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The ConcastEpisode #170 Intimate partner violence & concussion (part 2)As I continue to try and learn more about this sensitive topic, I thought I would do an update episode on two recent papers I’ve read.
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The statistics around intimate partner continue to be staggering. Continually emergent topics continue to be victim safety, access to care and under reporting of incidents and symptoms.
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**Episode Resource**
www.womenatthecentre.com/initiatives/ipv-tbi/
www.abitoolkit.ca
www.sheltersafe.ca
www.menandfamilies.org
Merkley TL, Lindsey HM, Dennis EL...2025-01-1725 min
WIC-Ed Podcast"You're Not Mellowing - What You're Becoming Is Strategic:" Activism and Survivor-Led Disruption with Nneka MacGregor and Marsha Hinds Myrie In this conversation, Public Educator Cindy McMann sits down with the University of Guelph’s 2024 Activists in Residence, Nneka MacGregor and Marsha Hinds Myrie. We talk activism, disrupting systems and making survivor voices the centre of efforts to end GBV at the local, national and international level.Resources:Operation Safe SpaceWomenatthecentrEFrantz Fanon (from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)Joy JamesMarcus Garvey (from the U.S. National Archives)Walter Rodney (from the Walter Rodney Foundation)Andaiye (from Red Thread)C...2024-08-271h 12
Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo MandelSeason 4 Episode 6: “The Professional Part of Me is Not Separated from the Personal:” An interview with Nneka MacGregorSend us a textSurvivors, who are professionals, can live in fear that if they share their experience in the workplace, they will be dismissed and disregarded. In this episode, Ruth & David speak with Nneka Mcgregor, founder & Executive Director of WomenattheentrE, about the need to transform our systems so that professionals who are survivors, can safely share their experience to strengthen the response of systems to gender-based violence. Nneka shares her journey as a survivor and a professional including how attempts by those in the domestic violence field to silence her made her even more c...2023-06-261h 16Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo MandelSeason 4 Episode 3: The silent effects of non-fatal strangulation: A conversation with international & lived experience expert, Nneka MacGregorSend us a textStrangulation attempts are a common element of domestic violence perpetrators’ patterns of behaviors. Non-fatal strangulation has long been identified as a risk factor for domestic violence homicide. Less attention has been paid to the short, medium and long term effects of non-fatal strangulation on survivor functioning and well-being. In this interview with Nneka MacGregor, Ruth and David discuss her research into the injuries, impact and experiences of survivors who have experienced non-fatal strangulation. This co-written study is entitled “A fresh breath: Examining the experience of strangulation among women abuse by an intimate partner.”In...2023-05-051h 05
The Sensual RevolutionEp 9: Re-Imagine Justice & Eradicate Gender-Based Violence with Nneka MacGregorNneka is Executive Director of WomenatthecentrE, a non-profit organization created by and for women survivors of gender-based violence globally. Nneka is an advocate who works with governments and organizations to transform lives and build violence-free communities. In 2006, she was selected by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario as one of 13 experts to review services provided to women and children, identify gaps and make recommendations. In 2016, she was appointed by the Canadian government to the Advisory Council on the Federal Strategy Against Gender-Based Violence. She sits on the Board of Trustees of the Girl Child Network Worldwide. An entrepreneur with over 25 years...2021-10-2058 min
Connect SeriesNneka MacGregor, Co-Founder & Executive Director, WomenatthecentrEThis week, Director Sampada Kukade is joined by Co-Founder and Executive Director of WomenattheCentrE, also known as the Women's Centre for Social Justice.
Nneka discusses how she came to Canada, how she co-founded WomenatthecentrE, and how female survivors of domestic violence are coping with the current pandemic.
Catch up on all our previous Spotlight Series here: https://skillsforchange.org/sfc-connect/2020-12-1444 min
What's Your Safe Word?25 - Visualize What You Want Your Life to Look Like w/ AMY SYED~~
*Update*
Thank you so much to everyone for listening to the first season of What’s Your Safe Word: Declarations of Resistance!
Episode 25 - Visualize What You Want Your Life to Look Like w/ Amy Syed will be our finale episode for Season 1. We would like to thank her, as well as all of our previous guests, for coming on our show and sharing their knowledge with us! As always, if you have any questions, please email us at podcast@womenatthecentre.com and thank you again for all of your support.
Wit...2020-07-081h 25
Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy SyedDeclarations of Resistance: Healing through AdvocacyWelcome to the third episode of Calm After The Storm, a podcast that explores various themes of survivorship and how each speaker has thrived. This podcast is hosted by Amy Syed, Founder and CEO of Findyourhcp.com. In today's episode, we chat with Nneka MacGregor and Shalleena about violence against women, how they overcome it and the important work they’re doing now.1:35 - A little bit about Nneka and Shellina today3:42 - Deep diving into Nneka’s childhood11:31 - Dealing with Abuse (Nneka)14:19 - Mode...2020-06-2957 minWhat's Your Safe Word?24 - Don’t Be Afraid of It - Embrace It w/ ANURADHA DUGALWe are so excited to welcome another very special guest to the @WYSWpodcast today, ANURADHA DUGAL! Anuradha is the Senior Director of Community Initiatives & Policy at the Canadian Women’s Foundation. She is committed to not-for-profit work for social justice and has been engaged in many roles in the sector - management, fundraising, events, convening, public education and direct program delivery. As well as being a fierce advocate for all who identify as women and girls, she is the mother to three boys who she is raising to be feminists. And she still finds time occasionally to enjoy gardening, kn...2020-06-241h 29What's Your Safe Word?23 - What Does Justice Look Like to You? w/ SHIRLEY BROEKSTRA (Transformative Justice Part 3)This week we are so excited to bring you the final episode of our Transformative Accountability and Justice Initiative series! Once again, we welcome SHIRLEY BROEKSTRA to chat with us about our experiences conducting research on finding an alternative model of justice, and what our findings were. The team shares how the survivors involved in our research truly impacted us all, and the importance of reading the declarations within our final report. Shelleena, Nneka, and Shirley then also teased some of our findings, but we strongly encourage, and ask, you to read our entire final report, which can be f...2020-06-102h 08What's Your Safe Word?22 - Come from a Place of Love w/ JAIMIE TOROKOn this week’s episode we are so excited to welcome JAIMIE TOROK! Jaimie is an Ontario Public Service employee, a volunteer for St. Vincent Place Men’s Shelter, Food Bank, Soup Kitchen and Thrift Store, a Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters Sault Ste. Marie, a single-mother, a survivor, and a passionate advocate for women and children rights. Jaimie is also a part of the @WomenatthecentrE team as a Chapter Executive Member and integral leader of our Sault Ste. Marie chapter! How she finds the time to do this all, we will never know! But we are so h...2020-05-271h 25What's Your Safe Word?21 - Monetization over Justice w/ ELLEN KAUFMANThis week we begin with a fairly heavy check-in where Nneka and Shelleena share their collective mental noise surrounding anti-Black racism, white supremacy, and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. They both also share their successes for the week and gratitude for the loved ones in their lives. Then, we are so excited to welcome a very special guest to the @WYSWpodcast, ELLEN KAUFMAN (@elmkauf). Ellen is a doctoral student in Informatics at Indiana University and a graduate research assistant at the Kinsey Institute. Her research focuses on the implications of technologically-mediated intimacy for the future of erotic labor, social...2020-05-131h 21What's Your Safe Word?20 - Don’t Let Anyone Dictate Your Own Life w/ SHELLEENA, CHRIS, and MATTHEWThis week we are so excited to welcome back Shelleena (@Shelleena), Chris, and Matthew (AKA Tucker, @matteldracher) to continue our discussion surrounding polyamory. While last week we chatted about their relationship history and how they began their journey into polyamory, this week we take a deep dive into what their relationship looks like now. As always, Nneka and Shelleena lead us in a check-in where they both share some upsetting mental noise, as well as their successes and gratitudes for the week. Then Nneka jumps right back into our conversation with Chris, Matthew, and Shelleena to chat about the...2020-04-291h 31The ConcastEpisode #17 Intimate Partner Violence and Brain InjuryThis is a topic I was quite unfamiliar with when I began researching this podcast.
I was admittedly shocked and saddened by the statistics. I think it's important open up the conversation around violence and concussion in general.
What else can be done? Please comment below or share this episode to spread awareness.
Resources
https://www.womenatthecentre.com/initiatives/ipv-tbi/
http://www.abitoolkit.ca/
https://www.sheltersafe.ca
www.menandfamilies.org
Thank you, and we'll see you in the next. one !2020-04-2420 minWhat's Your Safe Word?19 - I am a Living, Breathing Unicorn w/ SHELLEENA, CHRIS, and MATTHEWLike many other podcasts, we’ve had to change our format due to the continued physical distancing procedures that are in place to combat COVID-19. This week, our co-hosts and producer meet once again, but over a Zoom video call, to check-in and chat with our amazing guests! After touching base about the various ways in which we are all experiencing the effects of the pandemic, Nneka shares some crucial information about the impacts physical distancing has had on survivors, and their families, who are experiencing male-perpetuated violence. To learn more, please check out her latest blog post.
...2020-04-151h 21What's Your Safe Word?18 - Take a Breath*Please note that we pre-recorded this episode several weeks ago, before the direction to self-isolate here in Ontario, Canada. The entire WomenatthecentrE and What’s Your Safe Word teams are now practicing physical distancing and self-isolation, as directed. Please stay safe and be kind to yourselves during these unprecedented times. We love you and hope this can add some comfort to your day!*
On this week’s episode we’re taking a deep breath and pausing for a moment. Shelleena and Nneka check in, as usual, and then invite Amanda to also share her mental noise, gratitude, and su...2020-04-011h 20What's Your Safe Word?17 - Solidarity SistersOur team is reunited this week, as Shelleena and Nneka welcome Karia, Amanda, and Nicole to the podcast once again! While our conversation starts by chatting about an episode of Sex Education (warning: brief spoilers), it turns into a much deeper discussion about sisterhood and friendship. We end our conversation with the message from Shelleena (and the whole team) that when we talk about sisterhood, we mean that in the truest sense of the word, and that we actively want to work against cis-terhood and cisnormativity within these spaces. Nneka also shares some information about becoming a member at...2020-03-181h 08What's Your Safe Word?16 - Shake Up The Justice System w/ SHIRLEY BROEKSTRA (Transformative Justice Part 2)This week, one of the integral members of the @WomenatthecentrE team, SHIRLEY BROEKSTRA, joins Nneka and Shelleena to take a deeper dive into the research that was conducted as a part of the Transformative Accountability and Justice Initiative. In particular, they share their experiences of conducting the one-on-one and focus group interviews, highlighting the courageous survivors who shared their declarations with the team. Shelleena also celebrates Shirley’s brilliant idea of adding an additional question to the focus group interviews! As always, the team then finishes with a check-out where we each shared one word to describe the interviews....2020-03-111h 26What's Your Safe Word?15 - We’ve Ended Up Where They Begin (Transformative Justice Part 1)We are getting back to our roots this week, with an intimate conversation between Shelleena and Nneka (and Amanda). Out cohosts sit down to chat about a research project and initiative that @WomenatthecentrE has been undertaking for the past several years. In this first episode, of what will be a mini-series, Shelleena and Nneka outline the origins of the Transformative Initiative and Justice Model, highlight the kaleidoscope of data used, and introduce the “5 C’s” used for data analysis. In particular, Nneka explains why an alternative model of justice is necessary for survivors of sexual assault and the ways in whi...2020-03-0459 minWhat's Your Safe Word?14 - I Can Change My Mind At Any TimeThis week Shelleena and Nneka are joined by the @WomenatcentrE team to talk about consent! Karia, Nicole, and Amanda join our co-hosts to chat about what consent means and the ways in which standard definitions can be limiting or problematic, due to the complexities of sex and sexual relationships. Consent is a complex topic and as we talked, we realized we don’t have all the answers! But, we have to be willing to have these tricky, messy conversations and lean into the discomfort of discussing consent with our families, children, friends, and partners. We end by sharing Planned Pa...2020-02-2657 minWhat's Your Safe Word?13 - Watch the Movie, Do the WorkOn this week’s episode, Shelleena and Nneka lead a discussion surrounding the new Netflix film, “American Son”. Nicole, Karia, and Amanda join our hosts to break down and examine this incredibly impactful movie, that was based on a Broadway play of the same name. As always with our media episodes, there will be spoilers as we discuss the entirety of the plot. The team talks through some of the most heartbreaking, violent, and intense scenes, and offers our critical analyses and perspectives. Nneka and Shelleena also lead us in a check-in to start, and we finish with our team bu...2020-02-191h 24
Domestic Violence and Brain Injury with Nneka MacGregorNneka MacGregor is an advocate who works with government and other organizations to eradicate violence against women. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Centre for Social Justice, also known as the WomenatthecentrE, our unique non-profit organization that was created for women survivors of gender-based violence, by women survivors. Nneka develops and delivers training to various agencies and organizations that promotes better understanding of the issues, and focuses on personal and political advocacy for women survivors, as well as on ways to engage men and boys in the initiatives to eradicate violence against women.
Episode sponsored by...2020-02-1736 min
Faces of TBIDomestic Violence and Brain Injury with Nneka MacGregorSend us a text Nneka MacGregor is an advocate who works with government and other organizations to eradicate violence against women. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Centre for Social Justice, also known as the WomenatthecentrE, our unique non-profit organization that was created for women survivors of gender-based violence, by women survivors. Nneka develops and delivers training to various agencies and organizations that promotes better understanding of the issues, and focuses on personal and political advocacy for women survivors, as well as on ways to engage men and boys in the initiatives to er...2020-02-1735 minWhat's Your Safe Word?12 - It’s Not Me, It’s Him (Unbelievable, Part 2/2)This week’s episode features the continuation of our conversation surrounding the new Netflix series, “Unbelievable”. If you haven’t listened to Episode 11, please listen to it first and then come right back to hear the conclusion of our discussion! During this week’s podcast, the team talks about the remaining episodes in the series, highlighting the injustices that survivors face throughout the criminal justice system. We then finish with our buzz rating and one of our wildest check-outs yet!
**TW**Due to the nature of the content discussed during this episode, we would also like to offer a tr...2020-02-1258 minWhat's Your Safe Word?11 - Like a Bullet in the Spine (Unbelievable, Part 1/2)We have a bit of a different format this week! You will only be hearing the first half of our conversation, including our check-in and the wine introduction. We got a little carried away with our discussion and dismantling of the new Netflix series, “Unbelievable”, so we’ve split this episode into 2 parts. During the first half of the conversation, the entire team sits down with Nneka and Shelleena to discuss the beginning episodes and outline the major players in the show. The team also draws connections between the research WomenatthecentrE has conducted and the information presented in Unbelievable, highli...2020-02-0557 minWhat's Your Safe Word?10 - We’re All Artists, That’s the Beauty of Art w/ NICOLE FONTYN-TAYLORWe are thrilled to welcome our very own, NICOLE FONTYN-TAYLOR (@NicoleFontyn) to the WYSW podcast this week! Nicole is a graduate of Ryerson’s Master of Social Work Program, and the current Project Coordinator at WomenatthecentrE in the area of capacity building. She has a passion for community activism on social issues related to women’s rights, and she utilized art as a tool for resistance and social change within her Major Research Paper. This week, Shelleena and Nneka both sit down with Nicole to learn more about her work on embodied representations of women’s resistance and strength within...2020-01-2949 minWhat's Your Safe Word?9 - God Speed, Go QuicklyThe What’s Your Safe Word? team is once again doing a media analysis! You know the drill, if you haven’t seen the episode yet, there will be spoilers. And this week, Nneka and Shelleena are joined by Nicole, Amanda, and Janet to discuss Handmaid’s Tale. Specifically, we’ll be chatting about the episode “Liars” (Season 3, Episode 11). But to start, our check in is a little different, as Shelleena shares our collective metal noise for the week – wedding dress shopping while living in a fat body.
This week we’re drinking Spumante Bambino Sparkling Wine (mixed with orange...2020-01-221h 36What's Your Safe Word?8 - I Would Say Thank YouOn this week’s episode of What’s Your Safe Word? Shelleena and Nneka begin, as usual, by checking in with their weekly success, mental noise, and gratitude where they both shared some new and exciting developments in their lives! Then they are joined by our regular guests, Karia and Amanda, to discuss what it means to be the children of survivors. Shelleena, Karia, and Amanda all share their personal declarations, as Nneka leads this emotional and critical conversation.
**TW**Due to the nature of the content discussed during this episode, we would also like to offer a tr...2020-01-151h 46What's Your Safe Word?7 - I Make Abusers Really, Really Angry w/ MAYA ROYThis week we are so excited to welcome MAYA ROY to the What’s Your Safe Word? podcast! Maya is the Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Canada and was recently named a Recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2019. She is a diversity specialist with 22 years of experience in a variety of sectors in public policy development, public health, adult education and social work. Maya was a member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council for Canada’s G7 Presidency, she is currently part of Young Global Leaders with the World Economic Forum, and she sits on the board of Women’...2020-01-081h 30What's Your Safe Word?6 - My Sweat is Just as Important as My Tears w/ JADE PEEKIn this week’s episode of What’s Your Safe Word? Shelleena is joined once again by our lovely Nneka! Even more exciting though, is that this week we are welcoming our very first guest to the show, JADE PEEK (@KweJade / @jadethediva)!! Jade is a Mi’kmaq and Black Nova Scotian trans woman from Halifax. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, educator, and activist. She is known for also being a community organizer in K’jipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki, creating community, artistic and educational spaces and hubs, and has been an active player in the national student movement. After our weekly check in...2020-01-011h 32What's Your Safe Word?5 - Don’t Yuck Someone Else’s YumIn this week’s episode of What’s Your Safe Word? we’re still missing our fearless leader Nneka, but again, Amanda, Nicole, and Karia join Shelleena to have a chat about the Netflix show “Bonding”. As usual we start with our weekly check in and share stories of sex education classes and weddings, among other exciting things! We then reveal our opinions on the new Netflix series, covering everything we loved and all the things that still left us wishing they had done better. Again, there are lots of spoilers in this episode and we talk about the whole seas...2019-12-181h 10What's Your Safe Word?4 - First RespondersIn this week’s episode of What’s Your Safe Word? we are missing one half of our hosting team, but Shelleena is joined by Amanda, Nicole, and Karia to discuss First Responders. The team explores what this term means for us outside of the context of emergency services, and shares some of their own declarations of truth. But first, as usual, our team checks in with our successes and gratitude.
**TW**Due to the nature of the explicit content discussed during this episode, we would also like to offer a trigger warning, as our conversations involve grap...2019-12-0450 minWhat's Your Safe Word?3 - You’re Either Racist or You’re Not, What do You Mean You’re Neutral?In this week’s episode of What’s Your Safe Word? the team sits down to discuss the television show “The Good Fight”, the spin-off series of “The Good Wife”. We analyze and critique Episode 3 of Season 4 – “The One with Lucca Becoming a Meme”. If you haven’t watched this episode yet, stop what you’re doing and go watch it now, if you’re worried about spoilers. But make sure you come back, because we get down and dirty with this media analysis.
This week we're drinking Jacob’s Creek Moscato Rose. We gave this wine a buzz rating of 4/5.
...2019-11-201h 24What's Your Safe Word?2 - Never Wrestle with a PigThis week you will be meeting the fabulous WomenattheCentre team! We start by checking in with our mental noise - much of which surrounded school and work, our gratitude for Shirley’s amazing court prep website, our successes which involved having some amazing conversations about consent, and our inspiration for the week highlighted the activism we’re seeing surrounding student walkouts. We then have a round table discussion to introduce you to each team member and learn more about what brought them to the work.
This week we were drinking Cape One Moscato, a blend of wine from...2019-11-061h 22What's Your Safe Word?1 - Safety First, Fun AfterwardsIn this week’s episode of What’s Your Safe Word? Declarations of Resistance, your hosts Nneka MacGregor and Shelleena Hackett will introduce this brand new, bi-weekly podcast! They share the origin story of WomenatthecentrE and check-in with their success, gratitude, and mental noise. They’re joined by producer, Amanda Hollahan, to chat about our shared inspiration for the week: Grey’s Anatomy. They also take a deep dive into a conversation surrounding language (spoiler alert: it’s important)!
This week we are drinking Quail’s Gate Stewart Family Reserve Chardonnay. We gave this wine a buzz...2019-10-231h 14