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As you've probably noticed during our first week with Amy Butler's new Alchemy, we totally love the innovative substrates she's brought into this collection for Rowan Fabrics. There are, of course, beautiful quality quilting cottons, but this time, she also has a wide range of incredible new textures with which to work. Our All-Weather Tote from earlier this week featured a soft cotton laminate, and today, we're working with rayon challis and velveteen. She also has a unique rayon/linen, sateen bliss, linen/cotton and a voile. Each of the different substrates comes in a wide array of colors and patterns, exploding the amount of creativity you can achieve by mixing and matching looks, weights and textures. Our elegant wrap combines the luxurious drape of rayon challis with the soft romance of velveteen. It's perfect for a holiday night on the town where you need a bit of warmth, and you want a bit of drama against that perfect little black dress.
Check out our new tutorial for tips on working with rayon. Next week, we'll be discussing how to use velvet and velveteen for the best results.
Our thanks to the great folks at FreeSpirit and Rowan Fabrics for sponsoring all this holiday happiness! Each week, we've been bringing you a new collection from a different designer. During our first week, you met Melissa White of Rowan Fabrics and her new Amelie's Attic collection. For Week Two, we thank Ty Pennington Impressions for allowing us to feature Ty's new Fall 2012 Collection. During Week Three, you were surrounded by the sweet loveliness of Verna Mosquera's Pirouette. Now, we're winding up our first week of wonder in the new Alchemy collection from Amy Butler for Rowan Fabrics, and there's another week to go!
For this busy time of year, we created a slate of fast and easy, "do-it-in-a-day" projects. Simple yet classic creations executed in gorgeous fabrics - perfect for holiday giving and decorating, but with a beauty that will last year 'round.
Alchemy will begin appearing next month, December 2012, at participating online and in-store retailers.
In addition, for all of the projects in our series, Westminster helped us put together a handy Where to Buy Retailer Locator, giving you a fast and easy way to source the fabrics we are featuring from both brick and mortar stores in your area (the page is broken out by state) as well as online options.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any sewing machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 6300)
- Walking or Even Feed foot (optional, but helpful when working to control two different fabric substrates)
Fabric and Other Supplies
- 1½ yards of 56-60" wide rayon challis fabric for the center of the wrap and the accent ruffles; we used 57" Honeysuckle Bloom in Rose from the Alchemy collection by Amy Butler for Rowan Fabrics
- 1 yard of 54-60" wide velveteen fabric for end caps; we used 56" Pressed Flowers in Zinc from the Alchemy collection by Amy Butler for Rowan Fabrics
- All-purpose thread to match fabric
- See-through ruler
- Fabric pen or pencil
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Seam gauge
- Seam ripper
- Straight pins
Getting Started
- From the fabric for the center of the wrap and the accent ruffles (Honeysuckle Bloom in Rose in our sample), cut the following:
ONE 49" wide x 43" high rectangle for the main body
TWO 4" x 43" strips for the accent ruffles
- From the fabric for the end caps (Pressed Flowers in Zinc in our sample), carefully fussy cut FOUR 15" x 15" squares. These end cap squares are meant to be a dramatic accent to the wrap; take the time to make four lovely, matching cuts.
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
- Fold the rayon in half, right sides together, so it is now 49" wide x 21½" high. Pin in place along the 49" edge.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch along the 49" edge.
- Press the seam allowance open. Turn right side out and press the seam flat again.
- Roll the seam so it becomes the bottom edge and press flat.
- Fold the rayon piece in half to find the exact center. Mark with a pin.
- Unfold and create a center line, using pins or by drawing a line with a fabric pen or pencil. We used pins.
NOTE: If you choose a pen or pencil, make sure it is one that will easily wipe away from the right side of the rayon or will disappear with exposure to air. Always test on a scrap of fabric first.
- Make SEVEN ½" pleats placed 2" apart. If you are new to pleating, check out our tutorial: How To Make Knife Pleats. The final ½" pleat is folded right along the top edge of the wrap.
NOTE: These pleats are designed to take up the fabric through the middle back of the wrap; they are not meant to hold their shape across the entire width of the wrap. You can certainly adjust to add additional pleats if you'd like, but you want soft, flowing pleats to take advantage of the beautiful drape of the rayon challis.
- To secure the pleats in place, select a decorative stitch or a straight stitch and stitch down both sides of your originally marked center line.
- Repeat the same pleating process along both raw edges of the rayon piece, making SEVEN ½" pleats along each edge exactly in line with the center pleats.
- A simple line of machine basting is all that is needed to hold these pleats in place because they will be secured within the velveteen end caps.
Accent ruffles
- Find the two 4" x 43" strips.
- Fold one strip right sides together, aligning the 4" ends. Pin in place.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch in place. Press the seam open.
- Turn right side out and press this now doubled layer flat. On one end is the fold; on the other end is the seam.
- Fold in half lengthwise, aligning the long raw edges.
- Starting at one end, place a pin every 1½" along the entire folded strip.
- At each pin mark, make a tiny pinch pleat. This pleat will be approximately ¼" at the most.
- Machine baste the pinch pleats in place.
- Your finished pinch-pleated strip should reduce to 14" in length. Repeat all these steps to create the second strip for the opposite end.
Velveteen end caps
- Find the four 15" x 15" velveteen squares and separate them into two sets of two.
- Place each pair right sides together. If you have a directional print, make sure you correctly align top to top and bottom to bottom. Remember, it's the "sides" of the end caps that attach to the rayon. One side attaches to the main body of the wrap, and the opposite side secures the accent ruffle.
- Pin across the top and bottom of each pair.
- If possible, switch to a walking foot for the remaining stitching.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch all four seams. Press all seams open.
- Using a fabric pencil and your see-through ruler, measure in 1" from the raw edges of the velveteen and draw a line from top to bottom. Draw this 1" line on both edges, then flip over the end cap and draw two lines on this side as well. Repeat on the remaining end cap.
- Fold in each raw edge of each end cap (four on each end cap, eight total) so the raw edge aligns with the drawn line.
- Machine baste each in place.
- Turn the end caps right side out.
- Pin one ruffle strip in place along one side of one end cap. The raw edge of the ruffle strip should be flush with one folded in edge of the end cap. Thread a hand sewing needle and hand baste the ruffle strip in place. You are basting through only the folded in edge; do not stitch through to the main panel.
- With the ruffle basted in place, re-flatten the end cap and place the remaining folded-in edge of the velveteen over the top of the ruffle.
- Pin in place through all the layers. The ruffle strip is now evenly sandwiched between the layers of the end cap.
- Topstitch through all the layers to secure the ruffle in place.
- Remove the original line of machine basting, so only the one line of topstitching shows along each edge.
- Insert the pleated edge of the body of the wrap into the opposite open end of the end cap. Pin in place through all the layers.
- Topstitch in place through all the layers.
- Repeat these steps to attach the opposite end cap to the remaining ruffle strip and the remaining raw edge of the body of the wrap.
- Press well, using a pressing cloth.
Project Design: Alicia Thommas
Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Debbie Guild


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Rachel Brown set a new season-high with 14 strikeouts in Game 1 against URI (Harvard Athletic Communications).
KINGSTON, R.I. – Rachel Brown set a season-high with 14 strikeouts in Game 1 as the Harvard softball team split a non-conference doubleheader with Rhode Island Tuesday at the URI Softball Complex. The win pushes Harvard's record to 20-10 on the season while URI moves to 14-19 on the season.
While the Harvard offense had a tough time getting going to start the day, Brown was in good form from the first pitch, striking out six through the first three innings and keeping the Rams off the board despite four hits. The Crimson jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning where Jane Alexander led off with a single to left field. Two batters later, Kasey Lange lifted her fifth homer of the season, giving the guests a two-run edge. The Rams answered with a run off a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the frame, pushing the score to 2-1 after four full innings.
The teams traded runs in the fifth with Adrienne Hume coming across on a wild pitch, but Harvard stretched its lead to four with a three-run sixth. Allison Scott ripped an RBI single to center and rookie Katherine Lantz knocked the first home run of her collegiate career, a two-run blast, to cap the scoring for Harvard. Brown collected her 12th win of the season, allowing just one earned run to go along with the 14 K's while Lange and Lantz had a pair of RBI each.
The hosts came out gunning to start Game 2, chipping away with a run each in the first and second innings and bringing three across in the third on an RBI single and a two-run home run. Lantz picked up her third RBI of the day in the top of the sixth, plating Harvard's lone run of the game on a sacrifice fly. Freshman Gabrielle Ruiz shouldered the loss in the circle for the Crimson, picking up three strikeouts in three innings pitched. Laura Ricciardone held the Rams hitless in three innings of relief.
Harvard kicks off Ivy League North division play this weekend as it travels to New Haven, Conn., for a pair of doubleheaders against Yale. The series begins Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

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Dayton fans have "taken over" downtown Memphis for South Regional battle with Florida
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Some may consider this to have been one of the biggest upsets of March Madness: It appeared that Dayton had more fans for its game against Stanford than did Florida for its battle with UCLA.
Those connected with the Dayton program were not surprised, however.
"It's very evident that the very first thing you realize (about Dayton) is we have a spectacular fan base — I mean, spectacular," Flyers coach Archie Miller said Friday during NCAA Tournament interviews for Saturday's South Regional final vs. top-seeded Florida at the FedEx Forum.
"Regardless of where we're at, whether we're home or on the road, conference or nonconference, wherever we go, some crazy group of people (supporting Dayton) is going to show up. From what I gather, they're pretty much taken over downtown (Memphis) right now."
Players say they do hear that support.
"When we played Syracuse (last weekend in Buffalo, N.Y.), you could look up and see nothing but orange," Dayton junior guard Jordan Sibert said. "But to be able to also see our crowd and hear them just as loud as you could hear Syracuse fans, it means the world to us. It gives us an edge in every game."


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HC Link's free skill-building webinars offered accessible learning opportunities using an interactive online platform. Our webinars covered a variety of healthy community topics and health promotion approaches.
Upcoming Webinars
Materials and Webinar Recordings
Webinar connection information
Please visit www.ReseauCS.ca to learn about our events in French
Materials and Webinar Recordings
|March 2018
Public Health Engagement in Official Plan Reviews
One of the most important responsibilities of municipalities is the development of the Official Plan. In Ontario, the Planning Act describes how land uses may be controlled, and the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) provides overall policy direction for land use planning and development. However, each municipality has its own Official Plan that shapes the quality of the built environment. The Official Plan can have far reaching impacts on conditions that relate to obesity, heart disease, mental health, social isolation, nutrition and air quality. Thus, it is vital that public health units work with municipalities and community partners to ensure that the Official Plan supports healthy communities and reduces health inequities.
|February 2018
Basic Income: Collective Action on Social Policy
In March 2017, HC Link hosted a webinar in which Rob Rainer, Chair of the Ontario Basic Income Network Steering Committee, provided an overview of the rationale and benefits of establishing a universal basic income, gave examples of Basic Income initiatives and discussed issues in program design. If you missed it, you can view the recording, slides, and a list of resources. Many developments have unfolded since then, and the fledgling Basic Income movement is continuing to gain momentum in Ontario, across Canada and around the world. Rob to joined us once more on February 21st with a panel of experts for a follow-up discussion of the Basic Income and its ability to engage people from diverse audiences in advancing its implementation.
Alcohol & Drugs on Campus: What students & staff have to say
The Alcohol & Breast Cancer Connection - Slides
Addressing Substance Use on Canadian Campuses - Slides
Excessive Student Drinking on Canadian Campuses - Slides
This webinar, co-hosted by Parent Action on Drugs and Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), focused on perceptions, motives, and patterns of use of alcohol and other substances among post-secondary students in Canada. A look at student mentors and campus staff perceptions and challenges were also addressed, followed by evidence-informed approaches to consider, rounded out by a presentation on the development of campaign messages targeting undergraduate women about managing alcohol consumption through the lens of the alcohol and breast cancer risk connection.
November 2017
Gender-transformative interventions and violence against women
The 4th edition of Health Promotion in Canada was released in November 2017, with new chapters and contributors, reflecting emerging issues in health promotion, new organizational developments, and another generation of researchers, practitioners, and advocates. Health Promotion Canada, in partnership with Health Nexus via HC Link, is sponsoring a series of webinars to share some of the contents of this new edition to support capacity building, debate, and dialogue within the health promotion community.
In the first of this series, Ann Pederson, Director of Population Health Promotion at BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre and Adjunct Faculty at Simon Fraser University, reflected on the potential of gender-transformative health promotion interventions to address the challenge of violence against women. Gender-transformative interventions seek to address gender equity as part of the root cause of health and social issues. In the case of violence against women, this means engaging with the underlying aspects of gender relations that contribute to the grim statistics of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. The webinar offered some background on the issue as well as some promising Canadian practices to illustrate innovations that may help address this form of gender-based violence.
October 2017
Discussion on Cannabis Legal Framework and Campaign Development Webinar
The purpose of this discussion was a follow-up to the October 11th webinar "Ontario's Legal Framework for Cannabis and Exploring Strategies for Developing Prevention Campaigns". This discussion related to how to develop communication strategies to effectively promote the prevention of cannabis use/misuse among youth in Ontario as we face recreational use becoming legal and thus, further normalized.
Ontario's Legal Framework for Cannabis & Exploring Strategies for Developing Prevention Campaigns
With legalization of recreational cannabis on the horizon, there is concern that communicating prevention messages to youth may be more challenging than ever given the potential for further normalization society-wide. This webinar was aimed at those interested in developing health communications targeting Ontario's youth to promote awareness about the new legal framework and prevent use/misuse of cannabis during this critical time of brain development.
September 2017
Deepening Engagement: Finding the Power to Empower
This webinar discussed community engagement techniques that use drama and art to help community members express their identity, feelings and aspirations, and make meaningful connections with others. These workshops can be adapted for specific populations and are often helpful to people with language barriers. Utilizing art and drama releases participants' creative energies and creates deeply empowering experiences for participants. The results of these workshops may also provide insights that can help shape service planning and development.
As part of our Deepening Community Engagement series, this webinar shared how different forms of sense-making can be combined with arts-based methods to move people beyond inclusion, and toward having influence and agency. These alternative ways of unfolding knowledge from community members have the benefit of being intrinsically rewarding to participants, and are structured enough to inform the work of service providers.
What Successful Partnerships Do: Learning Exchange
Recording (also on YouTube) | Resources
This is the second part of our successful partnership series. We began the series in June through a webinar in which we touched upon key issues and strategies for building and maintaining successful partnerships. In this more interactive stage, registered participants used an online discussion board to tell us what challenges or questions they currently face when dealing with partnerships. Then Andrea Bodkin and Gillian Kranias hosted an interactive learning exchange & information session that was customized to address the questions and concerns registrants sent in.
June 2017
What Successful Partnerships Do: 6 Key Activities
Recording (also on YouTube) | Slides | Resources
In this webinar, Gillian Kranias and Andrea Bodkin present the "6 activities for dynamic and effective partnerships and talk about new tools from HC Link.
May 2017
Measuring Rural Community Vitality: A Rural Ontario Insitute Initiative
For more than a decade, Canadian researchers and policy makers have focused on measuring the well-being of Canadian residents on a number of domains, including Community Vitality which measures the activity, strength, and inclusiveness of relationships within a community. Recognizing that rural communities are distinct from urban areas in numerous ways, the Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) undertook the Measuring Rural Community Vitality Initiative (MRCVI). Watch this webinar to learn more about this applied research and analysis initiative examining effective practices for quantifying rural civic engagement, social capital and community well-being.
March 2017
Basic Income: Principles, Practices and Lessons
This webinar covers: What basic income is - and isn't; Income as a determinant of health; The benefits of basic income; Examples of basic income and basic income-like initiatives; Principles of good basic income program design; The cost of basic income and how it can be funded; The status of Ontario's basic income pilot project, and Ontario's fledgling basic income movement.
February 2017
Incorporating a social justice approach in youth programming: the Guys Can Cook! Program
The Guys Can Cook! program (GCC) is a health promotion initiative focused on nutrition and food skills development among male teenagers. Three years of the GCC project delivery across seven neighbourhoods in West Toronto resulted in the development of a program model that is rooted in a social justice and anti-oppression framework. It offers a youth informed approach to program development and implementation. During the Guys Can Cook! webinar, an interdisciplinary team shares lessons learned about applying a social justice and anti-oppression framework, enabling youth engagement, and supporting youth participation. The GCC team also shares resources from the Guys Can Cook! program, including the program manual and the Guys Can Cook! cookbook.
December 2016
Canadian Youth Perceptions on Cannabis: Implications for practice and policy
November 2016
Canadian Youth Perceptions on Cannabis: Research results and lessons learned
Canada has one of the world's highest rates of cannabis use among teens. This is concerning given the risks to adolescent development and mental health. Research on what youth think about cannabis and how that relates to their choice to use is critical to informing preventive education, practice implementation and policy to minimize harm. It is especially significant given changes in recreational legalization on the horizon, which may have an impact on further use in this vulnerable population.
Vapes, Chew and Hookah: Emerging trends in tobacco use among youth - UPDATED
This webinar was presented in March, but due to popular demand and updates in the field, we provided an updated version of this webinar.
While student use of tobacco cigarettes has consistently and significantly decreased in the past 15 years, there are new and emerging products for smoking and tobacco intake that complicate the youth education arena. This webinar provides information on these emerging trends in tobacco use among young people, providing an overview of the products, current legislation and examples of campaigns that are taking action in the province. We consider the issues surrounding youth interest in and access to these products and the challenge faced by health educators to respond to this changing landscape.
What you need to know about cultural competence but are afraid to ask
What does cultural competence mean to you and your agency? When pertaining to the francophone community, is it more than an Active Offer of French Services? What does this all mean from a Northern Ontario perspective? Do you want to know how you or your agency can integrate cultural competence within an organisational structure and provide equitable, quality programs and services for everyone?
In this webinar, Best Start System Navigator from the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board, Mélissa Boivin, community leader, Lola Dufour, and author of the Framework, Francine Charland, highlight the tools and resources offered in the Northeastern Ontario Cultural Linguistic Competency Framework, as well as share stories on how it has already been used.
October 2016
Recording | Slides | Resources
Anyone wanting to learn more about how to offer services to Indigenous people in a Good Way will want to watch this webinar. Hosts share the intergenerational and cross-jurisdictional steps that people in Timiskaming took to create a Cultural-Linguistic Competency Framework. The Implementation Guide has practical tools that can be adapted to your region. As one Elder said – "the Framework is for everybody". This can be an important step you take along the path to awareness and Reconciliation – whether you are just beginning the journey or whether you need to know how to get your agency or organization on track for continuous improvement.
September 2016
Building community capacity for a family-based youth resiliency program
Recording | Slides | Resources | Contact Information | Lessons Learned in Implementing SFPY in Aboriginal Communities coming soon
The webinar will follow a knowledge to action model, provide a brief description of the SFPY program, the evidence behind the program, and the resources and supports needed for implementation. We will hear how partnering agencies moved through implementation stages, from assessing the program evidence, the community need and fit for their target population and their agency service model to the collaborative stages of planning and delivery for successful application of the SFPY program in their region.
July 2016
How to Engage Francophones - When you don't speak French
At HC Link, we believe that you can successfully engage and work with Francophone communities in community-based planning, health promotion and healthy communities even if you do not speak French. We briefly review the importance of Francophone engagement and key principles and factors to consider. We then focus on three simple steps to engage Francophones when you don't speak the language, as well as discuss common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
June 2016
Using Evidence to Inform Substance Misuse Prevention Initiatives
Recording | Slides | Resources | Webinar Round-up
This webinar aims to increase awareness in the substance use service sector about evidence-based/informed prevention initiatives. The webinar features three speakers. Sharif Mahdy, from The Students Commission of Canada, Centre for Excellence in Youth Engagement, discusses the use of participatory-action research to inform program development using a cannabis project as a case study example. Alexander Lowell, from Youth REX, York University, discusses strategies for integrating evidence into practice, barriers and how to address them. Maria Papadimitriou, from Delisle Youth Services, provides a Toronto-based example of an evidence based/informed prevention program, including how the program was developed.
May 2016
New technology trends, uses, and health promotion implications
What use is a FitBit? Wondering how the Internet of Things might affect your work?Is Virtual Reality a good thing or a bad thing for health promotion? Why aren't kids on Facebook? We discuss current trends in technology (including social media), how it's being used, and some of the potential health promotion implications.
March 2016
Slides | Recording | Resources
Many communities feel disconnected from public policy development and decision-making, resulting in lower voter turnout and cynicism about political accountability. Socially vulnerable groups such as indigenous peoples, immigrants, refugees, racial/cultural minorities, and economically marginalized groups often find it difficult to participate effectively in political life. There are often challenges associated with attaining leadership roles in non-profit community organizations, through which community members can increase their involvement in policy development and decision-making. In this webinar we will identify barriers to civic engagement, and discuss strategies for supporting people from all walks of life to become involved, connected and engaged in their communities and local government.
This webinar is the third in a three part series on Civic Engagement. The first webinar of the series, "Engaging Citizens for Healthy Communities: Current Challenges and Approaches", was presented on October 20, 2015. The second webinar, "An Introduction to Engaging in the Review of your Official Plan", was presented on February 24, 2016.
Vapes, Chews & Hookah: Emerging trends in tobacco use among youth
Slides | Recording | Webinar Recap
This webinar will provide information on emerging trends in tobacco use among young people, providing an overview of the products, current legislation and examples of campaigns that are taking action in the province. We will describe the alternative products and how they relate to tobacco use among young people, specifically looking at water pipes, vapes (or e-cigarettes) and "smokeless" forms such as chew and snus, as well as the role of flavouring in creating a market among novice users. We will consider the issues surrounding youth interest in and access to these products and the challenge faced by health educators to respond to this changing landscape.
Effective peer programming on substance use for the transition years
Slides | Recording | Webinar Recap
This webinar will provide information on an effective school-based program that provides realistic, relevant and reliable information to students – provided by other students. Using the experience of peer education programming from Parent Action on Drugs (PAD) we will hear from educational instructors, a guidance teacher, a public health nurse, a mental health counselor and a student peer educator on their involvement in this program. The presentation will focus on how and why a program that engages students where they are at – rather than where we would like them to be – is effective and engaging for both the peer educator and their transition-aged audience.
February 2016
An Introduction to engaging in the review of your official plan
Slides Part 1 | Slides Part 2 | Recording | Guidelines for reviewing official plans HKPR | Haliburton County Food & the official plan CFA report
This webinar is the second in a three part series on Civic Engagement. During this webinar we will:
The first webinar of the series, Engaging Citizens for Healthy Communities -- Current challenges and approaches, was presented on October 20, 2015. The recording is available.
November 2015
Promoting the Mental Health of Older Adults in Ontario
This webinar was co-hosted by the CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre and HC Link.
This webinar examined the evidence behind mental health promotion programming for older adults/seniors. Presenters highlighted current population mental health data for Ontario older adults/seniors from the CAMH Monitor. Additionally, an overview of the Best Practice Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion Programs: Older Adults 55+ (BPGs) was provided. An example of an evidence-based mental health promoting program for seniors, Living Life to the Full (LLTF), rounded off the presentations.
The CAMH Monitor is the longest ongoing adult substance use and mental health survey in Canada. The survey describes trends in smoking, drinking, drug use, mental health, physical health and other risk behaviours among Ontario adults.
October 2015
Stress, Determinants of Health and Connectedness: Impacts on well-being
Using a thoughtful mix of personal experience and stories, statistics and current research or evidence, the presenter guides participants using a framework for understanding the pathways and relationships between living conditions and toxic stress, chronic disease, mental illness and addictions. Participants will:
Engaging Citizens for Healthy Communities: Current Challenges and Approaches
Slides | Recording | Resources
This webinar was the first of a three part Civic Engagement series which will focus on the fundamentals of civic engagement, and how they relates to the concepts and processes of Healthy Communites. This introductory webinar highlights the role and importance of civic engagement in the provincial and local context, explore barriers to meaningful involvement in today's society, and discusses promising strategies and practices. Helpful resources and tools are also highlighted.
June 2015
First Steps in FLS Planning Slides | Recording
There are countless reasons and benefits for organizations to provide French Language Services (FLS). However, delivering services in French isn't as easy as flipping a switch: there are many considerations, steps, and planning tools to consider.
In this webinar, Andrea and Patrick introduced basic concepts in why and when you should begin to plan and offer services in French, how to go about planning and implementing these services, and share stories from the field.
This webinar builds on the series of webinars and resources that HC Link has developed on Engaging and Working With Francophones. Participants were taught how to:
May 2015
Part 3 - Collaborative Partnership Series: Thinking Back, Moving Forward: Celebrate and Evaluate...to Renew
This webinar was the third part of a three-part Collaborative Partnerships series. Hear stories from our special guests, and deepen your understanding of the following essential activities:
This HC Link three-webinar series explores the six activities of effective partnerships, featuring collaborative leaders and members from across Ontario. Participants will learn more about the cyclic nature of partnership development and re-creation, gain new insights and revitalize their toolbox. This series is intended for participants with some prior experience with partnerships, but are open to all. You must register separately for each webinar.
Poverty Reduction: Moving from Strategy to Action Slides | Recording
Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy (2014–2019) is now in its second phase titled Realizing Our Potential. This webinar introduced participants to the main features of the Strategy, and highlighted promising examples of initiatives that are happening on the ground across Ontario.
Participants heard opening remarks from MPP Chris Ballard, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy. Next they heard from community leaders who are working in the key focus areas of the Strategy, including children and youth, homelessness, and employment and income security. Presenters showcased how the strategy can be tailored to meet the needs of diverse communities across the province.
Part 2- Collaborative Partnership Series: An Eye on the Vision, An Eye on the Road: Working together for change
This webinar was the second part of a three-part Collaborative Partnerships series. Hear stories from our special guests, and deepen your understanding of the following essential activities:
This HC Link three-webinar series explores the six activities of effective partnerships, featuring collaborative leaders and members from across Ontario. Participants will learn more about the cyclic nature of partnership development and re-creation, gain new insights and revitalize their toolbox. This series is intended for participants with some prior experience with partnerships, but are open to all. You must register separately for each webinar.
April 2015
Part 1 - Collaborative Partnership Series: The Genius of Partnerships: New relationships and diverse perspectives within a common vision
The webinar also highlighted practical tools and related resources to support your work.
This HC Link three-webinar series explores the six activities of effective partnerships, featuring collaborative leaders and members from across Ontario. Participants will learn more about the cyclic nature of partnership development and re-creation, gain new insights and revitalize their toolbox. This series is intended for participants with some prior experience with partnerships, but are open to all. You must register separately for each webinar.
March 2015
Part 2 - Youth Substance Use Prevention: Evidence Informed Health Promotion Practices and Policies Slides | Recording
Applying Evidence to Health Promotion Practices and Policies is part two of the series, Youth Substance Use: From Developmental Pathways to Policy Development. In the first webinar, we established how the developmental pathways of adolescents interface with their use of alcohol and other drugs.
In this second webinar, we continue the consideration of youth as a priority population and examine how evidence can be applied to health promotion practices and policies, and the link between policy and service delivery. This webinar will start off by introducing the substance abuse continuum of service. There will be a particular emphasis on the gaps that exist in services for youth. Participants will also learn the implications that policy can have across different levels in the continuum of service. The presenters will discuss the on-the-ground implications of policy for youth, with a particular focus on cannabis policy.
February 2015
Health Equity in the Maternal and Child Health Sector Slides | Recording | Health Equity Tools
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Given the relationship between social and economic conditions and health outcomes, understanding and addressing health equity is a critical endeavour in the maternal and child health sector. This webinar will provide an overview of why health equity must be considered and addressed, and will describe the health equity principles and tools (including the Health Equity Impact Assessment) that can be applied to identify and mitigate inequities in the health of women and children. Case examples will be used to illustrate the considerations we must make when working with health equity principles and tools.
Part 1 - Pathways to Youth Substance Use: Evidence and Implications Slides | Recording
Pathways to Youth Substance Use: Evidence and Implications is part one of the series Youth Substance Use: From Developmental Pathways to Policy Development. The series presenters have extensive expertise in both the research and youth clinical domains. In this first webinar, we will examine the evidence around the particular vulnerabilities of youth pertaining to the developmental pathways that both influence and are impacted by youths' substance use patterns. In particular, research around the genetic and brain development of adolescents will be presented, with an emphasis on resiliency and how resilience-based interventions can positively impact youth development. By the end of the webinar, we will consider the challenges this evidence poses for youth/family-focused and community practices as well as policy development, a segue to the second webinar of the series, where these issues will be considered further.
December 2014
Community Transportation PilotGrant Program Overview and Coordinated Rural Transportation Solutions Slides | Recording | Summary and Resource Links
This webinar provides an overview of the Ministry of Transportation – Ontario (MTO) Community Transportation Pilot Grant Program. It also explains how to develop coordinated and cost-shared rural transportation systems, using the Towards Coordinated Rural Transportation resource document. As part of the Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) and Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC) project, Accelerating Rural Transportation Solutions, Dillon Consulting Ltd. created a comprehensive how to document which provides recommendations for assessing opportunities for improved coordination, and the various steps required in order to move forward with local stakeholders.
November 2014
Policy Development Series. Part 4 - Taking a Bite out of HEAL policies: Ottawa's Experience Recording | Slides
The City of Ottawa has implemented Child Care Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) Guidelines in their municipal child care sites. This 4th webinar of the Policy Development series provides a snapshot of the experience of develping and implementating a policy from start to finish. Following a brief summary of the strategy and the results of the evaluation, presenters will provide stories from the field about the impacts of the project on the healthy eating and active living environments in child care centres.
September 2014
Policy Development Series. Part 3 - Working with Elected Officials: tools and techniques. Storytelling approach in policy change slides | Working with elected officials municipal plans slides | Recording
It's the day after Ontario's municipal elections.....and time to build/strengthen relationships with your elected officials! In this webinar, we'll explore a variety of tools that you can use to determine how officials in your community stand on the issues you are addressing, and techniques that you can use to tell your story. Join HC Link's Andrea Bodkin and Gillian Kranias as well as guest presenters Nicole Niedra-Biordi, Krista Long and Sara Haalboon.
Policy Development Series. Part 2 - Working with Municipalities: Stories from the field. Peterborough Poster | PCCHU Municipal Project Summary | Paul Young Slides | Melanie Davis Slides | Blog post with related resources
In this webinar we discuss various strategies for communtiy partners to establish/strengthen relationships with municipal staff and share stories of successful examples.
Policy Development Series. Part 1 — Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf? De- mystifying Policy Handout | Recording
Often times the very mention of the "p" word is enough to send chills of terrors down our spines. It is our notions of policy which are so scary; policy and policy work really aren't as bad as you might think. This introductory workshop will cover some basic definitions, principles and do-and-don'ts regarding policy and policy development. Case studies from across the province will be used to illustrate these concepts.
July 2014
Working Together on the Healthy Kids Strategy Webinar Series. Healthy Kids Strategy #3: Create Healthy Communities
This is the third of a series of three webinars that are focussed on the recommendations of the Healthy Kids Panel, which was convened to recommend strategies for keeping more kids at healthy weights. This webinar will be a brief summary of report recommendations on co-ordinating an all-of-society approach to create healthy communities and reduce or eliminate the broader social and health disparities that affect children's health and weight. Four panel members will then describe some of the capacity-building initiatives that they are working on.
Working Together on the Healthy Kids Strategy Webinar Series. Healthy Kids Strategy #2: Change the Food Environment
This is the second of a series of three webinars that are focussed on the recommendations of the Healthy Kids Panel, which was convened to recommend strategies for keeping more kids at healthy weights. Three strategies were outlined in the panel's report, No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy, which was released in March 2013. In this webinar, we will consider recommendations related to Strategy #2 of the report: Change the Food Environment. Following a brief summary of the strategy, guest presenters will explain how their work is aligned with the recommendations of the Healthy Kids Panel. This session will be moderated by Christina Tran, consultant from Nutrition Resource Centre.
Working Together on the Healthy Kids Strategy Webinar Series. Healthy Kids Strategy #1: Start All Kids on the Path to Health
This is the first of a series of three webinars offered by HC Link to highlight the Healthy Kids Strategy outlined in the report of the Healthy Kids Panel. In this webinar the presenters will give an overview of the whole report, and then focus on the recommendations related to Strategy #1: Start All Kids on the Path to Health. Dr. Zach Ferraro will provide information and recommendations on obesity in preconception and pregnancy and Hiltrud Dawson of the Best Start Resource Centre will discuss prevention initiatives that are currently being undertaken.
March 2014
Accelerating Rural Transportation Solutions Webinar Series. Part 3: Garnering support from municipal representatives and community members John Slides (PDF) | Jeannie Slides (PDF) | Lisa Slides (PDF) | Recording | Webinar chat room answers | T.R.O.U.T Report 2010-2012 | Living Longer, Living Well Report | Provincial Definition of Public Transportation
The third and final webinar in the Accelerating Rural Transportation Webinar Series, Garnering Support from Municipal Representatives and Community Members, will explore how to engage municipal representatives and community members in supporting an initiative.
Social Media Clinic: Trends, Tools and Peer Sharing Slides (PDF) | Recording on trends and tools only | Resources and Links shared
Don't get sick of social media, come to our clinic to get the support you need to feel better! Now that you've been using social media (for a brief amount of time, or for a while) you probably have a whole new set of questions that are different from when you started this journey. This social media clinic, intended for those who are currently using social media in their healthy communities work, will allow you to discuss your questions and share your experiences and challenges with your peers. Bring your questions (or let us know beforehand what they are!) and be prepared to support your colleagues across the province. HC Link will open the webinar with a brief presentation on trends we are seeing in social media, as well as showcase some helpful online collaboration tools, before we delve into the peer sharing component. You can expect to leave this clinic with more ideas, resources and connections, which should make you feel a little bit better about your social media work moving forward.
Equity Focused Planning Slides (PDF) | Recording | Links
In this workshop we will discuss terminology and concepts related to social determinants of health and health equity. We will present two tools that support program planning through an equity lens: Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) and the Evidence and Practice-Based Planning Framework. Participants will learn how to combine these tools to create a hybrid model known as equity focused planning. We will show a sample application of the model and discuss other practical applications for equity focused planning. We will conclude with an opportunity for questions and discussion.
Sustainable Food Systems Webinar Series. Part 3: Organizing to affect your Food System: Food Policy and Action Groups Joan Slides (PDF) | Catherine Slides (PDF) | Recording
This is the third and last webinar of the Sustainable Food Systems Series. Some of the ideas to be considered include: Who are the participants in a Food Policy or Food Action group?; How do these groups address food system challenges?; and What are some of their common goals and unique solutions? Our Community Partner will be asked to share their group's story including a simple timeline and the impetus for each step toward network development and activity. They will also be asked to share some of their recommendations for anyone considering Food Action or Food Policy Group development and the role of these groups in Sustainable Food System Development.
Accelerating Rural Transportation Solutions Webinar Series. Part 2: The importance of Partnerships and Collaborations to Establishing Rural Transportation Initiatives Lisa Slides (PDF) | Sue Slides (PDF) | Susan Slides (PDF) | Recording
This is the second webinar in the Accelerating Rural Transportation Solutions Webinars series, and will examine the importance of partnerships and collaborations to establishing rural transportation initiatives.
February 2014
Accelerating Rural Transportation Solutions Webinar Series. Part 1: Framing the issues, identifying the challenges, and exploring the opportunities Brad Slides (PDF) | Lisa Slides (PDF) | Right-Sizing Transit Slides (PDF) | Recording
Within Ontario and beyond, models of collaborative rural transportation solutions are emerging and continuing to evolve. The leaders of some of these programs have shown a willingness to share stories of their success. The webinar series Accelerating Rural Transportation Solutions will enable that to happen. The first webinar in the series will offer an overview of the issues, along with the challenges and opportunities that exist.
Sustainable Food Systems Webinar Series
Part 1: Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems Joan Slides (PDF) | Steffanie Slides (PDF) | Recording
This is the first webinar of the Sustainable Food Systems series. This introduction to the Sustainable Food Systems series will explore the definitions, motivations and ideas behind the development of the theory and practice of Sustainable Food Systems. Where did the idea originate? What are we trying to impact or change and how do we measure both current status and improvements. Our community presenter will give an example of a food systems approach to a regional food system. She will share various insights and principles that have become evident as the community enacted the Sustainable Food Systems process.
Part 2: Sustainable Food Systems in a Healthy Communities Lens Janice Slides (PDF) | Jeff Slides (PDF) | Recording
This is the second webinar of the Sustainable Food Systems Series. The Healthy Community model recognizes that in addition to our genetic characteristics, lifestyle or access to health or sick care services, our health is also strongly influenced by social, economic and environmental factors. It sees communities as dynamic systems in which everything is connected to everything else. The Healthy Community approach involves each community deciding for itself what kind of community they want in the future and developing strategies to move them in that direction. The webinar will introduce the basics of the Healthy Communities Model and explore its benefits to communities and their residents. Like the process towards building a Sustainable Food System, the Healthy Communities process takes action and assessment to move forward. Our community partner will share how a Healthy Communities approach has driven food systems change in a rural setting. She will also share the various community engagement strategies and planning initiatives that have been useful to bring the community to its current state of Healthy Communities and Sustainable Food Systems awareness.
Engaging the Power of Story - A web-based peer sharing event Webinar Notes (PDF) | Resource Links (PDF) | Bibliography of Narrative Approaches - Linda Ward 2012 (PDF)
Story and narrative can be used in a variety of ways. They help us feel engaged, learn with and from others, strengthen communities, motivate action, communicate impacts to funders and government, reflect on our learnings. You may have developed skills and experience from a mentor in your own community, from resources on the internet, from teachers within indigenous communities, or from emerging communities of practice and practitioners (e.g. in the field of digital storytelling). We can also learn from each other, and that is the purpose of this peer sharing event.
January 2014
All About HC Link's Policy for Healthy Communities Learning Community Recording (Youtube) / Recording (Adobe Connect)
Join Andrea for this introduction to HC Link's "Policy for Healthy Communities Learning Community." During this webinar, you'll learn all about the learning community, become familiar with the online platform that the community uses, and discuss your learning needs and interests as they relate to policy.
Webinar Series: Family-based Approaches for Building Resiliency in Children and Youth Part 1: An Introduction Slides | Recording
To support the work of those in the health promotion and prevention fields, HC Link is partnering with Parent Action on Drugs (PAD) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Health Promotion Resource Centre to deliver the two-part webinar series Family-based Approaches for Building Resiliency in Children and Youth, which will explore the use of family-based programs for building resiliency through mental health promotion and other substance misuse prevention activities.
This first webinar in the series provides an overview of the evidence base for this type of work and reviews best practices and guidelines.
Part 2: Learning From the Field Slides (PDF) | MaryLynn Slides (PDF) | Megan Slides (PDF) | Peterborough Slides | Recording
This second webinar in the series features community partners who currently deliver family-based programming. A panel of practitioners will identify successes as well as lessons learned, while reflecting on the evidence in this area of practice. This session will provide substantial opportunities for discussion with webinar participants.
Why diverse leadership matters in the health care sector Recording
Leadership in health care institutions plays a critical role in setting mandates and priorities, and shaping services to help meet the needs of patients and providers alike. DiverseCity Counts, in partnership with Mount Sinai Hospital, examined leadership diversity in local health integration networks (LHINs), hospitals and community care access centres (CCACs) in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The report looked at sex, gender identity, visible minorities, disability and sexual orientation in senior management and on governance boards of these institutions. This webinar will feature a panel discussion on the findings of this report, why diverse leadership is important, and what institutions can do to diversify their leadership teams.
December 2013
Public Engagement Through Scenarios: The German Experience in Creating Regional Human Service Strategies Jens-Martin Slides (PDF) | Norman Slides (PDF) | Recording
Changing demographics, specifically the lack of population growth and aging in many areas of rural and remote Ontario, will pose a challenge to how a wide variety of human services and supporting infrastructures are planned and delivered. In Germany, Jens-Martin Gutsche has played a key role in piloting an innovative planning strategy based on extensive community engagement and multi-sector collaboration. This webinar will allow you to learn more about this integrated approach. Jens-Martin will present several examples illustrating the process, outcomes to date, and success and learnings along the way. Presenters and participants will explore the applicability or adaptability of this planning strategy for areas of Ontario experiencing population decline.
November 2013
Getting Ready for the Ontario Nonprofit Corporations Act Slides (PDF) | Recording
The Ontario government is modernizing the law that governs how nonprofit organizations operate. The new law is called the Ontario Not for Profit Corporations Act, or the ONCA. It is expected to be proclaimed in mid-2014. Nonprofit organizations incorporated under the Ontario government will need to meet the new requirements. This 30-minute webinar, presented by Brenda Doner, will provide an introduction to the ONCA and information about the tools and resources available through this project that will help you to prepare for it.
October 2013
Evaluating Impacts of Development Proposals Heidi Slides (PDF) | Paul Slides (PDF) | Recording
This webinar is the second of two webinars in the Building Healthy Communities webinar series. Paul Young will provide an overview of how new developments can contribute to building healthy communities and will describe some planning policy tools that are designed to create a healthier built environments. He will speak about the factors that shape new developments and opportunities to become engaged in planning and decision-making about developments and community change. Paul will be joined by Heidi Matthews from the community group Transition Town (T.T.) Erin. She will provide a short summary of Erin's experience with a large land development proposed for Erin, Ontario. She will touch on how T.T. Erin engaged the community and how they developed an evaluation tool to help shape the new development so that it contributes to a healthier community. There will be an opportunity for participants to share their experiences in working towards a healthy built community.
Influencing Changes to the Built Environment Brian Slides (PDF) | Paul Slides (PDF) | Recording
This webinar is the first of two in the Building Healthy Communities webinar series. Paul Young will present information and examples of features of a healthy built community and opportunities for engagement in municipal planning processes and official plan reviews. He will be joined by Brian Dick, Senior Policy Planner with the Regional Municipality of Niagara. Brian will provide an overview of some of the planning tools that can be used to influence development patterns to create healthier built environments. He will outline how communities can find out about and utilize the tools to engage in planning for sustainability and health.There will be an opportunity for participants to share their experiences in working towards a healthy built community.
September 2013
Finders Keepers: Hiring and Retaining Bilingual Staff Slides (PDF) | Recording | Assessing Working Conditions for Bilingual Staff (PDF)
Having bilingual staff in your organization is critical to being able to deliver French Language services. But it's not always easy to find, hire and keep bilingual staff. In this webinar, we'll cover several basic principles in recruiting and retaining bilingual staff, including how to avoid common pitfalls. We'll explore the relationship between having bilingual staff, creating a bilingual organizational culture and delivering French Language Services, including why this will benefit your organization and ultimately, the health of your clients.
This webinar is the third of the FLS Capacity Building series offered in English and in French. The series is designed to build the capacity of anglophone and bilingual organizations to deliver French Language Services.
June 2013
Preparing Effective Briefing Notes
Webinar Notes
Due to Intellectual Property - recording, slides, and podcast are no longer available.
Samples of briefing note outlines can be found on Susan Doyle's website: http://web.uvic.ca/~sdoyle/E302/Notes/WritingBriefingNotes.html
Advocacy School's "Preparing Effective Briefing Notes" introduces participants to the basics of writing clear, concise, and persuasive briefing notes. This podcast-plus- webinar version of what is usually a much-longer "live" workshop, helps you apply the core principles of effective professional writing to communicate your ideas in well-organized, highly readable, focused, and effective documents. Whether you are new to briefing notes or well-experienced, the workshop will help you become a better, faster, and more efficient briefer. This webinar was presented by Susan Doyle.
March 2013
Seeing the Unseen - An intro to Health Equity Impact Assessment Recording
This webinar, hosted by HC Link, will provide you with a hands-on orientation to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care's Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) tool. This is an assessment tool designed to reduce inequities that result from barriers in access to health services and programming. The HEIA tool was designed to help organizations increase their capacity to more effectively enhance the health of marginalized and vulnerable groups which they serve. This webinar will explore the following: what are barriers to health? What is health equity? What is the HEIA and how can I use it in my workplace? Participants will have an opportunity to work through a case study using the HEIA template. This webinar will be of interest to individuals working in the planning, policy, program or proposal development; as well as those who work at frontline service delivery.
Engaging Marginalized Communities Slides (PDF) | Recording
This webinar - the fourth in a series of four webinars on community engagement - provides theory, best practices, resources and tools for engaging marginalized communities or populations in community planning initiatives and policy change.
Specific topics include: the engagement continuum from information-sharing to shared decision-making; capacity-building and asset-based approaches; techniques and processes for involving people in meaningful ways, providing opportunities to build on existing skills, building trust, and overcoming barriers to participation.
January 2013
Social Media and Healthy Communities - How to Get Started Recording
We will explore how social media can help organizations further their work in and with healthy communities. A hands-on how-to get started and to make sure you know your organization's purpose for being online and what you want to share online.
Community Engagement in Policy Change (Series) Recording | Slides
This webinar provides theory, best practices, resources and tools for engaging communities and community members in policy change. Specific topics include: assessing community readiness for policy change; the role of the convening organization in engaging partners and community members in policy work; opportunities and strategies for working with municipal government on policy change. Case study - Robb and Brownfield. The webinar features a guest speaker who will share a success story from a community or municipal government that has successfully collaborated to implement policy change.
December 2012
Promoting Physical Activity and Mental Health Of Older Adults Recording | Slides
This webinar will provide an overview of the evidence linking physical activity to positive mental health outcomes for older adults, examine best practices in mental health promotion and physical activity with older adults and identify resources that you can use in your community. Practical applications of this research will be shared by Lara Mylly, a Health Promoter from Whitewater Bromley Community Health Centre, who will highlight her experiences implementing and coordinating "Fit, Fun & fully Alive!" - a mental health promotion/physical activity initiative for older adults. Webinar participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and share experiences and opportunities for successfully engaging older adults.
Youth Mental Health Promotion In Canada: Research And Action Recording | Slides
The CAMH Resource Centre recently completed a scoping review of youth mental health promotion programming in Canada using a youth engagement lens to identify successful programs. As a scoping review, this research was exploratory and aimed to map the extent, range, and nature of research activity in the area of youth mental health promotion programming. This webinar will provide an overview of this review highlighting results and recommendations for research and action.
November 2012
Social Media Overview – Getting a Grasp of the Basics Slides | Recording
This will be a basic introduction to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google +, Tumblr and LinkedIn. Before attending our webinar, find out if you have a neglected LinkedIn page, Twitter handle or other social media account. Bring your questions and curiosity! Participants will be able to understand the different purposes and engagement levels of each tool, as well as have a better understanding of the "social media" culture and values.
How to Develop a Bilingual Organizational Culture Recording | Slides
How to develop a bilingual organizational culture is part of a series of resources developed by HC Link to help Anglophone agencies and organizations who want to offer services in French. This webinar is intended for those who work in mostly English-speaking environments or in organizations with very little experience with engaging Francophones. The webinar will provide an overview of different aspects to consider for the process to successfully develop a bilingual organizational culture.
Engaging Rural Communities (Series) | Recording
This webinar - the second in a series of four webinars on community engagement - provides an overview of theory, best practices, tools and resources for effectively engaging rural communities. The webinar will focus mainly on challenges particular to rural communities, and strategies for overcoming these challenges. Guest speakers will share success stories and lessons learned through their work in rural communities. Participants can expect: increased awareness of effective strategies for engaging rural communities and populations; and opportunities for participants to share successes, challenges and resources.
Mental Health Promotion in Action: Reflections from Public Health Recording | Slides
Presented by the CAMH Resource Centre in collaboration with public health partners from Toronto Public Health, Sudbury District Health Unit, Ottawa Public Health and Perth District Health Unit, this webinar will provide a snapshot of mental health promotion activities and initiatives occurring in four Ontario public health units with opportunity for comments and questions from the audience.
Webinar participants will then be introduced to a provincial scan that aims to measure the range and extent of child and youth mental health activities/initiatives occurring in Ontario's public health system.
October 2012
A Conversation About Youth and Drinking: Is There Evidence To Support Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines For Youth? Dialogue of the Conversation | Shared Resources | Conversation Recap
Earlier this year, the national low-risk drinking guidelines were launched in Canada. The guidelines, informed by recent research and evidence, are intended for Canadians of legal drinking age. The guidelines aim to advise moderated alcohol consumption and reduce alcohol-related harms for those who choose to drink alcohol. A three-day informal conversation on Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines for Youth reviewed the evidence around guidelines for youth and opened up a discussion on youth and drinking.
From Informing to Empowering: An Introduction to Community Engagement (Series) Slides | Recording
This webinar - the first in a series of four webinars on community engagement- provides an overview of community engagement theory and practice, and forms the foundation for three webinars to follow. This webinar provides an overview of: the community engagement continuum, from informing to empowering; principles of effective community engagement (transparency, inclusion and community responsiveness); uncovering local assets; shifting from centralized to shared community leadership; the role of the convening organization; and strategies and tools for community engagement. The webinar will also feature a guest speaker who will present a local success story.
Emerging Issues in Youth Substance Use - Distinguishing Evidence and Hype Recording | Slides (Modified)
This webinar will examine current topical issues concerning youth and substance use. There has been a barrage of media focus on such topics as bath salts, energy drinks and alcohol, the effects of marijuana, and the teenage brain. How do we, as health promoters, educators and youth workers, separate out the evidence from the hype? Our discussion will examine the influence of media-driven information and how to distinguish the facts. We will examine the research and consider what is significant in contributing to youth risk, and how policy, educational messaging and community action can use credible information to mitigate risk.
Improving Access to Recreation in Your Community: Policies and Programs For Healthy Communities
Ontario municipalities, community-based organizations, sports and cultural groups, public health and health promotion professionals are well-versed in the role of recreation in healthy communities. Still, many Ontarians experience barriers in accessing recreation in their community such as affordability, transportation and cultural factors. In this webinar, you'll be introduced to a variety of tools and steps that you can use to create policies to enhance access to recreation in your community. You will learn the key questions that need to be considered as you create the framework for your Affordable Access Policy, and hear about potential roadblocks to policy development and how you can effectively address them. Success stories and promising practices from Ontario communities will also be shared.
September 2012
Assessing Community Readiness for Policy Development English Resource | French Resource
When advocating for policy development or change, determining the level of readiness of local decision-makers and the public affected by the issue to engage in this work is crucial to determining what specific strategies and activities should be considered. In this webinar, Nancy Dubois will provide an overview of the key steps, strategies and assessment questions that will allow you to assess organizational readiness and community readiness. This will allow you to determine if policy development is an appropriate health promotion strategy, and if so, what specific strategies and activities will enhance your community's skills and willingness undertake this work. Nancy draws on the Community Readiness Model from the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University, within the context of The Health Communication Unit's "Eight Steps to Policy Development" The objective of this webinar is to orient potential users to a new resource focused on step two in the Policy Development Roadmap – assessing readiness. This weinar was not recorded, but the related resource is available in both English and French.
June 2012
Introduction to Promoting Positive Mental Health Recording | Slides | Presentation Links
In its third iteration, this introductory webinar presented by the CAMH Resource Centre has been updated to include new tools, resources and reports released since June 2011. It will provide an overview of mental health promotion concepts, strategies and evidence-informed practices and will introduce participants to resources and practical tools to support the promotion of mental health in a variety of settings.
How to Engage Francophones-When You Don't Speak French! Slides
In this webinar, we'll briefly review the importance of Francophone engagement and some key principles and factors to consider. The bulk of the webinar will be on three simple steps to take to engage Francophones when you don't speak the language, including common pitfalls and how to avoid them. Finally, we'll hear from a local community who has successfully worked with their Francophone populations, and have time for questions and answers.
April 2012
Results-Based Accountability Session 3 – Putting it All Together Slides | Slides - Part 2
Results-Based Accountability is a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that communities can use to improve the lives of all residents. It is a transparent process that uses trend data and community engagement to set priorities that are right for your community. RBA has proven to be a valuable tool for community mobilization where everyone gets a voice and community assets are utilized and developed. Using clear plain language, the framework presents step by step methods for communities to turn around quality of life conditions such as health, safety, and clean environment and step by step methods for agencies to improve services for their clients. This is a 3-part webinar series designed to provide an introduction to the concepts of RBA.
March 2012
Results-Based Accountability Session 2 - Performance Accountability Slides | Slides - Part 2
Results-Based Accountability is a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that communities can use to improve the lives of all residents. It is a transparent process that uses trend data and community engagement to set priorities that are right for your community. RBA has proven to be a valuable tool for community mobilization where everyone gets a voice and community assets are utilized and developed. Using clear plain language, the framework presents step by step methods for communities to turn around quality of life conditions such as health, safety, and clean environment and step by step methods for agencies to improve services for their clients. This is a 3-part webinar series designed to provide an introduction to the concepts of RBA.
Results-Based Accountability Session 1 - Population Accountability Slides | Slides - Part 2
Results-Based Accountability is a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that communities can use to improve the lives of all residents. It is a transparent process that uses trend data and community engagement to set priorities that are right for your community. RBA has proven to be a valuable tool for community mobilization where everyone gets a voice and community assets are utilized and developed. Using clear plain language, the framework presents step by step methods for communities to turn around quality of life conditions such as health, safety, and clean environment and step by step methods for agencies to improve services for their clients. This is a 3-part webinar series designed to provide an introduction to the concepts of RBA.
Health Promotion Programming for Older Adults: Mental Health, Gambling, Substance and Alcohol Misuse Slides | Webinar Recording
Interested in promoting the health of older adults (55 years of age and over) but don't know where to start? This introductory webinar, presented by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), will provide an overview of mental health promotion concepts, and substance and alcohol misuse (including gambling) prevention strategies and programming directed towards older adults.
Promoting Mental Health in Public Health Slides | Webinar Recording
This webinar, presented by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), provide an overview of mental health promotion concepts and principles and provide some practical tools relevant for Public Health audiences. It presents an overview of mental health promotion activities and programs at Toronto Public Health, including a history of the Mental Health Program. Current literature on the intersection between public health and mental health promotion as well as challenges and opportunities for integrating mental health promotion within and across Public Health in Ontario are discussed.
Promoting Positive Mental Health for Immigrants and Refugees Slides
December 2011
Moving Forward with Injury Prevention Slides
This webinar will provide an understanding of injury as a Population Health problem and discuss the approaches to preventing injury.
November 2011
So What's the Big Deal about Alcohol? Slides
This introductory webinar will review prevalence rates, incidence rates, harms and costs associated with alcohol in Ontario. The importance of a comprehensive, policy-led approach to community alcohol problems will be outlined. Internationally recognized alcohol policy levers will be discussed and how these relate to local community-based or public health initiatives throughout Ontario. A case study will be presented to illustrate local alcohol policy development, from committee development to policy evaluation.
October 2011
The Use of Behaviour Change Concepts to Move Policy Forward Workshop Slides | Worksheet
September 2011
Mental Health Promotion in Action: Reflections from Northern Ontario Slides | Recording
This webinar will profile Strengthening Families for the Future, a best practice mental health promotion program for families with children (7 -11), who may be at risk for substance use problems, depression, violence, delinquency and school failure. The program is specifically designed to reduce risk factors, build individual resiliency, and enhance family protective factors. Program implementation considerations, tools and relevant materials will be highlighted. This will be followed by a panel discussion that will explore integrating and coordinating mental health promotion programming in Northern/remote settings.
June 2011
Social Media – Finding the Right Balance for Health Promotion Slides | Resources – Strategy Guide
This webinar will introduce social media as a tool for health promotion, community mobilization and advancing healthy public policy. It will focus on the technologies available to public health and how we may consider using them strategically to achieve our goals and ensure conversations include the public health point of view. Finally, it will focus on how develop a strategic social media plan and questions to consider when considering an entrance into this environment.
Introduction to Promoting Positive Mental Health (Repeat Session) Slides | Resources
Mental health promotion strategies are relevant for all members of society and apply across the life span. Promoting positive mental health is a shared responsibility requiring active participation of many sectors beyond health. A wealth of evidence is now available with respect to the factors that lead to positive mental health as well as what governments, organizations, and communities can do to create positive mental health. This introductory webinar will provide an overview of mental health promotion—the concepts, strategies and evidence-informed practices for promoting positive mental—and how mental health promotion intersects with other risk factor areas. It will also introduce participants to resources and practical tools to support the promotion of positive mental health in a variety of settings.
Exploring the Constellation Model of Governance Slides
The Constellation model of collaborative governance is a complexity-inspired framework designed to support multi-organization partnerships and networks within complex systems. First described by Tonya Surman and Mark Surman in 2004, the "constellation model of partnering" brings together groups from multiple sectors to work towards a joint outcome with a particular emphasis on action. This webinar will describe the key components of the model, the opportunities it presents for meaningful participation, as well as challenges inherent in its decentralized leadership and coordination elements.
Using Network Maps to Strengthen Your Partnerships Resource
Social capital resides in relationships and networks that facilitate coordinated action. In the Healthy Communities Partnerships, we are moving beyond survey development and map generation to network development. Network maps become our guide to design strategies which strengthen connections, make new ones and create new possibilities. In this webinar, you will learn about: why it's important to map–and remap our networks, common network patterns and how to identify them, how to use the maps to move forward on your recommended actions, and possible next steps for your maps.
Creating healthytimiskaming.ca: an online network for healthy communities Slides
In this webinar, Martha McSherry and Amanda Mongeon from the Timiskaming Health Unit will share their experience in developing and using a social networking website for their Healthy Communities Partnership. They will share about funding, project successes, challenges they have encountered, and their hopes for the site's future. The presenters are particularly looking forward to the discussion following their presentation, to gather feedback and to brainstorm with colleagues about the applicability of a tool such as this in other communities.
Canadian Best Practices Portal – a powerful tool to improve practice Slides
The Canadian Best Practices Portal (CBPP) is a compendium of community interventions related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion that have been evaluated, shown to be successful, and have the potential to be adapted and replicated by other health practitioners working in similar fields.
May 2011
Engaging Marginalized Communities Slides
During the webinar you will learn about a pilot tested framework for engaging marginalized community members and how it was used in a process to engage community members in a Healthy Community Partnership planning process. Webinar leaders will talk about strategies to connect with harder to reach communities and support their involvement in community projects. The webinar will touch on capacity building, empowerment and community-based participatory research as approaches used for engagement in the project. Learn about the outcomes associated with the project and the potential for engaging marginalized community members as advocates in your local policy development initiatives.
Media Advocacy – An Important and Useful Tool for Healthy Public Policy Change Slides | Reading
This webinar will introduce media advocacy as a tool for health promotion, community mobilization and advancing healthy public policy. It will focus on working with the media and how to strategically achieve our policy goals and ensure stories are told from, or at least include, the public health point of view. It will focus on the importance of strong key messaging and how to properly frame issues with the media. It will also focus on the importance of coalition building and community mobilization to support a media advocacy strategy. Finally, through a review of current media coverage on relevant issues, it will identify potential opportunities and threats to public health policy at the community level.
Introduction to Policy Development Slides | Resources
This webinar will cover the basics of THCU's Policy Development Roadmap. The webinar will begin with an overview of key concepts and terms, then it will briefly address the 'why' and 'how' of each part of the Roadmap. The most challenging steps will be brought to life through examples. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss some "on the job" challenges.
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Mental Health Promotion in Action Slides
This introductory workshop will help you understand concepts and principles integral to mental health promotion programming, learn about two examples evidence-based/best practice mental health promotion programs, explore ways to integrate other key priority areas (healthy eating, physical activity, etc.) within mental health promotion programming.


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The Mudd Gallery is a space in which students and faculty are given the opportunity to formally display their works in a variety of exhibits. While the space is located in the Mudd Library, it is managed by the Department of Art & Art History in the Wriston Art Center. This space has exhibited works from the Photography Club, Tropos (the student art & literary magazine), various studio art courses, solo student shows, and more.
To view pictures of Mudd Gallery exhibits, see our Flickr album and Tumblr blog.
Exhibit pages:
Stones in the Mudd


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Public Interest at Emory Law
Emory Law prepares students for legal careers in public service. Our innovative curriculum includes traditional courses in public interest law as well as a range of topics from international human rights to homelessness. We offer experiences beyond the classroom through clinical programs, our extensive externship program, practice societies, and networking with faculty and alumni who work in the field.
Public Service at Emory
Service and volunteering are core principals for Emory University, with opportunities available throughout the year.
The student-led Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) promotes public interest law, facilitates the employment of Emory students in public interest legal positions, and works to make legal services more accessible to those who do not have adequate representation. Learn more »
Students can explore the wide range of public interest issues through courses including the following:
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Litigation
- Child Advocacy
- Criminal Justice
- Education Law
- Environmental Law
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Gender and Law
- International Human Rights
- Juvenile Law
- Victimless Crimes
In-Depth Seminars
Emory Law hosts visiting scholars from around the world and sponsors workshops and colloquia on public interest issues such as the following:
- Education Policy
- Disability and Discrimination
- Constitutional and International Law
- Reproductive Issues
- Politics and Democratic Governance
- Housing and Homelessness
Academic Programs and Projects
Emory Law's academic programs and projects focus attention on specific areas of the law. Students benefit from an interdisciplinary approach that brings together respected professors, leading scholars from around the world, and "learn by doing" experiential programs.
Your Career in Public Interest
Career Center Services & Job Fairs
Through the Center for Professional Development and Career Strategy, we offer one-on-one advising with a recognized expert in public service careers. Emory Law is part of the Georgia Law School Consortium, which presents the Public Sector Career Fair each spring. We also participate in the Equal Justice Works Career Fair and Conference, a national conference held annually in the fall.
Public Service Internships
Through the Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) and generous donors, we can offer summer funding for qualified students who wish to work in public service. In addition to numerous Atlanta organizations, students have worked recently with the following national offices:
- California Rural Legal Assistance, San Francisco
- Cook County Public Defender, Chicago
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC
- Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing, Chicago
- Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Boston
- Miami Office of the Public Defender, Miami
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Washington, DC
- New York Civil Liberties Union, New York
- Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Oklahoma
- Orleans Public Defenders, New Orleans
- Rockland County District Attorney's Office, New York
- US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC
- US Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom, Washington, DC
- Vera Institute of Justice, New York
In addition, the Barton Center for Child Law and Policy Center offers the Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program which provides paid summer positions
Emory Law's extensive externship program places up to 160 students with more than 90 organizations during the fall and spring semesters of their second and third years; a large number of these externships are offered with public interest and government employers. Our students assist public defenders, prosecutors, public interest organizations, and government agencies while earning academic credit. Placements include the following:
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Georgia Innocence Project
- Georgia Legal Services
- Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
- Health Law Partnership
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Southern Environmental Law Center


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SMC will be untapping its reliable solutions for valve automation at this year's 2014 Valve World Expo.
The fair takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany from 2 to 4 December and is the leading information and order platform for global business for industrial valves and fittings.
From stand 5D39 in Hall 5, SMC will showcase its range of high quality components and automation technology for applications across a broad range of industries.
SMC's European Fluid Control Manager Fabio Agnello said: "Valve World is the international trade fair for related industries and we are delighted to be taking a stand at this respected and well attended showcase.
"With a focus on components and instrumentation for valves' automation, we will have a team of experts on hand to welcome visitors and show them our high quality, precise and efficient range of solutions.
" Taking centre stage will be SMC's filter regulators that are designed to withstand tough environments, managing temperatures from -40°C to +80°C thanks to their full 316L stainless steel construction. Also, a gate valve will be on view with new Air Servo technology, demonstrating how a fully integrated SMART actuator can deliver precise and accurate performance with significant bore size. In addition, m/f 2/. visitors can view SMC's extended booster range, designed to meet the demands for faster response capabilities, especially for larger valves.
A selected team of multinational and multilingual experts will be on hand to answer any questions from SMC's stand in Hall 5. To celebrate the company's Japanese roots, SMC will be serving up its highly popular 'Flying Buffet' and Japanese beer on Wednesday 3 December from 5pm to refresh tired Valve World delegates from stand 5D39, Hall 5.
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Climate change is already having a significant impact on agriculture through greater weather variability and the increasing frequency of extreme events. International policy is rightly focused on adapting and transforming agricultural and food production systems to reduce vulnerability. But agriculture also has a role in terms of climate change mitigation. The agricultural sector accounts for approximately a third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, including related emissions from land-use change and deforestation. Farmers and land managers have a significant role to play because emissions reduction measures can be taken to increase soil carbon sequestration, manage fertilizer application, and improve ruminant nutrition and waste. There is also potential to improve overall productivity in some systems, thereby reducing emissions per unit of product. The global significance of such actions should not be underestimated. Existing research shows that some of these measures are low cost relative to the costs of reducing emissions in other sectors such as energy or heavy industry. Some measures are apparently cost-negative or win–win, in that they have the potential to reduce emissions and save production costs. However, the mitigation potential is also hindered by the biophysical complexity of agricultural systems and institutional and behavioral barriers limiting the adoption of these measures in developed and developing countries. This includes formal agreement on how agricultural mitigation should be treated in national obligations, commitments or targets, and the nature of policy incentives that can be deployed in different farming systems and along food chains beyond the farm gate. These challenges also overlap growing concern about global food security, which highlights additional stressors, including demographic change, natural resource scarcity, and economic convergence in consumption preferences, particularly for livestock products. The focus on reducing emissions through modified food consumption and reduced waste is a recent agenda that is proving more controversial than dealing with emissions related to production.
Keywords: agriculture, greenhouse gases, mitigation, policy
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"The People and places I create are the substance of romance and intrigue; where a flirtation from a stranger is more than just the batting of an eye...it's an invitation into an enchanting world."
On any given Saturday night, you can find artist, Amy Lynn at her artist loft in Downtown Los Angeles. Surrounded by fellow artists, live music and lots of art. Amy Lynn is living the life she has always dreamed of.
Over the past few years Amy Lynn has become a highly collected artist. Her signature style and Art Deco motif have earned her a place in today's competitive art market. At work in her studio, sunshine pierces through the skylight and a fresh canvas awaits a new story. She muses over what will come...a story of unrequited love, a martini filled celebration, hipsters lounging in exotic locales. Amy Lynn picks up a brush and begins with the flirtatious eye of a stranger.
After earning a BFA in painting from the University of Nebraska, Amy Lynn moved to Minneapolis where she lived and worked as an artist for almost ten years. As her life broadened, the world in her paintings grew bigger and bolder. Needing to experience more, she packed her bags and moved to the West Coast.
In 2004 Amy Lynn moved to Los Angeles. With one exhibit after another, art critics hailed Amy Lynn as "one to watch". In 2005 Amy Lynn was commissioned to do a series of paintings for the New Otani Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Those paintings now decorate the bar and lobby of this popular hotel. Amy Lynn's artwork was also featured on the FOX hit show, "Hell's Kitchen", and recently she was asked to create paintings for an upcoming feature film.
In 2007, "Art Business News" chose Amy Lynn as an "Emerging Artist". She was also featured in "Décor" magazine, and her work has graced the covers of many local magazines.