Save the Date! Ontario Universities Taking Action Against Sexual Violence Conference, Aug 10-11, 201

We are pleased to invite you to the Ontario Universities Taking Action Against Sexual Violence (OUTA) Conference, which will take place at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, on August 10 and 11, 2016.

The conference program is designed to showcase best practices and facilitate the exchange of ideas among university administrators, practitioners, researchers, students, politicians, and policymakers from across the province. Keynote speeches, panels and workshops will be organized around three key themes: Institutional Models of Sexual Violence Prevention; Effective Prevention Programming in University Contexts; and Imagining Connections and Building Relationships to End Sexual Violence.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Status of Women Canada

• Chris Linder, University of Georgia

• Farrah Khan, Ryerson University

• Charlene Senn, University of Windsor

• Pam Cross, Legal Director, Luke’s Place

• Julie Lalonde, Draw the Line

• Carol Bilson, Anti-Violence Project, University of Victoria

The conference will provide opportunities for visioning and planning within and among universities, so we hope you will consider bringing a contingent of administrators, student affairs staff-practitioners, researchers, and students from your institution. Please extend this invitation to all colleagues and students dedicated to preventing sexual violence on campus.

Registration will open in April 2016.

Preliminary conference information is available on the OUTA Conference