Here is the information on a conference to be held in London, Ontario on domestic violence as it affects men. It’s in memory of Officer David Lucio who was on the London police force when he was murdered by his girlfriend who was also a police officer. Interestingly enough, when the London chief of police made his quarterly report on domestic violence homicides for the quarter in which the Lucio murder occurred, he reported no DV homicides even though the Lucio murder was exactly that.
Domestic Violence Awareness Day
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Wolf Performance Hall
251 Dundas Street, London, Ontario
5:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
Attend a conference devoted to exploring the rarely talked about reality of
domestic violence against men.
Government and the media want you to believe it only happens to women.
It”s time to come hear the truth and finally separate fact from fiction.
With years of political experience and legal knowledge between them,
these dynamic speakers have all had inside access as to how men are
really viewed by our government and legal system, and after June 5th, so
will you. A Q&A session will follow each presenter”s discussion.
Doug Lucio will also be speaking in honor of his son, David Lucio.
Following the conference, a candle-lit vigil will be held in order to help
raise public awareness of violence against men, which will also include
a walk to the London Police Station in honour of David Lucio.
Presented by
London Equal Parenting Committee
Tickets will be available at the door
or can be purchased online at
canadianepc.com
You can also contact Brad
Phone: 519-614-8713
Email: lepcinfo@gmail.com
Web: canadianepc.com/lepc
Cost: $20/person
Speakers will be:
Born in Sarnia, Mr. Gallaway holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario and an LLB from the University of Windsor. He practiced law before entering political life, initially as Mayor of Point Edward (1991) and subsequently as the Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2006. Gallaway was a Committee Chair in the House of Commons, a Parliamentary Secretary and was made a Queen”s Privy Councillor by the Governor-General in 2003. In 1998 he was the Commons” Chair of the Special Joint Committee of the House and the Senate on custody and access which produced the report entitled For the Sake of the Children. He now teaches and does foreign development work for Sarnia”s Lambton College.
Grant A. Brown has a BA (Hons.) and M.A. in philosophy from the University of Waterloo. A DPhil in political philosophy from Oxford University, and an LL.B. from the University of Alberta. He taught business and professional ethics, business-government relations, and political philosophy (among other courses) at the University of Lethbridge from 1990 to 1999. From 2003 to 2008, he practiced law, focusing on family law, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently a free-lance author and home renovator. Dr. Brown has published widely, both in academic and popular presses, particularly on topics related to political philosophy and gender issues. His forthcoming book is called “Deadbeat Judges: How Courts Separate Children from their Fathers.”
Marty McKay obtained a Ph.D. and post-doctoral qualifications in psychology and has over 30 years of experience in working within the court systems both in Canada and the U.S. Her professional experience with interpersonal violence dates back to 1975 when she began consulting to Children’s Aid Societies throughout southwestern Ontario and to women’s shelters. In her work, she accumulated case history data which demonstrated that violent behaviour was a problem which was not gender specific. Her message has been that, in order to deal with interpersonal violence, it is important that objective data, rather than politically convenient myths, be used for formulation of public policy in order to effectively combat violence and to promote justice.