National Child Day Forum 2016: Every Family Matters
Conference Keynotes
- Michael Ungar – I Still Love You: Nine Things Troubled Kids Need from their Parents, Caregivers, and Community Service Providers (PDF)
- Monique Gray Smith – Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children and Families (PDF)
Workshop Presentations
- Tough Conversations: Nurturing Resilience when Young People’s Problems are Very Complex (PDF) / Tough Conversations Handout (PDF)
- Inclusion of Families and Children with Disabilities – Early Childhood Support: Lessons Learned for Effective Collaboration (PDF)
- Domestic Violence and Addictions – Empowering Community by Building on Strengths (PDF)
- Raising a Healthy Eater (PDF)
- Immunization and Oral Heath – Healthy Smile Happy Child: Engaging Communities in Early Childhood Oral Health (PDF)
- The Ripple Effect of Resiliency (PDF)
- Helping the Anxious Child: Supporting Parents in Helping their Children (PDF) / Helping the Anxious Child: Handout (PDF)
National Child Day Forum 2015: Embracing Diversity, Nurturing Roots
Conference Keynotes
- Joan Durrant – What is “Discipline” in the Age of Children’s Rights? (PDF)
- Liz Robinson – The Manitoba Picture, Growing Through Immigration (PDF)
Workshop Presentations
- Coming Home or Lost in Transition (PDF)
- Educational Needs and Barriers for African Refugee Students in Manitoba (PDF)
- L’intégration des parents nouveaux arrivants dans les programmes organisationnels (PDF) /
Engaging Newcomer Parents in Organizational Programs (PDF)
- Newcomer Employment & Education Development Services (NEEDS) Inc. (PDF)
- Play is the Universal Language (PDF)
- The Poem of Communicating Cross Culturally (PDF)
- SERC Sexuality Education Resource Centre (PDF)
- Supporting Newcomer Families - Westman Immigrant Services Experience (PDF)
- Trauma and Distress of Immigrant and Refugee Families - The Journey of Strengths Resilience and Healing (PDF)
- Welcoming Communities – Regional Connections (PDF)
National Child Day Forum 2012: Coming Back to the Drum, A Shared Journey
Speaker: Dr. Robert Santos, Healthy Child Manitoba Office
Speaker: Wanda Phillips-Beck, Nurse Program Advisor - Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
National Child Day Forum 2010: Celebrating 10 Years of Community Partnership
Video: Investing In Manitoba's Future - Part I | Investing In Manitoba's Future - Part II
Pre-conference Data Day Presentations
- School Nutrition: How do we know if we're making a Difference (PDF)
- The Manitoba Youth Health Survey (PDF)
- Using Data from the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy to Help Us Understand Child Health - Manitoba Healthy Baby Program (PDF)
- Being Born and Starting School in Manitoba: The Families First Screening (FFS) and the Early Development Instrument (EDI) (PDF)
Conference Keynotes
- Epigenetics: A Revolution in Understanding Child and Youth Development (PDF)
- The First ‘R” Relationships:
How Love Builds Brains (PDF)
- A Decade of the Healthy Child Manitoba Strategy What We’ve Learned from Evidence and Experience (So Far) (PDF)
Workshop Presentations
Regional Forums
In the spring of 2012, regional forums were held in seven communities throughout the province. The focus of these community based events was to promote the importance of the early years and early brain development, and to provide research information and resources on play based learning for young children.
Speaker: Gayle Karen Robertson, University of Winnipeg
- Let the Children Play, Part I (PDF)
- Let the Children Play, Part II (PDF)
- Let the Children Play, Part III (PDF)
- Let the Children Play, Part IV (PDF)
Resources on Display at the Forum
Play Resources (PDF) (includes links to online resources)
