We provide a range of learning opportunities,
including workshops and training courses that address specific topics.
These can be adapted to suit the needs of a particular organization
or group. We also host community forums or consultations to foster
interest in health promotion. These events may be regional or provincial
in scope, and are attended by people working in a variety of organizations.
In addition, we work closely with other health
promotion resource centres, and refer
you to these partners when they may better meet your training needs.
You will find below a list of some of the learning events we offer.
Count Me In ! toolkit
Count
Me In ! is a health promotion strategy that highlights the
relationship between inclusion and health.
A fifty-three page Workbook
shows community leaders how to help groups find factors that influence
belonging and create indicators, strategies, and targets to build
more inclusive organizations, schools, and communities. Contact
us if you wish to organize a training for your group using
this toolkit.
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Making sense of health promotion and an ounce of prevention
These introductory workshops are designed
to make the case for the importance of health promotion, provide
an overview of health promotion principles, and help participants
to understand and begin to integrate these principles into their
work. At the end of the workshops, participants should be able
to describe key elements of health promotion and their relation
to health and healthcare. This includes having an understanding
of the "broader determinants of health" and basic health
promotion terminology.
Participants will also understand why health promotion is essential,
and they will engage in a discussion of health promotion values
and concepts, as they relate to their work and their communities.
They will also identify ways in which health promotion could influence
their day-to-day work. These workshops would be beneficial to
service providers and caregivers as well as those working with
the community-at-large.
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Inclusion
- What is the relationship between Inclusion
and the promotion of health? Are you concerned about how individuals
are included in your communities and how your communities are
included in society?
- This session will highlight the principles and dimensions of
Inclusion and its relevance to improving health. A combination
of presentation and dialogue will provide the opportunity for
people to apply their own experience so that an Inclusion perspective
is part of everyday practice.
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Community engagement as health promotion [Presentation
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3.38MB]
This presentation explores the concepts of
health and health promotion through the metaphor of an iceberg
and the broad influences on our health that lie 'beneath the surface'.
The presentation describes health promotion as an inclusive process
that helps people gain control over the factors that influence
their health. Community engagement is discussed as a key strategy
to promote health. Engagement can take many forms, ranging from
focused community initiatives to broad-based community mobilization
projects and electronic strategies.
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Making collaboration work
Collaboration is a process of participation through which people,
groups, and organizations work together to achieve desired results.
Starting or sustaining a collaborative journey is exciting, sometimes
stressful, and even new for many people, groups, and organizations.
Collaboration means working jointly to achieve common goals and
sets of objectives.
This workshop will reflect on why we need to collaborate, and
the benefits that it can bring. It will consider the different
kinds of partnerships that exist, and focus on the elements that
contribute to establishing a meaningful collaboration. Participants
will gain insight, knowledge, and skills about how to make collaboration
work in their organizations and communities.
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Sustainability: When is enough enough?
While there are many definitions of sustainability,
this workshop suggests that we can work to reframe our understanding
of the total resources in our communities and organizations. Reflecting
on sustainability in its broadest context, we begin to test our
day-to-day assumptions about sustainability and develop strategies
together to "discover" resources. Using principles of
resource networking, we build on each other's experience to stay
resilient in our challenging environment.
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Using the Internet for health promotion
- Finding health promotion information on the Internet
This workshop outlines helpful strategies
and resources on searching for health promotion information online.
It is available as a self-guided interactive online tutorial (available
in English or French), a facilitated online workshop (English
only), or an in-person training session (English only). This workbook
is for anyone involved in health promotion and includes information
about:
searching
for relevant information;
understanding
and applying search strategies;
accessing
information related to health promotion
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Using the Internet for health promotion
- New technologies primer
What tools are out there to help health
promoters look for information, provide information, and work
together more easily? This workshop is a tour of useful online
tools such as blogs, RSS aggregators, social book marking, instant
messaging, surveys, meeting scheduling, and more. If you haven't
used (or heard of) these tools, this workshop is for you. Offered
in English, in-person or online.
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