For more information and to register, visit the event page.

RightPlace is an innovative online service and outreach model that connects individuals affected by gender-based violence (GBV) with support services across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Since launching in November, RightPlace has used targeted digital campaigns to connect thousands of people, including GBV survivors, bystanders, and individuals causing harm who are seeking change, to resources and live support.

Following this Learning Network Resource Spotlight, participants will:

• Understand the context of GBV in the GTA and how targeted digital campaigns can extend outreach to survivors, bystanders, and people causing harm.
• Learn how online-to-offline service and outreach pathways work in practice. This includes messaging, trauma-informed safety and confidentiality measures, and coordination with community-based support services.
• Explore outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned from RightPlace campaigns, and next steps.

For all queries, please contact the organiser at: gbvln@uwo.ca.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

RightPlace is an innovative online service and outreach model that connects individuals affected by gender-based violence (GBV) with support services across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Since launching in November, RightPlace has used targeted digital campaigns to connect thousands of people, including GBV survivors, bystanders, and individuals causing harm who are seeking change, to resources and live support.

Following this Learning Network Resource Spotlight, participants will:

• Understand the context of GBV in the GTA and how targeted digital campaigns can extend outreach to survivors, bystanders, and people causing harm.
• Learn how online-to-offline service and outreach pathways work in practice. This includes messaging, trauma-informed safety and confidentiality measures, and coordination with community-based support services.
• Explore outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned from RightPlace campaigns, and next steps.

For all queries, please contact the organiser at: gbvln@uwo.ca.

More information and to register, please visit the event page.

This workshop aims to equip family violence responders' with the knowledge to understand, identify and disrupt Institutional Systems Abuse in the context of Systemic Coercive Control.

Key Learnings Include:

1. Understanding Systems Abuse and the various tactics used within these abuse forms
2. Informed – Reflects on models of understanding and offers a deconstruction of Social Entrapment Theory, moving beyond the framing of institutional harm as inadvertent or indifferent
3. Applied – This section introduces the pathways of harmful responses
4. Accountable – Takes a closer look at our ethical responsibilities as responders, to ourselves and to others.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: hello@jacki.co.nz.

More information and to register, please visit the event page.

This workshop aims to equip family violence responders' with the knowledge to understand, identify and disrupt Institutional Systems Abuse in the context of Systemic Coercive Control.

Key Learnings Include:

1. Understanding Systems Abuse and the various tactics used within these abuse forms
2. Informed – Reflects on models of understanding and offers a deconstruction of Social Entrapment Theory, moving beyond the framing of institutional harm as inadvertent or indifferent
3. Applied – This section introduces the pathways of harmful responses
4. Accountable – Takes a closer look at our ethical responsibilities as responders, to ourselves and to others.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: hello@jacki.co.nz.

Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) researchers will share insights from the Now We Are 15 snapshot reports on Education and Mental Health and Wellbeing. GUiNZ are also running a workshop to understand the 15-Year Checkpoint data sets and the data access process. For more information and to register for any of the webinars, visit the event pages linked below.

• Wednesday 11 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Education Snapshot webinar
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Mental Health and Wellbeing Snapshot webinar
• Tuesday 31 March 2026 - Growing Up in New Zealand 15-Year Check Point Data Access Workshop

An overview of the snapshot reports, including links to the individual reports, is available in the GUiNZ media release.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) researchers will share insights from the Now We Are 15 snapshot reports on Education and Mental Health and Wellbeing. GUiNZ are also running a workshop to understand the 15-Year Checkpoint data sets and the data access process. For more information and to register for any of the webinars, visit the event pages linked below.

• Wednesday 11 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Education Snapshot webinar
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Mental Health and Wellbeing Snapshot webinar
• Tuesday 31 March 2026 - Growing Up in New Zealand 15-Year Check Point Data Access Workshop

An overview of the snapshot reports, including links to the individual reports, is available in the GUiNZ media release.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

This training is for any professional working with young people in any capacity, including group and 1-1 work.  This training focuses on topics relating specifically to sexual wellbeing, such as contraception, STIs, and pregnancy options.  It is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including youth workers, sports coaches, social workers, public health nurses, teachers, and educators.

This full-day training focuses on increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of professionals to support the young people they work with to navigate their sexual wellbeing.  

This training includes:

• Key information for young people on sexual wellbeing topics
• Guidance to navigate personal values when supporting young people with their sexual wellbeing
• Practical tools to integrate into daily practice and conversations
• Support and signposting information

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

This training is for any professional working with young people in any capacity, including group and 1-1 work.  This training focuses on topics relating specifically to sexual wellbeing, such as contraception, STIs, and pregnancy options.  It is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including youth workers, sports coaches, social workers, public health nurses, teachers, and educators.

This full-day training focuses on increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of professionals to support the young people they work with to navigate their sexual wellbeing.  

This training includes:

• Key information for young people on sexual wellbeing topics
• Guidance to navigate personal values when supporting young people with their sexual wellbeing
• Practical tools to integrate into daily practice and conversations
• Support and signposting information

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

To learn more and to register, please visit the event page.

The Flourishing Asian Communities & Workforce Symposium, hosted by Asian Family Services (AFS), is a national event dedicated to honouring, elevating, and empowering Asian practitioners, researchers, and community leaders, all playing vital roles in shaping inclusive, responsive, and equitable health and social systems in Aotearoa. This full-day gathering offers a platform for connection, reflection, and learning while recognising excellence, launching new initiatives, and fostering collective wellbeing.

Through keynote addresses, awards, and interactive workshops, the day explores how cultural intelligence, innovation, and lived experience strengthen workforce capability across the sectors of mental health, addiction, and wellbeing.

Programme Highlights

• Ministerial address and awards ceremony recognising excellence in Clinical, Public Health, Youth, Peer Support and Lived Experience, Research
• Launch of two national e-learning initiatives on Gambling Harm and Suicide Prevention
• Concurrent workshops on culturally responsive practice and community-based approaches
• Keynote presentations from leading researchers and practitioners
• Networking and showcase sessions connecting national and regional partners

Key Speakers

• Dr Simone Rodda, Professor, Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
• Dr Ying Wang, Research Centre for Arts and Social Transformation, University of Auckland
• Dr Andrew Zhu, Director, Trace Research

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

To learn more and to register, please visit the event page.

The Flourishing Asian Communities & Workforce Symposium, hosted by Asian Family Services (AFS), is a national event dedicated to honouring, elevating, and empowering Asian practitioners, researchers, and community leaders, all playing vital roles in shaping inclusive, responsive, and equitable health and social systems in Aotearoa. This full-day gathering offers a platform for connection, reflection, and learning while recognising excellence, launching new initiatives, and fostering collective wellbeing.

Through keynote addresses, awards, and interactive workshops, the day explores how cultural intelligence, innovation, and lived experience strengthen workforce capability across the sectors of mental health, addiction, and wellbeing.

Programme Highlights

• Ministerial address and awards ceremony recognising excellence in Clinical, Public Health, Youth, Peer Support and Lived Experience, Research
• Launch of two national e-learning initiatives on Gambling Harm and Suicide Prevention
• Concurrent workshops on culturally responsive practice and community-based approaches
• Keynote presentations from leading researchers and practitioners
• Networking and showcase sessions connecting national and regional partners

Key Speakers

• Dr Simone Rodda, Professor, Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
• Dr Ying Wang, Research Centre for Arts and Social Transformation, University of Auckland
• Dr Andrew Zhu, Director, Trace Research

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the official conference page.

VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai will be hosting their first-ever national conference – Kōkiri – The Future Speaks – a mokopuna informed, future-focused gathering in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, NZ).

Exploring evidence based best practice and research, from both an indigenous and international perspective, this event will centre care-experienced rangatahi as leaders in the national conversation on care.

Bringing together care experienced taiohi, caregivers, kaimahi, providers, and both government and non-government sectors to connect, learn, and wānanga bold solutions for the future of care in Aotearoa.

This event is for care experienced rangatahi by care experienced rangatahi. VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai want to support as many rangatahi to attend as they can, so let them know if you'd like to attend but need financial help to do so.

If you are you in a position to contribute or sponsor care experienced rangatahi to attend, please email: youthparticipation@voyce.org.nz.

For all other inquiries, please contact the organiser at contactus@voyce.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the official conference page.

VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai will be hosting their first-ever national conference – Kōkiri – The Future Speaks – a mokopuna informed, future-focused gathering in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, NZ).

Exploring evidence based best practice and research, from both an indigenous and international perspective, this event will centre care-experienced rangatahi as leaders in the national conversation on care.

Bringing together care experienced taiohi, caregivers, kaimahi, providers, and both government and non-government sectors to connect, learn, and wānanga bold solutions for the future of care in Aotearoa.

This event is for care experienced rangatahi by care experienced rangatahi. VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai want to support as many rangatahi to attend as they can, so let them know if you'd like to attend but need financial help to do so.

If you are you in a position to contribute or sponsor care experienced rangatahi to attend, please email: youthparticipation@voyce.org.nz.

For all other inquiries, please contact the organiser at contactus@voyce.org.nz.

Additional training dates:

• Tuesday 9 June 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm, Taupo.

To learn more and to register, visit the Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

Additional training dates:

• Tuesday 9 June 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm, Taupo.

To learn more and to register, visit the Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, see the conference page.

This gathering will bring together practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and advocates from across the Asia-Pacific region, both in person and online.

Conferences presentations will highlight the following:

• Domestic Violence–Informed Practice
• Indigenous-Led Approaches to Safety, Healing & Accountability with Safe & Together
• Family Law: Keeping Children Safe
• Health Responses to Domestic Violence: Embedding a Perpetrator Pattern–Based Approach.

For all queries, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, see the conference page.

This gathering will bring together practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and advocates from across the Asia-Pacific region, both in person and online.

Conferences presentations will highlight the following:

• Domestic Violence–Informed Practice
• Indigenous-Led Approaches to Safety, Healing & Accountability with Safe & Together
• Family Law: Keeping Children Safe
• Health Responses to Domestic Violence: Embedding a Perpetrator Pattern–Based Approach.

For all queries, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This Community Building Block workshop invites attendees to consider the design of projects and communities that welcome disabled people.

The workshop will be facilitated by Umi Asaka of the Donald Beasley Institute, and will explore disability leadership, inclusive spaces, and practical steps to remove barriers—physical, communication, digital, cultural, and systemic. This is a great opportunity to be curious, reflect and learn how disability is intertwined with everyone's lives, and how accessible and inclusive spaces can be built. In this workshop,attendee will be encouraged to envision communities where difference is valued, participation is equitable, and every member can thrive.

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This Community Building Block workshop invites attendees to consider the design of projects and communities that welcome disabled people.

The workshop will be facilitated by Umi Asaka of the Donald Beasley Institute, and will explore disability leadership, inclusive spaces, and practical steps to remove barriers—physical, communication, digital, cultural, and systemic. This is a great opportunity to be curious, reflect and learn how disability is intertwined with everyone's lives, and how accessible and inclusive spaces can be built. In this workshop,attendee will be encouraged to envision communities where difference is valued, participation is equitable, and every member can thrive.

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, see the conference webpage or sign-up page.

Te Tiriti Based futures + Anti-racism online conference runs over 6 days in March 2026. The conference is guided by the whakatauākī: Hei kanohi mataara, hei ringa whiti. Eyes wide open, ready for action. This open access event is free to all, both within Aotearoa New Zealand and further afield.

Register to attend over 25 webinars, a rangatahi and youth research day, and connect with the conference's 65+ partners and other attendees.

Topics include institutional racism and anti-racism, decolonisation, building Te Tiriti Based futures and constitutional transformation. Overseas presenters also discuss lessons for Aotearoa from their experiences with these issues.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: tiritifutures@gmail.com.

For more information and to register, see the conference webpage or sign-up page.

Te Tiriti Based futures + Anti-racism online conference runs over 6 days in March 2026. The conference is guided by the whakatauākī: Hei kanohi mataara, hei ringa whiti. Eyes wide open, ready for action. This open access event is free to all, both within Aotearoa New Zealand and further afield.

Register to attend over 25 webinars, a rangatahi and youth research day, and connect with the conference's 65+ partners and other attendees.

Topics include institutional racism and anti-racism, decolonisation, building Te Tiriti Based futures and constitutional transformation. Overseas presenters also discuss lessons for Aotearoa from their experiences with these issues.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: tiritifutures@gmail.com.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, please visit the official conference page.

PreventX is Australia’s leading conference on the prevention of family and gender-based violence, bringing together practitioners to reflect, connect and explore how storytelling can drive meaningful and lasting change. The theme for PreventX 2026 is: "What stories of impact are we seeing in our work? And how can we use storytelling to make our work possible?"

This conference is designed for anyone working to prevent family and gender-based violence who want to better understand and connect with prevention efforts.

The conference is an in-person event with an online component.

Please direct all questions to the organisers at prevention@safeandeuqal.org.au.

For more information and to register, please visit the official conference page.

PreventX is Australia’s leading conference on the prevention of family and gender-based violence, bringing together practitioners to reflect, connect and explore how storytelling can drive meaningful and lasting change. The theme for PreventX 2026 is: "What stories of impact are we seeing in our work? And how can we use storytelling to make our work possible?"

This conference is designed for anyone working to prevent family and gender-based violence who want to better understand and connect with prevention efforts.

The conference is an in-person event with an online component.

Please direct all questions to the organisers at prevention@safeandeuqal.org.au.