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This webinar will examine the social, historical, legal and ethical context of medical abortion in Canada, with a focus on discussing diverse beliefs surrounding the issue and the professional requirements of health care providers.
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Mullen, Bioethicist, CHEO
Doing More with What You Know: An Introduction to Knowledge Mobilization for Newcomer-Serving Professionals
This workshop will equip newcomer-serving professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to plan, do and evaluate their KMb activities. Participants will engage in an activity to apply principles of KMb to their own contexts.
Speaker: Sarah Pinder, Knowledge Broker, Knowledge Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Professional Boundaries for Front-line Staff Working with Refugees and Other Newcomers to Canada
This workshop focuses on expanding awareness of boundaries on professional well-being in this sector as well as the generation and implementation of boundaries for professionals in this area of work.
Speaker: Dr. Tanya Lentz, Registered Clinical Psychologist, NeuroSpark Clinic
Thinking About Ethics in the Context of Refugee Experience
There is enormous potential in the diversity of these persons who bring cultural, linguistic and educational richness to Canadian communities. It is also true that the circumstances and journey undertaken taken to arrive may extract their own toll. This webinar examines how we can begin to approach the ethical considerations which underpin these experiences.
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Mullen, Consultant Bioethicist, CHEO and Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Ottawa
Reflective Practice for Bettering the Newcomers’ Experience to Canada
This webinar explores how reflective practice contributes to achieving that goal. Reflective practice involves being self-reflexive about our own actions and practices that are shaped by our assumptions and beliefs about relationships and how we treat others..
Speaker: Dr. Lorraine Ste-Marie, D.Min., Adjunct Professor, Providence School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Saint Paul University