Concurrent Sessions - May 9, 2006 9:00 - 10:151. Relaxation with Music Therapy: Jim Wiebe 2. Healthy Workplace Strategies: Maureen Grace3. Creating A Respectful Workplace: Tricia Hill 4. Cybernet: Protecting Our Children: Noni Classen10:45 - 12:00 5. Mindfulness: A Way of Living: Carolyn Peters6. Horticultural Therapy: Maurice Larson 7. Integration: Co-occurring Disorders: Barry Fogg8. Cross-Cultural Workforce: Mohammed Jah Click here for information on Professional Development Hours.MONDAY, MAY 8, 2005 Monday, May 8, 2006, 9:00 am- 4:30 pm
Dr. Leigh Quesnel is the principal of HQS Consulting Services Inc. with experience as a leading organizational consultant for well over 20 years. He has worked with small and large organizations in both the public and private sector, nationally and internationally. Dr. Quesnel has served numerous federal and provincial government departments and crown corporations. In the private sector, he has worked with a number of large service and manufacturing enterprises. His current areas of study and interest include the evolution of management practices, managing surprise, workplace wellness, creating corporate community, the changing meaning of work, leadership, and motivation. His work in organizations ranges from hands on consulting with senior management to the development of management and employee training programs. Dr. Quesnel also spends a significant amount of time training and educating in organizations, and he is often engaged as a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Leigh is equally well received and at ease in the corporate boardroom as on the production plant floor. Dr. Quesnel is recognised for his capacity to integrate the most recent academic thinking and best practices to yield some of the most novel, well thought out and pragmatic solutions to the many dilemma currently faced by organizations. Finally, Leigh has a Ph. D. in psychology and has lectured in the faculties of psychology and commerce at the universities of Manitoba and Winnipeg. He speaks French and English fluently and works regularly in both those languages.TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2005 9:00 -10:15 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS (1 - 4)
1. Relaxation With Music: A Music Therapy Approach: Jim Wiebe
This session will look at how music impacts us and how music can be used to help us deal with stress in our lives. The presentation will include an opportunity to participate in a music-assisted relaxation experience. Jim Wiebe, MME, MTA, is an accredited Music Therapist with the Canadian Association for Music Therapy and holds a Master's Degree in Music Therapy from the University of Kansas. He spent 15 years working with individuals who have a mental illness and with cognitively impaired older adults. Jim is currently Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, where he has been coordinating the establishment of the first Bachelor of Music Therapy degree program on the Prairies.2. Healthy Workplace Strategies: Maureen Grace This session will share the results of the Workplace Stress Initiative's project "Healthy Workplace Practices". This project invited Manitoba workplaces to submit healthy workplace initiatives, under eight topic areas, where they felt their workplace exhibited a "bestpractice".Find out what strategies workplaces in Manitoba are practicing to provide healthy work environments as well as their challenges and highlights. The Stress Initiative's "Code of Practice" will be discussed at this time as well. Maureen Grace is a nurse at the Occupational Health Centre. She has a certificate in Adult Education and is an Exercise Specialist with the American College of Sports Medicine. Her 25 year nursing background includes, Intensive Care Nursing, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Wellness and Health Promotion with NavCanada and Great West Life. She is currently finishing her certificate of Applied Counseling at the University of Manitoba.3. Creating A Respectful Workplace: Tricia Hill This session will explore what is needed for an effective respectful workplace program from set up through roll-out, delivery and evaluation.Tricia Hill is a longtime employee of the City of Winnipeg and has been the City's Respectful Workplace Trainer for the last 5 years. 4. Cybernet: Protecting Our Children: Noni ClassenWith advances in technology comes new consideration surrounding personal safety of children and adolescents. There is growing concern among the Canadian public about the risks for children on the Internet. Child Find Manitoba will share their programs to address the sexual exploitation of children. The presentation will include: current concerns as it relates to the victimization of children and adolescents; how children are vulnerable towards victimization; additionally, how parents can reduce the risk of children being sexually exploited. Noni Classen is the Director of Education for Child find Manitoba. Child Find Manitoba assists in the location of missing children, reduces the number if children who go missing through preventative education programs, increases awareness and advocates on issues relating to missing and sexually exploited children. She is a former resource teacher specializing in the area of youth at risk. Additionally, she wrote the Kids in the Know comprehensive safety program, presently implemented in schools, and she authored the children's' books that accompany the program.10:45 -12:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS (5 - 8)
5. Mindfulness: A Way Of Living And A Strategy To Handle Difficulties: Carolyn Peters
Mindfulness is a philosophy of living and also a set of skills that can be learned to manage difficulties with more ease. Mindfulness is a reflective process that makes emotionally intense challenges and stressful relationships more manageable. Stress is part of life, but mindfulness exercises can strengthen the mind's "muscles" so that our coping skills are maximized. A short presentation will be followed by some exercises that you can learn and practice daily for better balance in your life. Carolyn Peters is a doctoral candidate in Social Work at the University of Manitoba. She has twenty years of experience as a family and individual therapist. She has worked in rural Manitoba and in Winnipeg. Carolyn's research is in family wellness and parenting. Carolyn practices mindfulness in her work and personally to bring balance to a busy pace.6. Horticultural Therapy: Maurice Larson Horticulture as a means of therapy has long been used to reconnect with nature. This presentation will look at how horticulture impacts us on an individual level, and will also include an opportunity to participate in an horticultural oriented experience.Maurice Larsen's journey to gardening started as he grew up on a mixed farm in the Parkland Region of Manitoba and continued through his agriculture studies at the University of Manitoba. A summer position working for Corrections Canada as an assistant to the Ornamental Groundsman grew into a permanent one and lead to life's passion about horticulture therapy . He arrived at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory 15 years ago and is now the Garden Supervisor for the English Garden. He is even more committed to the whole concept of Horticulture as a means of Therapy and the Conservatory is now poised for this to coalesce into a program. 7. Provincial Mental Health And Addiction Service Integration Initiative for Co-occurring Disorders: Barry FoggThis session will provide an overview of the Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Initiative currently being implemented in Winnipeg and across other Manitoba health regions. It will include: an examination of nature and prevalence of co-occurring disorders, treatment access issues and associated outcomes, an examination of recommended best practices, the systems change model adopted in Manitoba, and the implications of resulting changes for the workplace. Barry Fogg is a Mental Health and Addictions Specialist in Mental Health within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Project Coordinator for the Winnipeg Region Inter-agency Co-occurring Disorders Initiative. Previous to this, Barry worked as a prevention and program development consultant in the addictions field in Manitoba for over 20 years.8. Cross-cultural Workforce: Mohammed Jah Diversity, when used correctly, can be a powerful instrument to generate wealth and power in any given situation. Winnipeg, being home to a growing number of immigrants, is opening up its doors to lots of talents and capacities. It is, however, the considered view of most employment counselors that immigrants from various backgrounds face a lot of difficulties in the Winnipeg workforce.Integration or rather the acceptance of people from different cultures and backgrounds and allowing them the opportunity to contribute to the social and economic development of their offices is vital to creating a healthy and viable workforce. This session will provide suggestions as to how to make this happen. Mohamed Jah is an Employment Counsellor at Employment Projects of Winnipeg. His profession and his active involvement in community work have earned him a wealth of knowledge and experience in immigrant settlement and employability. Mohamed possesses a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science and is a designated Microsoft Certified System Engineer. KEYNOTE ADDRESS1:30-4:00 pm High Level Personal and Professional Wellness Speaker Dr. Martin Collis A dynamic presentation which shows the audience how to integrate health promoting habits into their daily lives. It informs, entertains and inspires, and sends the audience out of the auditorium feeling great about themselves. Martin uses music and humour in providing some fascinating insights into the functioning of the human body/mind. He points out the behaviors and attitudes, which promote stress resiliency (weight loss for the mind), also, lead to high level wellness. M.E.L.L.O.W. represents Mind, Exercise, Love, Laughter, Optimal Nutrition and Wonder. These elements of wellness are woven into a compelling and practical guide to high level personal and professional performance. Dr. Collis tells his audiences he, "wants a piece of the rest of their life" and uses music and humour to help get his message across. He believes passionately in the biblical quote " a merry heart maketh like good medicine" and in the words of Marianne Moore that, "to miss the joy is to miss it all."His message is a simple one: take care of your body/mind, love and laugh a lot, and true happiness will always be in reach. He believes that trying to manage your stress, extend your life and prevent a major disease is aiming too low. If you move towards high-level wellness you will get those benefits as positive side effects and not become a part of the "worried well" who are always trying to find the latest machine, vitamin or guru. Albert Schweitzer said that, "we move from naïve simplicity to profound simplicity." Dr.Martin Collis talks about the profound simplicities of lifestyle artistry and high-level wellness and does so in an entertaining, inspiring and life changing manner. In 1997, Dr. Collis was one of the first four people recognized as a "Pioneer of Canadian Wellness." He now presents the award along with a keynote address at the annual International Health, Work and Wellness Conference. His work has been personally recognized by the Prime Minister of Canada and the White House. To obtain copy of registration form, click here. Send registration form by:
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