How can we prevent cyberviolence?

This is one of the questions that will be addressed during the symposium, Creating a better online culture: developing strategies together, which will bring together key stakeholders to explore this emerging issue on Thursday, March 2, 2017.

The symposium, being held from 2:30 to 6 p.m., aims to contribute to an ongoing community dialogue in Montreal about the role and responsibilities of educational institutions to prevent and eliminate cyberviolence.

The goal is to identify concrete responses and strategies to addressing this issue.

The afternoon will feature a panel discussion from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., followed by an interactive workshop and a closing reception and wrap-up of the afternoon’s discussions.

The event is being co-hosted by Concordia University’s Sexual Assault Resource Centre and the Atwater Library and Computer Center’s three-year project, Helping Communities Respond: Preventing and Eliminating Cyberviolence directed at Girls and Young Women.

Participants will include key stakeholders who have an interest in issues related to cyber and sexual violence and its impact on girls and young women, LGBTQQI2S and gender non-conforming people. These include community groups, academic researchers, CEGEPs and members from law enforcement, health sector, videogame and technology industries.

The symposium features three events:

• A 60-minute panel discussion (2:30 to 3:30 p.m.), will address questions such as:
  • What strategies can be used in promoting awareness, preventing and eliminating cyberviolence within academic institutions?
  • What strategies and actions can be taken to prevent cyberviolence at the individual, collective and systemic levels?
  • How can we develop and implement these actions to prevent cyberviolence?
    
    
• Interactive workshop (3:30 to 5 p.m.)
  
  
• Participants, which include Concordia students, faculty and administrators along with stakeholders from CEGEPs, community organizations and industry, will collaborate to develop strategies to address cyberviolence at the individual, collective, and systemic levels.
  
  
• Closing reception (5 to 6 p.m.)
  • The Atwater Library and Computer Center will share the highlights of their three-year project, Helping Communities Respond: Preventing and Eliminating Cyberviolence directed at Girls and Young Women (funded by Status of Women Canada).
  • The reception will also feature a wrap-up of the afternoon.