Access Alliance Arts for Family Health

Creative care webinar #6: Continuing to mold

What does sustainability look like for newcomer GBV work?

Where do we go from here? The HEAL project demonstrates the power of culturally tailored support services for newcomers experiencing GBV. It has generated valuable evidence to inform macro advocacy and actions to change public policy. Experts in the field will share their “calls to action” to continue moving forward themes of prevention, mitigation strategies, and sustainability. Listen to speakers from the GBV sector revealing their efforts in ending GBV.

Moderated by Christen Kong, HEAL project coordinator, Access Alliance. Panelists include:

  • Melissa Foong, Art Psychotherapist and Program Worker Breakthrough Program YWCA Toronto
  • Briana Miller, Gender-Based Violence Prevention Coordinator (National/Local Projects) – nYMCA Immigrant Services
  • Georgia Fullerton, Expressive Arts Therapist Associate Program Director, The CREATE Institute and professional Visual Artist

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Explore what sustainability means within newcomer gender-based violence programming at the participant, organizational, and systems levels, including approaches to measuring long-term impact and effectiveness.
  • Examine the evidence and lessons learned from the HEAL project that support advocacy, policy development, and the integration of expressive arts approaches within healthcare and settlement sectors.
  • Identify practical strategies, partnerships, and calls to action that can strengthen prevention, expand culturally responsive supports, and sustain arts-based GBV interventions for newcomer communities over time.

Guiding Questions

  • What does sustainability look like at the participant, organizational, and systems levels, and how can each be measured?
  • What are the key barriers to integrating arts into healthcare and settlement systems, and how can progress be tracked?
  • How can organizations evaluate whether expressive arts programs are being sustained effectively over time?
  • What evidence from the HEAL project is most compelling for influencing policy or funding decisions?
  • What concrete next steps or calls to action should organizations take to scale or embed this work, and how should success be measured?
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