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The submission deadline for inclusion in the April E-Newsletter is March 20.

Learning Opportunities

Around Manitoba

Brandon

CDA - The Art of Networking – March 14

AFM – Aging and Addictions – March 17 – 18

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

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

Dauphin

CDA - Diabetes on the Move – March 7

Volunteer Manitoba – Effective Community Fundraising - April 15

Flin Flon

AFM – Youth and Drugs – April 1 – 2

Gladstone

RHA Central – Healthy Communities Conference – April 24

Neepawa

MAFRI - Grass - Foundation of Healthy Food, Stock & Farms – March 5 & 6

Portage la Prairie

Wellness Institute – Get Better Together Leader Training – Monday & Tuesday, March 16 - 24

Roblin

Volunteer Manitoba – Effective Community Fundraising – March 11

Steinbach

South Eastman RHA - Rays of Hope: Learning About Psychosis – March 10

South Eastman RHA – Breastfeeding Information Night – March 17

South Eastman RHA - Stressed Out Health Session – April 14

South Eastman RHA - Breastfeeding Information Night – April 21

Swan River

CDA - Diabetes: What You Need to Know – March 21

The Pas

Volunteer Manitoba – Successful Project Planning – March 11

Thompson

AFM – Pharmacology – March 2 – 3

AFM – Youth and Drugs – March 25 – 26

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

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

Winkler

MAFRI - Engaging New Canadians – March 25

Winnipeg

U of M - Culture or Context: Understanding a diabetes epidemic in a First Nation population – February 26

Winnipeg in motion – Cubicle Aerobics – February 27

Volunteer Manitoba – How Can We Work Together– March 2

Volunteer Manitoba – Executive Director Leadership Group – March 5 & 19

Dairy Farmers of Manitoba – Nutrition Forum – March 6

Wellness Institute - "Stressed to Kill" – March 6

Winnipeg Women – health & lifestyle weekend – March 6 – 8

Wellness Institute – Support Skills for Health Professionals – March 9 - 10

AFM – Women and Addictions – March 10 -11

Canadian Playground Safety Institute – Theory/Practical Courses – March 10 – 13

Volunteer Manitoba – Coaching Conflict Solutions for Generations at Work – March 11

Volunteer Manitoba – Meeting Procedures with Roberts Rules – March 16 & 23

AFM – Pharmacology – March 16 – 17

CTRI - Responding to Trauma – March 16 – 17

MSCA - Therapeutic Art-making in the School Counsellor’s Office – March 17

CTRI - Critical Incident Group Debriefing – March 18

CDA - Put Your Finger on the Pulse of Nutrition – March 22

Volunteer Manitoba – Ten Steps to Managing Successful Events – March 25

U of M - Effects of Cardio-respiratory Fitness and Cerebral Blood Flow on Cognitive Outcomes in Older Women – March 25

AFM – Family Violence and Addictions – March 25 – 26

Volunteer Manitoba – Engaging YGen Volunteers – March 26

U of M - Issues in Doing Research with People with Dementia – April 3

AFM – Crystal Meth Awareness – April 7

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

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

Volunteer Manitoba – Effective Proposal Writing – May 6

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

APIN - 1st National Conference – May 7 - 8

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

AFM – Crystal Meth Awareness – June 2

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

Outside Manitoba

Albuquerque

Canadian Paediatric Society - International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health – March 6 – 8  

Banff

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

Berlin

BMJ - International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care - March 17 -20

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

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

Gatineau

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

Halifax

The Cochrane Collaboration - 7th Canadian Cochrane Symposium – March 11 – 12

Hamilton

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

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

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

INAC & UWO – Aboriginal Policy Research Conference – March 9 - 12

NADA – National Conference on Diabetes & Aboriginal Peoples – March 16 – 18

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

Saskatoon

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

Sydney

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

Toronto

THCU - Workplace Health Promotion Symposium – March 11 – 12

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

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

Vancouver

UBC - Alerting, Reassuring, Guiding: Three Risk Communication Toolkits for Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Professionals – March 9 & 10

CMHA - Bottom Line Conference 2009: Workplace Mental Illness and the Family – March 11 – 12

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

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

Victoria

UBC - International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – March 11 – 14

Yellowknife

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

Funding Opportunities

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

Jump Start, Canadian Tire

Kid Sport

Manitoba Climate Change Action Fund

Manitoba Community Services Council

Manitoba Conservation - Pollution Prevention Branch 

Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport

Manitoba Farm Mentorship program - March 8th DEADLINE

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

WISE Fund

Resources

Canadian School Health Profiles

Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health - School Policy Framework

The Integrated Pan-Canadian Healthy Living Strategy

School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project

Health Promotion – March

"Help Fight Liver Disease" Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Epilepsy Month

National Kidney Month

National Nutrition Month

National Social Work Month

Red Cross Month

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week - March 11 - 17

Brain Awareness Week - March 16 - 22

International Women's Day - March 8

World Glaucoma Day - March 12

World Day for Water - March 22

World Tuberculosis Day - March 24