Aboriginal Speakers Forum, 2009-10 

These events are an accredited group learning activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Participants may claim 1 credit per hour of attendance at the Aboriginal Speakers Forum education sessions.  Participants must keep registration records that can be retrieved in the event of an audit of participants' CPD activities by the College.

Treena Tallow, Aboriginal Mental Health: treena.tallow@albertahealthservices.ca
Phone:  (403) 382-4520, Lethbridge Centre Tower

Warren Winnipeg, Aboriginal Mental Health: warren.winnipeg@albertahealthservices.ca
Phone: (780) 342-8830

Aboriginal Speakers Forum, January - June 2010

All sessions take place from 0930-1100 MDT/MST:

  • January 13, 2010, "Mental Health and Human Rights"  
    VCS ID#229510
    Presented by: Roy Pogorzelski
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    Training and Services - Contact Information
  • February 10, 2010, "Suicide Prevention and Community Approach"   VCS ID#229511
    Presented by: Dolores Flett
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  • March 10, 2010, "The Impact of Colonialism on the Mentality and Social Behaviour of Blackfoot People"   VCS ID#229512
    Presented by: Leroy Little Bear
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  • April 14, 2010, "Cowboys and Indians and their Impact on Mental Health"   VCS ID#229513
    Presented by: Vincent Steinhauer
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 Aboriginal Speakers Forum, September - December 2009

  • September 9, 2009, "Lessons of Place"   VCS ID#229506
    Presented by:  Narcisse Blood
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  • October 14, 2009, "Achieving Mental Health in Urban First Nations Families"   VCS ID#229507
    Presented by:  Bonny G. Spencer, RSW
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    Contact for Bonny:  780-907-9083; spencerbonny@gmail.com
  • November 18, 2009, "The Power of Stories in Aboriginal Research"   VCS ID#229508
    Presented by: Sharon Goulet, MSW, RSW
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  • December 9, 2009, "Aboriginal Family Violence: Working Within the Family Circle"   VCS ID#229509
    Presented by:  Sue Languedoc, BSW, RSW
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