Love your- lose the burnout
How do you continue to do work you LOVE, without feeling overwhelmed, dysregulated, pre-irritated and stretched thin? Burnout in North America is at record levels: 66% of U.S. employees and 39% of Canadian workers experienced burnout in 2025 - we can’t do our best work this way. In...
Thriving Personally and Professionally; 2022 Life Review
We are almost 1/4 through the year, where are you with your goals and intentions for the year? To succeed professionally it is equally important to reflect and evaluate how on track we are with our personal 2022 resolutions and intentions. Because the reality is, when we thrive personally, we ...
Put on your rainboots- Including and Supporting Children through serious illness, death, d
Join Shaindy, former Community Psychosocial Support- Pediatric Advance Care Team, as she outlines the tangible ways Child Life Specialists can support children as they navigate illness, death, dying, and grief.
\'Diagnosing Resilience\' across cultures and contexts.
This presentation will explore ways we can intervene to help children cope by changing the social and physical environment that surrounds them.
Covid Creativity and Pandemic Playtimes; Coordinating virtual child life sessions within c
This webinar explores the real-life adaptions and successful adjustments made during the pandemic lockdown within a community-based child life practice, from in-person to virtual sessions.
Comfort Across the Lifespan: How Child Life Techniques Support Adults & their families at
Cassie Camara is a Certified Child Life Specialist and the Coordinator of the Andrea’s 3 Wishes Program at The Hamilton General Hospital. Prior to Cassie’s role at the Hamilton General Hospital she worked as a Certified Child Life Specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital for 9 ye...
You Can Do Hard Things: Defining the concept of traumatic stress and advocating for emotio
As research in the field of trauma develops, the definition of trauma and its’ effects on the brain, development, and social interactions continues to shift and expand. Repeated exposure to traumatic healthcare events can lead to lifetime consequences for a person’s developmental, ...
Fostering engagement: empowering youth to guide change
Presenters: Cynthia Vallance, Patient and Family Engagement Advisor with Youth Advisors Caila and Katelyn at BC Children's Hospital This is a special series brought to you by KHLF and Air Canada Foundation
Getting Our There
Join Caron Irwin, Certified Child Life Specialist and founder of ROO by Caron Irwin as she shares her tips and tricks on how to promote yourself and encourage others to understand the child life profession and what we do. Caron Irwin, Founder of Roo Family Caron Irwin, is a Toronto-based m...
Cultivating Joy in January
Lifework to host a 60-minute informative workshop on how to boost morale & cultivate more joy during the dark winter months. In the workshop, Fabienne will introduce and equip participants with three tools that have been proven to mitigate burnout and generate more joy and fulfillment on a day-t...
Grief & Autism
Its Autism awareness/acceptance month so join Amy McFarlane as she explores grief and how it can be experienced by those with Autism. As Founder and CEO of Recreational Respite Inc. Canada (est. 2008) Amy is a pioneer of establishing the use of recreation and respite as a support service offered ...
A New Kind of Normal: Caring for Dying Children and Supporting Their Families for Years to
Join PACT Grief Support Coordinator Norah Shaughnessy MSW, as she defines paediatric palliative care and explores the role of the interdisciplinary team in providing psychosocial support to children, youth and their families. Attendees will learn about; -the many faces of grief -practical ways to su...