Member Events
Federation members can submit information about upcoming events, training sessions, and workshops by filling out the online form in the members-only area of the website. Federation staff will post and update this list regularly.
Member Events
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Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Facilitator Training: October 2024
2024-10-15 | Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Facilitator Training: October 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Rosedale on Robson, 838 Hamilton St, Vancouver
Start Date: 10/15/2024
End Date: 10/18/2024
Event Times: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Description: Learn how to help parents with children aged 0-5 years connect, build knowledge, and gain confidence with this core training hosted by the BC Council for Families.
Develop new skills for delivering strength-based learning and conducting non-judgmental and inclusive community programming. Participants learn how to facilitate experiential learning in which parents gain information and insight and learn how to apply what they have learned to many areas of their lives.
This crucial program, developed in Canada for parents of every cultural community, has been consistently demonstrated to positively impact the parenting knowledge, skills and confidence of participants. For parents in particularly stressful situations – when there simply isn’t enough money, when they’re new to the community or to the country, when they’re young, or under-educated, or struggling without a partner or family support – being part of a supportive group of parents who understand and share their difficulties can make all the difference.
Who is this training for?
The Nobody’s Perfect facilitator training is specifically aimed at those with previous experience and/or education in facilitating groups and working with children, youth and families. You will be comfortable with the basic principles of adult education, currently employed with or volunteering at a multi-service or family support organization, and passionate about supporting families in all their diversity.
How will I benefit?
After attending this training, you will have developed:
-Knowledge of Nobody’s Perfect program objectives and materials
-Increased awareness of the principles of adult education and their application to the Nobody’s Perfect program parents
-Enhanced skills in assessing the needs of parent groups
-Ability to plan and direct program sessions
-Enriched practical facilitation skills
-A complete training and program materials package is included in the cost of the training.
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/nobodys-perfect-parenting-facilitator-training-october-2024_1233/ -
Emerging Practices in Decolonizing Child, Youth and Family Services: November 2024
2024-11-04 | Emerging Practices in Decolonizing Child, Youth and Family Services: November 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/04/2024
End Date: 11/05/2024
Event Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/emerging-practices-in-decolonizing-child-youth-and-family-services-november-2024_1237/
Description: This workshop hosted by the BC Council for Families is designed for family service professionals who are looking to deepen their knowledge and practice in decolonization strategies. We will explore how current practices inform support for Indigenous families, and how we can create space for culturally safe approaches during service delivery. Participants will get the chance to learn through interactive exercises and group work while being guided by the facilitators.
It would be helpful for participants to have some background knowledge in Indigenous Cultural Safety prior to attending this workshop.
Workshop Highlights:
-Review Indigenous Cultural Safety in the context of family services
-Learn how to create "ethical spaces" in social work practice
-Explore decolonization strategies in service delivery stages
-Consider creating a community of practice within the field
About the Facilitators
Harley Eagle is of Dakota and Ojibway Indigenous heritage and a long time resident on Vancouver Island. He is a well experienced consultant and trainer in the fields of transforming conflict, anti-racism, dismantling oppression, cultural safety and trauma healing as well as an Indigenous Cultural Safety educator for the Regional Health Authority on Vancouver Island. He is often contracted to consult and advise organizations, companies and government agencies and invited to speak at conferences both nationally and internationally on issues pertaining to his work. Harley looks to Indigenous life ways to guide his work.
Azadeh Miley is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) with the BCAAC and holds a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology. She is the Lead for the Integrated Child and Youth Teams with Fraser Health and provides guidance and clinical supervision to children, youth, and family programs in the Fraser Region. In her previous role Azadeh was a clinical supervisor for family preservation and reunification programs as well as youth services programs with Sources Community Resources. Azadeh enjoys working with youth and families while adapting a culturally safe and trauma-informed lens. Azadeh has also been taking leadership on an organizational level towards reconciliation and decolonization of mental health and social services programs. She has been guiding programs and staff in recognizing colonized practices and considering how to weave decolonization into the fabric of programs. -
Strengthening Self-Regulation through Self-Compassion: how to create peace, patience and less overwhelm
2024-11-07 | Strengthening Self-Regulation through Self-Compassion: how to create peace, patience and less overwhelm
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/07/2024
End Date: 11/14/2024
Event Times: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/strengthening-self-regulation-through-self-compassion-how-to-create-peace-patience-and-less-overwhelm-november-2024_1243/
Description: What is self-compassion?
In this workshop hosted by the BC Council for Families, we will explore some of the myths about self-compassion as well as what self-compassion is and what it is NOT. We will introduce the three pillars of self-compassion: mindfulness, common humanity, and kindness, and explore them both individually and collectively. We will look at some of the benefits of self-compassion and the resistance we experience to it, including the beliefs that lead to this resistance.
Learning Objectives
-Explore our thoughts, feelings, and internal dialogue about self-compassion
-Discuss the myths about self-compassion and what it is and is not
-Begin to understand the science behind self-compassion
-Learn what it means to “create space,” and to get curious about yourself with self-compassion, mindfulness, and personal awareness (using somatic awareness exercises)
-Gain an introduction to the three pillars of self-compassion and spend time exploring them through solo and group activities/explorations -
Mothers Mental Health Toolkit Training: November 2024
2024-11-19 | Mothers Mental Health Toolkit Training: November 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/19/2024
End Date: 11/20/2024
Event Times: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/mothers-mental-health-toolkit-training-november-2024_1235/
Description: This newly updated workshop hosted by the BC Council for Families will enhance your mental health literacy, provide a guide for the promotion of mental wellness for mothers, and promote practices that build resiliency and a strong network of community supports.
The valuable toolkit is a workbook-style resource that will increase maternal mental health knowledge, skills, and confidence among those working with mothers and families.
This toolkit and workshop will:
-enhance your mental health literacy,
-provide you with a guide for promoting mental wellness for mothers,
-teach tools and techniques to help you prevent mental health issues,
-help you recognize the risks and signs of possible mental illness,
-help you guide women and their families—and other people supporting them—to understand and access assessment and treatment services, and
-enhance your knowledge of community responses and support that encourage recovery and decrease stigma. -
Mothers Mental Health Toolkit Training: November 2024
2024-11-19 | Mothers Mental Health Toolkit Training: November 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/19/2024
End Date: 11/20/2024
Event Times: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Description: This newly updated workshop hosted by the BC Council for Families will enhance your mental health literacy, provide a guide for the promotion of mental wellness for mothers, and promote practices that build resiliency and a strong network of community supports.
The valuable toolkit is a workbook-style resource that will increase maternal mental health knowledge, skills, and confidence among those working with mothers and families.
This toolkit and workshop will:
-enhance your mental health literacy,
-provide you with a guide for promoting mental wellness for mothers,
-teach tools and techniques to help you prevent mental health issues,
-help you recognize the risks and signs of possible mental illness,
-help you guide women and their families—and other people supporting them—to understand and access assessment and treatment services, and
-enhance your knowledge of community responses and support that encourage recovery and decrease stigma.
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/mothers-mental-health-toolkit-training-november-2024_1235/
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Grief and Loss in Professional Practice
2024-11-25 | Grief and Loss in Professional Practice
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/25/2024
End Date: 11/27/2024
Event Times: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/grief-and-loss-in-professional-practice-november-2024_1246/
Description: Grieving professional losses is important and necessary to help prevent compassion fatigue and burnout in human service work. As the saying goes, "the only cure for grief is to grieve."
Helping professionals often form strong workplace bonds, putting them at risk for complex feelings of loss when these bonds end or change. Losses may include organizational restructuring, the departure of a co-worker, the end of a client relationship, or, in more serious circumstances, when someone dies. Experiencing strong feelings during these times can be confusing, as these emotions may not be acknowledged or validated by social workplace norms; this is known as "disenfranchised grief."
In this workshop hosted by the BC Council for Families, participants will learn how to identify, acknowledge and process losses; honour and work with grief in a professional context; maintain professional boundaries, and practice restorative and compassionate self-care.
Workshop Highlights
-Identifying and understanding ambiguous and disenfranchised grief
-Honouring emotions while remaining boundaried in our work
-Supporting yourself and others through loss in professional practice
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Integrated Strategies for Home Visitors Training: November 2024
2024-11-28 | Integrated Strategies for Home Visitors Training: November 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/28/2024
End Date: 12/03/2024
Event Times: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/integrated-strategies-for-home-visitors-training-november-2024_1234/
Description: Acquire new knowledge, tools, and techniques to support families (with children aged 0-6 years) in their homes in this core training developed by Great Kids, Inc.* (GKI) and hosted by the BC Council for Families.
In this hands-on, engaging, and informative program, updated in 2019, you’ll learn about the protective factors that increase the health and well-being of children and families, as well as practical strategies to teach and strengthen these factors in the families you work with. Participants will receive a manual and international training certification from GKI.
Participants will benefit from:
-Opportunities to concretely apply theory to practice
-Action tools, assessment tools and practical strategies for engaging families in home visiting
-Strategies for building parental confidence and competencies that support growth in families and promote positive parent-child relationships
-Informative discussions on professional boundaries, limit setting and self-care tips
-Networking with other family practitioners who do home visits
-A comprehensive manual full of tools and ideas.
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Integrated Strategies for Home Visitors Training: November 2024
2024-11-28 | Integrated Strategies for Home Visitors Training: November 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 11/28/2024
End Date: 12/03/2024
Event Times: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Description: Acquire new knowledge, tools, and techniques to support families (with children aged 0-6 years) in their homes in this core training developed by Great Kids, Inc.* (GKI) and hosted by the BC Council for Families.
In this hands-on, engaging, and informative program, updated in 2019, you’ll learn about the protective factors that increase the health and well-being of children and families, as well as practical strategies to teach and strengthen these factors in the families you work with. Participants will receive a manual and international training certification from GKI.
Participants will benefit from:
-Opportunities to concretely apply theory to practice
-Action tools, assessment tools and practical strategies for engaging families in home visiting
-Strategies for building parental confidence and competencies that support growth in families and promote positive parent-child relationships
-Informative discussions on professional boundaries, limit setting and self-care tips
-Networking with other family practitioners who do home visits
-A comprehensive manual full of tools and ideas.
Participants will receive certification for full attendance.
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/integrated-strategies-for-home-visitors-training-november-2024_1234/ -
Risk Management for Home Visitors: December 2024
2024-12-09 | Risk Management for Home Visitors: December 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 12/09/2024
End Date: 12/09/2024
Event Times: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/risk-management-for-home-visitors-december-2024_1231/
Description: Risk Management for Home Visitors is a practical and research-based workshop that will equip outreach workers with the skills, awareness and strategies to stay safe and healthy in their work.
This training has been developed specifically for home visitors, by the Home Visitor Training Initiative at BC Council for Families, with extensive consultation through WorkSafeBC and an occupational health-care expert.
Following the training, participants will have: 1) an increased level of knowledge of the risks of delivering social services in clients’ homes, and 2) increased skills and knowledge to assess risk levels and to take the appropriate steps to mitigate risk. Risk Management policies and resources from Canada, the US and other countries have been integrated into this practical and informative workshop.
Topics covered include:
-The BC Workers Compensation Act
-Occupational Health and Safety Rights
-Risk assessment
-Strategies to mitigate risks such as: working alone, slips and falls, driving and travel, violence, infectious diseases, and psychological trauma -
Risk Management for Home Visitors: December 2024
2024-12-09 | Risk Management for Home Visitors: December 2024
Organization: BC Council for Families
Event Location: Online via Zoom
Start Date: 12/09/2024
End Date: 12/09/2024
Event Times: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Description: Risk Management for Home Visitors is a practical and research-based workshop that will equip outreach workers with the skills, awareness and strategies to stay safe and healthy in their work.
This training has been developed specifically for home visitors, by the Home Visitor Training Initiative at BC Council for Families, with extensive consultation through WorkSafeBC and an occupational health-care expert.
Following the training, participants will have: 1) an increased level of knowledge of the risks of delivering social services in clients’ homes, and 2) increased skills and knowledge to assess risk levels and to take the appropriate steps to mitigate risk. Risk Management policies and resources from Canada, the US and other countries have been integrated into this practical and informative workshop.
Topics covered include:
-The BC Workers Compensation Act
-Occupational Health and Safety Rights
-Risk assessment
-Strategies to mitigate risks such as: working alone, slips and falls, driving and travel, violence, infectious diseases, and psychological trauma
Event Website: https://shop.bccf.ca/catalogue/risk-management-for-home-visitors-december-2024_1231/