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Healthy Minds Student Wellness Forum MAY 3, 2019 Tec Voc High School 1555 Wall Street 8:45 - 9:15 am Students arrive 9:15 - 9:30 am Greetings 9:30 - 9:45 am DTC Performance 9:45 - 10:45 am Keynote 10:45 - 11:00 am Break 11:00 - 11:45 am Breakout Sessions #1 11:45 am - 12:30 pm Lunch 12:30 - 1:15 pm Breakout Sessions #2 1:15 - 1:30 pm Break 1:30 - 2:30 pm Wrap Up
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Michael Redhead Champagne Sofia Costantini
9:45 – 10:45 am 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Location: Theatre Location: Theatre
Michael Redhead Champagne has spent over two decades Mindfulness - Change Your Perspective.
speaking out and leading by example. He takes a hopeful
and solution oriented approach to youth engagement, Change Your life.
facilitation, community organizing and mobilization. Sofia has been capturing audiences with her “passion =
inspiration” approach for decades.
In 2018, Michael received a Kids Help Phone Regional
Volunteer Award & in 2017 was recognized with a Combining mindfulness techniques and her reputation as
Meritorious Service Decoration from the Governor General a high-energy motivator, Sofia will take you on a musical
of Canada. In 2016, Michael was the Cdn Red Cross journey as a reminder that YOU are important, self-care
Young Humanitarian of the Year and in TIME Magazine is essential and changing your perspective can change
as a Next Generation Leader. Michael has also received your life.
a Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Award as well Discover:
as recognition as a CBC Manitoba Future 40 leader, a • How to change your perspective, one thought at a time
Manitoba Hero, and a Future Leader of Manitoba. He has • Five strategies on how to begin to put you first and
been included as part of the Bell Let’s Talk mental health create balance in your life
movement in both 2018 & 2019.
• How to identify key triggers that prevent, what Sofia
As a founder of AYO! (Aboriginal Youth Opportunities), he calls, “The spiraling vortex of negativity”
is committed to a wide variety of community initiatives
including Meet Me at the Bell Tower, AYO Politix, Sofia’s career began as a professional dancer,
ARROWS Youth Engagement Strategy, 13 Moons Harm choreographer, and actor over 30 years ago. She
Reduction & Fearless R2W. He is passionate about expanded her repertoire to include teaching, splitting her
mentoring young people, encouraging all to share their time between the public school system, private studios
gifts and build their system literacy. He has appeared in and professional companies.
various media platforms including APTN’s First Contact As an educator, “Ms Sofia” pioneered the first all-boys
& has served as co-host for CKUW’s Inner City Voices dance class at Sisler High School in the Winnipeg School
for the past 5 years. Michael has served as president of Division where she received the Manitoba Attorney
North End Community Renewal Corporation, a board General Crime Prevention Award for her work with at-risk
member for the Circle of Life Thunderbird House and youth. Her program was also featured in a documentary
Marymound Inc. In 2016, he served on the Bank of on CBC National News and in the Winnipeg Women’s
Canada’s #BankNOTEable Advisory Committee with a magazine. As an entrepreneur, Sofia has excelled in her
task of creating a short list of women nominated by the roles as consultant, leader, director and producer.
public to appear on a new bank note. His recent system Sofia is committed to raising awareness on the
work includes the Manitoba Child Welfare Legislative importance of “Nurturing and fuelling yourself first while
Review Committee, the federal Expert Panel on Youth changing your perspective, one thought at a time”.
Employment & with Kids Help Phone, both the Texting
Advisory Committee & Indigenous Advisory Council.
Michael is known for his straight up and heartfelt style that
will leave you moved, inspired and ready for action.
Healthy Minds Student Wellness Forum
Break 10:45 - 11:00 am Session 1-4 Session 2-3
Location: Theatre Location: Outside Location: Library
Max 60 Max 60
Flying Focus Managing Stress
Breakout Sessions – Grant Park & Anxiety -
11:00 – 11:45 am Students Taylor Demetrioff
Session 1-1 Students will be This session will
Location: Theatre facilitating their workshop on healthy explore themes related to normal
Max 40 mind strategies, and the positive types of stress, anxiety disorders and
aspects the Tee Pee brings to your solutions for individuals struggling
Rhythmic
mental wellbeing. with their anxiety. The facilitator will
Connections - also share his personal story (living
Kim Lawrence Lunch 11:45 am – 12:30 pm with anxiety disorders) throughout the
Kellner Location: Lower Gym presentation.
Learn about how music connects us
and acts as a positive and proactive Session 2-4
means of being healthy. This
Breakout Sessions Location: Outside
interactive workshop offers students 12:30 – 1:15 pm Max 60
an opportunity to connect to the drum
Session 2-1 A balanced
and collaborate with others. Students body, mind,
Location: Theatre
will be working in small groups and emotional &
Max 60
creating their own sounds and beats! spiritual wellbeing -
Mindful Yoga -
Session 1-2 Tally Young Vern Dano
Location: To build awareness using strength
When we settle the
Cafeteria based focused, positive outcome
body, clear the mind
Max 50 approach, and alternative perspective
then deepen our breath, we cultivate
driven concepts. Using land based
Feel Good a way to let go of what tightens our
practices, culture and protocols to
with Food - minds and bodies so we can live more
envision a better tomorrow for our
Caitlin Peiris fully. Join us as we move and breathe
Indigenous populations.
What, when, how, and why we eat together, feel the peace flow.
can make a big difference in how Session 2-2 Break 1:15 – 1:30 pm
we feel. Yet with so much conflicting Location: Theatre
Location: Cafeteria
information out there, it’s hard to
Max 40
know what to believe. We will cover
Love Your Selfie Group Session
topics such as nutrition basics for
mental wellness, fad diets, and eating - Karina Walker 1:30 – 2:30 pm
disorders. Come learn some tips to In a world driven by Location: Theatre
help you feel good with media and unrealistic Mindfulness: Change your
food. norms of what is considered “beautiful”, perspective. Change your life! -
how youth understand their value and Sofia Costantini
Session 1-3 self-worth is especially important. This
Location: Library workshop is all about exploring self-love
Max 60 and self-acceptance. Here we aim to
Mental Health create a safe space where participants
& Self Care - feel comfortable talking about our
Aly Raposo bodies, our insecurities, stresses and
This session will address topics such anxiety. We aim to generate positive
as: recognizing signs of anxiety and/ discussion surrounding topics such
or depression, noticing when a friend as positive body image, mindfulness,
needs support and how to provide self-acceptance, self-love and positive
them with help, and coping with affirmations. Participants will leave this
stress, self-care and mental wellness. workshop with a greater understanding
of where these feelings of self-doubt
and self-consciousness come from,
and tips, tools and tricks to tackle these
feeling and situations.
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