The Families Canada Events Calendar showcases upcoming national and regional events and activities of interest to professionals in the family support field.
Events Calendar
Executive Dialogue Pilot Program: Session 4 - Planning During a Pandemic: Navigating new financial and HR issues
Event Details
With provinces and territories loosening COVID-19-related restrictions, family support centres will soon be reopening. This will be a challenging exercise given the unprecedented circumstances. To promote Executive Director (ED) learning and exchange, Families
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Event Details
With provinces and territories loosening COVID-19-related restrictions, family support centres will soon be reopening. This will be a challenging exercise given the unprecedented circumstances. To promote Executive Director (ED) learning and exchange, Families Canada is offering an Executive Dialogue pilot program for EDs (or equivalent). The Executive Dialogue pilot program will offer:
- A forum for learning and sharing
- Navigational help for specific crisis and recovery management-related issues
Session Details and Registration
“Planning During a Pandemic: Navigating new financial and HR issues”
September 4th, 1pm, ET Register
Important Information
- Registrants need a Zoom account to participate. New to Zoom? Sign up free.
- Register at least one day before each session, to ensure time for your registration to be approved.
- Ensure the email you use to register for the webinar is the same email associated with your Zoom account.
- For the program pilot, EDs do not need to be Families Canada members or members in good standing. All EDs are welcome.
- Note: The intent is to pilot an Executive Dialogue program, which if successful will lead to a longer-term program in the future.
Time
(Friday) 1:00 pm
Event Details
!Families Canada and the National Family Support Network are hosting a webinar on the benefits of play and outdoor play. The webinar will introduce and promote the importance of play
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!Families Canada and the National Family Support Network are hosting a webinar on the benefits of play and outdoor play. The webinar will introduce and promote the importance of play in family support, particularly outdoor play. The webinar will feature a presentation from internationally renowned outdoor play expert Dr. Mariana Brussoni and introduce Families Canada’s programs and resources related to play.
Dr. Mariana Brussoni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and an investigator with the British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit. Dr. Brussoni conducts research on children’s outdoor and risky play, adult attitudes related to children’s risk taking and safety, and designing supportive outdoor play environments.
The webinar will cover:
· What is play and why is it important to children and their families?
· Positive and measurable effects of outdoor activities on educational performance and achievements, health, well-being, social and personal development
· Opportunities to connect children to nature in an urbanized world; How to use urban outdoor spaces as a resource for inspiring a more active lifestyle and to stimulate physical literacy
· Why outdoor play is even more important during COVID-19
*please note this webinar will be held in English
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Event Details
With support from the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and the Ottawa Community Foundation, we will be offering an online focus group (in English) to provide
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With support from the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and the Ottawa Community Foundation, we will be offering an online focus group (in English) to provide Ottawa-based family support centres with the opportunity to express their TVIA experiences and needs. This focus group will help us to tailor our upcoming training webinar to the specific TVIA needs of Ottawa-based family support centres. The focus group will be in English.
Learn more about our new TVIA initiative here
Time
(Tuesday) 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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