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Organized by: Woman Abuse Council of Toronto (WomanACT) — https://www.eventbrite.com/o/1715764866Join WomanACT in person for a powerful symposium focused on tackling technology-facilitated economic abuse.
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Technology is transforming how people manage money, access services, and connect with others. As financial services, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies continue to evolve, so too do the tactics used to control and exploit survivors. Addressing technology-facilitated economic abuse requires collaboration across sectors to ensure innovation strengthens—not compromises—survivor safety.
Join WomanACT on Thursday, November 26, 2026, for EASE in Action: Advancing Solutions to Technology-Facilitated Economic Abuse, a one-day symposium bringing together survivors, gender-based violence service providers, financial institutions, policymakers, researchers, technology leaders, privacy experts, and advocates to explore how digital financial systems can both enable and prevent abuse.
Held on Economic Abuse Awareness Day and during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, this timely symposium will focus on practical, cross-sector solutions that strengthen survivor safety and improve responses across financial, technology, and community systems.
Grounded in survivor-informed insights and research from the first phase of WomanACT's Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment (EASE) project, this symposium will translate emerging evidence into practical strategies for policy, practice, and collaboration.
Participants will:
Learn about emerging trends in technology-facilitated economic abuse.
Explore how AI, digital banking, online financial systems, and emerging technologies are changing survivor experiences.
Hear from leaders across the financial, technology, privacy, government, research, and gender-based violence sectors.
Discover innovative approaches to preventing economic abuse and strengthening survivor safety.
Build new cross-sector partnerships to advance coordinated responses.
Whether you work in violence prevention, banking, technology, research, policy, or survivor support, this symposium offers an opportunity to learn from experts, exchange ideas, and help shape safer financial and digital systems.
About the EASE Project
The symposium is part of WomanACT's Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment (EASE) project, which examines how emerging technologies, digital financial systems, and artificial intelligence are influencing economic abuse while identifying opportunities to strengthen prevention, policy, and survivor supports.
This project has been funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada's Women's Program.
Learn more about the EASE Project: https://womanact.ca/projects/ease-economic-abuse-support-empowerment/
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Holiday Inn Toronto Downtown Centre by IHG, 30 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2E9, CA, Canada
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