recent scientific data, this presentation aims to demystify the particularities of mistreatment in this context, including factors complicating relationships, such as how illness is understood, the presence of mental health problems and the use of inappropriate strategies. Mistreatment can not only affect the older adult, but also the informal caregiver. Good intentions are not always enough to make sure everyone is safe.
Hosted by : The Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario
PRESENTER
Mélanie Couture, PhD, Chairholder of the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older adults,
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Université de Sherbrooke
Mélanie Couture, PhD, is the current chairholder of the Research Chair on Older Adult Mistreatment and associate professor at the School of Social Work – Université de Sherbrooke. She has worked as a researcher in social gerontology for more than a decade. Her research promotes the co-construction and integration of clinical and organizational innovations for the prevention and management of mistreatment situations in the context of caregiving, common living environments and in the use of technologies for aging in place.
When
November 26, 2025
10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern
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Summary
The status quo in services for older women who are victim-survivors of gender-based violence is unacceptable. The Wildflower Way, a new resource from CNPEA developed with the support of WAGE Canada, aims to support professionals in human services with tools to integrate services for older women who have experienced gender-based violence (GBV) into broader equity efforts through relational, trauma -and violence- informed policy and practice.
The Wildflower Way is both a narrative strategy and a practical guide for nurturing growth, offering a path toward sustainability, healing, and genuine systemic change in human services. This webinar will introduce the guide and tools and how you can adopt them to help transform your practice.
Presenters
Margaret MacPherson, Wildflower Project Manager
Margaret is a Research Associate with the Centre for Research and Education on Violence against Women and Children (CREVAWC) at Western University in London Ontario. Margaret designs and develops curriculum and related materials on a number of initiatives including the Make It Our Business, workplace domestic violence program and It’s Not Right! Neighbours, Friends and Families for Older Adults.
MediaSmarts, Get Cyber Safe, the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, in line with Cyber Security Awareness Month and Media Literacy Week 2025, invite Canadians of all ages to three free virtual workshops to help you learn how to be safer online.
Join one or all of our workshops and invite your friends, loved ones and colleagues to join us, too. You do not have to take one workshop to take the others. For more information about these workshops, please contact .
Please note that these workshops are designed for Canadian individuals to help raise their cyber security awareness and to help them feel more empowered online. These workshops are not meant as formal or certified training sessions for organizations nor for insurance purposes.
Webinar 1: Discover Online Safety Workshop
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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