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The Data Effect: Explore Our Hidden Opportunity
When: June 5, 2012
Where: Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Over the last three decades, British Columbia has collected one of the world’s most comprehensive databases of health information. This public resource has the potential to save lives, reduce health care costs by billions of dollars and become a powerful catalyst for business and discovery.
Join decision makers in government, research institutions, and other leading thinkers on June 5, to unlock the opportunity. Visit the Data Effect website to learn more and register.
Speakers include:
• Dr. Diane Finegood, President & CEO, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
• Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner, British Columbia
• Dr. Julio Montaner, Director, BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (by video)
• Dr. Patricia Martens, Director, Manitoba Center for Health Policy
• Nancy Meagher, Executive Director, Population Data BC
• Dr. Bruce Carleton, BC Children's Hospital and Chair, Provincial Data Stewardship Committee
Posted:May 9, 2012, 8:37 a.m.
Society for Children and Youth of BC's Annual General Meeting
When: May 17, 2012, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: Peggy Gunn Woodland Halls, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC
The Society for Children and Youth (SCY) of BC's Annual General Meeting will explore emerging issues in children's rights, showcase accomplishments in the past year, and share successes with the many organizations and individuals who have contributed to SCY.
Through interactive discussion, this event will explore diversity and multi-culturalism in Canada and SCY’s commitments with the UN Convention of Rights of the Child. Does our cultural diversity in Canada conflict in any way with our adherence with the UN Convention of Rights of the Child? Who should ultimately oversee the “best interests of the child” the family or the government? Should religious or cultural tenets take precedent over the Rights of the Child? And to what extent should government’s role be in “assisting families in fulfilling their essential role as nurturers of children”? Instead of a single answer can there be a multitude of answers to the question, what is in the best interest of the child?
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10.
Registration for this event is highly ...
Posted:April 24, 2012, 2:29 p.m.
CIHR CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE - What about me? Reflections on autism and why bullying is so easy, and acceptance so tough
When: May 10, 2012, 7:00 pm
Where: W2 Media Café, 111 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
Cost: Free
Join us in a discussion as we compare and contrast social rejection and social acceptance, try to better understand interactions with peers, whether positive or negative, and consider how we can promote acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Experts:
- Grace Iarocci, PhD, R. Psych, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Autism & Developmental Disorders Lab, SFU
- Anthony Bailey, MBBS, Institute of Mental Health Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry, UBC
- Elizabeth Kelley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Director of ASD Studies, Queen’s University
Moderator:
Grace Iarocci and Emily Gardiner, Autism & Developmental Disorders Lab, SFU
This event is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and is intended to be an outreach initiative aimed at providing information and sparking informal discussion with the general public related to autism and bullying.
Please RSVP by May 3, 2012 to sfuautismcafe@gmail.com as seating is limited.
Posted:April 18, 2012, 9:19 a.m.
What the Dickens: How Canadian health policy orphans children's health
When: May 23, 2012, 9:30am - 12:00pm
Where: Wosk Centre, Vancouver, BC
Noted Canadian health economist Steven Lewis will be the featured speaker at the second annual Mowafaghian Visiting Scholar event. His topic is: What the Dickens: How Canadian health policy orphans children's health.
A very limited number of seats have been set aside for students. If you are interested in attending please contact Daphne Gray-Grant, daphne_gray-grant@sfu.ca, to request an invitation.
This event is sponsored by the Children's Health Policy Centre in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.
Posted:April 11, 2012, 3 p.m.
Addressing Social Challenges of Autism Spectrum Disorders
When: April 30, 2012, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Hycroft, 1489 McRae Ave at 16th and Granville, Vancouver, BC
Edutalks Seminars is pleased to present an evening with Dr. David Worling who will be addressing social challenges for individuals on the Autism Spectrum. This talk will focus on the social challenges inherent to many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Attention will be given to specific interventions that target the core social challenges through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with descriptions of the Club Connects group program.
Dr. Worling brings this topic to light using a combination of recent evidenced-based research, clinical descriptions, and humor. The talk is intended to provide a general overview in addition to allowing the participants to leave with some practical, hands-on strategies for supporting individuals with ASD.
Posted:April 10, 2012, 2:20 p.m.
Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning
When: April 19, 2012, 7:00 pm
Where: People Place, 101 – 3402 27 Ave, Vernon, BC
This is a presentation for the Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning, featuring $10 a day child care and average wages of $25 an hour.
Posted:April 10, 2012, 2:17 p.m.
Child Poverty Forum
When: April 19, 2012, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Schubert Centre, Vernon, BC
The North Okanagan Early Childhood Development Coalition presents the Child Poverty Forum featuring Adrienne Montani, Provincial Advisor, First Call, BC Child and Youth Advocacy Association and Sharon Gregson, Child Care Advocates of BC. The talk will be followed by a showing of the Canadian-made documentary Poor No More.
Lunch will be provided. Registration is mandatory.
Posted:April 10, 2012, 2:17 p.m.
Updated: “Jumpeth like[s] drinking ice”: The Equivalent Language Abilities of Bilingual and Monolingual Children with Autism
When: April 10, 2012, 10:30am- 12:00pm (Please note: the date and time is now updated)
Where: Room 278, Neville Scarfe Building, UBC Vancouver
Speaker: Stefka Marinova-Todd, EdD, UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences
This presentation summarizes a series of studies that compares the language abilities of bilingual children with autism with those of matched groups of monolingual children with autism. Consistently, the findings show no differences between the two groups, suggesting that children with autism have the capacity to be bilingual.
Presented by: CIRCA Winter Colloquium Series 2012
Posted:April 3, 2012, 12:53 p.m.
Reinvesting in Families: Securing a Brighter Future Symposium
When: May 28 – 30, 2012
Where: Radisson Hotel, Edmonton, AB
The sixth bi-annual symposium will highlight strengths-based, prevention and early intervention approaches to support at risk children and families. Research, innovative programs, projects and practices that are making a difference will be featured. Special emphasis will be placed on supporting vulnerable Aboriginal families due to the over-representation of Aboriginal children in Canada’s Child Welfare system.
Host: The Prairie Child Welfare Consortium
Posted:March 28, 2012, 1:52 p.m.
“Jumpeth like[s] drinking ice”: The Equivalent Language Abilities of Bilingual and Monolingual Children with Autism
When: April 3, 2012, 11:00am- 12:30pm
Where: Room 278, Neville Scarfe Building, UBC Vancouver
Speaker: Stefka Marinova-Todd, EdD, UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences
This presentation summarizes a series of studies that compares the language abilities of bilingual children with autism with those of matched groups of monolingual children with autism. Consistently, the findings show no differences between the two groups, suggesting that children with autism have the capacity to be bilingual.
Presented by: CIRCA Winter Colloquium Series 2012
Posted:March 28, 2012, 1:51 p.m.
Community Dialogue: Moving from Research to Action
Last fall, as part of HELP’s Fall Research Exposition, we brought together community partners from across B.C. and Alberta for a community dialogue. At that time we committed to bring highlights of this dialogue back to participants and the ECD community. Please find a summary of the highlights below.
HELP’s community partnerships are central to what we do. We are committed to ECD research that the community cares about and we value your experience and community work. We want to hear from you how we can support you to use our research. To further the discussion that we started on October 27th, HELP is hosting a teleconference:
Teleconference: Monday April 16th at 12:30
Discussion: Strategies for sharing EDI Results with parents and communities to encourage action. Email jennifer.harvey@ubc.ca to register.
We also invite you to connect in other ways by joining the Early Years Community Development Institute (EYCDI) or follow HELP on twitter, with special focus on Early Years Community Development hashtag #EYCD.
If you would like more information about the October 26th session of the Fall Research Expo, you can find these on the Event Summary, which hosts the event outline, video ...
Posted:March 27, 2012, 11:13 a.m.
Promoting Early Child Development Across the Globe Seminar
This presentation will provide an overview of Dr. Vaghri’s work within the International program of HELP. Additionally, it will take a closer look at the project of the Early Childhood Rights Indicators. Lastly, the presentation will identify some of the potential links between Dr. Vaghri’s research and the core research areas of the Human Nutrition Department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
Presenter: Dr. Ziba Vaghri, Candidate Seminar for Assistant Professor - International Child Development, Human Early Learning Partnership, Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
When: April 5, 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Where: Room 491, SPPH Building, 2206 East Mall, UBC Vancouver
Posted:March 27, 2012, 10 a.m.
2012 Infant Development Supported Childcare (IDSC) Summer Institute
When: July 9-20, 2012, 8am–12pm
Theme: Typical & Atypical Cognitive Development: Early Intervention Strategies
This course focuses on typical and atypical cognitive development in children from birth to age 8. Special attention will be given to the relation between cognitive development and areas such as language and communication, social-emotional, motor and adaptive development.
The course will explore the connection between cognitive development and academic learning in areas such as reading, writing, and math. Major developmental disorders associated with cognitive delays will be presented. Finally, we will discuss and analyze practical intervention strategies, with special attention given to the importance of collaborating with parents to help children reach their maximum potential through cognitive skill development.
Registration Deadline: June 11, 2012
Posted:March 27, 2012, 9:59 a.m.
The Aesthetics of Children’s Everyday Literacies
When: April 12, 2012, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: UBC Botanical Garden (Reception Hall), 6804 Southwest Marine Dr., Vancouver, BC
Dr. Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield, England, will address findings from a two year ethnographic study on children’s home literacy practices, specifically their writing practices.
Lunch will be provided between 12:00-1:00.
Cost: Free and Open to the public!
Presented by: The Institute for Early Childhood Education & Research (IECER) in collaboration with The Department of Language and Literacy (LLED).
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/KatePahl.
For more information contact: Iris.berger@ubc.ca.
Posted:March 21, 2012, 11:49 a.m.
3rd National Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health
When: May 30 - June 1, 2012
Where: MacEwan Conference & Event Centre, Calgary, AB
The 3rd National Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health brings together service providers, policy makers, mental health professionals, clinicians, and researchers with youth and family caregivers to share experiences and ideas on how to shift knowledge into practice.
Posted:March 20, 2012, 9:18 a.m.
CIHR CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE - Epigenetics, and how early experiences may affect your health later in life
What causes the complex illnesses associated with aging, like cancer and heart disease? Each day we discover new genes associated with these diseases. But as we learn more about the genetic code, it becomes clearer that what’s written in our DNA is only part of the story. There are other factors, such as socioeconomic status, that seem to play an important role in health.
Now a new area of research, known as epigenetics, is building upon our knowledge of the human genome. Epigeneticists study the ways that our environment can have a long-term impact on the activity of our genes. And recent advances in technology are giving researchers remarkable new tools to study how nature interacts with nurture.
Date: March 27, 2012
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Granville Island Hotel, 1253 Johnston St., Vancouver
Cost: Free
Hosted by: CIHR and its Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction in collaboration with the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium.
Experts:
Dr. W. Thomas Boyce, PhD
Professor, Sunny Hill Health Centre/BC Leadership Chair in Child Development
School of Population and Public Health and Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Dr. Martin Hirst, PhD
Scientist, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC ...
Posted:March 14, 2012, 2:44 p.m.
The Early Years – Everyone’s Issue Event
“The Early Years – Everyone’s Issue”, is relevant to the lives of all people, regardless of whether they have children, are dealing with daycare problems, all day kindergarten, are grandparents or childless. Research supports that early childhood development and learning, which has a significant impact on health, learning and productivity in later life, can be enhanced through appropriate day care experiences and quality pre-school.
When: April 1, 2012, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: The University Women’s Club of Vancouver at Hycroft, 1489 McRae Avenue, Vancouver BC
Speaker: Dr. Clyde Hertzman
Co-sponsors: UWCV and CFUW, BC Council, Child Care Committee.
Register by March 28, 2012: office@uwcvancouver.ca or 604-731-4661 or online at www.uwcvancouver.ca.
Posted:March 13, 2012, 3:02 p.m.
Measuring Community Social Capital in British Columbia: An Ecometric Approach for Population Health Research
When: March 14, 2012, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: Coach House, Green College, UBC
Speaker: Richard Carpiano, Sociology, UBC
This talk will discuss an interdisciplinary study that applied ecometric approaches to creating several measures of community social cohesion and social capital. Using survey data collected from residents of 100 British Columbia communities, we evaluate separately for urban and rural communities: (a) the degree to which the reliability of specific ecologic measures is contingent upon the number of “raters” in a community who are providing information and (b) the validity of the resulting measures.
The implications of these findings for guiding future studies of community context—for population health and other areas of focus—will be discussed.
This talk is a part of the Population Health Series.
Posted:March 13, 2012, 9:59 a.m.
Child and Youth Mental Health Matters
When: May 6-8, 2012
Where: The Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites, Vancouver BC
The Child and Youth Mental Health Matters conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals working in the field of mental health with young people and parents and other stakeholders to share knowledge and experiences related to child and youth mental health. There are three themes woven through the conferences: Family Mental Health, Children of Parents with Mental Illness and Young Carers.
Posted:March 7, 2012, 3:45 p.m.
Reinvesting in the Future: Securing a Brighter Future Symposium
When: May 28-30, 2012
Where: Radisson Hotel Edmonton South, Edmonton, AB
This symposium will highlight strengths based, prevention and early intervention approaches to support at-risk children and families. Research, innovative programs, projects and practices that are making a difference will be featured. Special emphasis will be placed on supporting vulnerable Aboriginal families due to the over-representation of Aboriginal children in Canada’s child welfare system.
More Information about the Conference and Registration
Posted:March 6, 2012, 1:41 p.m.
HELP Research Retreat: March 6, 2012
Please join us on March 6th for this month’s HELP Research Retreat. Designed to bring HELP Staff, Faculty and Affiliates together to learn more about what is going on within HELP and any new ideas and research findings with HELP's partners.
HELP Research Retreat Agenda
Special Guests: MDI Australia Team
March 06, 2012
School of Population and Public Health Building
2206 East Mall, Room 491
9:30am: Introductions
9:35 ‐ 9:45am: Director/ Deputy Director Report
Overview of the March Retreat
9:45 ‐ 10:45am: NGO Participation at the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Process and an Analysis
Presenter Name: Lynell Anderson
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is reviewing Canada’s reporting under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The review process includes opportunities for Non‐Government Organizations (NGO’s) to provide alternative reports to the Committee and, potentially, to be invited to meet with the Committee to discuss their analysis in person. Lynell Anderson recently participated in this meeting, along with other members of Canada’s NGO delegation. She will share highlights of the overall UN process and an analysis of Canada’s status under General Comment 7 ...
Posted:March 5, 2012, 9:22 a.m.
Brain-body pathways linking stress to cardiovascular disease risk
When: March 5, 2012, 12:00 pm
Where: Room 2510 (Suedfeld Lounge), Psychology Building, UBC Vancouver
Spearker: Dr. Pete Gianaros, professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Gianaros’ research includes the intersection of socioeconomic status, neuroimaging, and cardiovascular disease risk. The talk is open to everyone.
Posted:Feb. 29, 2012, 4:17 p.m.
”From here to there I need a hand”: The Experiences of Parents with Young Children Diagnosed with ASD
When: March 6, 2012, 11:00 am- 12:30 pm
Where: Room 310, Neville Scarfe Building, UBC Vancouver
This presentation will highlight the findings of a multiple case study of parents with children deemed at risk for developmental delays or disabilities and who received early intervention services through the Infant Development Program of BC.
The findings focus on the perceptions and experiences of one of the families whose two children received ASD diagnoses by the time they entered the school system. Recommendations for early intervention and support practices in child development reflect the voices of participant parents and of the case family in particular.
This is presented as a part of the CIRCA Winter Colloquium Series 2012.
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/AutismPighini
Posted:Feb. 28, 2012, 11:47 a.m.
Business and Community Leaders: Does Canada Work for Families?
Lynell Anderson’s presentation will incorporate recent work with UBC colleague Paul Kershaw and a team of Chartered Accountants to estimate the costs to business of work/life conflict among employees with young children.
When: March 8, 2012, 7:30am – 9:00am
Where: Best Western Vernon Lodge
Lynell is a Certified General Accountant (CGA) with extensive experience in the private, voluntary and public sectors, and now a leading authority on family policy in Canada.
Registration: Please contact coordinator@noecdcoalition.ca.
Posted:Feb. 28, 2012, 11:45 a.m.
Practical Wisdom Colloquium Series
Reminder: Between Rules and Practice: Why We Need Practical Wisdom in Politics
What moral skill and will do we need as citizens, professionals, parents and friends to know how to act in particular circumstances, especially when general rules and incentives are insufficient to guide us toward what is good or advantageous? Aristotle called this sort of moral know-how “practical wisdom” or phronesis. Recent research in the natural and social sciences has profound implications for practical wisdom. Findings from fields as diverse as evolutionary biology, social psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, education and political science provide an increasingly complex understanding of the human capacity (and the limits of that capacity) for empathy, judgment, problem solving, deliberation, and cooperation—all of which are ingredients of practical wisdom. The goal of the colloquium series “Between Rules and Practice” is not only to survey diverse fields of knowledge and bring them to bear on contemporary practices and institutions in democratic societies, but also to ask: Are good institutions enough? Should the university cultivate practical wisdom in citizens and leaders? For more information please contact Ann Cameron.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Maxwell A. Cameron, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence ...
Posted:Feb. 22, 2012, 11:56 a.m.
