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SUMMARY:Finding and Creating Connection with Kids
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation With Parents\nJagdeep Hayre\, Kim Robinson\, and Tammy Music\nTuesday\, May 6\, 2025\n6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)\nFINDING & CREATING CONNECTION WITH KIDS\nConnecting with kids can feel challenging\, especially when they are struggling with their mental health. Whether we are a parent or a caring adult in a young person’s life\, what we say and do matters. Simple\, caring conversations and shared moments—no matter how small—can have a meaningful impact. \nJoin us online for a candid conversation with parents who have navigated these challenges firsthand. They’ll share their experiences\, struggles\, and the ways they’ve found to stay connected—even when it feels impossible. These parents are also Family Peer Support workers\, offering guidance to other families facing similar journeys. \n\n\nRegister For Free
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/finding-and-creating-connection-with-kids-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Education,Health & wellness,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Supporting Kids with Substance Misuse
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation With\nTogether We Can\n\nWednesday\, May 7\, 2025\n6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)\nSUPPORTING KIDS WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE\nAs parents and caregivers\, how we talk about substance use shapes how young people see it. This session explores insights from those with lived experience\, offering ways to support without judgment. \nTopics We’ll Cover: \n\nStrength-Based Conversations – Focusing on resilience over challenges\nDeficit-Based Thinking – Recognizing and reframing unhelpful narratives\nTrauma-Informed Language – How words shape understanding and healing\nBoundary Setting – Why it’s so hard and how to navigate it\nTaking Care of You! – Prioritizing your well-being while supporting others\n\nAlex Lekei is a Canadian Certified Addictions Counsellor with over 15 years of experience in healthcare. They currently serve as a Family Educator with Together We Can\, a Peer Leader with Vancouver Coastal Health\, and operates his own private practice\, Guiding Solutions Counselling. Drawing from his own lived experience with substance use as a youth and young adult\, combined with academic training and community involvement\, they bring a unique and empathetic perspective. \nSteven Hall is the Public Relations Manager at Together We Can Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society (TWC). A graduate of TWC’s 12-step-based program\, Steven draws on his own lived experience with addiction and mental health to support others. Now part of TWC’s Community Relations and Family Support Team\, he is passionate about creating safe spaces and believes recovery is possible—and everyone is worthy of it. \n\n\nRegister For Free
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/supporting-kids-with-substance-misuse/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:Substance Use and the Power of Support
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation With\nGuy Felicella\n\nThursday\, May 8\, 2025\n6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)\nSUBSTANCE USE AND THE POWER OF SUPPORT\nFear is often the loudest emotion when our kids are involved in substance use—but what if we led with care instead? Join us online for an important conversation with Guy Felicella\, a renowned advocate and speaker\, as he shares how connection and relationship can make a difference in substance use and addiction. Learn how we can show care not just for our kids\, but for the broader community impacted by substance use disorder. \nGuy Felicella is an international public speaker and advocate for drug policy reform. Overcoming a two-decade substance use disorder\, he has turned his life around after years of homelessness\, gang involvement\, and surviving overdoses in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Now\, Guy passionately promotes harm reduction\, trauma therapy\, and faster access to treatment\, using his story of resilience and recovery to inspire others and push for compassionate drug policies and addiction support. \n\n\nRegister For Free\n\n 
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/substance-use-and-the-power-of-support/
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SUMMARY:Gender Marvelous
DESCRIPTION: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! \nFamily 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
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/gender-marvelous-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Education,Online Event
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SUMMARY:SEA: For Adults online workshop
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMay 14\, 2025 6:30 – 8pm \nOnce you’ve registered\, you will receive the Zoom link the morning of the workshop. \nRegister Here.
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/sea-for-adults-online-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Slam Dunk! Wheelchair Basketball
DESCRIPTION:A wheelchair basketball event in partnership with: Victoria Wheelchair Sports\, Access West Shore Society\, Westshore Basketball & Spencer Middle School. \n  \nFor more info\, contact: \naccesswestshore@gmail.com \nAll are welcome! \nHalftime show by Spencer Music & Cheer
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/slam-dunk-wheelchair-basketball/
LOCATION:Spencer Middle School\, 1026 Goldstream Ave\, BC\, V9B 2Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,In-Person Event,Kids & Family,Live Performance,Music,Sports & Fitness
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SUMMARY:Gender Marvelous
DESCRIPTION: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! \nFamily 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
URL:https://osanisinclusion.ca/event/gender-marvelous-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
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