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Canadian Teachers' Federation
2016 Canadian Forum on Public Education - Wellness In Our Schools: Time To Act
Education
Montreal, Quebec
July 11, 2016 - July 12, 2016
http://www.ctf-fce.ca/en/Pages/Events/Canadian-Forum-on-Public-Education-2016.aspx
2016 Canadian Forum on Public Education -
Wellness in our Schools: Time to Act
JULY 11-12, 2016
MONTREAL

This year the theme is Wellness in our Schools: Time to Act! Please join us as we identify some of the wellness challenges that exist in our public schools, and examine ways to address these challenges collectively.

Over two days, participants will examine issues related to wellness in our schools including:

Mental Health and Stigma
Technology Related Stress
Teacher Wellness
Student Wellness
Perspectives on Stress: Language, Sexual Identity, Indigenous

This event is aimed for:
teachers
school counsellors and psychotherapists
school boards
Ministries of Education
teacher unions/associations/federations
NGO sector (particularly working in education and wellness)

Featured Speakers:
André Picard, health columnist, Globe and Mail
Jeremy Dias, founder of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Mark Henick, mental health advocate
Louise Bradley and Sapna Mahajan, Mental Health Commission of Canada
Dr. Phil McRae, The Alberta Teachers’ Association
Dr. Janice Graham-Migel, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Lisa Weintraub, Executive Director, Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions
Caroline Vézina, Société Santé en français
Mary Simon, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
and more!

A few highlights of the program include:
Getting to Know Thyself: Being an everyday advocate for Mental Health
- Mark Henick

Mark uses his own experience, both as a patient and as a professional, to provide insight. He collapses the difference that we construct between ourselves and those who happen to experience mental health problems and illnesses by demonstrating how common these experiences are. He argues passionately in favour of embracing our vulnerability, tuning in to our psychological needs, and living everyday as an advocate for mental health.

“Growing Tired, Anxious, Distracted”
- Dr. Phil McRae, The Alberta Teachers’ Association

A presentation of initial findings from ground-breaking research conducted by The Alberta Teachers’ Association, the University of Alberta, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School to better understand the scope of physical, mental, and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, nutrition, and sleep quality.

“Mental Health is Everyone’s Business
- Louise Bradley and Sapna Mahajan, Mental Health Commission of Canada

The workplace plays a pivotal role in promoting mental health and preventing mental injury of their employees across all sectors and industries. This is especially true in the education sector where teachers are dealing with their own mental health challenges and work stresses as well as those of their students. This session will suggest ways to creating mentally healthy schools for all.

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