'Gender, Culture, Religion' - Book Launch (Calgary)

Guest Speaker: Aruna Papp, Cultural Competency Counsellor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership Book Launch and Panel Discussion of Honour-Based Violence

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Aruna Papp, Cultural Competency Counsellor

With

Sgt. Simon Watts, Calgary Police Service

Janet Keeping, Sheldon Chumir Foundation

REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

info@chumir.ca

403-244-6666

www.chumirethicsfoundation.ca

About the Guest:

Aruna Papp, MA, ADR, MEd., has worked as a counsellor for 30 years, counseling families dealing with domestic violence. She holds two Masters degrees. She is employed as Family Counsellor at Family Services York Region; she also has a private practice in the York Region. She conducts Cultural Competency workshops, for frontline services providers and her clients include the Regional Police across Ontario, area hospitals and school boards, as well as several non-profit agencies. She has volunteered on numerous boards and committees including the Centennial College Board of Governors and the Centenary Hospital in Toronto. Ms. Papp’s memoir Unworthy Creature, published by McClelland & Stewart, is due in the spring 2012. She is also the author of Culturally-driven violence against women: A growing problem in Canada’s immigrant communities, a study published by the Frontier Centre.

Ms. Papp provides commentary and is a sought-after speaker on culturally-driven violence and intercultural affairs. She has been interviewed by national and international media, and her columns have appeared in local and national newspapers. Ms. Papp is the recipient of eleven awards from the South Asian community and community at large for her work with victims of abuse.

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