Events :: Moving from Challenges to Opportunities
: Best Start Annual Conference
February 21 - 22, 2005
BMO Institute for Learning, Toronto
Keynote Speaker Presentations
Moving
Forward Together -- Building a Canada Fit for Children
Barbara Coyle
Canadian
Child Care Federation
Early
Child Development: The Roots of Health
Jane Bertrand
Atkinson
Centre for Society and Child Development
The
Healthy Start Program
Belinda Pettiford
US
National Healthy Start Association
Concurrent Session-A Presentations
A4.
Working with Aboriginal Families with Young Children
Dr. Margaret Munro
Family Physician
A5.
Post-partum Mood Disorder: An Update
Lori Ross
Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health
A6.
Raising Awareness about Alcohol and Pregnancy: What Really
Works?
Wendy Burgoyne
Best Start Resource Centre
Concurrent Session-B Presentations
B1.
The Co-Sleeping Controversy: Reducing SIDS deaths and
Increasing Breastfeeding are Compatible Goals
Linda Smith
Bright Future
Lactation Resource Centre
B2.
Access is a 2-way street: Making a difference with hard-to-reach
populations
Josie D'avernas
Program
Training & Consultation Centre
B3.
Best Practices
Rhona Hanning
B4.
Children's Health and the Environment
Susanne Burkhaldt
Canadian
Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment
(CPCHE)
Tara Zupancic
Canadian
Association of Physicians of the Environment (CAPE)
B5.
Involving Fathers
Evolving Practices
Tim Paquette
Fathering Project, Connections
B6.
The Challenges of Belonging for Children, for Parents
Michael Fay
Ontario
Prevention Clearinghouse
Post Conference Session Presentations
C2.
Developing Effective Policies
Nancy Dubois
The Health
Communication Unit (THCU)