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Conference Agenda At-A-Glance |
DAY ONE: Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 |
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 AM |
Opening Comments From The Chair |
Bill Byrd, Safe Schools Administrator, Coordinator of Leadership and Staff Development, Safe Schools Office, Toronto District School Board |
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8:30 AM |
Opening Address |
Understanding the Roots of Bullying and Developing Strategies for Preventing It |
| Debra Pepler, Senior Executive Member of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution, and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University |
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9:15 AM |
Case Study: Delaware State University |
Administering an Effective Lockdown to Prevent or Limit Casualties |
| Belinda Baker, Captain, Operations Division Commander, Delaware State University, Dover, DE |
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM |
Special Keynote Address |
Preventing Sexual Assault and Cyber Misconduct in our Schools |
| Katie Koestner, Executive Director, Campus Outreach Services |
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12:00 PM |
Networking Luncheon |
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1:30 PM |
Case Study: University of Texas at Austin |
Increasing Access to Student Services to Prevent Violence on Campus |
| LaToya Hill, Coordinator, Student Emergency Services, University of Texas at Austin |
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2:15 PM |
Case Study: Peel Police SPEAR Program |
Grace Kempers, SPEAR Coordinator, Peel Police
Christine McIntyre, Detective, Youth Crime Coordinator, Peel Police |
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3:00 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:30 PM |
Case Study: Georgetown University |
Threat Assessments: Creating a Functionally Safe School Building to Maximize Security |
| Rocco (Rocky) DelMonaco, Jr., Vice President for University Safety, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
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4:15 PM |
How to Involve Students, Administrators, and Police, To Better Manage Guns and Gangs in Schools |
Michael Matic, Staff Sergeant, Toronto Police Services, PEACE Program |
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5:00 PM |
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS to Day Two |
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Day Two: Thursday April 3rd, 2008 |
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:15 AM |
Opening Comments from the Chair |
Bill Byrd, Safe Schools Administrator, Coordinator of Leadership and Staff Development, Safe Schools Office, Toronto District School Board |
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8:30 AM |
Case Study: Toronto District School Board |
Managing Media Attention During and After a Violent Event |
| Bill Byrd, Safe Schools Administrator, Coordinator of Leadership and Staff Development, Safe Schools Office, Toronto District School Board |
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9:15 AM |
Industry Expert |
Understanding your Legal Rights and Obligations as a School and an Educator |
| Eric Roher, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP |
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM |
Best Practices in Handling Imminent Threats: Create Your Action Plan |
| Darlene Marsh, Manager, Center for the Prevention of Violence, Raleigh, NC |
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11:15 AM |
Case Study: Ottawa-Carlton District School Board |
Responding to life-threatening emergencies in our schools — Lessons Learned |
| Dan Wiseman, (Former) Manager of Safe Schools and Community Agency Liaison, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board |
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12:00 PM |
Networking Luncheon |
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1:30 PM |
Case Study: GEAR UP Queens, NY |
Establishing Effective After-School Programs to Lower Violence in Schools |
| Yvette Morgan, Co-Director, GEAR UP, St. John’s University, Queens, NY |
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2:15 PM |
Industry Expert: |
Setting an Industry Standard for Providing Safer Schools |
| Kim Carr, Manager, Public Safety and Security, Durham College, and the University of Ontario |
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3:15 PM |
Closing Address |
Understanding Violence in Schools from the Student’s Perspective |
| Youth LOVE Leader, Leave Out Violence Everywhere Representative |
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4:00 PM |
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS |
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