International Conference on Trauma: Theory and Practice ICTTP on September 23-24, 2026 in Vancouver, Canada

Public and Political Trauma
War and trauma, both past and present
Captivity and torture
Public disasters and trauma including environmental catastrophes
Disease, public health and trauma
Political trauma, silencing dissent/voicing dissent
Social trauma
Traumatic displacement and cultural uprooting
Inherited intergenerational trauma

Personal and Individual Trauma
Bereavement: parent; sibling; partner loss
Abandonment
Betrayal
Peer pressure and bullying
Murder and assault
Domestic violence
Child abuse and childhood trauma
Survivor guilt
Disability
Witnessing trauma and secondary trauma
Coping strategies – stress management and reduction

Diagnosing and Treating Trauma
Medical, therapeutic, and holistic approaches to trauma management
Vicarious traumatisation, secondary stress, and compassion fatigue
From person to survivor – perspectives of change

Theorising Trauma
Trauma and post colonialism
Memory
National identity
Trauma studies
Individual versus collective trauma
Socio-cultural perspectives on traumatic experience
Gender
The body from the inside and out
Psychic trauma

Representing Trauma
Affect, trauma, and art
Trauma on stage, screen, and in cyberspace
Traumatic expression
Media images: reality and fiction
Literature and poetry
Eyewitness testimony
Gaming and violence
New technologies
Reporting on trauma
Aesthetics and experience
Fear and horror
Otherness, spirituality, and trauma