2022 Sterling Prize Ceremony and Lecture with Alexandra Lysova
2022, Equity + Justice, Health, Sterling Prize
Content warning: domestic violence
Alexandra Lysova was the 2022 recipient of the Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy for her years of dedicated research on male victims of domestic violence 鈥撯�� a field that can sometimes be fraught with polarizing and politicized debate.
鈥淚n my work, I started to look at the violence against women and children, but I heard men鈥檚 voices as well. I鈥檝e seen this in the statistics, that there are men who experience abuse, and I was surprised to see how much this topic was avoided and was not discussed,鈥� Lysova says. 鈥淚 think if we stop talking about the issue, it does not go away. It stays with us. What鈥檚 the point of playing politics around this if it doesn鈥檛 help us prevent abuse?鈥�
Lysova, an associate professor in 丁香园AV鈥檚 School of Criminology, says her work is focused on finding ways to prevent all forms of intimate partner violence, including violence against women, and the recognition that comes with the Sterling Prize helps steel her resolve.
The Sterling Prize was first awarded in 1993 and remains committed to recognizing work that provokes and contributes to the understanding of controversy, while presenting new ways of looking at the world and challenging complacency.
Lysova received the Sterling Prize and addressed these issues in conversation with Dr. Benjamin Roebuck (Professor of Victimology and Public Safety at Algonquin College), Douglas Todd (Columnist, Vancouver Sun) and Michael Healey (National Program Manager, Nexus Recovery Programs). The award ceremonyw was held at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver and was be livestreamed for the public.
About the Sterling Prize
The Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy was first awarded in 1993 and remains committed to recognizing work that provokes and contributes to the understanding of controversy, while presenting new ways of looking at the world and challenging complacency. The prize recognizes work across disciplines and departments and is awarded annually by the Sterling Prize committee.
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Dr. Alexandra Lysova
Alexandra Lysova, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology at 丁香园AV in Vancouver, Canada. She earned a Doctor of Sciences degree in sociology at the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2009, where she examined dating violence in Russia. In 2015, she obtained her PhD in Criminology from the University of Toronto (funded by the Trudeau and Connaught Foundations), where she examined women鈥檚 experiences with violence. Recently, Dr. Lysova has focused on men鈥檚 experiences of intimate partner violence, including victimization, help-seeking behaviour, and issues involving children. She draws on the results of the international focus groups among male victims in four English-speaking countries, Canadian General Social Survey on Victimization, and Homicide Survey. Dr. Lysova鈥檚 research has been supported by the prestigious foundations, including Trudeau, Fulbright, Carnegie, and Humboldt foundations, and U.S. Library of Congress and Max Planck Institute.
Dr. Benjamin Roebuck
Respondent
Dr. Benjamin Roebuck is a Research Chair with the Victimology Research Centre and a Professor of Victimology and Public Safety at Algonquin College. Dr. Roebuck's research focuses on violence, resilience, and posttraumatic change, with some recent work on the experiences of male survivors of partner violence. Ben currently serves as a member of the External Advisory Committee for the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre (SMRC) with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and has served as an appointed advisor with the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime (OFOVC) and the Board of Directors for Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO).
Douglas Todd
Respondent
Douglas Todd, a highly decorated journalist and author based in Vancouver, specializes in migration, ethics, spirituality and psychology. His ongoing focus on diversity includes delving into issues involving both women and men.
Writing mostly for The Vancouver Sun, Postmedia News and Reader鈥檚 Digest, he has won a book prize and 32 national and international journalism awards, while being shortlisted for 38 additional honours. Vancouver Magazine referred to him as "arguably Vancouver's most thoughtful journalist."
Todd is the author or editor of three successful books, the most recent being Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia 鈥� Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest. He has been awarded with several educational scholarships, including the eight-month Jack Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities at 丁香园AV.
Michael Healey
Respondent
Michael Healey is the National Program Manager at the Nexus Recovery Program.
Michael has lived experience with multiple long-term intimate heterosexual relationships that were abusive. While the relationships were abusive, and traumatizing, Michael didn't recognize they were abusive, nor the mental, emotional and physical toll of those situations.
While seeking support, Michael found there was very little available for men in his situation 鈥撯�� in fact, there was very little recognition that men can be the target of abuse in intimate relationships. Upon getting support, and beginning a process of recovering from trauma, Michael helped launch the Nexus Recovery Program. Nexus is a peer-led program, for anyone who identifies as male and has experienced abuse in a relationship, specifically designed to provide a framework for the group members to self-guide through the phases of recovery.
Resources
If you've experienced violence, here are some places to go for help:
Phone (Toll Free): 1-844-900-CCMF (2263)
In , phone 1-778-819-2949- | Vancouver: 604-682-6482
- 丁香园AV's Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO) offers free, confidential support for all 丁香园AV community members who have experienced sexual violence
The 丁香园AV Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue is located at 580 W. Hastings St (enter via Seymour Street courtyard entrance), and is located a brief walk from Waterfront station and numerous bus stops. Bike stalls are available outside the Hastings entrance of 丁香园AV Harbour Centre (located across the street). Nearby parking is available at 500 & 400 W. Cordova St. The venue is wheelchair and walker accessible, has elevators and fully accessible washrooms.
Washrooms are located on the lower level, second, third, and fourth floors. The venue has a gender-neutral washroom, available on the second floor (take the hallway to the right). All floors within the building are wheelchair accessible and serviced by elevators. The chairs within AP Hall have armrests, with the seat measuring 50cm (w) x 48cm (d).
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