Course shows kids how to avoid and escape predators By BY ELYSE AMEND Since the disappearance of nine-year-old Trois Rivieres girl Cedrika Provencher one month ago, child abduction and its prevention have been on the minds of many. But what can parents do to prepare their children in the event a predator lures them into …
Teaching kids to be street smart Course shows kids how to avoid and escape predators by Elyse Amend August 30th 2007 Since the disappearance of nine-year-old Trois Rivieres girl Cedrika Provencher one month ago, child abduction and its prevention have been on the minds of many. But what can parents do to prepare their children in …
Kétra Pelletier: Courier Ahuntsic – May 1, 2001 Ce que maintient l’agent sociocommunautaire Georges Manoli Le constable Georges Manoli s’est toujours intéressé à la prévention des agressions. Il a mis sur pied un atelier avec simulations d’agression qui s’adressent aux femmes. Puis, on lui a demandé d’élaborer un atelier semblable touchant à la pédophilie. Après …
Claudine Mainville – Courrier Ahuntsic – April 18, 1999 Surpris par la reponse favorable de la population du quartier, les responsables des ateliers sur la securite personnelIe, ont dli prevoir des locaux dont la capacite permettait d’accueillir 250 personnes inscrites pour la session sur la prevention des agressions sexuelles pour les enfants, et 150 personnes …
FRANCOIS SENECAL-TREMBLAY JR.: Special to The Gazette – May 7, 1998 The final Street Safe Kids class ends. Diplomas are handed out to smiling children. Parents sigh in relief knowing that they can sleep in next weekend. Time for a recap. Violent criminal abductions of children by strangers make up less than one per cent …
FRANCOIS SENECAL-TREMBLAY JR. – Special to the Gazette – March 26, 1998 Merck Frosst, Pointe-Claire, Saturday: seven children between 6 and 9 are gathered, with U,eir parents. for a series of courses on streetproofmg themselves. « I had a child taken from me, » Street Safe Kids instructor Wendy Hunziker said, explaining why she is passionate about …
FRANCOIS SENECAL-TREMBLAY JR., Special to the Gazette January 29,1998 Georges Manoli, of Street Safe Kids, stood before some 50 employees of Merck Frosst Canada’s Pointe-Claire offices to give them a cold-shower lecture on pedophiles. He was invited by Linda Godin, co-ordinator of Health Services at Merck Frosst, because, as she said, « I can not think …
Parents-Secours Lachenaie: d`union March 9, 1997 Le 4 mars dernier, une vingtaine de personnes assistaient à l’assemblée générale annuelle de Parents-Secours Lachenaie, à l’école Bernard-Corbin. Le conseil d’administration a présenté un bilan de ses réalisations ainsi que quelques orientations pour le mandat à venir. À cet égard, monsieur Robert Dubreuil est revenu sur l’expérience des …
ELENA CHERNEY – THE GAZETTE – Novenber 3, 1994 At Beaconstield’s Ecole Primaire, first and second graders waiting for their lunchtime self-defence class cao reel off the police description of the « bad guy » who tried to abduct two local schoolgirls last month. « He smells like fish and he wears a long coat, » says Lydiane, 7. …
FREDERIC SERRE and CATHY KRAWCHUK – November 2, 1994 ln 1986, Devon Rice’ s three-year-old daughter was abducted by a stranger. After a two-monthlong search, the child was found alive and safe, bringing Rice’s nightmare to an end. As a result of the incident, Rice decided to fight back against crime. ln 1992, she travelled …