02/24/2026
Hey Parents! Check out this free webinar tomorrow for skilling up in supporting teens' healthy relationships in the tech-dating landscape.
Join us on Wednesday, February 25th, as the AVA Webinar Series presents ConnectED Parents: Lessons and Emerging Questions for Leveraging Technology to Empower Parents in Preventing Adolescent Dating Violence, featuring Lianne Lee and Sarah Winstanley from ConnectED Parents.
🗓️ Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
⏰ 12 – 1:30pm MST
In this webinar, Lianne Lee and Sarah Winstanley will present how ConnectED Parents combines evidence, innovation, and community engagement to support parents in fostering healthy youth relationships. They will outline the ConnectED Parents approach, present key research findings and practical lessons, and raise emerging questions about how technology is reshaping youth relationships and parent-focused prevention efforts.
Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of the ConnectED Parents model, ideas for using text messaging, peer support, and social environment approaches with parents, and new directions for research and collaboration to advance parent engagement in ADV prevention in a rapidly evolving digital world.
About the Speakers:
Lianne Lee (she/her; BEd, BA, MEd) is a researcher and program manager with 20 years of experience advancing equity and well-being for children, youth, and families. Her work spans program design, policy development, and applied research. She has led the multi-sectoral C.A.R.E. for Ethno-Cultural Children & Youth initiative, managed undergraduate programs at the University of Calgary’s Youth Leadership Centre, and contributed to Alberta’s domestic and sexual violence policy framework.
Sarah Winstanley (she/her; BSW, MSW) is a registered social worker, facilitator, and researcher with nearly 15 years of experience in youth leadership and healthy relationship programming using a gender-transformative lens. Her work addressing barriers between youth and caregivers led her to join ConnectED Parents in 2022, where she serves as Knowledge Dissemination Lead and Curriculum Developer.
Register today! www.avatraining.ca/webinars