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• BCAPOP Learning Series: Body Positive Practice: The Importance of Weight Neutral Programs and Practices

  • When
    May 31, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    virtual
  • Spaces left
    54

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  BCAPOP Learning Series:
  Body Positive Practice: The Importance of Weight Neutral Programs and Practices
  presenter: Sydney Bell, MSW/RSW,Psychotherapist 
  

  Tuesday May 31, 2022 | 9am - 12pm PT | virtual
  Outside of BC? Click here to see the start time in your time zone.

  About the session
  This workshop will provide perinatal service providers an opportunity to explore and understand intersections between weight stigma and other forms of oppression.  We will identify our own internalized beliefs about body size and how that impacts the work we do in with perinatal people. Together we will discuss a range of ways that perinatal service providers can contribute positively to ending weight stigma, from simple everyday actions to larger, social justice initiatives.
  
  Note: this session will be recorded and all paid registrants will receive access to the recording for a limited time following the session.

  About the presenter
  Sydney Bell, MSW is a registered social worker and psychotherapist, providing strength-based support to people struggling with self worth, body image concerns, and life transitions.  Sydney's passion is contributing to the invigorating emergence of rejecting diet culture and healing body shame. Body Sovereignty is a sustainable path towards improved health and wellbeing, for every body. Reclaiming Body Sovereignty is a weight inclusive healing framework developed by Sydney bringing together the power of self compassion, mindfulness and discernment. 

  Sydney currently resides in Penticton, British Columbia with her partner Jon, along with their elderly cat and goofy dog. You can find resources and learn more about her work at: www.sydneybell.ca

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  Who should attend? This workshop is for professionals:  pregnancy outreach workers, nurses, physicians, child welfare workers, family support workers, social workers, health/social service students, outreach workers, shelter workers, detox workers, treatment centre workers, midwives, doulas, child birth educators, peer support workers and anyone else who supports pregnant people.

  Interested in registering groups of 5 or more? Please contact Monica at events@bcapop.ca

  
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  Cancellation/Refund Policy
  No refunds or cancellations. 
  
  Registration Terms & Conditions
  Registration is not complete until payment is received. Payment must be received no later than one week before the event start date; otherwise pending registration will be cancelled. Registration is intended for the paid registrant only. Registration is not be shared/viewed with non-registrants. BCAPOP reserves the right to invoice the paid registrant for any additional unpaid viewers using a paid registration.

  
  Reminder: Only individuals listed under a member profile are eligible to receive member pricing. You must be logged in to your BCAPOP account BEFORE REGISTERING for a paid event in order to receive discounted member pricing, as pricing cannot be adjusted after registration. Member accounts must be in good standing to receive discounted member pricing.

  
  

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• Perinatal Provider Education Day: Promising Practices

  • When
    June 08, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    virtual/live

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  Perinatal Provider Education Day: 
  Promising Practices

  June 8, 2022 | 9:00am - 4:00pm PT*| virtual/live
  *outside of BC? Click here for start time other time zones.

  Join us for a day of insight and inspiration from Promising Practices!
  

  featured presentation | 9:15am - 10:45am PT
  Stephanie George, IM Indigenous Midwife, IBCLC & BA (Hons) 
  Cultural Humility Through A Maternal Child Health Lens

  
  

  

  featured presentation | 11am - 12:30pm PT
  Dr. Sarah Lea, GP Maternity Physician
  Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Perinatal Substance Use Champion?

  

  keynote presentation | 1:45pm - 4pm PT
  Andrew McKenzie, MACP, RCC
  Early Life Adversity & The Power of Perinatal Attachment: A Father-inclusive Perspective

  
  

  Click here for the session details & presenter bios!

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  Who should attend? This event is for professionals:  pregnancy outreach workers, nurses, physicians, child welfare workers, family support workers, social workers, health/social service students, outreach workers, shelter workers, detox workers, treatment centre workers, midwives, doulas, child birth educators, peer support workers and anyone else who supports pregnant, postpartum and newly parenting people.

  Interested in registering groups of 5 or more? 
  Please contact Monica at events@bcapop.ca

  
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  Cancellation/Refund Policy
  No refunds or cancellations.
  
  Registration Terms & Conditions
  Registration is not complete until payment is received. Payment must be received no later than one week before the event start date; otherwise pending registration will be cancelled. Registration is intended for the paid registrant only. Registration is not be shared/viewed with non-registrants. BCAPOP reserves the right to invoice the paid registrant for any additional unpaid viewers using a paid registration.

  Reminder: Only individuals listed under a member profile are eligible to receive member pricing. You must be logged in to your BCAPOP account BEFORE REGISTERING for a paid event in order to receive discounted member pricing, as pricing cannot be adjusted after registration. Member accounts must be in good standing to receive discounted member pricing.

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• BY INVITATION ONLY: BCAPOP Stakeholders Focus Group: Identifying Barriers for Pregnancy Outreach Programs to Engage and Retain Pregnant Participants in BC

  • When
    June 15, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  • Location
    zoom
  • Spaces left
    19

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  BY INVITATION ONLY 

  
  

  BCAPOP Stakeholders Focus Group:
  Identifying Barriers for Pregnancy Outreach Programs to Engage and Retain Pregnant Participants in BC

  June 15th | 9:00am - 10:15am PT | zoom

  BCAPOP in collaboration with Dr. Nancy Poole and Lindsay Wolfson of the Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH) are pleased to announce that we have been successful in receiving a grant from the Vancouver Foundation to explore the barriers that pregnancy outreach workers are encountering while engaging and retaining program participants.  This will also be an opportunity for stakeholders to share their feedback and perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing perinatal programs today. 

  In gratitude for your time and contribution, we will provide $100 honorarium.  

  Important: this focus group is limited to 20 participants.

  We are extremely excited to be working on this project and we're very much looking forward to hearing from you.  If you have questions about the research project or would like to send another designate on your behalf, please reach out to the contact below.
  

  Thanks kindly in advance,
  Andrea Grady, Project Manager
  projectmanager@bcapop.ca
  

  
  

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• BCAPOP Presents: Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village©

  • When
    July 14, 2022
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    IN PERSON: The Sandman Hotel, Kamloops
  • Spaces left
    25

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  **THIS IS AN IN PERSON WORKSHOP BEING HELD IN KAMLOOPS**
  

  BCAPOP Presents:
  Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village 

  facilitated by: Kathi Hemphill Camilleri - Master of Arts in Leadership, Cultural Safety Consultant and Facilitator of Village Workshop^©️ Series  

  Thursday July 14, 2022 
  8:30am - 4:30pm PT | In person (Kamloops)
  The Sandman Hotel, 225 Lorne Street, Kamloops BC, V2C 1W2

  About the workshop:

  During this experiential workshop we will explore our personal role in supporting the revival of the values that worked so beautifully in Indigenous villages for thousands of years. We will also explore in‐depth the affects of Residential Schools and Canada’s Policy of Assimilation. This workshop is geared to solutions rather than recrimination and is a great forum in which to ask questions.

  Participants who participate in these often emotion provoking workshop experiences comment that while they understood a bit about the issue on a cognitive level, after participation in Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village they understand on a deep emotional level as well. The workshop is done from a non-blame and non shame perspective and invites all participants to become a part of the healing that IS already happening. Kathi’s work has been inspired by Jann Derrick’s teachings of ‘The Circle and The Box’ and by many Elders' teachings.

  Learning outcomes:

  • Foundational learning for moving into reconciliation in response to the TRC Calls to Action and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
  • A cognitive and emotional understanding of traditional First Nations values.
  • A deep and emotional insight into the depth and intergenerational effects of Colonization

  This workshop is limited to 45 participants.
  
  About the facilitator:

  Kathi Camilleri (Spotted Doe) is of Metis/Cree Ancestry. She holds a Master's Degree in Leadership Studies and Certificates in CBT and DBT. She facilitates strategic planning sessions, keynotes and experiential Village©️ workshops regarding Canada's Policy of Assimilation and Colonization with all levels of government, students and educators, and frontline workers in communities across Canada. Kathi and her husband Chris have a blended family with six boys and one (brave, tough) girl.

  In 2012 Kathi’s work was nominated for the Premiers Award for Excellence in Leadership, the B.C. Reconciliation Award and for an Excellence in Diversity Award from the provincial Nesika Foundation. Kathi uses humour, kindness and wisdom to hold the space safely for us while we change how we see the world and how we forever interact with those who have Aboriginal Heritage. It is easy to learn because of her gentle ways, and her respect for all people.” ~workshop participant.

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  Additional information about this in person workshop:

  • Coffee/tea & snacks will be provided during morning & afternoon breaks.
  • Lunch will be provided.
  • Travel expenses and/or hotel accommodations are not included. If you require hotel accommodations, please contact The Sandman Hotel directly for their best available rate.
    Hotel information:
    The Sandman Hotel 
    225 Lorne Street, Kamloops, V2C 1W2
    Tel: 250-377-7263 | Email: reservations@sandman.ca
    www.sandmanhotels.com/signature-kamloops

  Covid-19 Health & Safety:

  All attendees agree to:

  • Adhere to any & all province-wide guidance related to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; this includes, but is not limited to, health & safety protocols for indoor, organized events; and/or
  • Adhere to any & all Covid-19 health & safety protocols currently in place at the venue. Click here for the Sandman Hotel's Covid-19 health & safety protocols. 
  • Not attend the workshop if you are feeling unwell, or experiencing  Covid-19 symptoms on the day of the event.

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  Who should attend? This workshop is for helping professionals and peers:  pregnancy outreach workers, nurses, physicians, child welfare workers, family support workers, social workers, health/social service students, outreach workers, shelter workers, detox workers, treatment centre workers, midwives, doulas, child birth educators, peer support workers and anyone else who supports pregnant people.

  Interested in registering groups of 5 or more? Please contact Monica at events@bcapop.ca

  
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  Registration Terms & Payment Policies and Deadlines
  Cancellation/Refund Policy: 

  No refunds or cancellations. Substitutions are permitted.
  
  Registration Terms & Conditions: 

  Registration is not complete until payment is received.
  
  Payment Deadlines:
  The following payment deadlines are in place for this event: 
  

  • Until May 24th: To be eligible to receive early bird pricing, payment on pending registrations must received by May 24th.
  • May 25th - July 6th:  Payment on pending registrations must be received by July 6th; otherwise pending registration will be cancelled. 
  • July 7th - July 13th: Payment on pending registrations received during this time must be received by credit card within 15 minutes of registration, otherwise the pending registration will be cancelled. 

  Reminder: Only individuals listed under a member profile are eligible to receive member pricing. You must be logged in to your BCAPOP account BEFORE REGISTERING for a paid event in order to receive discounted member pricing, as pricing cannot be adjusted after registration. Member accounts must be in good standing to receive discounted member pricing.

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