E-Newsletter  

      March 24, 2009 - Volume 2, Issue 3  

 

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Learning Opportunities

Around Manitoba

Brandon

RCM - Aquatic Facility Operator Training Course - March 31 - April 2

Safety Services Manitoba - Occupational Health & Safety Conference - May 5 - 6

Volunteer Manitoba - Volunteer Management Introduction (Level 1) - April 16, 23, 30

Volunteer Manitoba - Volunteer Management Leadership Skills (Level 2) - June 4, 11, 18

Dauphin

Volunteer Manitoba - Effective Community Fundraising - April 15

Flin Flon

AFM - Youth and Drugs - April 1 - 2

Gladstone

RHA Central - Healthy Communities Conference - April 24

Steinbach

South Eastman RHA - Stressed Out Health Session - April 14

South Eastman RHA - Breastfeeding Information Night - April 21

South Eastman RHA - Listen Up Health Session - May 12

South Eastman RHA - Breastfeeding Information Night - May 26

South Eastman RHA - Spirituality and Chronic Illness and Pain - May 26

South Eastman RHA - You've Crossed The Line Health Session - June 9

Thompson

Wellness Institute - Get Better Together Leader Training - April 20 - 23

RCM - Arena/Curling Rink Operations Level II - April 20 - 24

AFM - Motivational Interviewing and Change - June 2 - 4 

Various Locations/Distance Education

Volunteer Manitoba - Program Planning & Evaluation - April 1

Wellness Institute - Get Better Together! - Various dates and locations

Winnipeg

U of W/PHAC - Recession: Shrinking Paycheques, Failing Health - March 26

U of M - Hearing the Voices of People with Dementia - March 27

U of W - Phil Fontaine Lecture: The Economy and First Nations - March 30

U of M - An Emergent Zoonotic Disease - April 3

AFM - Crystal Meth Awareness - April 7

Building Better Buildings Conference - April 7 - 8

MTS - Student, Citizen, Community -- Beyond the 3 Rs - April 8 - 9

APIN - Lunch and Learn - Educational Options for Adolescent Parents - April 14

Volunteer Manitoba - Bookkeeping Basics for Non-Profits - April 15

AFM - Youth and Drugs - April 15 - 16

MPETA - FARSIDE 2009: PE in the Closet! (and other alternative spaces) - April 17

PRAXIS - Employment Law Essentials - April 17

Manitoba Fitness Council - Made in Manitoba Conference - April 19

AFM - Fundamentals of Addictions - April 20 - 22

RCM - Arena/Curling Rink Operations Level II - April 20 - 24

MSCA - Developmental Therapy/Teaching Advantages for the School Counsellor - April 21

AFM - Intervention Strategies: A Multi-level Approach - April 23 - 24

WRHA - Ethics in Healthcare Management - April 28

AFM - Co-occurring Disorders: The Essentials - April 29 - 30

AFM - Relapse Management - May 4 - 5

RCM - Sports Turf Management and Maintenance Training - May 5 - 8

Volunteer Manitoba - Effective Proposal Writing - May 6

AFM - Alcohol-Related Birth Defects - May 6 - 7

APIN - 1st National Conference - May 7 - 8

CDA - Annual Meeting followed by Regional Recognition Banquet - May 9

SMD - Disability, Health & Wellness Conference - May 11 - 12

SWANA Northern Lights Chapter - Conference - May 11 - 14

Volunteer Manitoba - Introduction to Staff Supervision - May 12 - 13

AFM - Developing Group Facilitation Skills - May 12 - 14

AFM - Families and Addictions - May 20 - 21

Volunteer Manitoba - Volunteer Management Introduction (Level 1) - May 26 - 28

AFM - Aboriginal People and Addictions: What are the Issues? - May 27 - 28

CMHA - Community Advocates Conference - May 28

AFM - Crystal Meth Awareness - June 2

U of M - Investigating Health Risk Concerns in Northern Aboriginal Communities using PhotoVoice - June 5

CCEDNET - 2009 CED National Conference - June 3 - 6

CPHA - Annual Conference - June 7 - 10

AFM - Individual Counselling Skills - June 8 - 12

AFM - Youth and Drugs - June 10 - 11

AFM - Fundamentals of Addictions - June 16 - 18

AFM - Motivational Interviewing and Change - June 22 - 24

Creative Retirement Manitoba - Workshops - Ongoing

Manitoba Fitness Council - Momentum Conference - October 17-18

MCHP - 20th Anniversary Conference - March 8 - 9, 2010 

Outside Manitoba

Banff

Physical and Health Education Canada - National Conference - April 30 - May 2

Brisbane

IACD - Building Community Centred Economies: Dialogue for Action - June 17 - 20

Calgary

CBoC - New Economics of Workplace Health and Well-being - April 29 - 30

Your Workplace - Bring Life to Work, Conference - April 29 - May 1

Canadian Council on Social Development - Canadian Social Forum - May 19 -22

Gatineau

Health Work & Wellness - Conference 2009 - September 30 - October 3

Hamilton

CPA - 2009 Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference - May 28 - 30

CC EBN - evidence informed Health Care Evidence Workshop - May 31 - June 5

Kananaskis

Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors - 75th Annual Educational Conference - May 3 - 6

Montreal

CBEC - The 12th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology - May 6 - 8

Mont Ste-Anne

NCCPH - Knowledge for a change Summer Institute - July 7 - 9

Ottawa

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health - 2009 Symposium - April 5 - 7

YourWorkplace - Bringing Life to Work Conference - April 29 - May 1

Canadian Network for Innovation in Education - International Conference - May 10 - 13

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences - Congress 2009 - May 23 - 31

Canadian Evaluation Society - 2009 Conference - May 31 - June 3

Saskatoon

Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 17th Annual Conference - April 25 -28

Canadian Counselling Association - changing landscapes conference - May 19 -22

Sydney

IWG - 2010 World Conference on Women and Sport - May 20 - 23, 2010

Toronto

Health & Safety Canada 2009: IAPA Conference and Trade Show - April 20 -22

NEDIC - Body Image and Self Esteem: Shades of Grey Conference - May 11 - 12

NIICHRO - Walking the Prevention Circle & Assembly - May 27 - 30

OISE - Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Counselling and Psychotherapy - August 4 - 5

CAMH - Canadian Congress for Research on Mental Health and Addiction in the Workplace - October 28 - 30

Institute for Work and Health - Workcongress9 - November 9 - 11

Vancouver

CAHR - 17th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV Research - April 23 - 26

IFEH - 11th World Congress on Environmental Health - September 5 - 10, 2010

Various Locations/Distance Education

Tamarack - Comprehensive Strategies for Deep and Durable Outcomes - March 31

Concordia (U of A) - Management Principles for Public Health Professionals - April 6 - May 29

Tamarack - The Promise and Paradox of Community - April 22

Schools on Board - May 15 DEADLINE

Yellowknife

IUCH - International Congress on Circumpolar Health - July 11 - 16

 


 


Funding Opportunities


Funding Deadlines Calendar


Assiniboine Credit Union

Canadian Institute for Health Research, Funding Opportunities Database

Canadian Rural Partnership - Rural Partnership Development Program

Canadian Women's Foundation

Eco Action Community Funding

Ethnocultural Community Support Fund

Hometown Green Team - April 6 DEADLINE

Jump Start, Canadian Tire

Kid Sport - April 30 DEADLINE

Manitoba Climate Change Action Fund

Manitoba Community Services Council

Manitoba Conservation - Pollution Prevention Branch

Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport

Manitoba Farm Mentorship program

Manitoba in motion Physical Activity Grants

Manitoba Lotteries Corporation

National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC)

Neighbourhood Renewal Fund

RCMP Foundation

Sport Manitoba Regional-Community Sport Development Grants

True Sport Community Fund

Urban Green Team - April 6 DEADLINE

WISE Fund

 

Resources

 

HSFM - Heart Smart Home Cooking Segments 2009

 

Health Promotion – April


Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness

Oral Health Month

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month

National Cancer Month

Parkinson Awareness Month

National Dental Hygienists Week April 19 - 25

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week April 19 - 26

National Immunization Awareness Week April 25 - May 2

World Health Day April 7

International Hemophilia Day April 17

Earth Day April 21

National Day of Mourning: Remembering lives lost or injured in the workplace April 28

 
 

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