Activity

MONDAY, April 23, 2007

7:30 am

Buffet breakfast and registration

Main room - Opera room 

8:30 am

Opening ceremonies

Local First Nation representative

Residential School Survivor personal story

Financial planning

Main room plenary

9:30 am

Refreshment break

9:45 am

Training sessions (trainers and participants return to the same room each day)

Breakout rooms

*To be assigned

12:00 noon

Lunch – buffet

Main Room

1:00-5:00/5:30 pm

Training sessions (con’t)

Breakout rooms

2:15-3:00 pm

Refreshment break (time is determined by the Instructor within this period)

Main Room

6:00-7:00 pm

Dinner – buffet

Main room

7:00-8:30 pm

MANDATORY activity to be determined

Main Room

TUESDAY, April 24 and WEDNESDAY, April 25

7:30 am

Buffet breakfast

Main Room

8:30 am – 12 noon

Training sessions

Breakout rooms

9:30-10:30

Refreshment break (time is determined by the Instructor within this period)

Registration / lobby

12:00 noon

Lunch – buffet

Main Room

1:00-5:00/5:30 pm

Training sessions (con’t)

Breakout rooms

2:15-3:00 pm

Refreshment break (time is determined by the Instructor within this period)

Reception area

6:00-7:00 pm

Dinner – buffet

Main Room

7:00-8:30 pm

Mandatory Activity (see next page for description)

Tuesday – To be determined

Wednesday – to be determined

Main Room

THURSDAY, April 26

7:30 am

Buffet breakfast

Main Room

8:30 am – 12 noon

Training sessions

Breakout rooms

9:30-10:30

Refreshment break (time is determined by the Instructor within this period)

Registration / lobby

12:00 noon

Lunch – buffet

Main room

1:00-5:00/5:30 pm

Training sessions (con’t)

Breakout rooms

2:15-3:00 pm

Refreshment break (time is determined by the Instructor within this period)

Reception area

6:00-8:30 pm

Celebration dinner banquet with cultural entertainment

Main Room

FRIDAY, April 27

7:30 am

Buffet breakfast & registration

Main Room

8:30 am – 12 noon

Training sessions

Breakout rooms

9:30-10:30 am

Refreshment break (time determined by the Instructor within the time period)

Registration / lobby

12:00 noon

Lunch

Assignment hand-in (MANDATORY)

Main Room

1:00-4:00 pm

Training sessions (con’t)

In-class graduation - certificate distribution

*Participants must attend to close at 4:00 pm to graduate

Breakout rooms

Course

Instructor(s)

Room

Working With Families

Gerald George and Brenda Daily

 to be assigned

Preparing Communities for Indian Residential School Settlements

IRSSS Staff

 ""

Art & Healing

Adeline Brown

 ""

Counselor Skills for Trauma Survivors: Beyond Grief

Darien Thira

 ""

Counselor Skills for Grief and Loss

Rod McCormick and Hilda Green

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Monday

7:00 – 8:30 pm

To be determined.

Attendance is mandatory as well as completion of the written assignment.

ASSIGNMENT:  Write a 500 word best practice on: best practice in community care or services, OR example of a program to implement, please describe how the program works and its essential elements, OR After the Residential School, what next?

DEADLINE:  Return to registration desk by Friday, at 12:00 p.m.

Tuesday

7:00 – 8:30 pm

To be determined.

Wednesday

7:00 – 8:30 pm

To be determined.

Thursday

*6:00–8:30 pm

Celebration Dinner Banquet