Stenberg College is hosting Be the Change: Changing Attitudes | Seeking Solutions | Taking Action. Over 2 full days, twelve speakers will present on Truth & Reconciliation, Homelessness, the Opioid Crisis, and Resistance, Resilience & Recovery
Date/Time: Mar 17 2018, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
New Westminster, Anvil Centre | Event calendarCost: Free
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We are hosting this conference as a community service and to promote informed and solutions-based dialogue. We want to inspire individuals to have a voice and make a difference.
Friday, March 16, 2018
SESSION 1: Reconciliation
9:00 am First Nations drumming & welcome
9:15 am Canada 150 & First Nations People: A Brief History
DINA LAMBRIGHT, Aboriginal Health Lead, Fraser Health
10:15 am A Day in Residential School; Walking in my Shoes
DUANE HOWARD, Spiritual Advisor, Cultural Healer & Actor (The Revenant)
11:15 am Reconciliation: One Heart, One Mind, Moving Forward
CHIEF ERNIE CREY, Cheam First Nation
NOON LUNCH & Resource Tables (outdoor Soup Kitchen provided by Lookout)
SESSION 2: Homelessness
1:00 pm The Real Causes of Homelessness
JUDY GRAVES, Housing & Homelessness Advocate
1:15 pm Causes and Solutions to Homelessness
STEFANIA SECCIA, Journalist & Managing Editor, Megaphone Magazine
2:15 pm 2017 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count
DAVID WELLS, Dean, Vancouver Community College & Chair of Aboriginal Steering Committee
3:15 pm Looking Out for the Homeless: One Agency’s Response
SHAYNE WILLIAMS, Executive Director, Lookout Housing & Health Society
4:00 pm Closing remarks
Saturday, March 17, 2018
SESSION 3: The Opioid Crisis
9:00 am A Mother’s Plea
MICHELLE JANSEN, Founder, Brandon Jansen Foundation
9:15 am Bringing Harm Reduction to Life
DARWIN FISHER, Program Coordinator, Insite, PHS Community Services Society
10:15 am Treating Opioid Use Disorder
DR. CHRISTY SUTHERLAND, PHS Medical Director
11:15 am What More Needs to be Done in BC's Overdose Response?
DR. EVAN WOOD, BC Centre on Substance Abuse
NOON LUNCH & Resource Tables (outdoor Soup Kitchen provided by Lookout)
SESSION 4: Resistance, Resilience & Recovery
1:00 pm TBA
2:00 pm Resisting Vicarious Trauma with Collective Care & Justice-Doing
DR. VIKKI REYNOLDS, PhD, RCC
3:00 pm How I Came to Love Myself Today
BIF NAKED, Rock Star, Writer, Humanitarian, Motivational Speaker
4:00 pm Closing remarks