The SOAR Project

Free Conference! February 24 and 25, 2021. SOAR is hosting a free conference about putting knowledge of brain injury in intimate partner violence into practice. Visit our website for more information and to sign up to be notified when registration opens http://soarproject.ca/moving-ahead/

Our friends at the Ohio Domestic Violence Network are hosting an incredible training session on brain injury in intimate partner violence. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/Ohio-Domestic-Violence-Network-157744837409

Today is the launch of the Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) for Women’s Support Workers. We would like to thank WAGE and the Max Bell Foundation for funding the development and distribution of this important, online training course, and Kelowna Women’s Shelter for being our primary community partner. https://news.ok.ubc.ca//new-online-training-will-help-fro/

The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) online for Women’s Support Workers is live! This free, online course we developed with UBC is designed to educated those who work with survivors of intimate partner violence about brain injury. https://news.ok.ubc.ca//new-online-training-will-help-fro/

Dr. Williams is urging the New South Wales Government to adopt a concussion protocol for family and domestic violence victims. So many concussions from domestic violence go unnoticed. Protocols can help to identify and treat these invisible injuries. https://www.abc.net.au//urgent-plea-for-domestic-/12628874