ASI 2021 Forum Session Recordings

For the full ASI 2021 Program in PDF format, click here

Monday, August 23 
9:30-3:00

Youth Leadership Program

Session 1: https://youtu.be/k2NL3sjpvfI 

Session 2: https://youtu.be/JnDw2E14HjI 

Session 3: https://youtu.be/5bPOzD71RkM

6:30-8:30

Official Opening

 https://youtu.be/B3E-UU_cWF0 

  • Welcome and land acknowledgement
  • Remarks by officials 
  • Highlights from the Atlantic Canadian Showcase 
  • Setting the Context – A Message from Claire Betker
  • Keynote presentation with Paul Born, interviewed by Trevor Hancock
Tuesday, August 24 
9:15-10:00

Youth Learning Circles 

10:40-10:45

Morning Welcome – Julie Pellissier-Lush, Traditional Knowledge Keeper for L’nuey, the Mi’Kmaq Rights Initiative and PEI Poet Laureate

https://youtu.be/mJFjZfjmxPk 

10:45-11:00

Opening Plenary and Panel 

https://youtu.be/mJFjZfjmxPk?t=524 

https://youtu.be/IKR209IFXaY

  • Panel moderated by Trevor Hancock, Professor and senior scholar (retired), School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria.
    • Mélissa Généreux, Medical Advisor, Estrie Public Health Department / Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
    • Hon. Dorothy Shephard, New Brunswick Minister of Health
    • Tyler Simmonds, Filmmaker and Public Speaker
    • Heather Wilson, Executive Director, Child and Nature Alliance of Canada
    • Mark Greenberg, Emeritus Bennett Chair of Prevention Science, Penn State University
13:00-14:00

Youth Panel – Looking to the Future

https://youtu.be/5HVc8BQeTuc

  • Panel moderated by Brandon Hey, Research Policy Analyst, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
    • Claire Bryne, Black Cultural Society of PEI and Black Collective Media
    • Hanely Smith, Youth Project
    • Madina Sutton, Mental Health Commission of Canada
    • Sumaya Muhammed, New Brunswick Multicultural Council
    • Snowden Pijogge, Nain Youth Centre
14:00-15:00

Round tables – Reconnecting and Building Back Better

https://youtu.be/ehFypVLYEac

  • Facilitated by:
    • Linda Liebenberg, Independed Researcher and Evaluator
    • Brandon Hey, Research Policy Analyst, MHCC
    • Arianne Melara, Manager of Youth Initiatives, Policy Lead and Stakeholder Engagement, New Brunswick Multicultural Council
15:15-16:45

Concurrent Workshops – Skill Development 

  • Engaging the arts in promoting healthy communities (Special Olympics PEI – Matthew McNally)
  • Steps from a region of Quebec to limit the psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting population mental health (Édith St-Hilaire and Audrey Lafond) (en français)
  • A Salutogenic Approach to Disaster Recovery (Mélissa Généreux)
  • Resilience and the pandemic: Experiences of 20 diverse projects from the Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund (KDE Hub for Child and Youth Mental Health Promotion – Barbara Riley, Eric d’Avernas, Renata Valaitis)
  • The Early Years Starting Strong, Creating Welcoming Spaces to Connect and Belong (Raising the Villages – Jim Mustard, Amanda Knight and Madison Greening)
  • Data: The Great Connector (NB Institute for Research, Data and Training – Ted McDonald, Eva Christensen, Bethany Jones, Jessica Mann, Madeleine Gorman-Asal)
  • Digital Storytelling advancing youth resilience in a post-Covid world (StoryCentre – Rani Sanderson)
    • Tuesday: https://youtu.be/yiZrJnAb2bA
  • Grant Writing for Community Impact: Turning Ideas into Action (Rising Youth – Cory Herc and Daniel Ohaegbu)
  • Building Systemic Connections and Support for Social and Emotional Learning in K-12 Education (Harris Centre – Cathy Newhook)
Wednesday, August 25 
9:15-10:00

Youth Learning Circles

10:45-11:00

Welcome and announcements

https://youtu.be/mJFjZfjmxPk 

11:00-12:15

Opening Plenary and Roundtables – Let’s Talk Policy! An Update on the ASI Policy Brief 

https://youtu.be/tb4vuLJ3qA0?t=736

https://youtu.be/ehFypVLYEac 

  • Facilitated by:
    • David French, Managing Director, A Way Home Canada 
    • Mary-Jane McKitterick, Community Planning Manager, A Way Home Canada 
13:15-13:45

Policy in Action – How a Strategic Plan Guides the Development of a Resilient College Community – Sandy MacDonald, President, Holland College 

https://youtu.be/pDoRXfunLG8

15:30-16:30

Closing Panel – Upstream Policy Momentum in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and Beyond.

https://youtu.be/u4tIAgvEQek

  • Panel moderated by Olivier Bellefleur, Scientific Lead, Centre de collaboration nationale sur les politiques publique et santé/ National Collaborating Centre on Healthy Public Policy (CCNPPS/NCCHPP)
    • Nicole Bernier, Expert Scientific Advisor (CCNPPS/NCCHPP)
    • Vanessa Nevin, Health Director, Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APCFNCS)
    • Lori Wozney, Senior Health Outcomes Scientist, Nova Scotia Health
    • Karen Clarke, Social Worker, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
16:30-17:00

Key Messages of ASI 2021 and Closing

https://youtu.be/3sQmEK0Sepk