youth and children generally

Impacts, Experiences and Coping with Everyday Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Family Mental Health and Well-being

Presented by the Family & Child Health Initiative
Mon, Mar 22, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Experts agree that not only has human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation become a major issue within Canada, but there have been few attempts to address this issue. Labeled one of the “fastest growing crimes in the province,” (Toronto Star, 2015), domestic sex trafficking has taken hold in Ontario recently and has become a hub for major trafficking routes (Gabrielle et al., 2014).

For those who attended the 'Teens and Smartphones'  webinar on March 10, I have posted a link to the recording and answers to Q&A we weren't able to get to in the session, below in our GGTU subgroup:

https://www.eenetconnect.ca/g/...eens-and-smartphones

Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event so successful!

Register today for our Brighter Days Program which was developed by Indigenous experts! The program empowers First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth with skills, tools and resources to support their well-being!

Presented by the Canadian Paediatric Society, this webinar features Dr. Nicholas Chadi, paediatrician and clinician investigator specializing in adolescent and addiction medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal. Dr. Chadi is principal author of the new CPS guidance document on vaping.

Target audience: Paediatricians, family physicians, nurses/nurse practitioners, social workers, youth justice workers, school staff.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss the short- and long-term health effects of e- cigarettes and vaping among youth

Workshop Description

In this webinar, attendees will hear from Lisa Robinson who is a Grief Therapist with Andrea Warnick Consulting. This webinar will explore the pandemic through the lens of grief. Participants will leave this webinar with a greater understanding of grief as an individual and collective experience and how it shows up across ages and stages in life. Additionally, practical ways that you and those you care about can actively address and process grief will be presented.

In this webinar, attendees will hear from selected panelists from the Children & Youth Mental Health Services realm as they discuss the following questions:

Our bi-weekly Saturday Peer Mental Health Support groups (Rising Together) seek to improve  or support the overall mental well-being of youth through empathetic, holistic and healing-centered conversation. Our groups adopt a person-centered approach to navigating through the circumstances and things that impact our mental health.

We are almost a year into the worldwide pandemic and the fatigue of this life is definitely settling in or has settled for too long! This year has provided a time of reflection and a personal exploration of what is important, what is not so important and maybe even, what is not important anymore. For young people, this world has thrust them into a new way of living - in ways that are quite counter to the instincts for the developmental age.

We are starting a new 8-week virtual Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Course for Youth, with the First Class on Monday, March 8th @ 6:30PM.

Since starting this program in a virtual format in September 2020, the feedback from participants has been very positive, the youth who have completed the program reported improvement in their overall wellbeing, improvement in their mental health, a better handle on the stressors in their lives, and a greater overall ability to cope with difficult situations.

Are video games like Candy Crush gambling? How do video games promote gambling among youth? What is a Freemium Model game?

All these questions and more will be discussed in this free webinar being conducted by the YMCA of Greater Toronto's Youth Gambling Awareness Program.

Game-Bling is an interactive webinar designed for service providers and parents of youth, during which we will explore the dangers of the blurred lines between gaming and gambling and provide tools to understand and support youth.

YouthREX has partnered with Strides Toronto and Central Toronto Youth Services on a new online certificate that can support Ontario’s youth sector with this important work.

Centering Black Youth Wellbeing: A Certificate on Combatting Anti-Black Racism will provide the Ontario youth sector with the foundational knowledge to cultivate practices, policies and alliances that challenge, disrupt and combat systematic anti-Black racism.

Join us in a conversation about Ontario’s Child Welfare Redesign Strategy released in July 2020. This conversation will feature a presentation by David Remington, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services.

Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada presents:  How Nature Benefits Kids and Youth

In the last ten years, there's been a deluge of evidence which shows the strong connection between Nature and Stress some of which may surprise you. In this webinar, we will explore the findings from studies done all over the planet, from outdoor settings to the effect of having plants in your bedroom.

Expert Panelist: Dr. Robin Alter

You’re invited for our next educational webinar:

Our Youth in Need: Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment for Young Canadians

With Richa Sharma MHA MACP CHE RP(c), Manager Special Program Initiatives, Bellwood Health Services

Do you work with young people? Do you have a trusting relationship with the youth you work with? Then, you are the best person to talk with youth about cannabis!

Do you work with/support young people?