14th Annual Transforming Trauma into Triumph Conference

14th Annual Transforming Trauma into Triumph Conference

Join us for a powerful day of healing and growth at the 14th Annual Transforming Trauma into Triumph Conference!

By Maria Barcelos mbarcelos@thegatehouse.org

Date and time

Wednesday, May 15 · 9:30am - 4pm EDT

Location

Humber College Lakeshore Campus Building L "Lakeshore Commons" Room L1017

2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive Toronto, ON M8V 4B6 Canada

Refund Policy

No Refunds

Agenda

9:30 AM - 9:35 AM

Opening Remarks

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM

Marlee Liss - Award-Winning Speaker & Restorative Justice Advocate

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tara MacLean - Singer/Song Writer/Author

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Trynelle Thomas, Survivor/Advocate/Poetry and Healing

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Irwin Elman - Officer of the Order of Canada, President, Defence For Children

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Survivor Council of Canada Panel Discussion

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break - Lunch provided

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Mafalda Silva, DTATI, RP, Art Therapist

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Open Space Group Discussions

About this event

14th Annual Transforming Trauma into Triumph Conference

The one-day conference hosts speakers with lived experience, professionals in various fields including psychotherapy, social work, education, and research. Conference participants range in backgrounds, from survivors of childhood sexual abuse, post-secondary students, social service professionals, police officers, and community members joining to learn how they can better interact with and support those traumatized by childhood sexual abuse. 

The Objectives of the Event: 

  • Increased awareness of the impact of childhood sexual abuse, the resiliency of survivors,  
  • Increased knowledge of available services in the communities that support CSA survivors.  
  • Knowledge sharing and dissemination of wide-ranging viewpoints from victimization to criminal justice to healing and recovery from trauma. 
  • Collaboration between psychotherapists, mental health practitioners, victims of human trafficking, and Childhood Sexual Abuse sharing their healing journeys.

Organized by

The Gatehouse

3101 Lakeshore Blvd W

Toronto, ON

M8V 3W8

416-255-5900

www.thegatehouse.org 

CA$100