2005 Conference

The Tony McNaughton Award was given to two young men, Tori Haleta and Kevin Venn, who were both severely injured in separate incidents in which Tori and Kevin intervened to stop an attack on a woman. An award was also made to Penny Bain for her contributions to the field of family violence. Allen Sawkins, Tony's partner, told the story of Tony's heroic actions and gave out the awards. Allen debuted his song "Just the Whiskey Talking".

The two plenary speakers were:

Dr. Edward Gondolf: The Effectiveness of Batterer Programs and The Need for Coordinated Community Intervention.

Dr. Janice Ristock: Relationship Violence in Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ) Communities: Moving beyond a gender-based framework.

The following presentations were provided:

• Morgan Baldwin and Gail Edinger: The Myth of Mutual Battering in Heterosexual Relationships.

• Robert Kiyoshk: Integrating Spirituality and Domestic Violence Treatment: Treatement of Aboriginal Men.

• Dr. Eiichi Senoo and Ms. Sayoko Nabuta: Domestic Violence Batterer Intervention Program in Japan.

• Penny Bain: Managing Safety By Knowing the Risks: New directions for risk assessment, victim safety and protective measures.

• Dr. Linda Fischer: Vicarious Traumatization: The impact of working in the helping professions (PowerPoint presentation).

• Yoshiyuki Takano: Experience of Violence and Abuse Against Japanese Immigrant Women.

• Dale Trimble: Don't Just Do Something, Sit There.

• John Louie: The Effects of Residential School.

• Dr. Linda Coates and Dr. Allan Wade: Reshaping Responses to Victims of Violence (PowerPoint presentation).

• Steven Belanger: Helping Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: The inclusion of fathers in an integrated community response.