Learning Opportunities

Horse Lake First Nation: Our Kids Our Tomorrow Community Conference

Presented By

Jed Roberts, Chenoa Marcotte, Natascha Okimaw & Jacquelyn Gibbs

Series Sessions

Date Time
Thursday, October 26, 2017 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Location

In Person Horse Lake Arena Horse Lake, Horse Lake, AB

Keynote Speaker: Jed Roberts "Reflecting Parenting Choices For a Better Future For Our Children"

“Children Need Parents Not Friends”. Edmonton Eskimos alumni and high risk youth mentor Jed Roberts will discuss the importance of being your child’s parent first.   Jed will outline the importance of structure, routine and stability within the home and how it relates to creating confident, comfortable and resilient children.  He will draw from his personal experiences to discuss trials and tribulations, successes and failures in his presentation.

Opening and Prayer 9:00am
Lunch will be served on site
hosted at Horse Lake Arena

Other Presentations:

Traditional Parenting with Natascha Okimaw (GP Friendship Centre)

Breaking the cycles by returning to the traditional approach to parenting with a focus on healthy relationships and the four quadrants of life.

Particpants will learn about the diffrent cycles of life following the medicine wheel and how it all interconnects to raising a whole person.

They will also discuss healthy relationships and how we can make steps to break the cycles of trauma.

Nutrition with Jacquelyn Gibbs (Alberta Health Services)

Join us for this fun and positive conversation about food.  Explore ways you can help contribute to a healthy food environment and support positive dialogue about food.  

Learning Through Play, Chenoa Claire Marcotte (Werklund School of Education)

In this parenting session we will discuss how we connect meaningfully to and learn with our young children within the realities of our busy day-to-day family lives. We will discuss the following topics during this session:

  • Engaging in rich learning through play
  • Using the outdoors to engage young children in learning.
  • Communication with young children and the important role this plays in their development.
  • The importance of stories, storytelling and music in young children’s development.
  • Creating effective learning environments in our homes so that children can flourish.

Conference is in Partnership With:
Horse Lake First Nation
Peace Wapiti School Division
Northwest Regional Learning Consortium

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