Family violence cases eventually come before the courts. However, court decisions can be complex and, despite the best intentions, they may not prevent reoccurrences of family violence. This program discusses the dilemmas faced by the judicial system, and looks at an innovative program that has significantly reduced the rate of abusers who re-offend. Featured speakers: Dr. Peter Jaffe – University of Western Ontario; Judge Eugene M. Hymen – Superior Court of California; Other speakers include: Alfred Mamo – Mamo and Associates;
Dr. Nicholas Bala – Faculty of Law, Queen’s University; Special video presentation about HomeFront in Calgary Alberta.
Subjects: Communities and Families
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Justice
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Collaboration
When it comes to family violence, collaboration between the many social service systems would seem natural. This program discusses the complexities of collaboration when dealing with family violence situations. In addition, this program examines our society’s basic family values regarding education and childcare, and how these values can unintentionally contribute to family violence. Featured speakers: Dr. Jill Tregor – San Francisco’s Greenbook Project; Dr. Bruce Perry – ChildTrauma Academy.
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Solutions
Ending family violence. Can it be done? The experts say yes. Prevention, education and eliminating secrecy are some of the key elements required to reduce family violence. This program looks at one company’s family violence policy and their belief that businesses have a major responsibility to do all they can to prevent family violence. Featured speakers: Dennis Butler – Liz Claiborne Inc.; Irene Khan – Amnesty International; Also includes: Concluding comments from WCPFV presenters, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein and Alberta Children’s Services Minister Heather Forsyth.
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A Taste Of Vietnam
In this cultural cooking extravaganza, we are led through a range of Vietnamese produce and recipes by food consultant Liz Bretherton and Vietnamese cooking tutor Agnes Dinh. Liz Bretherton looks at the wonderful and extensive range of fresh produce now being produced in Australia for use in Asian cooking. These distinctive ingredients, which set Vietnamese cuisine apart from food in other Asian countries, are explained. Selected recipes are covered with easy to follow, step by step cooking demonstrations. Of course traditional Vietnamese food should be eaten in the traditional way – so Liz and Agnes demonstrate how to serve and eat a number of dishes.
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A Child’s Day: East Timor
This program portrays a day in the life of Cecilia, an 11 year-old East Timorese girl. Cecilia lives with her uncle and aunties so she can attend school as her parents live three hours away. Her village is near Viqueque, in the south of the country. Cecilia’s day starts at dawn feeding her cousins, and progresses to school from 7am until midday. In the afternoon, Cecilia carries out more chores, including collecting water and firewood – carrying these home on her head. The younger students enjoy seeing the milk arrive, supplied by a local dairy, which was set up with help from Australian farmers. The day ends with the washing and feeding of the children in the family, concluding a busy and hardworking day in the life of an East Timorese child.
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East Timor – Case Studies in International Aid
This program examines the aims, objectives and examples of aid work being done by International Aid organizations such as: Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, IDSS, AusAID, the Salesian order, and the Kiwanis. An introduction to East Timor’s history is given – including the arrival of the Portuguese and the Indonesian invasion – and highlights how the country was left with no economy, little expertise among its people, and poor physical and social infrastructure. Important concepts such as local solutions for local problems and the involvement of communities in aid projects are explored alongside challenges that aid organizations face in East Timor.
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Human Nature
Based on Cloud9World stories, an educational curriculum present in prestigious schools across the US and Latin America, Human Nature freely recreates the tales and animal adventures in a fun talk show that turns the animals into guests.
The series uses, in an intelligent and entertaining way, lovely animals as role models. Their stories help children internalize the fundamental resources for decision making, critical thinking, and group collaboration. It gives them early tools to build a better world.
If animals were to speak, how many things would they have to say? If animals told us their experiences, they would surely have a lot to teach us, and we would learn so much. This is a truly educational series to teach children, using animals they love as their role models.
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Insatiable Teens
Youth Documentary Series, taking an in depth look at the darker side of the pleasures accessible to teenagers in the 21st Century. When a seemingly harmless overindulgence begins to develop into a life-altering addiction, who is ultimately to blame, and who is there who can help !?
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Teens 101: Educational Mental Health series
Teens 101 is a multi media initiative towards reaching, guiding, empowering, inspiring youth through the issues that can affect their mental health and well being. The series communicates, from a youth’s perspective, topics such as: depression and anxiety, addiction, self harm. mental illness, bullying, body image, self worth, family dysfunction, racism, sexuality, and LGBTQ.
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Moving up to Middle School
In the documentary-style film, middle school aged children share their personal stories of what its like to transition from elementary to middle school. Viewers will hear from children who are going into middle school and those who have already been attending. This challenging time is captured in their engaging stories about navigating new classes, having to use lockers for the first time, dealing with pressure to get good grades, worrying about fitting in and much more. Viewers will be left with a feeling of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in their feelings about transitioning to middle school.
Includes: “Getting a Grip on Middle School“, “Surviving the Middle School Social Scene“, and “Problems Solved: Advice from Middle Schoolers“.