Children's voices have a long history of being excluded within injury prevention. With increasing calls to include children's voices in conversations on their injury prevention needs, and with increased attention given to children's right to be heard, there is a need for child-centered practice. Today, conversations on employing empowering relations, respectful engagement, and child-centered approaches […]
Mahli Brindamour is a paediatrician in Saskatoon. She has been a tuberculosis consultant with the Saskatchewan Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program since 2021. She co-founded in 2017 Saskatoon's Refugee Engagement and Community Health (REACH) Clinic, where she works with refugee children. She also provides outreach clinics to the northern Saskatchewan communities of Ile à la […]
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective way of talking with people about CHANGE. This training is for individuals who have taken an Introductory MI training and would like to deepen and strengthen their MI skills. This online interactive workshop includes the following objectives: Review and discuss content covered in Introductory MI. Discuss the spirit of […]
In this session, Emily Kenny, Knowledge Broker at the Vanier Institute of the Family, will offer a panoramic overview of the key aspects that demand our attention when contemplating the diverse nature of families today. Drawing from the latest Census data releases, alongside insights from various StatCan surveys and a selection of smaller yet impactful […]
Alcohol use is a cause of substantial health, social and financial harms. This includes alcohol dependence, FASD, cancers, liver cirrhosis, interpersonal violence, and injury or death resulting from impaired drivers. The Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) is a research project that assesses how well governments in Canada are implementing policies proven to reduce harm from […]
This webinar will provide information on human trafficking and its scope provincially and nationally. Carly will outline risk factors and warning signs associated with human trafficking, and discuss differences between human trafficking and sex work. In addition, prevention strategies and evidence-based practices for supporting survivors will be discussed.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective way of talking with people about CHANGE. Change is not always easy but using MI with your clients aids in the following: Helps them consider their own reasons for change. Decreases their resistance to change. Builds motivation to change. Strengthens their commitment to change. MI is useful in supporting […]
Parenting Matters: Honouring and Promoting Children’s Rights is a two-day, in-person conference. This educational and experiential conference will provide information and skills to service providers who work with parents/caregivers and their children. Day 1 will explore how children’s rights influence our personal and professional lives. Day 2 will focus on children’s right to play.
Alcohol is carcinogenic, teratogenic and causally associated with numerous other health related harms. Our updated evidence review, using both relative and absolute risk analysis, presents a more transparent picture of the continuum of risk associated with increasing levels of alcohol consumption. To add greater clarity to alcohol's health impact, we used lifetime abstainers as our […]
The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is pleased to host a 4-hour virtual workshop on "Using Motivational Interviewing with Youth and Young Adults".
It is a virtual training focused on using Motivational Interviewing skills to open conversations and engage youth. This interactive workshop will provide adult allies with practical tools to build trusting relationships, to engage youth in meaningful conversations, and to support youth to consider how to reduce alcohol-related harms.