Kids Club and Mom’s Empowerment
The Beauséjour Family Crisis Resource Centre is collaborating with its research and community partners to implement and evaluate the evidence-based Kids' Club and Moms’ Empowerment programs for children aged 6 to 12 and their mothers who have been exposed to family violence.The project is reaching children and mothers from both Fredericton and Beauséjour regions, focussing particularly on rural francophone and newcomer communities. The project findings will be disseminated provincially to share best practices with the aim of increasing positive outcomes for child witnesses of family violence across New Brunswick.
Website: https://healingstartshere.ca
Community of Practice members:
Ginette Landry
Ginette Landry is a Program Coordinator at the Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre/Courage Centre located in Shediac, New Brunswick. She has worked in the research and development of a new Supervised Parenting Time Centre and is currently the Program Coordinator with the multi-year PHAC project called the Kids Club and Mom’s Empowerment program. This is a health promotion program for children ages 6-12 exposed to domestic violence in New Brunswick, and their moms
Before joining the Courage Centre in Feb 2022, Ginette worked for over 8 years with the Regional Health Authority in the Human Resources Dept, working as an Advisor and Recruitment Specialist. Prior to this she worked many years in the Education system in high schools and post-secondary education institutions. She specialized in “School to Work” programs such as Co-op and Apprenticeship programs.
She has a bachelors degree in psychology from Saint Thomas University and started her career as a Case Manager in Adult Protection with the Dept of Social Development
To contact Ginette, please email at KCMEProgramcordinator@gmail.com
Julie-Pier Montreuil
Julie-Pier Montreuil is a Kids Club and Mom Empowerment Facilitator with the Beausejour Family Crisis Ressource Center/ Courage Center located in Shediac, New Brunswick. She graduated with a major in psychology with a minor in criminology from the Université de Moncton in 2022 and is currently getting her masters in social work from the same University.
Before working with the center, Julie-Pier worked as a research assistant with a Neuropsychologist with the University and many youth programs through the YMCA in Moncton. She has a passion for working with women and youth, who experienced domestic violence and helping them gain the tools and skills they need to succeed.
