2018 Healthy Communities Conference: Wednesday Conference
Event Start Date: 5/9/2018 8:00 AM
Event End Date: 5/9/2018 4:00 PM
*ALL SESSIONS SOLD OUT
Creating Partnerships for Wellbeing will bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and adult community members, advocates, and leadersrepresenting various organizations from across Grey and Bruce Counties to share in learning about Indigenous health equity. Through presentations by invited speakers and facilitated discussions, participants will explore topics related to cultural safety and humility, local historical context, reconciliation, community development, and much more.
Date: Tuesday May 8th
Location: Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Conference - Christie Hare Room #1
Registration: Registration information included - Roots of Tolerance Information - Session full
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Date: Wednesday May 9th
Location: Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Conference, Owen Sound
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: $80 ($70.80 + $9.20 HST)
Concurrent Sessions: Choose From 1) Trauma-Informed Practice Workshop or 2) World Cafe: Youth, Community, Leadership 3) Traditional/Spiritual Healers (See details below)
Conference Scholarship (No-Cost Registration)
To ensure that cost is not a barrier to attendance, no-cost registration will be available to anyone who needs it. The conference planning committee hopes that anyone interested in the conference who would find the cost a barrier will use this option.
You do not need to apply for a scholarship space. On the registration page, simply select the Student/Speaker/Sponsored option.
If you register as a student/speaker/sponsor and are ultimately unable to attend, please let us know by e-mailing Heather Smith at h.smith@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca.
Conference Speaker Information
Contact: Heather Smith - h.smith@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca
Get one, give one. All conference registrants will have the opportunity to sponsor the registration of a youth or adult community member who might otherwise not have the financial resources to attend. Simply select ‘Sponsor a Registration’ when selecting the days that you would like to attend, and $80 will be added to your purchase. Together, we can ensure that this conference can be enjoyed by all interested community members.
The World Café section of the conference program will be among the most significant opportunities for participants to engage with one another. In this one-hour session, individual participants will rotate between topic stations. Table hosts (i.e. those named in the above program) will facilitate discussion about topics or issues in which they have expertise. Each participant will engage in 4 topic-focused discussions with new conversation partners at each table. The World Café will be an opportunity for the exchange of ideas between individuals of different cultural backgrounds, generations, and lived experiences. As this session will take place in the latter half of the event, participants will be also able to apply much of their prior learning.
Topics include: Language, the environment, youth justice, mental health and addictions, leadership, entrepreneurship, and cultural expression.
The Trauma-Informed Practice workshop session will be hosted by Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC). This session is intended for (1) frontline service providers in both heath and social services, as well as their direct supervisors and administrative supports, and (2) members of the community-at-large who volunteer or interact with individuals who have experienced trauma.
Trauma-informed practice (TIP) is a responsive, strengths-based approach to service provision and care. TIP is an emerging practice rooted in a framework of understanding, recognizing, and responding to the myriad effects of all types of trauma.
A Conversation with Traditional and Spiritual Healers
Traditional healing refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating Indigenous healing and wellness while using ceremonies, medicines, energetic therapies; or physical/hands on techniques. Traditional healing and spiritual work are crucial to wholistic well-being. This session will provide an introduction to various forms of healing and their value in a fostering healthy communities.
Presenters: Trish Meekins, Trish Monague, Shirley John
Confidentiality Policy – I agree to have my contact information included on the list of participants which will be distributed to all conference participants
I hereby grant permission to Grey Bruce Health Unit and its representatives to take photographs or videos of me and to make recordings of my voice at the event identified in this registration. I further grant to Grey Bruce Health Unit and its representatives the right to reproduce, use, exhibit, display, and distribute and create derivative works of these images and recordings for administrative, educational or research purposes. I acknowledge that Grey Bruce Health Unit owns all rights to the images and recordings.
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