Registration

8-9 am

Opening Remarks

9 – 9:30 am

Keynote Speaker, Lisa Attygale

9:30 – 11 am

Brain Break

11 - 12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 pm

First Breakout

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Option One

Kristy Wolfe – Digital Storytelling: Real Stories, Real Engagement

Option Two

Tammy Dawson – Living with Invisible Mental Illness

Option Three

Robyn Wilson – Grant Writing & Application

Break

2:30 - 3: pm

Second Breakout

3 – 4 pm

Option One

Men’s MH Panel with OSI-CAN, Centre for Suicide Prevention, Phil Wilson (energy sector) and Tm Wray (farming and agriculture)

Option Two

Rebecca Rubuliak, Skills Society – The Thing from the Future: Connection, Empathy, and Rad Ideas

Option Three

Angela Fetch Muzyka – Points of View: Refresh and Focus

Doors Open

8:30 am

Opening Remarks

9 am

Keynote Speaker, TBD

9:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30-11:00 am

Group Connection – World Cafe

11:00 - 12:30 am

Lunch

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Final Breakout

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Option One

Natasha Bozek, Community Animator – Community Engagement: A Practical Example of How to Engage with Community to Understand Their Priorities

Option Two

Luna Yang, RMH Team – Evaluation 101

Option Three

Makayla Rogers, Frankie D’s Donuts – Community Care Framework: Create Inclusive, Empathy-Based Impact in Your Community

Wrap Up and Takeaways

2:30 – 3 pm

Kristy Wolfe 

Digital Storytelling:

Real Stories, Real Engagement

Join Kristy Wolfe as she shares what digital storytelling is, what is involved in the process and the impact that sharing your unique collection of stories can have.

Tammy Dawson

Living with an Invisible Mental Illness

Join Tammy Dawson as she paints a picture of what it's like to live with mental illness and FASD, and her experiences of being unhoused.

"In reality, everything isn't always doom and gloom. These stories are about overcoming obstacles and growing through perceived barriers."

Robyn Wilson

Grant Writing & Application

Have you written an unsuccessful grant proposal and wondered what you could have done better? In this workshop, we'll look at examples of great grant writing, discuss some examples that could use some help, and together we'll unravel the mystery of writing a successful grant proposal.

Men's Mental Health Panel

OSI-CAN

Centre for Suicide Prevention

Phil Wilson - Energy Sector

Tim Wray - Farming and Agriculture

Back by popular demand, we will be joined by 4 men from the fields of Suicide Prevention, PTSD Support, the energy sector and agriculture!

Men with lived and professional experience will share their perspectives on how we can better support the men in our lives.

Rebecca Rubuliak 

The Thing From the Future:

Connection, Empathy, and Rad Ideas

Join Rebecca from the Action Lab to explore how human-centered design and design thinking methods can be used to engage and co-create with community.

Angela Fetch Muzyka 

Points of View:

Refresh and Focus 

This session is about recharging and getting focused through an Israeli coaching technique. We will tap into creativity and logic in an innovative way that allows for deep, authentic, and disarming conversation.

Natasha Bozek

Community Engagement: 

A Practical Example of How to Engage with Community to Understand Their Priorities

Participants will learn one example of how to engage with community by participating in a community engagement exercise focused on the Rural Mental Health Network and our priorities as Animators for the network.

Luna Yang

Evaluation 101

Join Luna, the Research and Evaluation Coordinator at RMH, for a workshop around effective evaluation practices in community grants. This session will cover different types of evaluation, how to implement them, and how to evaluate how your community is doing in an accessible format

Makayla Rogers

Community Care Framework: 

Create Inclusive, Empathy-Based Impact in Your Community

Apply the Community Cares Framework to increase the impact of your community initiatives, improve inclusivity of under-represented groups, and increase community engagement with the resources available to them. Walk away with actionable tools you can apply right away.