Activities & Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

The Association of Psychologists in Newfoundland Labrador (APNL) invite you to attend a one day workshop, An Introduction to Positive Discipline, Monday, May 17, 2010, 9am - 4pm, at the St. John's Health Sciences Centre.  
       For 20 years Dr. Joan Durrant has been conducting research on the psychological, cultural, legal and human rights dimensions of physical punishment of children in Canada, and she is the co-author of the Canadian Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth.  For more information, see this schedule and registration form.

Family and Child Care Connections, and The Association of Early Childhood Educators  invite you to attend a one day event, Mudpies, Butterflies and The Ooey Gooey Lady.  Lisa Murphy, as the Ooey Gooey Lady, is a nationally recognized speaker.  This exciting workshop will be held on Saturday, June 5, at The Lantern on Barnes Road in St. John's.  For more information, see this notice and registration form.

Recent Events

Click on the following links to review flyers, programs and other information about recent GEMMA events.

Community Services Council announces the Campaign 2000 Report Card on Poverty to be released with screening of "Four Feet Up", a documentary portraying child poverty in Canada.  For more information see CSC's Nov 19th newsletter.

"Are current Canadian Parental Leave Provisions adequate?", a panel presentation and public forum on parental leave, will be held October 20th, 2009.  Join us for a discussion of how parental leave policies affect the parent child relationship during this period and the impact on the mental health of our children.  To learn more, click here.

"Rethinking Interventions with Vulnerable Children and Families" will be the subject of guest speaker Kenneth Barter at the FRP Canada Annual General Meeting.  Dr. Barter is a Professor with the School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is known as a strong advocate for the protection of children and challenges legislative systems with the mandate to protect children to think differently in service delivery.
      The venue for the general meeting will be in the "After Cabin" of the Battery Hotel, 100 Signal Hill Road, St John's, Friday, October 16, 4-5pm.  For its invitation, click here.

The 17th Annual AECENL Provincial Conference, "Solidarity: Working Together for Quality Early Learning and Child Care", will be held October 16th - 18th, 2009.  This year's conference promises to be an exciting one!  To learn more, click here.

"Creating Community Connections", a workshop for providing support to youth-serving agencies and individuals, will be held Wednesday October 7. For its invitation, click here ... and for the registion form, click here.

It Really Does Take a Community, a presentation with Jim Mustard, Council for Early Child Development, takes place on Thursday morning, January 22nd, at St. Matthews School in Cowan Heights.  To learn more, click here.

An evening lecture is also open to anyone interested in revitalizing their community by insuring every child has the optimum early childhood.  Also on January 22nd, the meeting is located at the Holy Trinity Elementary Learning Resource Center.  To learn more, click here.

How Early Experience Effects Development - Including the Impact of Maltreatment on Brain Development with Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD. Tuesday, March 25 - Wednesday, March 26, 2008.  To learn more, click here.

Raising Voices for Children is a new, local action group spawning from Dr. Perry's recent visit.  To learn more, click here.

Maternal Depression - November 16, 2007.

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