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2009 AGM

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Photos

Welcome to our virtual photo album of World Elder Abuse Awareness Days events from across Canada. We have a lot to be proud of from the Day! Over the next month we will be adding photos from across Canada. Recent additions include Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Quebec.

Please feel free to send photos from your community or province to Webmaster:

Your photos help catalogue the Day, and will help other communities plan their own future events.

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Manitoba

This special picnic was a WEAAD event held on June 11^thin Winnipeg. It was sponsored by Partners Seeking Solutions with Seniors called the “Healthy Families, Healthy Aging Picnic”.

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Alberta

Edmonton: Pictures from the Edmonton WEAAD Proclamation Event at Edmonton City Hall on June 15th.

Left to to Right - Dr. Chris Leung - Catholic Social Services; Rob Lougheed, MLA Strathcona; Lynda Steel - M.C. Global Television; Councillor Linda Sloan; Bernice Sewell - Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE); Supportive Participant; Kathy Barnhart - City of Edmonton - Community Services		Chief Mike Boyd


Councillor Linda Sloan & Bernice Sewell	Bernice Sewell - SAGE	Anne McIlwaine - Seniors Resource Coordinator EAIT / EARS

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Calgary:

Action Group on Elder Abuse, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day CALGARY Campaign.

Photos from the Senior's Fair as well as the Awareness Cafe which the Action Group on Elder Abuse hosted on June 15th. "It was a great campaign that we were all happy to be involved with, and I think the message was received very well in our community."


	AGEA at the Seniors Fair	Organizers of the Awareness Café: Val Bracey; Jean Draeger; Erin Schink	Robe Wiles: Co-Chair AGEA	Awareness Café'
Campaign Poster (Banner) "Face it : Elder Abuse Happens"
Campaign Poster (Banner) "Face it : Elder Abuse Happens"	Monica Pauls, speaking at Awareness Café	Liza Chan, speaking at Awareness Café	Café Audience.

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Medicine Hat:


Vera Kowalchuck, Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Chair and CRANE Secretary promotes WEAAD June 15 at the 11th Annual Seniors Resource Fair held at the Veiner Centre	Vera Kowalchuck, Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Chair and CRANE Secretary promotes WEAAD June 15 at the 11th Annual Seniors Resource Fair held at the Veiner Centre	Deputy Mayor Graham Kelly proclaims June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Medicine Hat with Helen Cantwell, CRANE Chair and Vera Kowalchuk CRANE Secretary.

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Yukon

2 photos from the skit “Margaret’s Story” performed at the Yukon Council on Aging workshop on Adult Protection the week before World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (part of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day promotion).

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British Columbia

Vancouver: 16th Annual John K. Friesen Conference, Aging, Ageism and Abuse: Moving from
Awareness to Action.

This year's conference also highlighted the 1st Annual Awareness to Action Award for people and organizations who have made significant contributions to raising awareness abuse and neglect of older adults in BC. Two individual awards and two organization awards were given this year.


1st Annual Awareness to Action Award Award nominees and recipients along with organizers at the Friesen Conference.	Justice system session. Kathy Doerksen, Kathryn Ford, Patricia Fleischmann, Penny Bain, Laura Watts	Jill Hightower, Patricia Fleischman, Henry Hightower

Attentive Audience	John Friesen and Pat Brownell

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Ontario

Northern Ontario:

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Presentations that the District Mental Health Services for Older Adults Program conducted with Lee Stone (Regional Elder Abuse Consultant. The purpose of each of these workshops was to provide education and awareness to seniors about a variety of issues affecting safety and wellness throughout the Kenora/Rainy River District.

The program conducted presentations in 4 communities, Kenora, Red Lake, Dryden and Sioux Lookout.

Kenora

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Dryden

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Red Lake

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Quebec

Quebec Press Conference

A Press Conference took place at the Maison des aînés de Lévis (near Quebec City).

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Ms. Hélène Wavroch, Executive Director of the RQCAA, spoke about the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and the RQCAA prize for the best project regarding elder abuse prevention, detection or intervention to foster respect and dignity for seniors in Quebec in collaboration with representatives of the ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine du gouvernement du Québec.

Montreal: Kiosk organized by CLSC René Cassin in Montreal.



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June 15 activities in Montreal. These photos are from a kiosk at a local grocery store. Display organized by the NDG Community Community Commitee on Elder Abuse in partnership with the CSSS Cavendish in Montreal.

Kiosk at the Cummings Centre for Seniors, a local organization which works closely with the elder abuse prevention committee and other community projects. Click on the photos for larger view.

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In conjunction with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Maxine Lithwick and Mark Yaffe of Montreal gave five presentations on Canadian perspectives and developments in Melbourne, Australia.

Abuse of Older People: Responsibilities of the Professional in Clinical Practice. Click on the photos for larger view.

Saskatchewan

Prince Albert: A Community Rally in September to make Prince Albert a violence free city.

Saskatoon:



Judith Wahl, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, plenary presenter.	Attentive audience hears from Judith Wahl	Peggy Macleod	Registration
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Display 1 by University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work Students	Display 2 University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work Students	Display 3 University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work Students	Display 4 Saskatoon Health Region
UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS


World Café Group	World Café participants with discussion responses on the wall
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