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2010 COYO Conference speakers are being updated as they are available. Check back often for updates.
A printable copy of the 2010 Conference Agenda is available here.
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS: School Resource Officer & Educator /Youth Worker “Communities of Practice”
1 PM – 4:30 PM - Wednesday February 24th, 2010
This will be an afternoon of information and strategy sharing for professionals who primarily work in schools and with youth.
Two sessions, one for police and one for youth workers and educators will provide an opportunity for professionals who work
in this unique and specialized area to connect with others who share similar challenges.
This pre-event seminar costs an additional $25. These sessions are also available as stand alone registrations.
PRE-REGISTRATION
7 PM – 9 PM - Wednesday February 24th, 2010
OPENING DAY REGISTRATION
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM - Thursday February 25th, 2010
OPENING REMARKS
8:30 AM - Thursday February 25th, 2010
PLENARY SESSION: “Resilient Youth”
8:30AM – NOON - Thursday February 25th, 2010
Dr. Robert Brooks, a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, has lectured nationally and internationally and written
extensively about working with challenging, angry youth from a strength-based approach. His work focuses on strategies for
nurturing resilience in children and adults in a variety of settings. His experiences derive from the many children, adolescents, and
families he has seen in outpatient therapy as well as the years he spent as a staff member at a psychiatric hospital, including his
position as head of the school of a locked door, inpatient unit. He is the author or co-author of 13 books including The Self-Esteem
Teacher; Raising Resilient Children; Raising a Self-Disciplined Child; Handbook of Resilience in Children; and The Power of Resilience:
Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life.
WORKSHOPS: 1:30 – 3 PM repeating at 3:30 – 5 PM
Thursday February 25th, 2010
WORKSHOP:
Pink Project: What does it mean to be a girl aged 5-11 in the 21st century?
Workshop participants will be invited to reflect on and engage with questions and activities about the ‘image’ and ‘power’ of the child,
and what it means to be female. The research is designed to fill the gap the ‘tween’ age group we are concerned about and they are
changing rapidly. The media environment (‘the third teacher’) –advertising, clothing, toys, celebrity ‘culture’ - are educating and
informing their developing identities in ways that we may have underestimated. Screen time is increasing and many children,
according to the Kaiser Report, have the television on constantly and many have screens in their bedrooms—what are they learning
and wondering about? This session will be an interactive, performative workshop where we will explore and disrupt notions, and
provoke action.
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WORKSHOP:
Online Sexual Exploitation
A.R., victimized at the hands of an Online predator speaks from the heart of her victimization in the Online world. A.R.
will describe her encounters relating to the investigative, court and victim services process that followed the online
exploitation and provide insight for those working with youth to support Cyber Risk education and support.
WORKSHOP:
WAYVE: Working Against Youth Violence Everywhere
Tim Sergeant presents: Are you looking for an innovative approach to tackling youth issues? Are you looking to engage and
empower youth in your school and community? Check out WAYVE! Working Against Youth Violence Everywhere (WAYVE) is a youth
led-violence prevention program that was created in response to the murder of a Kitchener youth in 2001. In its 6th year, WAYVE is a
collaboration of local school boards, police services and the Canadian Mental Health Association. Youth are trained to be aware of
sensitive youth issues such as bulling, harassment, suicide and gang violence, who in turn develop education and awareness activities
delivered to their peers.
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WORKSHOP:
Drug Identification (Double Session)
Detective Constable Matt Buttigieg provides information regarding drug impairment and investigations. This double
session will provide professionals with insights into drug use, identification and impairment. D/C Buttigieg utilizes real
videos to demonstrate important issues relating to response to and identification of drug impairment.
WORKSHOP:
RHVP - Report Homophobic Violence, Period
Police Constable Deborah Garbutt from the Toronto Police Service, along with Helen Kennedy of EGALE Canada, a
national organization that promotes equality for the LGBTQ community, will co-present RHVP – Report Homophobic
Violence, Period, a public awareness campaign aimed at young people, aged 13 to 25, to address reasons for
homophobic attitudes and to spur others to report harassment and violence to adults and police. The program, now in
its second year, won the 2009 Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) Community Policing Award at the annual
conference in Sudbury.
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WORKSHOP:
Information & Privacy Issues Panel
This panel will bring together Provincial experts to discuss challenges facing professionals working with youth as they
manoeuvre through Privacy Laws and Public Safety concerns. Panel members include: Eric Roher, BLG; Family Court
Judge Marvin Zuker and John Swaigen, Counsel, Office of Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION - After Last Workshop - 5 PM to 7 PM
Thursday February 25th, 2010
PLENARY SESSION: “Engaging, Educating & Coaching Gen Ys”
8:30AM – NOON - Friday February 26th, 2010
Giselle Kovary, This presentation is designed to provide youth officers, educators and social workers with an understanding of
Generation Y’s values, expectations and motivations. We will discuss the influence generational identities have on the behaviours of
Gen Ys as students and their attitudes and expectations of education. Specifically we will discuss generational differences as it relates
to relationship with authority and work styles. Gen Ys often do not have a frame of reference as to the values, expectations and
behaviours of other generations. It is important for Gen Ys to understand how to navigate the business environment in order to
succeed. We will explore Gen Y’s learning preferences, delivery tips for educations, and the role educators play in preparing students
for the work world by providing career management tips that can be used to coach students for success.
PLENARY SESSION: “Making a Difference Even if You’re Only 6”
1:30PM – 3:30PM - Friday February 26th, 2010
18 year old Canadian Ryan Hrlejac has been raising funds for projects in developing countries, with the help of many others, since
the age of six. When he was six years old, a lesson by his grade one teacher, Mrs. Prest, changed his life. She told the class about
people in Africa who had little or no access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities. Without this basic human necessity, people,
especially children, get sick and sometimes die. In January, 1999, the Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) drilled a well
beside Angolo Primary School in northern Uganda, with funds raised by Ryan and many others. In the past twelve years, Ryan has traveled around the world to motivate and inspire others to spread his "dandelion seeds
of hope" and has helped create an internationally renowned registered Canadian charity, The Ryan’s Well Foundation, which has helped deliver clean
water and sanitation to 640,000 people in 16 developing countries.
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