How to Build Psychological Safety in Professional Development
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Anyone who has ever been a teacher has participated in a lot of professional development. If you’re lucky, some of that has been time well spent, giving you new tools and helping you grow as an educator. Unfortunately for many of us, that isn’t the case much of…
New videos explore the Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program | Faculty of Health Sciences
With support from the Mastercard Foundation, Queen’s University and the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) are co-developing a program to train health professionals living along the western James Bay coast. Visit the program’s website or explore three new videos (links below) sharing perspectives on its vision and impact.
Announced March 1, the Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program marks a new approach to educating and supporting Indigenous youth to pursue careers in healthcare and provides a unique model for transforming Indigenous health across Canada.
Learn about the program vision and the training that will be offered:
This project will drive health…
‘Dehumanising policies’ leave autistic people struggling to access health, education and housing – new review
Around 3% of people are estimated to be autistic and it is a lifelong disability. Most autistic people experience the sensory world differently, such as places being too loud or too bright. We also typically communicate in a more direct way than is usual.
In the UK, the Equality Act 2010 means that autistic people should receive reasonable adjustments – meaning organizations must make changes to how they provide their services to remove environmental and social barriers. Despite this, autistic people often experience society as highly disabling. We die between 16 and 30 years younger than non-autistic people, and have…
U of Toronto Boosts Seniors’ Health with Social-Kinesiology Link
Two University of Toronto faculties are teaming up on a new pilot project that aims to improve the physical and mental health of local seniors through a combination of exercise and talk therapy.
Partnering with the Jane/Finch Centre in northwest Toronto – a multi-service community centre focusing on poverty reduction – the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education developed the Talk It Out, Work It Out program for the centre’s clients, particularly seniors.
Graduate students from each faculty also contributed to the program’s curriculum.
Kinesiology students focused on the “Work It Out” section…
$150,000 granted to school in Sprague to support mental health education – SteinbachOnline.com
The Manitoba Teachers’ Idea Fund is supporting mental health programming at Ross L. Gray School in Sprague.
A grant of $150,000 is going toward Infusing the 5T’s of Mental Health into the Mamàhtawisiwin Framework. The 5T’s refer to talking, training, teaching, tools, and taking care.
Mamàhtawisiwin: The Wonder We Are Born With—An Indigenous Education Policy Framework is a provincial policy directive and conceptual framework that supports the holistic achievements of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit learners by assisting Manitoba educators in incorporating Indigenous pedagogy, languages, and culture into their teaching and practices.
“We have Treaty One and Treaty Three within…
2023 Global Health Education Course
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Special group rates beginning at $127 per night, plus tax, for single or double occupancy, have been negotiated at the Westin Chicago Northwest. These rates represent substantial savings from published rates. The cutoff date for reservations at the group rate is October 26, 2023.
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Noise levels can increase heart health risks, new study finds
Excessive amounts of loud, unpleasant noise can lead to multiple health issues and a heightened risk of heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published and conducted by The New York Times. | Fotos 593 – stock.adobe.com
Excessive amounts of loud, unpleasant noise can lead to multiple health issues and a heightened risk of heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published and conducted by The New York Times.
The National Library of Medicine said when a person hears a noise, that sound is registered to the brain and, depending on the sound’s volume…