3:30pm to
6:00pm

Pick up your registration kit early. Yukon Convention Centre foyer.

7:30am

Registration and Continental breakfast, Yukon Convention Centre (YCC)

8:30am
YCC

Opening Prayer, Welcome by First Nations, Hon. Glenn Hart (Minister Health and Social Services), Ione Christensen (chair of FASSY)

9:00am

Keynote: Reaching our fullest potential, FASD, call to action
Marilyn Van Bibber and Dr. Sterling Clarren

10:00am

Break

10:30am
YCC

Evidence-based approaches to FASD prevention: What do we know?  Where do we need to be going?
Dr. Sterling Clarren, Sandy Schmidt

Supports for youth transitioning to adulthood
Brenda Bennett, Marjorie Logue

Supporting families and building circles of support
Audrey McFarlane,Wenda Bradley, Suzie Kuerschner

Practical interventions for infants and pre-school children who may be affected by FASD
Brooke McKenzie, Joanie Pelletier, Rachel Moser, Leona Corniere, Dr. Barbara Grueger

Find your way with pictures – using visuals for communication and organization
Rosanne Bloom-Pereira, Wendy Kitchen

12:00pm

Lunch (provided)

12:30pm

Lunchtime Entertainment
Ynklude
(performing songs)
followed by
Jenny Jackson
(reading poems from her book “Silent No More – a poetic voice breaks the silence of FASD”)

1:00pm

Keynote and panel:  Supports that have been helpful in my life
Myles Himmelreich and Yukon panel panel moderated by Brooke Alsbury

2:30pm

Break

3:00pm

YCC

Success Stories – Working with students with FASD in the school and classroom
John Wright, Judy Ratcliffe, Ted Hupe, Betty Byblow, Kathi Hughes

Mentoring Programs – supporting women who are pregnant or post delivery
Bev Towe, Marilyn Van Bibber

Employment – Shifting expectations, creating new habits
Rick Goodfellow, Audrey McFarlane, Myles Himmelreich, Rick Karp

Making sense of our senses – a hands-on discovery in how individuals experience the senses
Joanie Pelletier, Melissa Croskery

Housing supports – for adults with FASD and substance-using women and their children
Kate Mechan, Brenda Bennett, Terry Molnar

4:30pm

End of Day 1

Public Session
7pm
FASD and Complex Needs with Brenda Bennett

8:00am

Continental breakfast in Yukon Convention Centre

8:30am
YCC

“Our Voices”: video capturing sounds, sights and people on Day 1 of the symposium

9:15am

Keynote: “Holding up by not holding back”
Andy Nieman, Child and Youth Advocate

10:00am

Raffle and Break

10:30am

YCC

An educational planning tool (LEIC) for learners with FASD
Stacey Wakabayashi, Kathi Hughes

Building community awareness, support and services
Audrey McFarlane, Brenda Bennett, Wenda Bradley, Brooke Alsbury

Collaborating to change outcomes in the justice system
Fia Jampolsky, Thomas Ullyett, Pamela Adamson, David Christie, John Phelps

Promising models for working with pregnant women and birth moms who struggle with their use of drugs and alcohol
Lynda Dechief

Celebrating creative talents
(same workshop continued 1:30-2:30pm)
Two carvers with Sundog Carving Program

12:00pm

Lunch (provided)

1:00pm

Keynote

1:30pm

World Café Discussion “Opportunities for change”

Annex

Celebrating creative talents
(continued from 10:30-noon)
Two carvers with Sundog Carving Program

3:00pm

Break

3:30pm

Summary remarks: Dr. Sterling Clarren
Next steps
Raffle Prizes

4:00pm

Closing Prayer,Closing Dancers - Elijah Smith Elementary School Dancers

4:30pm

End of symposium