RespectED in profile

*Guest blog by Red Crosser Melanie Goodchild-Southwind

Last week an excited and committed group gathered in an Aurora, Ontario hotel room for four days to get to know each other, eat some Thai food, share some laughs and receive some important training from the Canadian Red Cross’s RespectEd Program.  

Janice McCue

A total of ten trainees, including seven from various First Nation communities across Ontario, took the foundation course for RespectEd educators, “Preventing Child/Youth Maltreatment.” The group was also certified to deliver the "It’s Not Your Fault: Everyone Deserves to be Safe From Abuse and Violence" presentation to youth.   It’s Not Your Fault is a program that explores why abuse and neglect occur and where youth can go for help.

One of the First Nation participants was Janice McCue from Curve Lake First Nation Territory, near Peterborough, Ontario.  Janice is the Community Health Representative (CHR) in her community and has worked for her home community for the past fourteen years.  She took the RespectEd training to help build capacity in her community.  So let’s get to know Janice, shall we?

Why did you take the training? “I believe in the Canadian Red Cross initiatives. We have to deal with violence against youth, things like bullying and harassment.  Bullying is a serious issue – youth bullying other youth.”

How do you plan to apply your new knowledge? “I’m hoping to present this information to front-line workers at home, working as a team; we will decide how to approach the subject with our youth.”

Right on Janice!  And what about her hobbies -- what does Janice do to relax after an exhausting training session?  Well, Janice likes to cook, trying new recipes, and to golf.  She has a nineteen year old and a seventeen year old daughter, she’s been smoke-free for 8 years, her heroine is her grandmother and she’s a big fan of Rachael Ray

And now she’s a certified presenter, welcome to the Canadian Red Cross team Janice!

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