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Wednesday, November 17th
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
HIGH FIVE® Sport
This 4-hour workshop is designed for both competitive and recreational coaches in a club/organization. Aligned with the Fundamentals and Learn to Train stages of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD), HIGH FIVE® Sport focuses on the social, emotional, and cognitive development and wellbeing of athletes. The training is based on research and has been designed to help coaches with top coaching dilemmas such as dealing with parents, keeping the child's interest, ensuring fair play and an emotionally safe environment. HIGH FIVE coaches will learn how to create positive experiences for children!
At the completion of this workshop, learners will be able to:
•Identify cognitive, emotional and cognitive development traits of children 6 to 12
•Determine a coach's impact on a child's experience
•Communicate effectively with children and their parents
•Identify strategies to reduce competiton pressure
Target Audience: Any coach, sport leader, or volunteer providing direct leadership to children in middle childhood (ages 6 to 12)
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
HIGH FIVE® Sport Trainer (open to HIGH FIVE® Trainers)
This 4-hour workshop is designed for the person responsible for training competitive coaches in a club/organization. Using proven HIGH FIVE® research, tips and techniques a HIGH FIVE® Sport Trainer will be able to continually enhance an organization’s commitment to quality. Once someone within an organization is certified as a HIGH FIVE® Sport Trainer, it is easy for them to deliver HIGH FIVE® Sport workshops in a more cost-effective way. It helps organizations improve the quality of competitive sport programs by making a commitment to continuous improvement in the area of healthy child development and coach training.
At the completion of this workshop, learners will be able to:
•Teach coaches how to create positive experiences for children in their club or organization
•Identify the alignment between Canadian Sport for Life and HIGH FIVE®
•Define Physical Literacy
•Use creative techniques and effective communication skills to deliver HIGH FIVE® Sport content
•Deliver HIGH FIVE® Sport Workshops with confidence
Duration: 4 hour training. Successful candidates will receive a certificate.
Pre-Requisites: PHCD, QUEST 2, Becoming a HIGH FIVE Trainer, HF Sport
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Healthy Eating in Public Recreation Settings
Patrons of public recreation settings expect to have healthier food choices in sport and recreation venues than what are currently available. This session will provide participants with information from other provinces, recreation departments and not for profit organizations that have made the positive change to healthier food choices. They will explain their successes and challenges in making the transition. The session will also provide information on how organizations can transform their food service operations and develop action plans which can be implemented readily.
Presenters:
Paul Corbin, Recreation Director, Town of Stellarton
Kelly Cavan, Public Health Nutritionist, Pictou County Health Authority
Rikki-Lee Andrews, Public Health Nutritionist, Capital Health
Lindsay Corbin, Public Health Nutritionist
RecreAuction
The RecreAuction will begin at noon on Wednesday, November 17th and close at 3:00pm on Thursday, November 18th
Opening Day Ceremony and Keynote
6:30pm-7:30pm
ADWOA BUAHENE
Generational Expert & Organizational Performance Consultant
As a managing partner and co-founder of n-gen People Performance Inc., Adwoa K. Buahene works with C-suite leaders and HR teams to understand and build strategies and programs that target, motivate and engage all four generations. Adwoa has presented at North America’s leading HR conferences, written numerous whitepapers and co-authored the book Loyalty Unplugged: How to Get, Keep & Grow All Four Generations. She is regularly quoted in national newspapers and trade magazines, radio and television. Adwoa’s interactive presentation will explore generational differences in behaviours in the workplace and how organizations can demonstrate engagement in recruiting, retaining and growing all four generations. The more engaged employees are, the more productive they will be. A productive workplace will help Build Canada’s Recreation Playground!
7:30pm-11:00pm
Trade Show Opening & Reception
Kick off this year’s conference by discovering new and emerging industry trends from our Trade Show Exhibitors while mixing with colleagues and friends. (Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar)
9:30pm-11:00pm
Sponsor Reception
The Board of Recreation Nova Scotia is hosting a reception to acknowledge and thank our sponsors who have generously supported RNS programs and activities this past year. Sponsor support reinforces the message that recreation matters in Nova Scotia!
Dance
Kick off your shoes and dance the night away!
Thursday, November 18th
Thursday Morning Breakout Sessions
9:00am-10:15am
Building Resiliency in Children
Children need to develop strength and acquire skills to cope and recover from today’s challenges as well as prepare for future success and adversity. Learn how recreation and sport can play a crucial role in building resiliency in children by supporting a strength-based holistic approach to programming and caring relationships.
Participants will be able to identify:
• the connection between resiliency and mental health
• resiliency’s protective factors
• resiliency’s risk factors
• the connection between resiliency and recreation and sport
• an asset-based program model
Presenter:
LJ Bartle, Manager, HIGH FIVE National
Value of Play
More than any other activity play fuels healthy development of young children. This session highlights the value of play as the primary way children learn, and our roles in the process. Delegates will learn that play takes many forms, but pleasure is the heart of it.
Presenters:
Rhonda Hiltz, Director of Early Childhood Education; Playing to Learn, YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Building an Intergenerational Team
Following up on Wednesday night's keynote on Intergenerational Understandings this session explores how to get the most from an intergenerational team and the unique benefits of an age-diverse workforce.
Presenter:
Donna Scotten, Life Coach, Organizational Development Consultant, Capital Health
Active Transportation Planning 101
Using the Town of Bridgewater as a case study, this session will addressthe overall process and the various components of active transportation(AT) planning including the pre-planning phase, the plan developmentphase and the plan implementation phase. We will provide pointers on howto assess the readiness of your community for an AT plan, making thecase for an AT plan to your municipal council and health, transportationand economic development stakeholders, recruiting an activetransportation committee, building community awareness, securing fundingfor the plan, developing a request for proposals, hiring consultants andstrategies for implementing and evaluating your plan.
Presenter:
Laena Garrison, TRAX Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre
Peter McCracken, Physical Activity Coordinator, NSHPP, South Shore Region
Checking in on the Gender Issue
Since the 1970’s gender equity has been an issue of much discussion and debate within the field. Various initiatives undertaken by over a quarter century ago were designed to ensure that by the year 2000, gender would no longer be the basis of discrimination and inequity either within the profession or to whom recreation would be available. Now a decade into the millennium, this session will revisit the topic of gender to determine whether it remains an issue today. Moderated by Debby Smith from the Department of Health Promotion and Protection, panelists will discuss questions pertaining to the future of women’s roles in recreation.
Presenters:
Debbie Smith, Representative for the South Shore, NSHPP
Peggy Gallant, Professor, St. Francis Xavier University
Farida Gabbani, Senior Director, Physical Activity Sport and Recreation, NSHPP
Bill Cruikshank, Manager, 4 pad arena, HRM
Philip Hochman, Recreation Director, Municipality of the District of Guysborough
10:45am-12:00pm
Where's your AT... Planning for Active Transportation
Hear the stories, learnings, needs, and approaches of four communities at various phases of the Active Transportation promotion and planning process. With great enthusiasm, Active Cumberland is just getting the conversation started and beginning to ‘make the case’. The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg has municipal support and is in the process of securing funding for an AT Plan, and with persistence and lots of community support, HRM has been at the implementation stage for a couple of years. Delegates will take away valuable learnings that can be used to your advantage back home.
Presenters:
Sarah MacPherson, Health Promotion Coordinator, Cumberland Health Authority
Robin Norrie, Active Community Coordinator, Fundy Region
Trudy Payne, Director of Recreation Services, Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
Jeff Merrill, Planner, Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
Hanita Koblents, Transportation Demand Management Coordinator, HRM
Moderator:
Peter McCracken, Physical Activity Capacity Coordinator, South Shore Region
Wellness and Well-Being
In light of recent research about the decline in wellbeing of Canadians, this session examines the 5 dimensions of personal wellness: physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. The connections between recreation, wellness and wellbeing will be explored in an interactive and energized setting where delegates are able to test their own wellbeing and will discover what you are doing well, and what they could be doing better to live a healthier life. The tools used in this session can be used in a variety of settings. This session is also connected with the 5 wellness sessions on Friday afternoon where participants have the opportunity to work towards reaching their optimal individual wellness.
Presenter:
Oonagh Holmes, First Year Advisor, Acadia University
Welcoming Communities
If Nova Scotia is to become Canada’s Recreation Playground, for whom, is this the case? Tova Sherman of ReachAbility will offer a dynamic presentation on what we as a recreation profession can do to ensure that our communities maintain an open door approach.
Presenter:
Tova Sherman, Senior Project Consultant, ReachAbility
Working at the Edges
Ten creative individuals will each be given 5 minutes and 5 power point slides to present an idea or project that explores the outer edges of the field in enhancing lifestyles and quality of life. From special events to programs these presenters will show how they contribute to increasing health and wellbeing.
Presenters:
Paul Barrett, New Horizons Band, Retired High School Teacher
Sue Theriault, Abilities in Motion, Adult Fitness, YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Stephen Goosen, Field Hockey Nova Scotia, VP Development
David M. McKeage, Brigadoon, Executive Director
Bev Mahon, Online Catalogue - Benefits, Communications and Fund Development
Chris Larsen, Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon, Event Manager
Rose Zach - Nocturne
Heather Kelday - Nova Scotia Sea School
Municipal Government and the Physical Inactivity Crisis
Whole of community multi-level strategies are regarded as the most effective way to increase physical activity for the whole population. Municipal governments play a key role in creating the built, natural and social environments which make it easier for all citizens to make physical activity part of daily life. Since 2005, 34 of the 55 municipal units in Nova Scotia have entered into a funding arrangement called the Municipal Physical Activity Leadership Program (MPAL) with the Dept of Health Promotion and Protection to develop a comprehensive physical activity plan. Some have completed their plans and others are still being developed. Come and learn about the successes and issues facing local governments.
Moderator:
Mike Arthur, Manager, Physical Activity, NSHPP
Panel:
Mike, Moderator Manager, Physical Activity, Dept of Health Promotion and Protection
Meagan Smart – Region of Queens
Nicole Lutz – Kentville
Collette Sampson MacLean – Richmond
Terry Feltmate – Antigonish
HRM – TBC
Fundy – TBC
12:00pm-1:30pm
Trade Show Luncheon
Thursday Afternoon Breakout Sessions
1:30pm-3:20pm
World Café
The World Café is an innovative, simple method for hosting conversations about questions that matter. These conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their life, work, or community. This World Café will bring delegates together for a dynamic time of information sharing, discussion and debate on the important BIG issues impacting recreation.
Host: Isabelle LeVert, Senior Program Facilitator Heartwood Centre for Community Youth Development
3:30pm – 4:45 pm
The 2011 Canada Games-Looking Ahead and Looking Back
With the Games two months away, this session will provide details of the road to the opening ceremonies as well as an introspective look back over the past four years at the lessons learned in the process of hosting this national iconic event.
Presenter:
Chris Morrissey, CEO, Halifax 2011 Canada Games
The Power of Policy
Policy development as a tool for change is featured in this debate contrasted with a "consciousness-raising" approach. Learn about the wealth of policy tools available to you, how and when to use them and the process for development of a Recreation Policy for Nova Scotia.
Presenter:
Kim Kennedy, Regulatory Impact Specialist, Labour & Workforce Development
Trends in Play Spaces
Jungle Jim is no longer the king of play! Play spaces have evolved over the years. Our speakers, with expertise in Landscape Architecture and Play Equipment, will explore what current trends are on the rise. They’ll explore the concept that play spaces are not just for children; the uses of natural spaces; accessibility and innovation.
Presenters:
Kim St.Pierre, A.B.C. Recreation Ltd.
Jeff Windfeldt, A.B.C. Recreation Ltd.
Brettanie Deal Porter, Recreation and Tourism Co-ordinator, Town of Windsor.
Jill Robertson, Landscape Architect & ISA Certified Arborist, Ekistics Planning & Design
Federal-Provincial/Territorial Government Update on Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation
This session will provide up-to-date information on the collaborative work taking place between the Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments in the areas of physical activity, sport and recreation. Work in the areas of policy and program will be outlined and information on the committee structure will be given followed by a Q and A.
Presenter:
Farida Gabbani, Senior Director, NSHPP – Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation
Friday, November 19th
MORNING PLENARY
9:00am-10:00am
JOWI TAYLOR
Founder of The Six String Nation and award winning writer, broadcaster, and cultural commentator.
Jowi Taylor is a multiple award winning writer and broadcaster best known for his long-running CBC Radio program, Global-Village, the Peabody Award winning radio series; The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music, and its' celebrated companion series, The Nerve: Music and the Human Experience. He left CBC in December of 2009. His independent Six String Nation multi-media project, centered around a guitar built literally from pieces of Canadian heritage, combines various fascinations, including music and media. Jowi will tell stories about how every person in Canada can identify with the guitar and what it stands for. Jowi will have the audience questioning: How can I identify with everyone else in this room? Where am I in my career? Who do I really work/volunteer with? What are my passions? What’s going on in my life? Are there common threads with people here that I haven't looked at before?
Friday Morning Breakout Sessions
10:15am – 11:30am
Have we Dropped the Paintbrush?
The Arts have long been a source of recreation for many Nova Scotians, be it as an artist or consumer. The arts are known to have a positive impact upon human development and also play an important role in community development but what roles does the recreation field play in facilitating, supporting, and promoting the arts? This session will demonstrate the variety of fine arts and be a discussion about the role of the recreation field.
Presenter:
Paul Barrett, Retired Music Teacher, Performer.
Willie Reid, ArtReach Coodinator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Drew Moore, teacher, founder of two urban youth dance groups
Sabine M. Fels, Arts Express Coordinator,J.L.Ilsley Family of Schools
Becoming an Effective Champion for Change - A Multi-Generational Perspective
Each generation has its own approaches and strategies to championing a cause, creating change, and gaining the support of decision makers. Whether it be advocating for recreation services, healthy lifestyles, supportive policy change, or for improved social and physical environments - we can learn from those that have successfully championed results. Come hear from this panel of effective champions that represent four (4) generations of change resulting in healthier futures for Nova Scotians.
Presenters:
Dr. Bill White, Past Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission
Dawn Stegen, Manager of Recreation NSHPP
Rachel Bedingfield, Physical Activity Consultant for Central Region and Co-ordinator Active Halifax Communities
Social Media in the Workplace
This session will focus on the use of social media in the workplace. What is social media? Why should employers be aware? What should an employer do about employee use of social networking sites in the workplace? Have the rules changed? The session will also consider the benefits of social networking and how organizations are using it to provide information about their programs and products to the community.
Presenter:
Rebekah Powell, Cox and Palmer
Focus on Fitness
Holistic, wellness, wellbeing, health... with so many words representing so many concepts, the word ‘fitness’ seems insufficient. Yet time and time again we hear of the important benefits of fitness in our daily lives. Participants of Focus on Fitness, with The Nova Scotia Fitness Association (NSFA) will leave with a sense of what are the current and ongoing fitness industry issues that impact the recreation delivery system, and best practices and solutions for meeting them. Ample time for Q&A will be permitted to address your specific issues.
Presenters:
Todd Sarty, President, NSFA
Members of NSFA Executive and Regional Representatives:
Debbie Murphy - Secretary
Angela Coupe - South Shore Rep
Melyssa Hutchinson - Valley Rep
Dianne Levy - Course Conductor
Sheila Rafferty - Course Conductor
Peter Hico - Course Conductor
Understanding the Public Health Agenda: What is the role of recreation in promoting public health?
Representatives of the fields of Public Health and Recreation will discuss their respective approaches to pressing social issues such as physical inactivity, healthy eating, and mental health through the lens of the determinants of health.
Moderator:
Rick Gilbert, Director Active Healthy Living Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation, NS Department of Health Promotion and Protection
Presenters:
Ashlyn Sulis, Director of Recreation and Community Development for the Town of Berwick
Wendy Lee Hamilton, Seniors LINCS program physiotherapist, Annapolis Valley Health
Jim Campbell, Fundy Regional Representative with NS Health Promotion and Protection
Tammy Feltmate, Active Living Coordinator with the Municipality of the County of Antigonish
Andrea Donovan, Health Educator with Public Health Services in the Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
Friday Afternoon
1:30pm-4:30pm
Research Forum
Come and learn, first hand, about some of the exciting, cutting edge research projects going on in the province. Presenters will provide a brief overview of their research and highlight key findings and their application to the recreation delivery system. Each presentation will be 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes for Q&A.
Moderator:
Dr. Brenda Robertson, Associate Professor, Acadia University, School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology.
Friday Afternoon Wellness Sessions
1:30pm-4:30pm
Individual Wellness is not a neutral state but rather an ongoing active state to improve one’s personal development. A person is constantly responding to the world around them every day. Wellness involves being in constant touch with your personal needs and being able to access your optimal wellness is what this year’s sessions are about. There are five components of individual wellness: Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, Intellectual, and Social. Each of these sessions has an impact on how you feel, act and see yourself in your surroundings and now is the time to improve your individual wellness.
Physical – In the physical wellness session we will take a look at why having continuous physical activity, weight management, rest & relaxation, sleep and more improves your lifestyle and your ability to be able to feel good about your personal and professional life. The physical component of wellness will be examined through both a practical as well as ideal lens, while highlighting the benefits of compliance with many “healthy practices” that have the potential to enhance our lives. We will consider exercise or physical activity, but will look well beyond that narrow view of this component of wellness to see just how much following such practices will boost well being.
Presenter:
Dr. Ann Dodge, Lecturer, School of Recreation Management & Kinesiology, Acadia University
Emotional - Beyond The Genes. Are Your Emotions Making You Sick? If we operate with the premise that it is our mind that creates our reality, then to command the mind is the magic that controls our destiny to any miraculous result--the colloquial "Law of attraction." Quietening the mind chatter of emotion allows us the space and energy to create. How do emotions and thoughts assist us in designing our health, finances, family and career? Todays session we will journey together into your profound truths using your "emotional blueprint" providing you the opportunity to live the life you love. To see your physical body as a reflective temple of your mind and heart, giving you practical tools and strategies that become part of your daily life to finding a balance.
Presenter:
Dr. Dena Churchill, Chiropractor, author and consultant
Social - The ability to interact with others and why it is important as professionals to take the time to be social. To understand the importance of fostering healthy relationships and being able to enjoy what is around you.
Presenter:
Kathy Jourdain, Process Artist
Spiritual - The sense of “being”. Having a deep understanding of who you are and how you connect with the world. Spiritual wellness develops over time and is unique to every individual and characterizes yourself within your surroundings.
Presenter:
Rev. Lisa Vaughn, pastor and priest at the Anglican Parish of Hatchet Lake and Terence Bay
Intellectual - The ability to challenge yourself through your mind. Intellectual wellness has a variety of different components such as: being comfortable, thinking critically, have an interest in learning, being able to cope with tough situations, being able to reflect, and knowing your own values and acting with them in mind.
Yoga's Holistic Approach to Wellness and the Role of the Mind.
This session will introduce a practical, applied model from the ancient wisdom of yoga that explores the powerful impact that the mind has on our health. This session will include a 20 minute practice that allows delegates to experience the affect the mind has on the body and breath. No previous yoga experience required.
Presenter:
Dorothy Spence, owner, yoga teacher, 108 yoga
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