EAPO in partnership with Sheridan Centre for Elder Research, and the Bob Rumball Canadian Centre of Excellence for the Deaf are undertaking a Senior’s Anti-Bullying Implementation & Evaluation Project to better understand senior to senior bullying in Ontario, and support the development of best practices and strategies.
While targeting bullying behaviour, our focus is on nurturing kindness and community building. Throughout this project, we have learned that you cannot tackle the issue of bullying without encouraging kindness and community. Many older adults do not know they are engaging in bullying behaviour until they see the impact on those around them.
Join us to hear the “lessons” we have learned so far during the implementation and evaluation of the Senior’s Anti-bullying Project and what initiatives are coming up in the project’s future. An overview of the Solutions: Everybody’s Business Senior to Senior Anti-Bullying Toolkit will be provided, how it is being used in community settings as well as updates and additions being made to the toolkit based on engagement and input from seniors.
Webinar provided with an ASL Interpreter
Speakers
Liza Franses
Project Manager, Sheridan Centre for Elder Research
Liza (Leeza) Franses is an older adult advocate that has worked with diverse older adult communities in Toronto & the GTA. Her background ranges from working with older adults in long-term care to adult day programs, managing a multicultural Seniors Active Living Centre, to currently working as the Project Manager of the Senior’s Anti-Bullying Project. Liza’s education includes an Honours Health & Society degree from York University and a Diploma from the George Brown College Activation Coordination/Gerontology program. Liza is passionate about advocating on behalf of older adults and ensuring that they are consulted and engaged in matters that help them stay independent in their homes and engaged in their communities.
Dr. Kirsten Madsen
Project Director Seniors' Anti-Bullying Project, Sheridan College
Dr. Kirsten Madsen is a faculty member at Sheridan College. She received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Sheffield in England. Specifically, her graduate work was with the Sheffield University anti-bullying project. Since then she went on to assess what anti-bullying strategies were being implemented by schools across England.
Dr. Madsen conducts research and has done extensive training with frontline staff in the area of bullying, aggression, age differences, gender differences, and program development. Currently she is the Project Director for the “Seniors’ Anti-Bullying Project”, a project being conducted in partnership between Sheridan College, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, and the Bob Rumball Canadian Centre of Excellence for the Deaf that is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Niki Golnabi
Facilitator, Seniors' Anti-Bullying Project, Sheridan College
Niki is an Iranian-Canadian student studying Early Childhood Education at Sheridan College. She is currently a facilitator with the Seniors’ Anti-bullying Project, as well as a student educator at a childcare centre in Oakville. Niki started her studies in the Animation program at Sheridan, but later became interested in being actively involved in building strong and diverse communities, by directly learning from the people in them. She is drawn to projects that are focused on implementing creative ideas, and believes secure connections are a core necessity at any age in life.