CONSULTATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS

photo by T. Zulkoskey

Oselya Community For Mutual Aid - Ukraine
Community photography project and interviews with Ukraine's homeless and social work students. Oselya is a family home for homeless men and women located in Vynnyky near Lviv in the western province of Ukraine. Used social-photography to capture the stories of former homeless individuals finding their way off the streets and back into society.

Community Educational Services - Canada/Kenya
Voluntary and pro-bono work provided in Kakamega, Kenya through Community Education Services (CES) Canada. CES is a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to providing access to education for orphans and other HIV/Aids affected children living in Kenya. Used social-photography as a tool for capturing the life and stories of children through their eyes . Provided crisis counselling and debriefings in the wake of post-election tribal violence in Kenya. Click here for the 'Capturing the Story' blog.

El Agora, Córdoba, Argentina
Interviews and focus groups. Participated in discussions on best practices, security, women's issues and international health. El Agora is a non-profit organization built upon the Greek definition of Agora: "to join, to assemble" and a "public square where the ancient Greeks got together to discuss and to debate." El Agora supports it's citizens and grassroot projects by providing space for reflection, communication and action.

Children Who Witness Abuse
Clinical Consultant for Children Who Witness Abuse Program. Providing clinical consulting to counsellors working with children who have witnessed abuse and violence.

Employee Assistance Program Services
Clinical counselling services contracted since 2003 to provide brief solution focused therapy to individuals, partners and their families. EAP counselling services include issues such as family concerns (elder care, blended family, parenting, family of origin, relationship, separation); abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, offender); emotional difficulties (stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief and loss, medical-related, psychiatric); trauma (assault, rape, domestic violence, traumatic event - witnessing or experiencing); and work issues (career transition, conflict, dissatisfaction, harassment, job stress, performance, retirement, return to work).

Correction Services Canada; Fraser Valley Institution for Women
This two-year renewed contract provides Survivors of Abuse and Trauma Program Services to federally sentenced women. Individual and group counselling is offered through a feminist and holistic approach that includes personal responsibility within a framework of anti-oppressive practice. Creative processes are used to enhance individual healing as well as staff education of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the systemic oppression of women, with particular attention to childhood abuse and relationship violence.

West Coast College
Instructor in the Criminal Justice and Social Services Diploma Program. Teaching and course development: Feminist Generalist Practice and Anti-Oppressive Practice and Intimate Relationship Violence. In addition, in 2005, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Human Development and Community Counselling Skills.

Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada (East)
With a focus on employee wellness, interactive workshops are delivered that assist employees and managers to address stress, burnout and vicarious trauma. This project included assessing current practices, creating action plans and making recommendations for employee wellness.

Port Moody Community Action Team
Coordinating a Community Action Team to raise awareness and prevent sexual exploitation of youth. Community partners included Port Moody Police, SHARE, School District, Children of the Street Society, Victim Services, City Council members and youth members. Initial seed funding from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.

Ministry for Children and Families Development
Best practices review of youth safe houses - Province of BC. This review included on-site individual and group interviews of management and staff. The process also included youth focus group and youth surveys with particular attention to the specific needs of sexually exploited youth. I also compiled a comprehensive literature review on youth homelessness, best practices and youth sexual exploitation.

Department of Justice - British Columbia
Interviewing of employees and their experience of vicarious trauma followed with individual counselling.