Calendar Canada.Sept. 26-27: National Best Practice Conference: Seniors' Mental Health; Ottawa; Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health; [E] fmalach@baycrest.org Sept. 29-Oct. 1: National Conference: Social innovation at work for families; 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. ; Gatineau, Que; www.familyservicecanada.org Oct. 7-8: Program evaluation Program evaluation is a formalized approach to studying and assessing projects, policies and program and determining if they 'work'. Program evaluation is used in government and the private sector and it's taught in numerous universities. : Logic model; Toronto; 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, Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). ; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Oct. 14-15: Conference: Public Policy to Meet Women's Economic Security Needs; Vancouver; Community-University Research Alliance grant. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives--BC & the Women's Studies Dept. Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University, main campus at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1963, opened 1965. The Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver opened in 1989. ; www.sfu.ca/espconference2005 Oct. 16-19: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention; Ottawa; www.suicideprevention.ca Oct. 18-Oct. 22: Learn Crucial Verbal Intervention Skills and Prevent Crisis Situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Ottawa. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City. For more information, please call CPI (1) (Characters Per Inch) The measurement of the density of characters per inch on tape or paper. A printer's CPI button switches character pitch. (2) (Counts Per I at 1-800-588-8976, or visit www.crisisprevention.com Oct. 21-22: Intergovernmental Forum on Risk' Management; Ottawa; 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.conferenceboard.ca/ Oct. 21-23: Conference: Association for Research on Mothering; Toronto; www.yorku.ca/crm Oct. 22-23: Conference, Ontario Prader-Willi Syndrome Prader-Willi Syndrome Definition Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic condition caused by the absence of chromosomal material from chromosome 15. The genetic basis of PWS is complex. Association, Mississauga, ON [E] opwsa@allstream.net Oct. 23-27: World Conference on Prevention of Family Violence; Banff, AB; Child Welfare League of Canada The Child Welfare League of Canada, or CWLC, is a membership based national organization dedicated to promoting the well-being and protection of vulnerable young people. ; www.wcpfv2005.ca Oct. 25-28: Conference: International Society for Quality in Health Care; Vancouver; isqua@isqua.org Oct 26-28: International Conference on Urban Health; Toronto; [E] mserrano@nyam.org Oct. 26-29: Canadian Congress on Criminal Justice; Calgary; www.ccja-acip.ca Oct. 26-28: Indigenous people and child welfare; Niagara Falls; Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, the National Indian Child Welfare Association, the Child Welfare League of Canada and the Child Welfare League of America; [E] econciliation@cecw-cepb.ca Oct. 27-29: Scientific Meeting: Canadian Rural Health Research Society with the Canadian Society for Circumpolar cir·cum·po·lar adj. 1. Located or found in one of the Polar Regions. 2. Astronomy Denoting a star that from a given observer's latitude does not go below the horizon. Health; Quebec City; www.crhrs-scrsr.usask.ca/quebec2005 Oct. 27: Forum: Mental Health in the City; Toronto; George Brown College George Brown College (GBC) is a public, fully-accredited college of applied arts and technology with three full campuses in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Like many other colleges in Ontario, GBC was founded in 1967 by the government of Ontario. ; www.gbrownc.on.ca/mentalhealthinthecity Nov. 2-4: Annual Conference: Canadian Association for Community Living; Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. ; register@seatoskymeetings.com Nov. 3-5: Home Care Summit conference: Canadian Home Care Association; Banff, AB www.cdnhomecare.ca Nov. 4-5: Anti-oppressive workplace; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Nov. 4-5: Helping with dying and death; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education, www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Nov. 6-9: Symposium, Probation Officers Association of Ontario Kingston, Ontario; www.poao.org Nov. 13-15: First Nations research conference, Ottawa www.naho.ca Nov. 13-16: National Conference: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) is Canada's national addictions agency. Established in 1988, it is a government agency devoted to providing objective, evidence-based information and advice that will help reduce the health, social and economic harm associated with 2005; Markham, ON; www.ccsa.ca/pdf/ccsa-an nconfabstract-2005-e.pdf for info Nov. 15-19: Learn Crucial Verbal Intervention Skills and Prevent Crisis Situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Calgary. Crisis Prevention Institute in Toronto. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City. For more information, please call CPI at 1-800-588-8976, or visit www.crisisprevention.com Nov. 21-23: Opportunities Conference, Richmond Hill, ON ONSTeP6www.onestep.on.ca/opportunities Nov. 23-25: National Supported Employment Conference: Saskatoon; [E] conference@sarcan.sk.ca Nov. 29-30: Community Building; Waterloo; http://grebel. uwaterloo.ca/certificate www.cagacg.ca/english.conferences/conferences.htm Dec. 6-10: Learn Crucial Verbal Intervention Skills and Prevent Crisis Situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Calgary. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City. For more information, please call CPI at 1-800-588-8976, or visit www.crisisprevention.com Dec. 13-17: Learn Crucial Verbal Intervention Skills and Prevent Crisis Situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Winnipeg. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City. For more information, please call CPI at 1-800-588-8976, or visit www.crisisprevention.com Dec. 19-23: Learn Crucial Verbal Intervention Skills and Prevent Crisis Situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Vancouver. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City. For more information, please call CPI at 1-800-588-8976, or visit www.crisisprevention.com 2006 Feb. 2-3: Early Years Conference: UBC UBC Uniform Building Code UBC University of British Columbia UBC Union of the Baltic Cities UBC United Brotherhood of Carpenters UBC Universal Battery Charger UBC Union of Baltic Cities UBC Universal Bibliographic Control UBC Used Beverage Cans Interprofessional Continuing Education; Vancouver; [E] ipinfo@interchange.ubc.ca Feb. 3-4: Theory and practice of mindfulness meditation; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Feb. 24-25: Building a fund-rasing program; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Mar. 3-4: Fundamentals of mindfulness groups; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Mar. 15-18: National Conference on Community Economic Development and the Social Economy, www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/ Mar. 17-18: Same sex parenting; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Mar. 18: Parenting Capacity Assessment, Steinhauer guidelines; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education, www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Mar. 18: Negative attitudes and difficult people; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Apr. 7-8: Mindfulness-based clinical groups; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Apr. 8: Parenting Capacity Assessment Report; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Apr. 28-29: Play therapy; Toronto; University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Apr. 30-May 4: International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Vancouver, www.harmreduction2006.ca May 2-6: International Conference for Social inclusion Summit: Montreal; www.aamr.org May 4-6: Conference on Late Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) describes a continuum of permanent birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy, which includes, but is not limited to Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). ; Vancouver, BC; [E] ipconf@interchange.ubc.ca June 1-3: Maternal Child Youth Conference; UBC Interprofessional Continuing Education; Vancouver. June 9-10: Treating Social Phobia--CBT; Toronto;, University of Toronto Continuing Education; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca June 17-20: National Social Work Conference: Halifax; Canadian Association of Social Workers and Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers; www.nsasw.org June 19-23: World Urban Forum, Vancouver, Canada Housing & Mortgage Corportation and UN-Habitat [E] chic@cmhc-schl.gc.ca July 4-8: Conference: Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada The Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada (AVLIC) is a professional association which represents interpreters in Canada whose working languages are English and American Sign Language (ASL). , Toronto, [E] amberbrennan@rogers.com Sept: 22-25: Congress international francophone de geriatrie et gerontologie; La Societe quebecoise de geriatrie; Quebec City, Quebec; Email: sqgeriatrie@interlinx.qc.ca Sept. 29-30: International Elder Care Conference; Toronto; Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Centre for Professional Nursing Excellence; [E] vmooney@RNAO RNAO Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (Canada) .org Oct. 19-22: Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. ; Quebec City, Quebec; www.cagacg.ca/english/420_e.php |
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