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2022 Conference Schedule 
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REGISTRATION CLOSED 2022 Healthy Schools Conference Reconnecting... May 24th and May 25th 2022 Delta London Armouries, 325 Dundas St. London, Ontario Note: the 2022 Conference will be conducted in-person and all COVID-19 public health protocols will apply, such as the use of face masks, social distancing, vaccine verification, and COVID-19 screening. KEYNOTE Dr. Jean Clinton Child Psychiatrist & Researcher, McMaster University Reconnecting our Children is Essential Dr. Clinton will speak to the power of connections for our children and youth and the effect that trauma can have on their brains. The impact of trauma affects learning, memory, and behaviours. Dr. Clinton will help participants understand why these behaviours occur and strategies to support the child in rewiring their brain. |
KEYNOTE
Dennis Windego
Psychotherapist Cree Board of Health; Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB)
Decolonizing Psychotherapy
Dennis will speak about trauma – historical, personal, the journeying within, and living a trauma-informed life. Dennis is a survivor of residential school, drug and alcohol abuse and family violence.
It is with this knowledge and his personal healing journey that has made him the admirable therapist, activist and teacher that he is today and the reason he can relate so personally with people.
Dennis Windego is from the traditional lands of the Anishinabeg community of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation in northwestern Ontario. His Anishinabeg name is Zoongwebines, and he is a member of the Lynx clan. Dennis follows the teachings of his late father which guides his decolonizing approach to mental health, addictions, grief, and healing of trauma. He holds an MSW from Laurentian University. He also graduated from the community based, BSW (Hons) program through Seven Generations and Carleton University.
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Professor & Research Chair, University of Ottawa Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt Social Isolation in Children & Youth During COVID-19: Prioritizing Relationships in Education Dr. Vaillancourt is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Children’s Mental Health and Violence Prevention in the Faculty of Education and the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. She is a core member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University. Dr. Vaillancourt's research examines the links between aggression and biopsychosocial functioning and mental health. |
2022 Conference Registration Fees - for those NOT Registered for the 2020 conference
Please note: With respect to COVID-19, public health protocols will be strongly encouraged.
Please note: With respect to COVID-19, public health protocols will be strongly encouraged.
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Conference Hotel Delta Hotels by Marriott London Armouries 325 Dundas St London, Ontario N6B 1T9 Hotel Link Please make reservations as soon as possible. Note: the 2020 pre-paid conference accommodations are automatically transferred |
Conference Registration Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be issued for the conference fees under any circumstances.
Please note: if the May 2022 conference is postponed due to COVID restrictions and/or public health/government orders, a full conference credit will be granted towards the next held OHSC Conference. Substitutions will be accepted if you cannot attend the conference, the name of the substitute must be provided to OHSC Admin Coordinator, Arlene Morell:amorell@rogers.com Registered participants who do not attend will be charged the full registration fee with no refund. |
Conference Workshops
May 24 1:30-2:30 Pm
Workshop Session - A
Reconnection to students and supporting them in schools
Workshop Session - A
Reconnection to students and supporting them in schools
A |
Title |
Presenter |
Workshop Description |
A-1 |
Sleep Impacts All of Us |
Robyn Stremler |
This workshop will outline the importance of sleep for physical, mental and social health for students of all ages and abilities. Key individual, family, environmental and societal factors affecting sleep will be discussed. Attendees will learn strategies to improve sleep and will be encouraged to consider how students, parents, teachers, and other community members can promote healthy sleep and create communities that allow adequate time for sleep. |
A-2 |
A Culture of Noticing |
Robert Cicchelli |
To share how our school communities (teachers, secretaries, EA's, administration, bus drivers etc) can come together so we can create a culture of noticing in our schools where we acknowledge the successes and challenges for our school, and individual students and provide the encouragement and supports they need to be successful. This culture is contagious, and requires the voice, hands and feel of all staff, parents and community members. |
A-3 |
Re-Connecting and Supporting Students in Schools at the Front-Line and System Level |
Andrea Bozza |
The presentation will help us to understand the complexities of grief and will teach participants the differences between grief and bereavement before, and during a pandemic. We will explore how to support students at the school level, and both resources and strategies will be provided. This will include a inter-departmental and collaborative approach, between mental health, behaviour, faith and community supports. |
A-4 |
Building Recess 2.0 Post COVID |
John Madalena Lynn Campanella |
Recess prior to COVID was not a happy, successful time for many students or staff; why would we want to return to the same scenario? For the 2021/22 school year, the HWCDSB and Playocracy have partnered to focus on 5 very diverse schools to lay a new strategic foundation and take active, constructive steps to change the recess culture. |
May 24 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Workshop Session - B
Topic: Reconnection to land, the outdoors/nature
Workshop Session - B
Topic: Reconnection to land, the outdoors/nature
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Title |
Presenter |
Workshop Description |
B-1 |
Get Outside and Walk |
Jeff Van Wely |
This workshop will highlight the work of Dr. Gillian Judson and her book A Walking Curriculum. I have created close to 50 activities that involve students going for a walk and most of the walks have a mathematics focus. |
B-2 |
Daily School Route; Engaging Stakeholders |
Morris Hucal |
This presentation will provide an overview of how Bike for Mike has partnered with a local school board (HWCDSB) to engage more students to walk and cycle to school. |
B-3 |
Reconnecting the Roots; A grassroots approach to wellness |
Stephen Tooshkenig |
Reconnection to land/the outdoors/nature, Reconnection to youth, engaging youth/youth participatory approaches to health, and Reconnection to each other and fostering effective collaboration amongst and across organizations. |
B-4 |
Safe Cycling with NNDSB; Creating a model for cycling education programming in Ontario schools |
Emily Samuel Stephanie Underwood |
The Near North District School Board, Safe Cycling Project fostered effective collaboration between multiple agencies with the aim of reconnecting youth to the outdoors and increasing active travel to school. We want to share how this program can be replicated in each school board across the province to bring safe cycling practices to all students. |
May 25 10:30-11:30 AM
Workshop Session - C
Topic: Reconnection to youth, engaging youth, participatory approaches to health
Workshop Session - C
Topic: Reconnection to youth, engaging youth, participatory approaches to health
C |
Title |
Presenter |
Workshop Description |
C-1 |
Psycho-social approaches for engagement towards equity and inclusion and anti racism |
David O'Brien Director of Mental Health Yorktown |
This presentation will speak to grievance based violence, identity based conflict and ideological extremism. Recruitment strategies and the role of social media, vulnerability factors, and engagement along with successful intervention strategies for children, youth, and families will be provided. |
C-2 |
It’s Complicated: Preventing Teen Dating Violence and Building Relationship Skills During a Pandemic |
Léa Gareau Ceara McIntyre |
In this presentation, learners will be introduced to Planned Parenthood Ottawa (PPO's) new relationship curriculum for students in grades 8-10, as well as the health equity framework that informed the curriculum’s development. Learners will reflect on what health equity could look like in classrooms, and be given practical tips on how to apply a health equity framework to relationship education. |
C-3 |
Thriving and Surviving: Supporting Engagement for Healthy Schools” |
Annette Grossi, Yvonne Wyndham Afshan Siddiqui |
This presentation looks at the impact of the pandemic on our students and families. We focus on different tiers of intervention to help support engagement and highlight the multitude of opportunities for support within a school system and beyond. |
C-4 |
Using Supported Exposure to Enhance Student Success: Building Skills in a Supportive Environment of Risk-Taking” |
Colin King Sydney Coleman |
This presentation provides an exposure-based framework for educators, using a scaffolded application of this cognitive-behavioural informed practice to enhance the ability of students to manage anxiety and stress. Attendees will learn about the possible opportunities to incorporate this framework and intentional thinking in creating flexible learning expectations and environments for students that build skills over time. |
May 25 12:45-1:45 pm
Workshop Session - D
Reconnection to each other and fostering effective collaboration amongst and across organizations
Workshop Session - D
Reconnection to each other and fostering effective collaboration amongst and across organizations
D |
Title |
Presenter |
Workshop Description |
D-1 |
Healthy School Standards |
Heather McCallum, PHE Canada Elle Doherty, Ophea |
The Canadian Healthy School Standards aim to be a tipping point to elevate the Comprehensive School Health model in a way that reinforces a comprehensive approach to enhancing wellbeing in schools, outlines specific accountability and processes, builds on existing healthy schools work, centers equity, diversity and inclusion, acts on truth and reconciliation, and supports student and staff wellbeing wholistically. A suite of tools has been created to support implementation of the Standards across Canada. Learn about this tool and how to use it during this session. |
D-2 |
Wellness Works |
Jenny Marino, Tracy Hunter, Heather Walker |
Wellness Works is a collaborative project between UGDSB’s mental health and curriculum teams intended to support educators, families, and students with skills connected to wellbeing. It was inspired by the recognition of the intersection between pedagogical practice and the wellbeing of students and the multiple ways that we can support that connection through alignment of best practices. |
D-3 |
Collaboration during COVID for children and youth |
Marge Muharrem Teri Thomas-Vanos |
Learn how COVID-19 brought together the non-profit, education, business and other public sectors to respond to the impact in Chatham Kent. This interactive session will describe the collaborative efforts and implementation practices that partners engaged in to support the wellbeing and the social determinant of health needs of their citizens, including the children and youth in schools. |
D-4 |
Ontario Child Health Study and School Mental Health Survey |
Jinette Comeau |
On behalf of the Ontario Child Health Study and School Mental Health Survey investigative teams, I will be presenting findings from these studies. |
