ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER…Anthony McLean has appeared on stage
performing Shakespeare at the Stratford Festival and on screen as a CBC Television Host. He has
performed hundreds of bullying presentations from Eastern Canada to South Australia. His delivery style
is upbeat and entertaining and he has been featured as a guest speaker on CityTV’s Breakfast Television,
Global Toronto’s Morning Show, 680 News, CBC’s Here and Now, CTV’s Atlantic Morning and the CTV
News Network. He is currently writing his first book, Before You Send Your Kids To School -- What every
parent needs to know about bullying. Anthony lives in the Toronto area with his wife and two children.
Choose 2 of the following workshops:
Workshop Selections/Presenters
WORKSHOP
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Social Media: Is Social Media About Me?
B
Developing Resilient Young Leaders in
Schools and Communities
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D
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F
G
PRESENTERS
Peel Regional Police
Constable Chris Christidis
Rising Stars
Athletics & Education
Dr. Andrew Peters
Bullying and the Newcomer
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Yvonne Bienko (Safe Schools Consultant),
Joanna Kubica (Student Settlement Support
Officer)
Let’s Talk – Tips for Building Healthy
Associated Youth Services of Peel
Communication with your Family
Lisa Bachmeler
Patty Campbell
Sponsored by SEAC
When is My Child Just Being Anxious?
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Practical Strategies for Parenting Worried Debra Lean (Chief Psychologist)
and Stressed Children and Adolescents
Sponsored by SEAC
The Wisdom Project: A Video Narrative of Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
one Family’s Journey of Hope and
Glenn Carley (Chief Social Worker)
Resilience
Jacqueline Davis (Senior Social Worker)
Glenda Brown (Senior Child and Youth Worker)
Nuno DeCastro (Program Dept. Secondary)
Eddie Stolf (Coordinator, Program)
Brad Kiper (Research Program)
Sponsored by SEAC
Student Health Survey
Peel Public Health
Cheryl Meaden
Hardevhosi Sohi
Bullying Prevention & Wellness Symposium
"Whoever receives one whom I send receives me" (John 13: 20)
Workshop A
Social Media – Is Social Media About Me?
Social Media - Is Social Media About You?
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What is social media?
Examples of social media including Facebook and Instagram
Lack of privacy and permanence
Over-sharing of information
Criminal cyber-shopping for victims
Tips to minimize over-sharing of information
Presenter: Constable Chris Christidis
Workshop B
Developing Resilient Young Leaders in Schools and Communities
Empowering students and providing them with the tools they
need to make healthy decisions, while promoting a caring and
inclusive environment is more important now, than ever before.
Rising Stars’ L.E.A.D. (Leadership. Awareness. Empowerment.
Development) program and activities are effectively designed to
keep students more engaged, while inspiring active involvement, creativity and positive student
leadership.
Preparing our students with the skills to lead and succeed requires a collective and community approach.
We strongly believe in the old adage that it takes a village to raise a child. This interactive workshop will
encourage parents to actively participate while they become familiar with a selection of unique activities
and challenges that are carefully designed to make immediate and measurable differences in student
success and the development of leadership competencies.
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Peters
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Bullying Prevention & Wellness Symposium
"Whoever receives one whom I send receives me" (John 13: 20)
Workshop C
Bullying and the Newcomer
This workshop is intended for parents and students who are new to the
country and want to better understand the problem of bullying and cyber
bullying. It will provide parents with an overview of the Dufferin-Peel’s
Catholic Community, Culture and Caring safe schools related policies,
Dufferin-Peel’s school climate survey data, existing programs and supports
provided to Dufferin-Peel students, and the steps parents can take to help
address the problem and support their children involved in a bullying
situation. Recognizing that bullying situations can sometimes arise from
conflict and misunderstanding, communication strategies will be highlighted
to empower students and parents that are new to the country so as to de-escalate these situations when
they arise.
Presenters: Yvonne Bienko, Safe Schools Consultant
Joanna Kubica, Student Settlement Support Officer
Workshop D
Let’s Talk – Tips for Building Healthy Communication with your Family
This workshop will provide practical strategies for parents and caregivers to promote communication
with their children and youth. Helpful tips will be discussed to foster a healthy relationship, including
open, honest, two-way communication, problem solving and dealing with stress and conflict in the age of
social media. Add tools to your parenting tool box to raise resilient, responsible, and compassionate
children and youth.
Presenters: Lisa Bachmeier and Patty Campbell
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Bullying Prevention & Wellness Symposium
"Whoever receives one whom I send receives me" (John 13: 20)
Workshop E
When is My Child Just Being Anxious?
Practical Strategies for Parenting Worried and Stressed Children and Adolescents
Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in children and adolescents. It is difficult to
determine when a child’s worries require professional help. This session will cover typical and
problematic worries, stresses, and other anxious behaviour in
school-aged children. Participants will learn when to be
concerned, as well as how to help their children build resilience
and coping skills when facing the stresses of everyday life.
Presenter: Debra Lean, Chief Psychologist
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Workshop F
The Wisdom Project:
A Video Narrative of one Family’s Journey of Hope and Resilience
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB)’s Wisdom
Project is about filming narrative from students/parents/staff around
aspects of their high school experience. Students and families have a
rich experience in education and their story or ‘narrative’ has much to
share and to teach about real life experiences at school, some of the
problems faced, the solutions found and the many people who may
have helped along the journey. During the workshop, you will be
introduced to a mother and daughter, both on film and in person, to
discuss their journey of hope and resilience through a cyber bullying episode. You will be invited to
participate in conversations about this narrative and provide your reflections on how this could
further inform the general parent community.
Presenters:
Glenn Carley (Chief Social Worker)
Jacqueline Davis (Senior Social Worker)
Glenda Brown (Senior Child and Youth Worker)
Nuno DeCastro
Eddie Stolf
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
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Bullying Prevention & Wellness Symposium
"Whoever receives one whom I send receives me" (John 13: 20)
Workshop G
Student Health Survey
Student Health Survey
In 2011, we at Peel Health completed our Student
Health Survey! We looked to students in Dufferin –
Peel Board and Peel Board schools, from grades 7 – 12
to provide us with information. We invite you to this
presentation to find out what teens in Peel are doing in
the area of nutrition, tobacco, alcohol, physical activity and other health related areas.
Wellbeing.
Presenters: Cheryl Meaden and Hardevhosi Sohi
Bullying Prevention and Wellbeing Symposium 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
AGENDA
6:30-6:45 p.m.
Refreshments/Registration
6:45-7:00 p.m.
Welcome, Prayer, Opening Remarks
7:00-7:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Anthony McClean
7:30-8:15 p.m.
Break Out Session #1
8:15-9:00 p.m.
Break Out Session #2
9:00 p.m.
Raffle/Feedback
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"Whoever receives one whom I send receives me" (John 13: 20)
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Bullying Prevention & Wellness Symposium
"Whoever receives one whom I send receives me" (John 13: 20)
St. Francis Xavier Secondary School
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