40th Anniversary Virtual Conference Sessions
For 4 Fridays in November, we took our annual conference and moved it online. Our team of incredible leaders helmed panel discussions with some of our communities top experts. Keeping to our roots, we focused on talking about Resistance, Resilience & Reconciliation.
2020 is also the 40th anniversary for LCCEWA and we are glad to be able to pivot our conference model to connect with our community to present this informative conference.
Check out our 40th Anniversary video here!
November 6, 2020 - Resistance
After a wonderful opening from Elder Donna Phillips, we dove into our first panel focused Resistance. With moderator Jessie Rodger (Executive Director of Anova), we had a wonderful conversation with Susan MacPhail (Retired Director of My Sister’s Place), Leroy Hibbert (Multicultural Outreach Program) and Tina Stevens (Indigenous Leader).
Link to English video - currently unavailable
November 13, 2020 - resilience
We started our 2nd session with a video from the 2020 Shine the Light Campaign, thank you Megan Walker, Executive Director, Abused Women’s Centre.
Our panel this week was hosted by Maly Bun (Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children) with guests Julie White (Director of Unifor’s Women’s Department), Nicola Memo (Director of Counselling at Family Service Thames Valley) and Kayla Jones.
We also showcased an incredible mural created by Maya Almasalmah and Khanom Alaw, both high school students here in London, ON. Their art, We Still Have Hope is a beautiful depiction of collective loss, displacement & resilience. Click here to see a video of its creation.
Link to English video - currently unavailable
November 20, 2020 - reconciliation
Our Keynote address was presented by Senator Murray Sinclair as he spoke about Reconciliation today. Our panel was hosted by Dharshi Lacey (Director of Equity, Inclusion & Governance at Pillar Nonprofit Network) with guests Shelley Yeo (LCCEWA), Dennis Whiteye (Manager of Community Support for Atlohsa) Jenna Rose Sands (Artist) and Ken Oliver (SSW, Ka’nikuihli:yo Support Coordinator, N’Amerind Friendship Centre).
November 27, 2020 - awards & performances
Our final session congratulated the 2020 John Robinson Award winners: Laura Comiskey, Constable Amanada Corsaut, Barb MacQuarrie, Reta Van Every and Caroline Pugh-Roberts.
Check out our video of our John Robinson Award Winners
Thank you to Sarah Smith for her incredible performance!