Invites you to attend a forum discussing
Refugee Claimants with Child Sexual Abuse histories
Best practices for psycho-social assessment letters and tools
for IRB hearings
Workshop, Discussion, Panel
Friday, December 2, 2011
1:00 - 4:30pm
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Education Centre A & B
30 The Queensway (see map on reverse)
Panel:
Preevanda Kaul Sapru, Refugee and Immigration Lawyer
Hilary Evans Cameron, Refugee Lawyer Downtown Legal Services,
researcher on Non-traumatic memory as it pertains to giving
testimony in hearings
Dr. Pat Durish, Clinical Social Worker, Prof. at U of T, researcher on
Traumatic Memory
Maureen Smith-Gordon, Former IRB member, former researcher for
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University and Refugee Law Office
Moderator: Brenda Ponic, Counsellor at St Joseph’s Womens Health Centre
WHO? This forum welcomes anyone who works with clients who are making a refugee claim and
have a history that includes childhood sexual abuse including: counsellors, settlement workers, lawyers,
transitional counsellors, students, interpreters.
What?
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The panel will discuss topics including:
When is historical CSA abuse relevant in the PIF and in the hearing?
Why and how is historical sexual abuse a struggle from the perspective of
counsellors/psychotherapists, lawyers and IRB? What kinds of cases make each of us nervous?
What do we put in Psycho-social assessment letters and what do we leave out for CSA cases?
What are considered adequate proofs of CSA in an IRB hearing? What is the frequency of CSA
(as central presenting problem) in IRB cases and what are the success rates? What stood out in
these positive outcomes?
Please RSVP by calling Deborah at St Joseph’s Womens Health Centre 416 530 6850 by Monday
November 28 2011. Please also state in what capacity you are attending.
Directions to St. Joseph’s Health Centre
30 The Queensway
Toronto, ON M6R 1B5
Tel: 416-530-6850
Driving Directions From the East
Take the Gardiner Expressway to the Jameson Avenue exit.
Go north on Jameson Avenue to Queen Street.
Make a left turn on Queen Street and drive along Queen Street past Roncesvalles Avenue.
Here, Queen Street changes to The Queensway. We are on the right, at the corner of Sunnyside Avenue,
just past the TTC streetcar yard.
or take King Street or Queen Street. Both merge into The Queensway at Roncesvalles Avenue.
We are on the right at the corner of Sunnyside Avenue just past the TTC streetcar yard.
Our Emergency entrance is off Glendale Avenue.
Our parking garage is off Sunnyside Avenue.
Driving Directions From the West
Take the Gardiner Expressway to the Jameson Avenue exit.
Go north on Jameson Avenue to Queen Street.
Make a left turn on Queen Street and drive along Queen Street past Roncesvalles Avenue.
Here, Queen Street changes to The Queensway. We are on the right, at the corner of Sunnyside Avenue,
just past the TTC streetcar yard.
or take The Queensway past High Park and Parkside Drive, and continue driving east.
We are on the left at the corner of Glendale Avenue.
Public Transit From the Dundas West Subway Station
Take the 504 streetcar south on Roncesvalles Avenue.
Get off at the Queen Street/Queensway stop and walk west on The Queensway past the TTC streetcar yard for 5
minutes.
Public Transit From the Queen or Osgoode Subway Stations
Exit either station, and take the Queen 501 streetcar westbound.
Get off at the St. Joseph's stop, the first stop past Roncesvalles Avenue.
Public Transit From the King or St. Andrew Subway Stations
Exit either station, and take the King 504 streetcar westbound.
Get off at the Queen Street/Queensway stop, and walk west past the TTC streetcar yard for 5 minutes.
Public Transit on the Queen Street Streetcar - Westbound
Take the Queen 501 streetcar (either Humber or Long Branch) westbound.
Get off at the St. Joseph's stop, the first stop past Roncesvalles Avenue.
Public Transit on the Queen Street Streetcar - Eastbound
Take the 501 streetcar (Neville Park) eastbound on the Queensway.
Get off at the St. Joseph's stop, the first stop past Parkside Drive.
Public Transit on the King Street Streetcar - Westbound
Take the King 504 streetcar (Dundas West Station via King Street) westbound.
Get off at the Queen Street/Queensway stop, and walk west past the TTC streetcar yard for 5 minutes.
The Women’s Health Centre is located on the Ground Floor of the Morrow Wing, directly across from
the elevators.