Calendar Canada.Aug. 28-31: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. ; Winnipeg; Call 1-800-558-8976 or register online at www.crisisprevention.com Sept. 12-15: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention; Vancouver; Call 1-800-558-8976 or register online at www.crisisprevention.com Sept. 12-15: Psychosocial Rehabilitation Readaptation Psychosociale Canada; Conference; Kingston, Ontario Kingston, Ontario, is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin. Kingston is the county seat of Frontenac County. ; www.psrrpscanada.ca. Sept. 17-19: Conference: Canadian Association for Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract and Policy Research and Canadian Health Services Research Health services research is the multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect access to health care, the quality and cost of health care, Foundation; Vancouver; www.chsrf.ca Sept. 20-22: International Conference: Priorities in Health Care; International Society on Priorities in Health Care; Toronto; www.healthcarepriorities.org Sept. 21-25: Physical Activity for Public Health; Collingwood, ON; www.active2010.ca Sept. 26-29: International Congress on Care of the Terminally III; Montreal; Departments of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University McGill University, at Montreal, Que., Canada; coeducational; chartered 1821, opened 1829. It was named for James McGill, who left a bequest to establish it. Its real development dates from 1855 when John W. Dawson became principal. ; www.pal2006.com Sept. 28-29: Conference; Family Service Canada Service Canada is part of a Government of Canada-wide service transformation initiative aimed at responding to Canadians' expressed desire for better, more responsive, less cluttered service from Canadian governments. ; Winnipeg; www.familyservicecanada.org Sept. 28-29: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT (pronounced "act" not "ay see tee"), is a branch of cognitive-behavioral therapy, an empirically based psychological intervention, that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to (ACT); Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Sept. 29-30: Conference: Structural social work theory and practice; Ryerson University History In 1852 at the core of the main campus, the historic St. James Square, Egerton Ryerson founded Ontario's first teacher training facility, the Toronto Normal School. School of Social Work; Toronto; elizabeth_whitmore@carleton.ca Sept. 29-30: Conference: International elder care; Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Centre for Professional Nursing Excellence; Toronto; [E] vmooney@RNAO RNAO Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (Canada) .org Oct. 10-11: Colloque international du Centre international de criminologie comparee; Montreal; bacherl@crim.umontreal.ca Oct. 11-13: Justice Ontario Conference and Annual Meeting; Huntsville; www.youthjusticeontario.ca Oct. 13: Cancer Is a Word, Not a Sentence: What Helping Professionals Need to Know; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 13-14: Program Evaluation-Logic Model, Social Work; Un. of Toronto; www.socialwork, utoronto.ca Oct. 15-18: Annual Meeting; Canadian Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Health Centres; Vancouver; www.caphc.org Oct. 15-19: Conference: Canadian Society for International Health; Ottawa; www.csih.org Oct. 16-17: Emotions, Wiring, and the Brain/Body Connection; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 16-17: Emotions, Wiring, and the Brain/Body Connection; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 17-20: International Child and Youth Care Conference; Montreal; www.icycc2006.com OCt. 17-20: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Halifax; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Oct. 19-20: Corporate Social Responsibility Conference; Calgary; Conference Board of Canada The Conference Board of Canada is a not-for-profit Canadian organization dedicated to researching and analyzing economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues. ; www.con ferenceboard.ca Oct. 19-20: New Understandings of Grief: Current Theoretical Perspectives and Innovative Intervention Techniques; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 20-21: Conference: Social Justice In Social Work Education and Practice; Victoria; Univ. of Victoria, School of Social Work; www.socialwork.uvic.ca Oct. 22-24: International Conference: Violence Against Women; Montreal; Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women; www.criviff.qc.ca Oct. 23-24: Crossing the Threshold: Risk, Engagement, and Wholeness; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 25-27: Autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. 2006--Geneva Centre for Autism International Symposium; Toronto, Canada; Topics include bio-medical and neurobiological neu·ro·bi·ol·o·gy n. The biological study of the nervous system or any part of it. neu  ro·bi research, IBI See Information Builders. , Asperger's Disorder, and more. Speakers from Canada, U.S., England and Australia. Registration: Ginny Kontosic at symposium@autism.net (416) 322-7877x516 or visit www.autism.net. Oct. 25-27: Conference: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through proactive preventive measures. ; Toronto; www.suicideconference2006.ca Oct. 25-27: Conference: Ontario Public Health Association; Nav Canada NAV CANADA is a privately run, non-profit organization that operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS) and employs approximately 2,000 air traffic controllers (ATCs), 800 flight service specialists (FSSs) and 700 Technologists. Conference Centre; Cornwall; www.opha.on.ca Oct. 26-27: Internal Family Systems Therapy; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 26-28: Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. ; Quebec City, Quebec; www.cagacg.ca Oct. 26-28: Conference: Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare--International Perspective; Niagara Falls, ON; Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, et al; pam.gough@utoronto.ca Oct. 27-28: Conference: Health policies and practices; Vancouver, British Columbia; Association of Social Workers; www.bcasw.org Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Mental Health Research Showcase; Banff, AB; Alberta Mental Health Board and BC Mental Health and Addictions; www.amhb.ab.ca Nov. 2-3: Dimensions of Suicide; Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council; www.thesu pportnetwork.com Nov. 2-3: Non-verbal Learning Disabilities: Issues in Assessment, Diagnosis and Management; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 3-4: End of Life Interventions, Social Work; Un. of Toronto; www.socialwork, utoronto.ca Nov. 5-8: Conference: Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada; Ottawa; www.cdpac.ca Nov. 5-8: Annual Conference: Making Gains in Mental Health and Addictions; Toronto; www.ontario.cmha.ca Nov. 6-7: Working with Hard-to-Reach Adolescents; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 6-8: National Conference: Alzheimer Society of Canada; Toronto; www.alzheimer.ca/english Nov. 6, 13, 20 & 27: Mindfulness for Clinicians; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 9-10: Brain Functioning and Psychopatholgy; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 9-11: International Multidisciplinary Conference on Spirituality and Health; Vancouver; www.interprofessional.ubc.ca Nov. 11-12: Ontario Adoption Conference; Toronto; Adoption Council of Ontario; www.adoption.on.ca Nov. 12-14: International Conference on Interpersonal Psychotherapy interpersonal psychotherapy Psychiatry A semistructured treatment in which the Pt is educated about depression and depressive Sx, and the Pt's relation to the environment, especially social functioning; unlike traditional psychotherapy, IP focuses on the present ; Toronto; www.cme.utoronto.ca Nov. 12-15: Global Microcredit microcredit, the extension to poor individuals of small loans to be used for income-generating activities that will improve the borrowers' living standards. The loans, which may be as little as $20 for very poor borrowers in some developing countries, typically are Summit; Halifax; www.globalmicrocreditsummit2006.org Nov. 13-14: Leadership from the Inside Out: Core Skills for Managers; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 13-16: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City (Sainte-Foy); taught in french; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Nov. 14-17: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Toronto; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Nov. 15-18: Nursing Research Conference: Victoria; www.Confmanager.Com Nov. 16-17: Seminar: Working With Impossible Clients; Moncton, NB; fsmoncton@rogers.com Nov 16-17: Mental health recovery conference: Toronto; Community Resource Connections and the Family Outreach and Response; www.crct.org/events Nov. 16-17: Principles of Trauma Treatment; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 17-19: Justice Committee Conference: Strathcona County Youth Justice Committee and Alberta Solicitor General An officer of the U.S. Justice Department who represents the federal government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The solicitor general is charged with representing the Executive Branch of the U.S. government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. and Public Security www.solgen.gov.ab.ca/events Nov. 18: Social Work in Gerontology, Social Work; Un. of Toronto; www.socialwork, utoronto.ca Nov. 19-21: Conference: Diverse Voices: Family Violence; Edmonton; www.diverse-voices.com Nov. 19-22: World Forum on child welfare; Vancouver; International Forum for Child Welfare, www.worldforum2006.ca Nov. 20: Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children and Children of Divorce; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 23-24: Conference: Acquired Brain Injury A neurological condition, Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is damage to the brain acquired after birth. It usually affects cognitive, physical, emotional, social or independent functioning and can result from traumatic brain injury (i.e. accidents, falls, assaults, etc. Network; Toronto; www.abinetwork.ca Nov. 24: Facilitating Group Therapy; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 27-28: Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 30: The Secrets of Excellent Communication: How to Be a (More) Brilliant Communicator; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Dec. 5-8: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Edmonton; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 12-15: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Ottawa; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 18-21: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Winnipeg; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 18-21: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Vancouver; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Highlight your conference or workshop and include up to 40 words. Contact us for information. www.communityaction.ca receives visitors from more than 25 countries each month. |
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