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Our Vision
Alberta is a leader in creating and mobilizing evidence to ensure the well-being of children.
Our Mission
To develop and integrate evidence to inform, identify and promote effective public policy and service delivery to improve the well-being of children, families and communities in Alberta,
Canada and internationally.
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In this issue...
- Join Dr. Laurence Kirmeyer to discuss mental health, suicide prevention and resilience among Indigenous youth
- Access two breakout sessions live from the 7 Cities Conference on Housing and Homelessness
- Attend the National Mentoring Symposium in Banff
- Join early childhood development experts at the Alberta Early Years Conference
- Don't miss Brain Development and the Impact of Technology - it's just around the corner on May 4
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Join Dr. Laurence Kirmayer at the
Mental Health Promotion, Suicide Prevention and Strengthening Resilience among Indigenous Youth Workshop
Monday, May 9, 2016
9 am to 4 pm
The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
is pleased to be hosting this workshop for community leaders and mental health workers, front-line service providers, academics and policy makers.
The following topics will be presented and discussed:
From Historical Trauma to Resilience
- Thinking about trauma and mental health in context: Perspectives form social and cultural psychiatry
- What does research suggest about the impact of historical, inter-generational trauma and structural violence on Indigenous child development and caregiver support, family dynamics, and community resilience?
- What are the causes of Indigenous youth suicide?
- What does existing research tell us about the sources of resilience and wellbeing for First Nations and Métis people who have dealt with trauma, and grief and loss?
- What are specific Indigenous approaches to individual, family and community-level resilience?
- What roles can culture, Indigenous knowledge and identity play in healing and resilience?
Implications for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion
- What are the implications of resilience research for mental health programs and services?
- What kinds of mental health services and mental health promotion programs can respond to the needs of Indigenous communities and populations?
- What are some promising practices for prevention, intervention, and postvention for First Nation and Metis youth suicide?
- What are some of the key suicide prevention programs or initiatives being used across the country in schools, communities and organizations?
- What program and services are available to support Aborigin al youth resiliency/suicide prevention?
- How can interventions be adapted to Indigenous contexts: The example of Listening to One Another to Grow Strong
In person space is limited.
Webcast space is unlimited.
There is no fee to attend.
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Access two breakout sessions live from the 7 Cities Conference on Housing First and Homelessness
The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research is pleased to provide stakeholders with two, live webcast breakout sessions from the 7 Cities Conference on Housing First and Homelessness on Thursday, May 5 beginning at 1:45 pm.
There is no charge to view either or both of these sessions via webcast. Watch from work, home, a coffee shop by yourself or with your team.
Sessions are:
Expanding Horizons: Collaboration and Integration Across Homelessness, Housing, and Health Sectors - 1:45 - 3 pm
Homeless-serving agencies, health, and housing systems (among others), play a role in collaboratively building a system of care that seamlessly supports people to access appropriate services and permanent, safe, and stable housing.
This session will explore integration as a concept, and how it is being articulated through various partnerships that have transcended traditional systemic boundaries and demonstrated successful outcomes in providing client-centred services to prevent people from becoming homeless, or to leave homelessness and achieve greater housing stability.
As facilitator, Sharon Blackwell will tie the panel presentations and discussion together through the Government of Alberta's work on Integrated Services Delivery, which reflects the GOA's commitment to transform the delivery of its programs and services to vulnerable populations, including those clients who require complex case management.
Comparative Showcase: City Case Management Group (Calgary) and Heavy System User Group (Edmonton)
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3:15 - 4:30 pm
Both collaborative projects involve the integration of health, corrections and social service providers for the highest system users in the respective cities. These initiatives are excellent examples of system integration and the street level.
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Come to Banff and be revitalized...fortified...energized.
Connect...network...share ideas with like-minded professionals.
Have your key program issues addressed by mentoring experts.
We're a group of agencies and organizations from across Canada.
Together, we're hosting the 2016 National Mentoring Symposium.
3 days
of sharing, dialogue, learning, practicing and growing.
4 keynotes
exploring, diving deep and going one step beyond.
6 researchers
from across Canada and the US whose work focuses on mentoring.
15 concurrent sessions
with 1001 ideas for you to think about, analyze and use.
20 organizations
to "speed date" with and discuss mentoring successes.
300+ Canadians
uniting, and making a difference in mentoring.
The registration fee includes:
- Three breakfasts, three lunches, and morning and afternoon breaks
- A catered opening evening reception
- Four keynote presentations, 15 concurrent sessions and 20 Cracker Barrel sessions
- Access to the Research Forum
- Networking opportunities with agency leaders, mentoring professionals, policy makers and the research community
- Delegate bag, free gifts
- Outstanding views (all meeting and guest rooms overlook Alberta's Rocky Mountains)
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE IS JUNE 6, 2016
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The information from neuroscience is informing and changing our practices in profound ways. As we continue to learn about brain development, how do parents, professionals and policy makers sift through all this information and discern what really matters in early childhood? How do we then take this knowledge and make informed decisions about our practices and policies? How as a community can we support each other to make the changes that really matter for our children?
In this two day conference, together we will explore what really matters for the young children in our lives.
The registration fee includes:
- Six keynote presentations
- Daily concurrent sessions
- Networking opportunities with agency leaders, early childhood professionals, policy makers and the research community
- Two buffet breakfasts, two buffet lunches, and morning and afternoon breaks each day
- Delegate bag, free gifts
Save $100 with the Early Bird
$349 until June 6, 2016
S
pecial Conference Rate for Students
$199
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Brain Development and the Impact of Technology
May 4, 2016 from 9 am to 11:30 am
You and your team are encouraged to participate together in person (Edmonton)
or via live webcast (anywhere). $50 per person. Group discounts available.
Overview
Technology is the fabric that clothes the hands, desks, and bedrooms of our children. While there is a growing literature on the use and effects of technology on the
development of school-age children and adolescents, less is known about how and why technology impacts the development of children under the age of five.
This presentation will focus on discussing the most recent theory and research related to critical periods of early brain development, how early technology use can positively and negatively impact brain development and function, and the implications for early childhood learning, emotion, and social development.
Discussion will focus on how parents, educators, and communities can positively
model and shape technology use and understanding during early childhood.
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