youth and children generally

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The Registered Nurses Association (RNAO) in partnership with Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), Chiefs of Ontario (COO), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Shkaabe Makwa, the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA), and the Ontario First Nation Young Peoples Council (OFNYPC) invites you to join a webinar entitled "Connecting Culture, Land and Wellness to Indigenous Youth” featuring guest speaker Joseph Pitawanakwat

OPDI Call for Webinar Proposals

Do you have an idea for a webinar related to the field of Peer Support? Would you like to share your knowledge and experience on a particular topic?    Ontario Peer Development Initiative is proud to produce monthly webinars for our membership and the larger Peer Support Community, and we are currently inviting proposals for future webinars.    We welcome the creation of new webinars, as well as webinars developed from previous presentations and/or conference papers.

Youth and substance use: Examining engagement, equity, and motivational approaches in clinical practice

Presented by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute

Live webinar series dates: May 6, 13, 14 and 20, 2021 | Time: 1 to 4 p.m. (four half-day sessions)

Standing up to COVID-19: Effective stress-inoculation and resiliency-enhancing strategies to help prevent youth anxiety, depression, and self-destructive behaviours

Presented by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute

Live webinar May 7, 2021 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Check out SMHO's Student Mental Health Action Kit to access the lesson plans for early years through to secondary, including their new virtual field trip on stress management and coping, exploring the

I don't wanna talk about it: Working with hard-to-engage children and teens

Presented by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute

May 5, 2021 | Time: 9 a.m. to noon

Facilitated by: Best-selling author and one of Canada’s foremost presenters on childhood trauma, Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S

This training is suitable for:

Mental Health Professional: Psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers

Hope + Me - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario is seeking youth volunteers ages 15 to 25 to be part of the youth-oriented Peer Support Drop-in Group which will be held online every Saturday.

The role will require the volunteer to work on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.  The start date is Saturday, April 3, 2021. Applications will be accepted to March 28, 2021 (inclusive).  

PLEASE SEE OPPORTUNITY ATTACHMENT

Have you read the news lately and wondered what all this talk of Robinhood is about? Or maybe you've asked yourself if cryptocurrency can be used in an online casino, and if so how? Perhaps you've even wondered what happens to gambling debts during bankruptcy?

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: