2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ice Breaker – Waterfall Garden
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019

Registration & Breakfast
7:00 am - 9:00 am
Opening / Welcome / Keynote
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:15 am - 10:30 am
International Panel

The importance of LGBTQ networks

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
WORKSHOP #1
  1. Enhancing Police Response to LGBTI Domestic Violence - Ben Bjnarsen
  2. Safer & More Respectful Victoria Police for LGBTI Employees: Listening to Lived Experiences to Drive Cultural Change - Neil Paterson & Kristen Hilton
  3. Transmogrified, Being Transgender in the RCMP – Joseph Beaton
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Coffee Break
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
WORKSHOP #2
  1. Safe Place Program – James Ritter
  2. Road to Custody: Understanding Why LGBTQ Youth are Overrepresented -  Timothy Vallez
  3. Examining Domestic Violence in the LGBTQ Community – Todd Brower
  4. Young LGBTI Victorians Perceptions of Police in Victoria
2:30 pm to 3:45 pm
END OF DAY 1 WRAP UP & ANNOUCEMENTS
4:00 pm - 4:30pm
CHIEF’S PRIDE RECEPTION - POLICE HQ
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019

Breakfast
7:00 am - 8:30 am
TORONTO POLICE SERVICE PANEL
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Coffee Break
9:45 am - 10:00 am
TORONTO POLICE SERVICE PANEL
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Lunch
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
WORKSHOP #3
  1. Liaison Officer for Sex Workers – Merseyside Model
  2. Creating a Positive & Inclusive Working Environment for Trans Staff -  Logan Oxenham
  3. It’s Not That Complicated –  Michael Crumrine
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Coffee Break
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
INTERNATIONAL PANEL

Acknowledging All Queer Identities

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
End of Day 3 Wrap Up & Announcements
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
GALA DINNER
6:00 pm - 11:30 pm

FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019

Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am
INTERNATIONAL PANEL

Showing Up: The importance of being visible as an LGBTQ member and an ally

9:00 am - 10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:15 am - 10:30 am
WORKSHOP #4
  1. Toronto Police Service LGBTQ Recruit Training - Josh Wilson
  2. Covered in Blue: Police Culture & LGBTQ Officers in Ontario & Female. Gay. Cop. Intersectionality of Gender & Sexual Orientation in Police Culture – Joe Couto
  3. Community & Cops – Dani Woods
  4. Failing to Protect and Serve Report
10:30 am - 11:45 pm
Lunch
11:45 pm - 1:00 pm
CANADIAN PURGE PANEL
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Coffee Break
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Closing Remarks / Conference Wrap Up
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Delegates are to select one session per workshop they would like to attend.

Delegates are to select one topic per workshop they would like to attend.