Our Speakers
Who they are
Dr Katreena Scott, PhD
Dr. Katreena Scott is a Psychologist, a Professor in Applied Psychology within the Faculty of Education at Western University, and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Ending Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Katreena serves as the Academic Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, where she leads a dedicated team of students and research associates who are working to understand and prevent violence in relationships.
Katreena is internationally recognized for her research on empirically and ethically sound policies and practices for intervening with men who have used violence against their partners and/or children.
Vivien Green
Vivien has dedicated over 30 years to ending gender-based violence. Trained as a social worker with a focus on community development, she has supported survivors, led advocacy efforts, shaped policy, and fostered inter-agency collaboration to improve responses to intimate partner violence. As Executive Director of the Woman Abuse Council of Toronto for 16 years, she played a key role in developing Ontario’s specialized domestic violence court system and served as a founding member of the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee.
Vivien has worked with Indigenous communities through the Matawa Tribal Council, provided public legal education, and contributed to the settlement sector. She has taught at TMU, is currently affiliated with Western University, and serves as Chair of the Board and Strategic Projects Coordinator at Counterpoint Counselling and Educational Cooperative.
A long-time ally of PAR programs, Vivien continues to promote effective coordination and adequate resourcing for these critically important programs.
Tim Kelly
Tim Kelly, MSW, RSW, has been working in the field of gender-based violence intervention since 1986, focusing on supporting individuals who use abusive behavior and strengthening community responses to family violence.
He currently manages the Family Violence Counseling Program at the Children’s Aid Society of Oxford County and previously led a Partner Assault Response (PAR) program in southern Ontario. Tim is also a co-author of the Caring Dads program, which helps fathers who have engaged in abusive behavior improve their relationships with their children.
With over three decades of experience facilitating support groups, Tim also maintains a private practice, working with men who are seeking to change their behavior. He provides training through the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, helping professionals develop effective strategies for engaging those who cause harm.
Tim has presented nationally and internationally on family violence intervention, emphasizing the importance of accountability, meaningful change, and community collaboration in preventing abuse.
Christine Robinson
Christine Robinson, founder of Threat Shield Consulting, is a 30-year veteran of the Peel Regional Police. Christine has been a board-certified Behavioural Threat Assessment and Management Specialist since 2015. She has worked closely with criminal justice partners, community wellness and social service agencies, healthcare facilities and private companies in identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risk for violence. Christine provides opinion of risk and case management strategies in cases involving Workplace and School Violence, Targeted Violence, Threatening Communications, Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and more. She has been deemed an expert witness in both criminal and civil court and serves as a Director with the Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.
Besides threat assessment, Christine’s passions include her family, Polynesian dancing, and, sadly, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Sarah Webb
Sarah Webb MSW RSW is an Accredited Trainer and the clinical lead for the Caring Dads Social Enterprise and provides consults to Caring Dads Providers in North America, Australia and the UK. Sarah is also a course instructor at Western University’s Continuing Education program in Gender Based Violence Practice Skills and was involved in the recent launch of this work. Previously, Sarah worked 15 years in the Child Welfare system on a specialized Domestic Violence Team conducting child protection investigations and worked closely with the Violence Against Women sector.
Sarah also has a private practice working with adults, teens and families.
Dr Yoshiyuki Takano, PhD
Dr. Yoshi Takano is a forensic psychologist in Alberta, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, and an assistant professor in the counselling psychology program at the University of Calgary. Dr. Takano has expertise in individual and group therapies and risk assessments in intimate partner violence.
He has been facilitating court-mandated intervention programs for domestic violence offenders in B.C. and Alberta for many years, and he is also a trainer for the Caring Dads program. He has also served as an expert witness for forensic mental patients for the PEI Criminal Code Review Board. Dr. Takano is developing the Co-Constructing Responsibility Approach (CCRA), in using the sense of shame in intimate partner violence offenders to promote taking responsibility.
Caroline Granger
Caroline has been working in the field of human services for over 25 years, driven by a deep belief that everyone deserves a full life—rich in relationships, and in both ordinary and extraordinary experiences. Her journey began in 1998 at Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell, where she held several strategic roles.
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She holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Throughout her career, she has developed extensive experience in management, strategic planning, collective leadership, and social intervention.
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As a passionate educator, Caroline brings her knowledge to others through impactful training and facilitation. In the context of intervention with partner violence (IPV), she offers a grounded, human-centered perspective informed by lived experience and a constant drive for meaningful social change.
Dr Nadine Wathen, PhD
Nadine Wathen, PhD, FCAHS is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University. Her research examines the health and social service sector response to GBV, interventions to reduce health inequities, and the science of knowledge mobilization.
She develops person-led interventions that enhance health equity, and takes a gendered, trauma- and violence-informed approach to providing services for those experiencing violence and/or marginalization. She is the author, with Colleen Varcoe, of Implementing Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care: A Handbook (2023, University of Toronto Press).
Mario Lourenço
Mario is a Gestalt psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice and guest teacher, in
the Gestalt Institute of Toronto Five Year Training Program. He has presented at various
International Gestalt Conferences on the themes of Trauma, Psychopathology and the role of
spontaneity in the healing process. Mario is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Toronto and a
graduated from OISE, University of Toronto with an M.Ed. in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
In addition, he holds a BA (honors) in Sexuality Studies with distinction Cum Laude from York
University as well as a BFA from the School of Film and Theatre of Lisbon. He worked as a
PAR counsellor, group facilitator and educator for over 11 years at various agencies in Toronto and
provided supervision on PAR facilitation at Counterpoint Counselling & Educational Coop.