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This online course is presented by Rainbow Health Ontario.

To provide inclusive, affirming health care and social services it is crucial to have policies and practices that reflect the diverse clients’ needs. To create change in an organization, it must be evident from board, senior management to front-line staff and volunteers. This session is a review of programs, services, website, images/posters, signage, brochures, publications, intake forms/registration forms, policy, etc. of the organization. The session uses an anti-oppression/anti-racism framework to examine the process of developing organizational sensitivity and responsiveness to diverse 2SLGBTQ communities. The session addresses creating a positive and welcoming work environment for both 2SLGBTQ staff, clients and volunteers. The workshop will explore various strategies such as specific programs and services, HR policies, Intake forms, inclusive language, signage, brochures, and online images. We will view various samples of inclusive practices and forms to make your organizational space more 2SLGBTQ friendly. The process to create an inclusive space takes time with building blocks to achieve the goal in equity and inclusivity.

This workshop is presented by the Tamarack Institute

Join Liz Weaver and Sylvia Cheuy for this newly developed, virtual 2.5-hour workshop that will guide you and fellow changemakers in crafting your collaboration’s own impact story.

Participants will learn about the seven steps to craft compelling stories, which highlight their collaborative’s successes and progress. Attendees will also be guided on how to craft their collaboration’s impact story in a way that will help attract and retain funders and partners.

# This workshop is designed for those who are:

• Implementing a collaborative project and want to better understand their impact
• Playing a lead communications role on behalf of a collaboration
• Guiding a collaborative project through a phase of renewal
• Wondering about the sustainability of their collaboration and how to plan for it

This event is presented by the Research Institute for Aging 

Together with Arts in Care Homes in the UK, Arts and Aging Day Canada uses social media to showcase the amazing work being done in multiple settings across our country including long-term care homes, retirement communities, seniors centres, municipal recreation programs, community programs, and arts organizations. The day is a chance to promote the positive effects of arts-based activities, learn more about what different organizations are doing, and create nation-wide connections in the field of arts, health, and aging.

We invite you to share your own home, community organization, and/or workplace’s arts activities, creations and experiences through social media. From choirs to poetry, visual arts to dance, we want to highlight all the ways that arts and creativity are engaging and supporting Canadian older adults and those who care for them, both in-person and virtually. This day is a great opportunity for you to learn from colleagues across the country and find new ideas to bring back to your family, community, or workplace.

To get involved, take a photo, write a blog post, or make a video of an arts-based activity or creation - ahead of time or on the day. Write a social media post with the hashtag #ArtsAndAgingCA and share it on September 24. Follow @artsaging on X and #ArtsAndAgingCA on your favourite social platforms.

For more ways to get promote and celebrate Arts and Aging Day, check out the Social Media Toolkit.

EngageFest! is presented by the Tamarack Institute.

Our two-day cross-sector gathering is taking place virtually on October 29 & 30, 2024, with in-person meet-ups in various locations across Turtle Island. Over 500 changemakers from around the world will gather for two days of capability building, knowledge sharing, and inspiration to explore this year’s theme: The Power of People & Place.

# EngageFest! attendees will:  

• Explore tools and resources to support deepening connections, fostering inclusion, and shifting power. 
• Learn ways to leverage local knowledge and community assets to transform systems. 
• Walk away with strategies for igniting motivation to sustain collaboratives and nurturing collective efforts. 
• and more!

# Speakers

EngageFest! will feature thought-provoking speakers from around the world. Take a look at our confirmed keynotes and check back our website often to see our full list of speakers!

# Prices

• Single registration price: $499. 
• Group registration: $439
• Francophone registration: $349
• Supported rate: $249 - for those who have limited professional development funding
• Tamarack member rate: $179
• Barrier-free rate: $0 - for those with no professional development funding, lived/living experience, students and youth, and any other barrier to participate not listed.