Osanis Inclusion Services Inc.

Gender Marvelous
2025-01-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Virtual Event
Welcome to a space where families come together to share their experiences, ask questions, and support one another as we navigate the journey of raising our queer, gender-diverse and/or Two-Spirit children and youth. Join the conversation, find strength and encouragement, and connect with a network of families who understand. All queer and 2SLGBTQIA+ families are welcome. Let’s support each other and grow together!
Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) is a provincial not-for-profit society committed to supporting families who have a family member with a disability. FSI is unique in Canada and the only grassroots family to family organization that has a broad volunteer base. FSI SUPPORTS AND SERVICES ARE FREE TO ANY FAMILY

Webinar: Strategies for Coping with Anxiety
2025-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
This webinar is tailored for professionals in the Community Social Services (CSS) sector looking to deepen their understanding of anxiety and gain practical strategies for coping. Whether you’re a frontline worker or a manager, this session will provide valuable insights into the nature and function of anxiety, as well as evidence-based, easy-to-apply techniques for managing it. Join us to explore ways to support yourself and others in navigating anxiety, both within the workplace and beyond.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Understand what anxiety is and how it impacts us mentally and physically.
Recognize the distinction between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders.
Apply the Cognitive Model to understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Implement practical, easy-to-use strategies for managing anxiety, including mindfulness and grounding techniques.
Identify common challenges in managing anxiety in both personal and professional contexts.

Our Presenter

Suncha Satney is a Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Consultant at CSSHSA. She is passionate about guiding organizations in creating environments where people feel their best and do their best work. With many years of experience in Community Social Services as a frontline worker and Clinical Counselor, she brings awareness, education, and strategies to support workplace mental health within the sector. She is a CMHA Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor.

Brave In Your Body
2025-01-20 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-01-27 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-02-03 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual Event
A safe and inclusive virtual space to explore your relationship with body image.

Y Mind Downtown - Information Session
2025-01-24 15:00 - 2025-02-07 16:00 | Virtual Event
The Y Mind Groups offer a free 7-week in-person psychoeducational and support group for youth ages 13-30 who experience stress, worry or anxiety. Participants learn healthy coping skills, connect with other young people in the community, and get support all in a safe and friendly environment. Programming is supervised by trained mental health professionals. Free gym membership while in the program.
Registration in the program is separate. Please note that attendance in all program sessions is required.

SEXABA
2025-01-30 09:00 - 2025-03-23 23:50 | Virtual Event
Happy SexABA 2025! Join us for our 5th annual year, online starting Saturday Feb 01, 2025 through Sunday Feb 02, 2024 for a full two day Conference on sexual behavior, sexuality, and gender through a lens of neurodiversity affirmation, harm reduction, and human rights. Can’t make it live online? All recordings will be available until March 31, 2025.
Also consider also joining us online Thursday Jan 30, 2025 and Friday Jan 31, 2025 for four 3hr live, interactive Pre-Conference Workshops. Can’t make it live online? All recordings of workshops will also be available until March 31, 2025.
12 BACB CEUs will be available across the 2 day Conference, and an additional 12 BACB CEUs will be available across the 4 Pre-Conference Workshops, for a total of 24 possible BACB CEUs across all conference offerings.
All BACB CEUs will be available for both live online attendance, as well as asynchronous online attendance.
Really want to be here, but can’t do the ticket price? Reach out to info@sexaba.com to inquire about our scholarships.
If you have any questions about the conference, you can also reach us at info@sexaba.com!
We can’t wait to see you!

Greater Victoria Hiring and Post-Secondary Education Expo 2025
2025-01-30 11:00 - 15:00 | Bay Street Armoury, 715 Bay Street, Victoria, B.C., Canada
COME AND MEET US IN PERSON!
FREE Tickets are available for the Greater Victoria Hiring & Post-Secondary Education Expo 2025!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? – Anyone looking for a new career or post-secondary education options.

Date: January 30, 2025Time: 11 AM – 3 PM
Location: Bay Street Armoury, Victoria, B.C.

Get a Free Ticket & see the List of Exhibitors:careerexpos.blackpress.ca/victoria1-202

Understanding Disordered Eating: How to Support The Youth In Your Life
2025-02-01 10:30 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Learn from our panel of youth with lived experiences and our moderator, Carmen Kaufmann, an eating disorder specialist. This free event is open to parents, caregivers, youth, professionals, family, and friends.
Through this event you will:

Understand the factors that influence disordered eating
Learn how to identify warning signs for disordered eating
Hear how youth cope with social media, fat shaming, diet culture and more
Learn how to support and start the conversation about disordered eating and body image

Saturday, February 1, 2025, 10:30-12 pm Online
For more information, contact our Embody team directly at embody@familyservices.bc.ca, or go to embodybc.com
Embody is here to explore common questions and concerns about disordered eating, body image, mental health, self-compassion, and more. Embody equips BC parents and professionals with trusted resources to support young people before they develop an eating disorder.
Please ensure that you have a confidential space to attend.
When registering, please make sure to fill out the questionnaire and include any queries you may have for our youth panel.
Shortly after registration, you will receive a confirmation email. You will NOT receive a link to the event upon registration confirmation. Your link will be emailed to you via Eventbrite, 3 hours prior to event. Please note that you will also receive reminder emails in the lead up to the event.

Parenting Workshop
2025-02-05 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Event
What are Parenting Workshops?

Parenting Workshops are free, interactive, and informative online workshops on a variety of parenting topics. These workshops provide parents and caregivers with practical strategies for supporting the development of their children.
This workshop supports families by exploring expectations and boundaries.

Creating a Culture of Care Webinar
2025-02-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
For Community Social Services

Join us for an insightful one-hour webinar focused on two valuable resources designed to enhance mental health outcomes and foster a psychologically safe workplace in the Community Social Services (CSS) sector. In this session, participants will gain an understanding of psychological health and safety, why it’s critical for organizational well-being, and how they can utilize the Community Social Services Health and Safety Association’s (CSSHSA) Wellness Exchange Program and the Pulse Check tool to support their teams. This webinar will equip you with practical tools to create a more resilient, supportive environment for employees across the sector.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Understand the CSSHSA Wellness Exchange Program and how it provides tools, resources, and support to enhance well-being and professional resilience for employees in the Community Social Services sector.
Identify the benefits of the Pulse Check tool for leaders, including how it can help assess organizational psychosocial health and safety, and identify gaps and areas for improvement.
Apply insights from the Wellness Exchange Program to foster mental health, well-being, and resilience within teams.
Evaluate current practices for supporting employee mental health and well-being and use the Pulse Check tool to make data-driven decisions for improvement.
Integrate the Wellness Exchange Program and Pulse Check tool as key components of your organizational toolkit to create a supportive and healthy workplace environment.

Our Presenter

Suncha Satney is a Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Consultant at CSSHSA. She is passionate about guiding organizations in creating environments where people feel their best and do their best work. With many years of experience in Community Social Services as a frontline worker and Clinical Counselor, she brings awareness, education, and strategies to support workplace mental health within the sector. She is a CMHA Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor.

Register Here

Food For Thought
2025-02-06 16:00 - 2025-03-13 18:30 | Family Centre, 511 Constance Ave, Victoria, BC, V9A 6N5, Canada
Individual Youth and Family support and education (13 – 18 years) appointments. We promote family and community capacity to protect and support youth and their families through access to supportive counselling, intervention, mediation, parent education, system navigation, outreach and referral. We aim to build upon youth (13 – 18 years) and family strengths, improve family relationships and the understanding of teen development.

You Gotta Have Friends
2025-02-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
“ You Gotta Have Friends” aims to highlight the vital role that relationships play in enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities. We will explore the emotional, social, and psychological benefits of having strong, supportive friendships, emphasizing how these connections can foster a sense of belonging and community. We will exchange ideas, stories and strategies together (you might even make a friend or two-) Shelley Nessman is the Director of Family Support and Leadership at PLAN and is co- founder of In the Company of Others

Emotion Regulation - Deepening Our Understanding - Special Live FamilySmart Event (online)
2025-02-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Have you ever found yourself looking at your child’s emotional outburst and thinking, “What the heck is happening?” or “This doesn’t make any sense,” or “What on earth are they so upset about – it’s not that big a deal?” If so, you are certainly not alone! Many parents describe feeling as though they’re walking on eggshells or avoiding taking their children out in fear of an emotional ‘meltdown’ which can be embarrassing, upsetting, and can lead to some pretty big emotions for the grown ups as well.
If this sounds like you, or like someone you care about, please join us for an evening filled with information about what can lead to big emotions and for some concrete strategies for responding skillfully to those situations. Nicole will join us live on Zoom to lead us through an evening of learning which will expand upon some key points including:

Understanding emotion dysregulation as a skills deficit, and identifying strategies to grow those skills.
How to anticipate when big emotions will occur, and exploring specific skills for responding to it.
Understanding how the principle of attunement can be a roadmap for finding solutions that will work for you and your family.
Hoping for the best, planning for the worst – so that everyone knows what to expect.
How to repair the relationship when it’s all gone wrong.

Please join us live online for an evening filled with information, reflection, and no doubt a good amount of laughter as well.
Speaker: Nicole Allen is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, mom, wife and dog lover who, over the past decade, has worked with young people and their caregivers to build relationships and emotion regulation strategies, especially in times of mental health crisis. Nicole has private practices in Abbotsford and Fort Langley.
This event will be hosted on Zoom.
The presentation will begin at 6:30 pm and end at 8 pm Pacific Time.
Please note: The event is free. Registration is required and limited.
Register here.

ADHD - The Real Deal
2025-02-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
ADHD doesn’t just affect the person living with ADHD, it also affects those around them. As parents of kids living with ADHD, we can benefit from learning what ADHD is and how to support our kids. Dr. Duncan dispels some myths and explains how and why the ADHD brain works the way it does.
Join us to learn from Dr. Don Duncan, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
Come together and watch a video presentation and stay for a facilitated conversation by our Family Peer Support Workers.
12:00pm-1:30pm Pacific Time (most of British Columbia)
1:00pm-2:30pm Mountain Time (Alberta)
Register Here
These events are funded for parents and caregivers living in the Province of British Columbia and for CASA families in Alberta. If you are from another province or territory, or live outside of Canada, we welcome you to visit our video library at www.familysmart.ca/videos and use our resources.
Thank you.

For Families: A Conversation About Eating Disorders
2025-02-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Knowing how to help our kids who are experiencing an eating disorder can be a terrifying, isolating and overwhelming experience. Learn about disordered eating, what to be aware of, the importance of connection, and strategies that help support recovery.
Join us as Victoria Keddis hosts a conversation with Eating Disorders Therapist & Educator Carmen Kauffman, and Rylee McKinlay, a young person with lived experience, and Terri McKinlay, a parent with lived experience.
Come together and watch a video presentation and stay for a facilitated conversation by our Family Peer Support Workers.
Carmen Kauffman, Eating Disorders Therapist & Educator, will be joining us live on Zoom to help answer some of your questions.
6:30pm-8:00pm Pacific Time (most of British Columbia)
7:30pm-9:00pm Mountain Time (Alberta)
Register Here
These events are funded for parents and caregivers living in the Province of British Columbia and for CASA families in Alberta. If you are from another province or territory, or live outside of Canada, we welcome you to visit our video library at www.familysmart.ca/videos and use our resources.
Thank you.

Community ASIST Workshop individual registration
2025-02-24 - 2025-02-25 | Need2 Office, 2390 Arbutus Road, Victoria, BC, V8N 1V7, Canada
A two-day workshop that teaches you the skills to be ready, willing, and able as a life-assisting caregiver for someone struggling with thoughts of suicide.
In person event. This workshop is open to anyone 17 years or older.

The cost of the workshop is $325. Student rate is available upon request.

The workshop will take place at the NEED2 office.
Lunch, coffee/tea and snacks will be provided.

To register visit our website here
Questions; email communityeducation@need2.ca

CSSHSA Violence Prevention Webinar
2025-02-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
Join us for an informative webinar on violence prevention! Our expert panel of speakers will share valuable insights, practical strategies, and best practices for creating a safer environment for both individuals and staff.
In this session, you will learn about violence prevention requirements from a Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) perspective, explore best practices in behavioral care planning, understand the importance of effective follow-up after an incident, and discover how CSSHSA can support your organization.
Hear from our experts:
• Geri Grigg, HEU’s Occupational Health & Safety Representative with over 15 years of experience in health and safety
• Tigran Bajgoric, CSSHSA’s Chief Executive Officer, with over 15 years in health and safety, driving key initiatives to enhance workplace safety in the social services sector
• Kavita Kamat, Laurel Behavior Support Services’ Clinical Director and Behavioural Analyst with over 20 years of experience working with children and adults from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
• Farzad Kasad, HSA’s Senior Labour Relations Officer, with over 10 years of experience in health and safety.
Register here to secure your spot!

Explosive Behaviour in Teens: Strategies To Empower Families
2025-03-04 18:30 - 2025-03-06 20:00, 2025-03-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
When our teens are showing up in explosive ways, we sometimes blame ourselves. Listen to a therapist explain some causes of explosive behaviour and strategies that support parents and teens. ( Online Events )

Dates & Times:
March 4, 5, 6, 11,& 25th 6:30 pm – 8:00pm
March 12, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Watch Now: https://youtu.be/USkd1QIeNdc?si=GF4rJik-GH0ljYIb
RSVP:https://familysmart.ca/monthly-events/

Help For the Hard Times Workshop
2025-03-05 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-03-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
For parents and caregivers whose children have been at the ER or have had a hospital stay for mental health or substance use issues.

Details for 1-hour Workshops:

Session 1: How to support a safety plan at home (Part 1)

Session 2: How to support a safety plan at home (Part 2)
Session 3: How to take care of yourself and your family after a crisis
Session 4: How to find the resources you need

Dates: Offered every month at various times
Cost: Free of Charge

For more information and registration please visit:www.familysmart.ca/workshops

Safe Talk - Suicide Prevention Workshop
2025-03-07 09:00 - 13:00 | CMHA BC – Victoria Office, 101-612 View St., Victoria, B.C., V8W 1J5, Canada
safeTALK (FREE) – Suicide Prevention Training Workshop
Friday March 7, 2025
9:00am-1:00pm
CMHA Victoria Offices

safeTALK is a half-day suicide prevention workshop open to anyone, regardless of prior experience or training. Gain knowledge about how to help a person who is thinking about suicide connect to the support they need.
You will learn to:
• Identify people who may have thoughts of suicide
• Ask them directly about the possibility of suicide
• Connect them to life-saving community supports and resources
More than 50,000 people in 20 countries attend safeTALK each year.
In honor of World Suicide Prevention Day, CMHA BC is hosting this safeTALK training at no cost to the community.
Registration: In order to register, please fill out the form below and ensure that you select the correct workshop dates in the drop down menu titled “Please Select an Upcoming Workshop”.
$10 Deposit: After submitting the registration form, you should be automatically re-directed to our online payment system. Please note that, due to levels of demand, a $10 deposit is required to hold your spot in this training. All deposits will be refunded after attending the workshop. If you do not attend the workshop, and do not cancel at least 72 hours beforehand, CMHA BC will retain this deposit. By paying the deposit, you are agreeing to these terms.
If you experience any difficulties registering or have any questions, please contact the CMHA BC team at suicideprevention@cmha.bc.ca or at (778) 533-6472.

Registration – Suicide Prevention Training
Use this form to register for an upcoming workshop, or to sign up to be notified of future workshops. CMHA BC is able to deliver Suicide Prevention Training (safeTALK, ASIST) in the lower Vancouver Island region.

You can also contact the team at suicideprevention@cmha.bc.ca.

SEA: For Adults online workshop
2025-03-11 18:30 - 20:00
A 90-minute online suicide prevention workshop developed by NEED2 to provide foundational information about suicide that is accessible and relevant to adults, no matter their role in the community.
Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 6:30 – 8pm
Once you’ve registered, you will receive the Zoom link the morning of the workshop.
