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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
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It is violence, not pathology, that is the problem!
A conversation with Catherine Richardson and Ghayda Hassan on dignity in violence prevention
Cost
This event is free
Organization
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
In this compelling conversation, Dr. Ghayda Hassan and Dr. Cathy Richardson, moderated by Zeina Ismail Allouche, will explore the profound intersections of dignity, social justice, the realities of violence and how they are taken up in the field of psychology. They move traditional intrapsychic pathologizing frameworks to discussions of ‘interaction in the social world’ sharing their approaches to helping and focusing on how people respond to and resist violence, in efforts to reaffirm dignity, can lead to more accurate, humane and effective practices for helping people harmed by violence.
This conversation will challenge practitioners to reconsider how psychological approaches have historically addressed—or overlooked—violence and social justice issues.
By shifting the focus back to violence in the social world, Hassan and Richardson will share insights from their extensive work, offering practical strategies for fostering social justice within psychological practice. Attendees will better understand how to align their work with principles of dignity and equity, creating transformative change in both individual lives and broader social systems.
This conversation contributes to the CSLP "Unveiling Equity" series, offering a space to unsettle the normative practice, unpack violence, and promote social justice.
How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or by watching live on YouTube.
Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca
Speakers
Ghayda Hassan (Ph.D.), Director and Founder
Dr. Ghayda Hassan is a clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at UQÀM. She has several research, clinical, and community-based national and international affiliations. She is the director of the Canada Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Extremist Violence (CPN-PREV, funded by Public Safety Canada). She also is a UNESCO co-chair on Prevention of Violence Radicalization, as well as a researcher and clinical consultant at the SHERPA-RAPS team and the CIUSSS-COIM. She is a researcher, clinician, as well as a policy consultant in matters of interventions in the context of violence (radicalization, family violence, and war). Her systematic reviews, research, and clinical activities are centered around four main areas of clinical cultural psychology: 1) Social suffering, inter-community relations, radicalization, and extremist violence; 2) Intervention in family violence and cultural diversity; 3) Identity, belonging, and mental health of children and adolescents from ethnic/religious minorities; and 4) Working with vulnerable immigrants and refugees.
Dr. Catherine Kineweskwêw Richardson, PhD
Former Director First Peoples Studies, School of Community and Public Affairs. Full Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, CURC in Indigenous Healing Knowledges, Co-Director of the Centre for Oral History and Storytelling, Co-Founder of the Centre for Response-Based Practice and visiting Professor Curtin University Australia 2022-2023.
Zeina Ismail Allouche (Ph.D.), Director of Partnerships and Program Development and Manager of CSLP
Zeina Ismail Allouche has a PHD in Social Sciences and Arts with over 25 years of experience in the field of child protection, gender-based violence, and child trafficking for illegal transracial/international adoption practices. She has assumed leadership positions within numerous international organizations.
Zeina has contributed to international initiatives promoting family strengthening to prevent separation and lead integrated reform initiatives to reform the child protection sector in many countries. She collaborated with Georgetown University to design and deliver a child protection specialist training program with a focus on interdisciplinary and comprehensive case management. She developed a policy on child protection for media (UNICEF Lebanon).
An oral history/autoethnography storyteller and performer, Zeina is grounded in Indigenous methodologies and decolonized research practice. She contributed to various publications advocating for child protection, with a specific focus on gender-based Violence, transracial/international adoption, child protection in the media, and the rights of children without parental care.
Organized by CSLP in partnership with CPN-PREV and the Indigenous Healing Knowledges Concordia Chair.
