15th Annual Transforming Trauma Into Triumph Conference
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Humber College Lake Shore Campus
The one-day conference hosted speakers with lived experience and professionals in various fields, including psychotherapy, social work, film, poetry, education, law enforcement, and journalism. Conference participants range in backgrounds, from survivors of childhood sexual abuse to post-secondary students, social service professionals, police officers, and community members joining to learn how they can better interact with and support those traumatized by childhood sexual abuse.
Read the event report -> 2025 Conference Summary Report Transforming Trauma Conference
The Objectives of the Event:
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- Increased awareness of the impact of childhood sexual abuse, the resiliency of survivors,
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- Increased knowledge of available services in the communities that support CSA survivors.
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- Knowledge sharing and dissemination of wide-ranging viewpoints from victimization to criminal justice to healing and recovery from trauma.
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- Collaboration between psychotherapists, mental health practitioners, victims of human trafficking, and those who have experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse sharing their healing journeys.
Why this event?
1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys will be sexually assaulted at some time in their lives. The Gatehouse is a leader in the field of addressing childhood sexual abuse trauma.
Survivors of sexual abuse are in desperate need of our support and services, and we rely on the generosity of individuals and businesses to fund and expand our programs. Survivors learn to regain their voice in peer support settings, which facilitate positive coping techniques to address the anxiety, nightmares, and depression resulting from childhood sexual abuse.
This conference would not be possible without the collective effort of many. To our wonderful guest speakers and the dedicated Gatehouse staff, thank you for your passion and commitment. To our placement students, thank you for your hard work in helping set up and support today’s event—your contributions do not go unnoticed.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to Erin Alexandra and Jasmine Lem for your wonderful efforts in helping with this event. Your vision, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence have helped bring this meaningful gathering to life. Thank you to Paula Cordeiro, Karen MacKeigan, Stewart Thompson, and our summer students who helped make this event a wonderful success including: Omid Ghafari, Hannah Rossi, Chi Yan Kwong, Avnie Agnihotri, Martha Sandoval, Nathalie Cousineau, Douglas Andrade, Riya Macwan, Stella Sarfo, Sreelakshmi Nadarajan, Sakshi Krishna, and Anna Antonova. Thank you to Humber College and your wonderful staff, Sonia Rodrigues, who helped coordinate the booking of space, and Katie Evans, Manager, Campus Dining & Retail Services and all catering staff.
Questions?
Contact: Erin Alexandra, erin@thegatehouse.org, Communications Assistant, The Gatehouse
