Webinar Schedule

Webinar Schedule 2024

All webinars are offered in English unless specified offered in French. All are held on Google Meets, which allows the participant to change the language of captions they receive.

January 2024

• January 17th, 2024, 1100EST/0900PST (90min): Responding to “false” disclosures of sexual assault – a discussion about identifying and understanding the different types of “false” allegations – Ken McDonald, RN, MN (CNS Mental Health and Addictions for Fraser Health) and NP Hannah Varto MN, NP(F), SANE-A – NP at Embrace Clinic, Fraser Health.

• January 24th, 2024, 1500hrs EST/1200PST (60 min): The Pre-Pubescent Forensic Patient with Tracy Scott and Tanya Smith

February 2024

• February 1st, 2024, 1300 EST/1000PST (60min): IPV case review and discussion with Dr. Cathy Carter-Snell

• February 9, 2024, 1300EST/1000PST(60 min): Challenges and Wins with a Mobile Sexual Assault Response Team in Alberta with Jaana Ohinmaa, RN, MScN, SANE-A

• February 23rd, 2024, 1100EST/0800PST (90 min): Child Case Scenarios & Review with Jennifer Ehirchiou, NP

• February 27th, 2024, 1100EST/0800PST (90min): They’re Back Again! Patients presenting for repeat forensic exams.  Ken McDonald, RN, MN (CNS Mental Health and Addictions for Fraser Health) and NP Hannah Varto MN, NP(F), SANE-A – NP at Embrace Clinic, Fraser Health

March 2024

• March 18th, 2024 Time TBD: Canadian Law Questions with Louise Kenworthy Lawyer

Louise Jane Kenworthy (2004) is one of the BC Prosecution Service’s (BCPS) leading trial prosecutors and expert in many areas of criminal law. She is a senior adviser to regional Crown counsel and other senior managers of the BCPS. She teaches police, Crown and defence counsel, and offers mentorship to many young lawyers within and outside of the BCPS. She is a frequent instructor at the RCMP Pacific Regional Training Centre, and she teaches at the Canadian Police College Major Crime Investigative Technique Course and at the British Columbia Institute of Technology for the major crime investigators and the forensic nurse examiner courses.

• March 27, 2024 1200EST/0900PST (60 min): Immigrants and Refugees: Implications for Forensic Healthcare, Sheila Early RN, BScN

April 2024

• April 9th, 2024, 1100EST/0800PST (90 min): Normal vs abnormal genital exam findings, NP Hannah Varto MN, NP(F), SANE-A – NP at Embrace Clinic, Fraser Health

• April 11th, 2024, 1200EST/0900PST (90 min): Forced Organ Harvesting: What’s Happening, the Complicity Risks, & What Can Be Done - PANEL Presentation

• April 24th, 2024, 1900 EST/1600 PST (60 min): Gender Diverse Health and Relational Practice presented by: Emily Wyatt, RN.

May 2024

• May 1st, 2024, 1100EST/0800PST(60 min): A Focus on Head Impact Injuries (concussion) Follow Up, NP Hannah Varto MN, NP(F), SANE-A – NP at Embrace Clinic, Fraser Health

• May 15th, 2024, 1500EST/1200PST (60 min): Court - Tips and Pearls of Wisdom for attending court as an FNE/SANE with Mackenzie Lister FNE

June 2024

• June 3rd, 2024, 1500EST/1200PST (60 min): Legal context to Strangulation Cases in Healthcare with Dr. Amanda McCormick, BA PhD

Associate Professor for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley. Research Associate with the Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research. member of the Abbotsford/Mission Violence Against Women in Relationships Committee and a Commitment Leader for the Peace and Reconciliation Centre’s Community of Practice in Domestic Violence Reduction.

• June 18th, 2024, 1300EST/1000PST (60 min): Implementing Trauma and Violence Informed Care Overview - Dr. Colleen Varcoe RN, PhD

Professor Emeritus Faculty of Applied Science Critical Research in Health and Healthcare Inequities University of British Columbia  

• June 25th, 2024, 1300EST/1000PST (60 min): Implications of Trauma and Violence Informed Care for Forensic Nurses - Dr. Colleen Varcoe RN, PhD

July 2024

• July 9th, 2024 1300hrs EST/1000PST (60 min): Safe with Milli Program: A tool for survivors and organizations. Australian system for sharing patient/client information. Presented by Brenda Dhillon and Kristy Masson

• July 15th, 2024 1300hrs EST/1000PST (60 min): Alcohol vs Cannabis. Which is worse driving? With Dr. James Wigmore

August 2024

• August 15th, 2024 1300EST/0900PST (60 Min): The Healing Journey:  Expanding Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assaults with Dr. Leslie M. Tutty PhD, Professor Emerita Faculty of Social Work University of Calgary

• August 20th, 2024 1200EST/0900PST (60 min): Safe Hours Save Lives Canadian Federation of Nurses Union Study on Safe working hours for Nurses. December 2023 Safe Hours Save Lives Canadian Federation of Nurses Union Study on Safe working hours for Nurses. Presented by: Heather Scott-Marshall, MSc, PhD President | Scientific Director, Mission Research, Adjunct Professor, Social & Behavioural Sciences Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

September 2024

• September 5th, 2024 1500EST/1200PST (60min): Strangulation: Testimony and the Justice System with Dr. Amanda McCormick BA PhD.

• September 16th, 2024 9pmEST/6pmPST Forensic Documentation tips and pearls with Paula Turner BC Forensic Nurse Examiner.

October 2024

• October 4th, 2024, 1100EST/0800PST (60 min): Adolescent Sexual Assault Case Scenario Review with Jennifer Ehirchiou, NP

• October 23, 2024 0900EST/1200PST (60 min): Forced Organ Harvesting is Real! with Debra Holbrook, Director of FN at Mercy Health Services in Baltimore,MD

• October 29 1600 PST/1900EST (60 min): Court Preparation - Preparing to go to Court with Susan Short and Kirstin Simpson

November 2024

• November 14, 2024, 1300EST/1000PST: FRENCH LANGUAGE WEBINAR: The Mental Health Load of Immigrant Women in Canada with Lily Crist French KBI Coordinator. AFFC l’Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne (The Alliance of francophone women of Canada) 

• November 20, 2024, 1200 EST/0900 PST (60 min): Male Sexual Assault. Adrienne Olszewski RN(C), BA Spec Hns, BScN, MN, SANE-A, SANE-P

• November 21, 2024, 1300EST/1000PST (60 min): The mutuality of flourishing - Lessons learned while in a decolonizing role within a postsecondary nursing program with Angela Heino MSN, RN, FNDI-MC BSN Decolonization Lead BCIT School of Health Sciences

December 2024

• December 5th, 2024, 1400EST/1100PST (60 min): 2SLGBTQIA+ Elder Abuse: New Research and Implications for Practice with Dr. Jen Marchbank BA, MA, PhD, FHEA

Professor, Department on Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University.