Kevin Vowles

Kevin Vowles

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Kevin Vowles is a healthy relationships/violence prevention program delivery specialist, and program creator. He has a combined fourteen years of experience as an educational practitioner working with youth, communities, and disenfranchised members of society around issues of social justice, education, health promotion and violence prevention. Kevin has worked in Africa, Toronto and British Columbia.  

 

As a Master’s student at Royal Roads University, his specific research areas of interest include: child and youth participation, youth participatory action research, theories of aggression and hyper-masculinity as they relate to cyberbullying, youth exposure to pornography and corresponding sexualized violence increases, leadership, sustainable community development, and effective violence prevention education. He is presently finishing a Master’s research project examining levels of violence in the social lives of youth on Salt Spring Island. Kevin plans to start a PhD program in 2016, to examine the emotional reasons why adolescents are accessing pornography, and develop a comprehensive educational intervention.

 

Kevin has recently created a peer support program at Royal Roads University for Students Against Violence, focusing on Gender-Based Violence, and is on UNICEF rosters to do freelance writing and reporting in South Sudan, and educational consulting on violence prevention education in Central and Eastern Europe. Kevin has created and facilitated violence prevention professional development for the BC Teacher’s Federation, and has gone on to train trainers in this process. He is a public speaker, writer, facilitator and a feminist.

Manner-Man

Manner-Man

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<p>&quot;I am strong, and my flash is bright, And I will defend you and make things all right.&quot; These are the magic words to call upon Manner-Man - a superhero who can help control bullies and teach children ways to be considerate of others. Manner-Man arrives, shouting &quot;To the Rescue&quot;, helping children learn about sharing and warning about not 'hitting with words.' He teaches that if someone starts pushing, just shout out &quot;not nice!&quot; Meet the children who form the Manner-Man team and find out how to join! Manner-Man incorporates messages and characters found within some of Cannon's earlier books - helping children learn how to cope with bullies and look within themselves for their inner superhero! This is the fifth rhyming children's book by this award-winning author whose other bestselling books include Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won a dozen awards for her four previous rhyming books and is also the author of six published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called &quot;a modern day Dr.Seuss&quot; - GMTA Review. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>

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