May 10th - 11th, 2017 Delta Beauséjour - Moncton

#WELLNESS

2017 PROVINCIAL WELLNESS CONFERENCE

CREATING ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT WELLNESS

2017 PROVINCIAL WELLNESS CONFERENCE

The 2017 Wellness Conference will begin on Wednesday, May 10th at 12:45 pm, and end on Thursday, May 11th at 3:30 pm. The online registration form provides all of the necessary information on how to register for each of the sessions.

Also take note that registration to the Wellness Conference has to be done online before 4:30 pm on May 4th, 2017. The registration form, along with the Conference Program, can be found at:http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/social_development/wellness/content/wellness_conference.html

Payment options include Visa, Master Card and American Express.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2017

CONFERENCE ROOMS

Time Ballroom(Simultaneous translation)

Shediac A Shediac B Shediac C

11:45 am - 12:45 pm • Conference registration (Mezzanine)• Visits to exhibitors’ booths (Mezzanine)

12:45 pm - 12:55 pm Welcome

12:55 pm - 1:10 pm Opening remarks by Mi’kmaq elder

1:10 pm - 1:20 pm Welcoming address (Government of New Brunswick representative)

1:20 pm - 1:40 pm The Wellness Movement - Building supportive environments for wellness in New Brunswick!– Anne Cullihall(English with simultaneous translation)

1:40 pm - 2:30 pm All of my relations - Resiliency, relationship and reconciliation as a framework for wellbeing and environments that support wellness – Kevin Lamoureux, PhD(English with simultaneous translation)

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Break/Visits to exhibitors’ booths

2:50 pm - 3:40 pm Health and wellness: what if motivation was one of the solutions? – Stéphanie Austin, PhD(French with simultaneous translation)

BREAKOUT SESSION SERIES 1

3:50 pm - 4:40 pm Panel on intergenerational wellness initiatives(English and French with simultaneous translation)

Developing a strong working relationship with First Nation Communities(English)

Panel on pathway to policies – using policy to create healthier environments(English)

a) GetOutside! Program (English)b) Collaborating for Kids: An Eco-Health Story (English)

Give, Grow, Cook and Educate - a Community Food Centre is more than just a food bank - On-site visit to Peter McKee Community Food Centre(Transportation provided)

4:40 pm - 6:00 pm • Visits to exhibitors’ booths• Networking session/cocktail with musical enternainment (Mezzanine)

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

CONFERENCE ROOMS

Time Ballroom(Simultaneous translation)

Shediac A Shediac B Shediac C

7:00 am - 8:00 am Yoga Tai Chi

7:45 am to 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am to 8:35 am Welcome and overview of day 2

8:35 am to 9:25 am Supportive Environments for Healthy Living – Finding Value – Dr. David Mowat (English with simultaneous translation)

9:30 am to 10:10 am A Commercial Tobacco End Game – What Might It Look Like? – Rob Cunningham(English with simultaneous translation)

10:10 am to 10:30 am Break/Visits to exhibitors’ booths

BREAKOUT SESSION SERIES 2

10:30 am to 11:20 am How do you spell success… SCHOOL WELLNESS, of course!(French and English with simultaneous translation)

The Co-Benefits of Healthy Built Environments (English)

Positive Mental Health Literacy and Dual Pathways (English)

Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® and The Workplace Wellness Movement in New Brunswick - Network and Tools! (English)

11:30 am to 12:20 pm Nature’s Gifts for Life – Cheryl Charles, PhD(English with simultaneous translation)

12:20 pm to 1:10 pm Lunch/Visits to exhibitors’ booths

BREAKOUT SESSION SERIES 3

1:10 pm to 2:00 pm Discussion Panel - How to Integrate Psychological Health into our Environment(French and English with simultaneous translation)

a) Age-friendly Communities Initiative (French)b) Inspired & Well Toolkit for Seniors (English)

Wellness Across Cultures: How can communities encourage and enable newcomers to engage in wellness? (English and French)

Everybody Eats: Behind the scenes of a public engagement initiative about food security in New Brunswick (English)

2:10 pm to 3:00 pm Improving wellness in your community – Dr. Samuel Daigle(French with simultaneous translation)

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm • Evaluation • Closing remarks (Government of New Brunswick representative)• Prize draw (Kiosk bingo draw)

3:30 pm End of Conference

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2017

The Wellness Movement - Building supportive environments for wellness in New BrunswickThe Wellness Movement is the collective efforts of everyone in New Brunswick! It is a grassroots movement in support of New Brunswick’s Wellness Strategy. It’s the spark that inspires and motivates people to take action through the sharing of stories and spreading the word. It connects all of the wellness initiatives that are happening into a province-wide Movement and guides people to support available in their community (see www.wellnessnb.ca). The aim of The Wellness Movement is to help New Brunswickers understand the importance of building supportive environments and to inspire action around making wellness possible for everyone. This presentation will set the context for the Conference by introducing the theme and answering the question, “What do we mean by supportive environments for wellness?” This will be answered by sharing inspiring New Brunswick stories and engaging visuals.

Anne CullihallAnne Cullihall is the Manager of the Regional Wellness Team with the Wellness Branch of the Department of Social Development. Anne has a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition from Acadia University and a Master’s in Health Management from the University of Wollongong in Australia. Anne is also the lead of The Wellness Movement, a grassroots social marketing initiative that brings New Brunswick’s Wellness Strategy to life and inspires the building of supportive environments for wellness in our communities, homes, schools and workplaces. Anne’s other passions include being a mom and teaching Yoga and mindfulness in her community.

The Wellness Movement Building supportive environments for wellness in New Brunswick

1:20 pm to 1:40 pmBallroom

All of my relations Resiliency, relationship and reconciliation as a framework for wellbeing and environments that support wellness

1:40 pm to 2:30 pmBallroom

All of my relations - Resiliency, relationship and reconciliation as a framework for wellbeing and environments that support wellnessAs Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary we continue to move into an age of reconciliation, in which our nation’s citizens have the opportunity to fully embrace values of social justice, equity and integrity as we reclaim our true identity as a country. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission offered 94 Calls to Action as a road map towards true reconciliation. Many of these recommendations respond to the social inequities that we have all inherited, with an understanding that these social and historical wounds have impacted wellbeing. This session will focus on Reconciliation as a pathway to wellness, and how the 94 Calls to Action might underpin our work as professionals as we continue along this journey towards truth and reconciliation.

Kevin Lamoureux, PhDKevin Lamoureux is the Associate Vice President Indigenous affairs at the University of Winnipeg. He comes into this role having served as an award-winning course Instructor for the U of W, the University of Manitoba, and several other post-secondary institutions. He is a well-known public speaker, a writer, and co-host of a popular podcast The Frank and Kevin Show: In Colour. He served as Co-Chair for the Provincial Task Force on Educational Outcomes for Children in Care in 2015 and his writing and reports have been featured in the Winnipeg Free Press, Grassroots News and many academic journals.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2017

Health and wellness: what if motivation was one of the solutions?How is it possible to foster environments favourable to motivation? This presentation fits in with the motivational perspective of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2012), which suggests that all individuals tend to want to develop to their full potential. This becomes possible if their environment makes it easier to meet their needs (Fernet & Austin, 2014). Based on recent research, this presentation is intended to make stakeholders from different sectors (health, education, work) aware of the levers available to them to help meet the needs of individuals in terms of motivation, health, and wellness.

Stéphanie Austin, PhDOriginally from Tracadie-Sheila, Stéphanie Austin received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Université de Moncton and then a master’s degree in epidemiology and a doctorate in psychology from Université Laval. An associate professor with the Department of Human Resources Management, School of Management, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, she is the director of the Laboratoire interdisciplinaire sur les processus motivationnels, whose work focuses on optimizing the functioning of individuals from an occupational, family, and personal perspective. Her research program is currently

funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the Fonds québécois de la recherche.

Health and wellness:what if motivation was one of the solutions?

2:50 pm to 3:40 pmBallroom

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2017

Developing a strong working relationship with First Nation Communities (English) Facilitator: Jason Peters - Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Sport and Recreation New Brunswick

Organizations and businesses are beginning to recognize that a respectful partnership with First Nation communities can present a win-win situation for all parties. This includes increased (and improved) services for the First Nation community and access to increased membership and better engagement for New Brunswick organizations. However, working to improve wellness in various Aboriginal territories is complex as Aboriginal people often hold rights, titles and a very different way of doing business that may seem incompatible with the objectives of non-Aboriginal organizations. Learn about practical ways to develop and keep strong working relationships with First Nation communities.

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Panel on intergenerational wellness initiatives(English and French with simultaneous translation)

Moderator: Laurie Young, Wellness Consultant, SDPanelists: Judy Murphy, Director, Elizabeth Fry Society Jeanne Brideau, Senior Goodwill Ambassador Elaine Mandora, Community Food Mentor

The vision for New Brunswick’s Wellness Strategy includes New Brunswickers of all ages. Creating opportunities to connect people of all generations is part of that vision. By purposefully creating opportunities to bring people of all generations together, we build environments where we can share collective knowledge and assets. We learn, work, play and grow together through shared experience.

Join in our discussion of panelists who have successfully launched a variety of Intergenerational Projects in their communities. Hear how they got their projects off the ground; the lessons they learned along the way; and the successes they were able to celebrate by bringing people of varying generations together. Be among the first to get a sneak peak at our Intergenerational Event Planning Toolkit – hot off the press!

BreakoutSessionSeries 1 3:50 pm to 4:40 pmBallroom

Panel on pathway to policies – using policy to create healthier environments (English)

Panelists: Chris Politis, Program Manager, Canadian Partnership Against CancerDr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck, President of the New Brunswick Medical SocietyHannah Westner, Policy Advisor, Department of Social Development

Learn more about what policy is, and how it can have an impact on population wellness through the creation of healthier environments. Understand the opportunities and benefits of working across departmental and organizational boundaries. Learn from successful examples in New Brunswick and other jurisdictions. Gain awareness of different ways to help shape policy, and gain awareness of various tools for success.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2017

BreakoutSessionSeries 13:50 pm to 4:40 pmShediac C

4:40 pm to 6:00 pm(Mezzanine)

3:50 pm to 4:40 pm

On-site visit to Peter McKee Community Food Centre (Transportation Provided)

a) GetOutside! Program (English)

Facilitator: Ian Smith, Project Executive, Tourism, Heritage and Culture

Come join us for a fun, experiential introduction to wellness and Parks through a facilitated series of Parks New Brunswick GetOutside! NB activities, designed to connect youth and families to nature through Parks. This hands-on session will touch on the holistic health opportunities available at all our Parks. Participants will laugh and learn… naturally!

b) Collaborating for Kids: An Eco-Health Story (English)

Facilitator: Christine Landry, Programs Coordinator, New Brunswick Environmental Network

The vision of the New Brunswick Children’s Environmental Health Collaborative is to provide a clean and healthy environment for children in New Brunswick. Active since 2005, this collaborative includes over 370 people from a broad range of nearly 100 stakeholder agencies from citizen groups, NGO’s, private sector and government organizations. This collaborative approach allows people to work together in a spirit of cooperation with a shared goal to promote safe and healthy environments where children live, learn, grow and play and to reduce environmental risk factors for children and families. The work is accomplished through participation of various teams that address research, education, professional practice and healthy public policy.

Give, Grow, Cook and Educate - a Community Food Centre is more than just a food bank Chantal Sénécal, Executive Director, Food Depot AlimentaireBen MacMichael, Manager, Peter McKee Community Food CentreElizabeth Crawford Thurber, Executive Director, Greener Village Community Food Centre Offering a variety of services, Community Food Centres provide a holistic, community-based approach to food security. Peter McKee Food Centre, and Greener Village Community Food Centre, each assist 1000-1500 families/month. Through community partnerships and volunteers, the programs offered (educational programming, community garden, food bank, thrift store, social enterprise, teaching kitchen) caters to each individual’s current life situation, helping them develop life skills and build supportive relationships to move towards independence and self-sustainability. Join us on this off-site tour of the Peter McKee Food Centre to see how this approach to food security offers a supportive environment to people in need.

Kiosks’ visits / Networking Session/ Cocktail With Musical Entertainment You want to visit the kiosks, sample delicious hors-d’oeuvres, meet interesting people and enjoy musical entertainment! You will not want to miss this event.

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

YogaChantel Gaudet, Yoga Instructor, Pura Vida Dieppe

Curious about yoga or just wanting to get your body moving before a great day of conferences? Come and try this gentle practice that will explore the essential postures and flow of a yoga class. Through movement and breath work, yoga offers the opportunity to balance your body, mind and energy and begin the journey towards good health and wellbeing. At the physical level, yoga and its cleansing practices have proven to be extremely effective for various disorders. More importantly, yoga is extremely effective in increasing flexibility, increasing lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons, massaging of all organs of the body, complete detoxification and excellent toning of the muscles. Whether you are a beginner or a regular practitioner, we look forward to welcoming you to this inspiring session!

Taoist Tai Chi® The fast-paced yet sedentary nature of modern life often results in stress and lack of sufficient physical activity. Many thousands of individuals have found the movements of the Taoist internal art of taijiquan to be an effective way to counteract these pressures and to cultivate health.

The health benefits include: improved circulation, balance and posture; increased strength and flexibility; and reduced stress. With regular practice, the Taoist Tai Chi® internal art of taijiquan reaches deep inside the body to benefit the entire physiology including the tendons, joints, spine, connective tissue and internal organs. It restores the calmness and peace of mind that is often lost through the desires and anxieties of daily life. Come and join us for this exciting introductory session!

Yoga7:00 am to 8:00 amShediac A

Taoist Tai Chi®

7:00 am to 8:00 amShediac B

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

Supportive Environments for Healthy Living – Finding ValueChronic diseases constitute a large and growing burden for individuals, the healthcare system and society. Although increased investment in prevention is required, more important is the choice of prevention strategy. Dr. Mowat will argue that only action on physical and social environments has sufficient reach, effectiveness and sustainability to impact the prevalence of chronic diseases at the population level, and to improve equity. He will contrast one-on-one interventions with policies for active transportation and healthy eating.

Dr. David Mowat Dr. David Mowat is the Senior Scientific Lead, Prevention, at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. He has served as Medical Officer of Health in Kingston and in Peel Region, as Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, and as Deputy Chief Public Health Officer at the Public Health Agency of Canada. His main professional interests lie in the areas of workforce development, evidence-informed decision making, chronic disease prevention, and the built environment. Dr. Mowat graduated in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and in Public Health at Berkeley, California.

He completed specialty training at the University of Toronto. He is an adjunct professor at Queen’s University and the University of Toronto.

A Commercial Tobacco End Game - What Might it Look Like?Comprehensive tobacco control strategies have made considerable progress in reducing tobacco use in New Brunswick. Despite this, 19.6% of New Brunswickers are current smokers and 22% of students in grades 6-12 report being susceptible to smoking initiation. This presentation will outline the reasons why tobacco use remains an important priority in our province and will explore how creating supportive environments can encourage a shift towards an end game for tobacco, a future free from commercial tobacco.

Rob CunninghamRob Cunningham is a lawyer and Senior Policy Analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society who has worked in tobacco control for 29 years. His tobacco control background includes: author of the book Smoke & Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War; involvement with tobacco control issues at the municipal, provincial, national and international levels; participation in negotiations for the international tobacco treaty, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and appearing in court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, in tobacco cases.

Supportive Environments for Healthy Living Finding Value

8:35 am to 9:25 amBallroom

A Commercial Tobacco End Game What Might it Look Like?

9:30 am to 10:10 amBallroom

The Co-Benefits of Healthy Built Environments (English)

Facilitator: Olivia Sanford, Senior Program Advisor, Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health

Join the Healthy Built Environment Working Group of HEPAC, for an informative session exploring the definition of built environment and how it influences the health of populations. A discussion of the co-benefits or other social, environmental, personal and economic benefits beyond health of healthy built environments across multiple sectors will follow. From installation of bike lanes, to improving the walkability of communities, this session will also provide participants with some examples of what’s happening in New Brunswick and where do we go from here.

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How do you spell success… SCHOOL WELLNESS, of course(English and French with simultaneous translation)

Facilitator: School Wellness Champions and Susan Hornby, Senior Advisor, Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health

Schools are supportive environments, contributing to wellness of whole school communities where many live, learn, play and work. Schools have diverse physical environments, e.g., classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, libraries, buses, theaters, playgrounds, gardens, trails, and open spaces. Each space presents opportunity to create social environments promoting physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco-free living, mental fitness and resilience. A panel of School Wellness Champions share their success stories of how students, staff and community were engaged to help advance wellness. The Joint Consortium for School Health will also present their revised Positive Mental Health Toolkit developed by WMA Wellness Inc. of New Brunswick.

BreakoutSessionSeries 210:30 am to 11:20 amBallroom

Positive Mental Health literacy and dual pathways (English)

Facilitator: Bill Morrison, PhD, WMA Wellness Inc.

Current literature supports the view of a dual pathway model for enhancing wellbeing - one pathway with a focus on addressing areas related to mental health concerns and the importance of mental health literacy, and the other with a focus on promoting environmental factors or practices that contribute to an enhanced sense of wellbeing and functioning. The term Positive Mental Health has been used to describe this second pathway.

This session will explore current perspectives on Positive Mental Health including strength-based paradigms, mental fitness and resiliency. In addition, strategies for promoting and embedding Positive Mental Health practices within home, school and workplace environments will be considered.

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

BreakoutSessionSeries 210:30 am to 11:20 amShediac C

Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® and The Workplace Wellness Movement in New Brunswick - Network and Tools! (English)

Facilitator: Karen Jackson, RD, BSC, MA, Senior Advisor, Healthy Workplace Strategies, Excellence Canada

Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® (CHWM) website www.healthyworkplacemonth.ca is a year-round resource for workplace administrators looking for activities, strategies, tips, and tools to help make their organizations physically and psychologically safe and healthy.

This presentation demonstrates how to leverage Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® (CHWM) website and The Workplace Wellness Movement in New Brunswick’s resources and tools to create ‘environments that support wellness’.

Discussion topics will include:

• Overview of Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® and its alignment to The Workplace Wellness Movement in New Brunswick

• How to navigate the site and use the resources available in any size workplace to create a healthy workplace

• Tools to get started and sustain your journey

• Healthy Workplace Standard and Award

• Launch CHWM’s 2017 theme “150 Ways to Celebrate Healthy Workplaces in Canada”

• Introduce CHWM’s national network (community of practice)

• Launch The Wellness Movement in New Brunswick’s new web section for workplaces

Nature’s Gifts for LifeNature is filled with life, and its gifts contribute each day to the health and wellness of everyone, of all ages. Direct experiences in nature support and encourage health, hope, creativity and compassion. Drawing from scientific evidence as well as common sense, Cheryl Charles offers practical ways to benefit from direct connections with nature at home, in schools, at work, in our communities and through all aspects of life. Hear about easy and effective ways to nourish yourself, family, friends, neighbors and colleagues and thrive in the process!

Cheryl Charles, PhDCheryl Charles, Ph.D., is the Co-Founder, President and CEO Emerita of the Children & Nature Network (C&NN). She currently serves as a consultant to the Network, coordinating the Network’s international activities and participating as a member of the Science of Nature-Based Learning Collaborative Research Network. Cheryl is also Research Scholar and founding Executive Director of the Nature Based Leadership Institute at Antioch University New England (AUNE). The vision of the Institute is a world in which all humans live, learn, serve and lead in healthy balance with nature. The Institute applies nature’s lessons to achieve economic, environmental and social justice.

Nature’s Gifts for Life11:30 am to 12:20 pmBallroom

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

a) Age-friendly Communities Initiative (French)

Facilitator: Robert Frenette, Project Manager, Association francophone des aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick

The senior-friendly municipalities and communities project raises awareness in Francophone municipalities, communities of interest, and rural areas of the needs of an aging population and the importance of investing in healthy aging, while educating municipalities and the main stakeholders about the importance and benefits of the senior-friendly municipalities and communities initiative. This presentation will teach you more about the experience of the Association francophone des aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick in implementing this project, their process, the tools used, and the results achieved to date.

b) Inspired & Well Toolkit for Seniors (English)

Facilitator: Laurie Young, Wellness Consultant, Social Development

Healthy aging is an adventurous journey. Come check out the Inspired & Well toolkit offering tips and ideas on maintaining a positive sense of well-being and enhancing your mental fitness while aging. It can be used by individuals or groups who want to start discussions on mental fitness and healthy aging. It includes activity sheets, links to other relevant resources and much more!

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Discussion Panel - How to Integrate Psychological Health into our Environment (French and English with simultaneous translation)

Moderator: Rachel Robichaud, Acting Consultant for Mental Fitness, Social DevelopmentPanelists: Bill Morrison, PhD, WMA Wellness Inc. Marc Bossé, Regional Wellness Consultant, Social Development Lise Aubut, Education consultant, DSFNO Stephanie Austin, PhD, Professor in Organizational Behaviour

Integrating a psychological health approach into your environment (workplace, school, community, and health) requires a transformation with respect to how we do things, not an addition to what we already do - it’s a win-win practice. Thanks to the participation of various experts on the theory of self-determination, this discussion panel will offer you ideas, tools and advice that can easily be integrated into your environment. You will be inspired to put into action the success stories and winning practices that will be shared.

BreakoutSessionSeries 31:10 pm to 2:00 pmBallroom

Wellness Across Cultures: How can communities encourage and enable newcomers to engage in wellness? (English and French)

Facilitator: Justin Ryan, Public Education Coordinator, MAGMA - Testimonial from a refugee

This presentation is designed to familiarize you with simple, practical, and transferrable community approaches to promote the physical and mental wellness of newcomers. You will discuss, share best practices and receive advice on creating welcoming environments that encourage wellness for newcomers, as well as addressing the logistic challenges that they face in accessing services. You will also benefit from a testimonial by a refugee on what has helped them integrate.

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

BreakoutSessionSeries 31:10 pm to 2:00 pmShediac C

Everybody Eats: Behind the scenes of a public engagement initiative about food security in New Brunswick (English)

Facilitator: Laura Reinsborough, Network Director, New Brunswick Food Security Action Network

Rachel Scoville, Project Manager, Everybody Eats, New Brunswick Food Security Action Network

Everybody Eats is a public engagement initiative of the New Brunswick Food Security Action Network (NBFSAN). Its purpose is to provide New Brunswickers with the opportunity to engage in the conversation on food and its importance for everyone. Everybody Eats will enhance connectedness, alignment, and engagement around issues of food security.

Using three stages of engagement and centered around a series of compelling infographics, Everybody Eats has been designed to spark dialogue and further the conversation about food security.

In this session, presenters from the NBFSAN invite you to look behind the scenes at how this public engagement initiative was designed and how it intends to achieve its purpose. As the initiative will be in full swing at the time of the presentation, this session will be dynamic in its delivery and content.

THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2017

Improving wellness in your communityThis presentation is designed to show the main obstacles to improving wellness and to suggest practical ways of making a difference in your community, touching on the four areas of wellness (mental fitness and resilience, healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco-free living). Emphasis will be on affordable, effective solutions based on his experience as a family physician with concrete examples and success stories in the Chaleur region. This is an ideal opportunity for sharing resources and exchanging ideas.

Dr. Samuel DaigleDr. Samuel Daigle is originally from Saint-Ignace, New Brunswick. He completed the Diplôme préparatoire aux sciences de la santé-DSS (pre-health science degree) at the Université de Sherbrooke (1994-1998) and did his residency in family medicine in Moncton from 1998-2000. He became a fellow in 2012, and was a recipient of the Reg L. Perkin Award (one of 10 Canadian family physicians in 2016). He practiced family medicine in Bathurst from 2000-2016, is involved with various wellness committees, community gardens, trails, parks and recreation, and has been a Bathurst city councilor since 2016. He has given various talks on wellness and the importance of taking a holistic approach to health.

Improving wellness in your community2:10 pm to 3:00 pmBallroom

Closing RemarksMay 11th, 20173:00 pm to 3:30 pmBallroom

Accommodations

• Evaluation • Closing remarks (Government of New Brunswick representative)• Kiosk bingo draw

For reservations, please contact the Delta Beauséjour reservations department at 1-888-890-3222 to receive the 2017 Provincial Wellness Conference rate of $139.

The block of rooms is under the code WEL. You can also register online at: Book your group rate for Wellness conf /conference mieux etre. Space is limited and the conference rate of $139 will end on April 10th, 2017.Reservations made after April 10th, 2017 will be confirmed on a space and rate available basis only. Rates are based on single or double occupancy. Complimentary high-speed internet access is available in all guest rooms. Please take note that parking is $14 per day.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by email at conference2017conference@gnb.ca

Looking forward to meeting you all!

2017 PROVINCIAL WELLNESS CONFERENCE

Special Thanks

Special Thank You to Our Main Collaborators1. Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Coalition

2. Built Environment Working Group

3. Société Santé et Mieux-être en français du Nouveau-Brunswick

4. Mouvement Acadien des communautés en santé du Nouveau-Brunswick

5. New Brunswick Anti-Tobacco Coalition

6. Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick

7. Collaborative for Healthy Aging and Care

8. New Brunswick Food Security Action Network

9. Mi’kmaq Wolastoqey Center

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