Target Audience: Public Health Professionals, Human and Animal Service Providers

Duration:  35 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 0.5 Category 1 Credits for CHES (no continuing competency credits)

Format:  Podcast, Self-Study

Recorded: 2/17/2023

Hosted by:  Allison Root, DrPH, MS, RDN, MCHES®

Guest Bios:

Steve Farley is a proven leader who served Tucson for twelve years at the Arizona State Legislator and as the longtime owner of Stephen Farley Design.  During his time at the Capital, Steve was named Humane Legislator of the Year several times, including for his successful effort to ban the cruelty of greyhound racing in Arizona.  Steve also spent three years as a volunteer animal behaviorist at the San Francisco SPCA where he worked gentling hard-case shelter dogs to make them more adoptable and worked their national behavior hotline to help foster parents solve their animals’ behavior problems.

Crystal Giesbrecht is the Director of Research and Communications at the Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS), the member association for domestic violence shelters and counselling centres. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina and a member of the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability’s (CFOJA) Expert Advisory Panel. Crystal’s work at PATHS includes educating professionals and the public on best practices for supporting survivors of intimate partner violence and conducting research relating to intimate partner violence. She has conducted research in Saskatchewan on the connection between intimate partner violence, animal maltreatment, and barriers to safety for survivors who care for animals.

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest.