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2007 Institute - What’s New?
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Internet Safety Workshop - Open to the Public
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
taking place from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Main Building, UPEI Campus, Room 120
Child Find PEI, in partnership with the RCMP and Aliant will be doing a “Who’s Watching Your Kids?” Internet safety presentation for parents and youth. The main focus of this presentation will be on social networking, scams, and cyberbulling. Parents will learn ways on how to keep their child safe while on the Internet. Presenters will be Cst. Don Crozier, RCMP and Mike Wynne, Aliant.
August 6, 2007
New Curriculum Streams!
The Atlantic Summer Institute (ASI) is proud to be launching a full workshop series within a structured Curriculum for the 2007 Institute. This will emphasize collaboration and innovation and will result in a certificate that verifies participation in quality professional training. The Curriculum supports the Institute’s vision of continuing to expand partnerships and lead knowledge for safe and healthy communities in Atlantic Canada.
What’s the Curriculum all about?
The objectives of using a Curriculum Framework for the Institute is to filter three fields of knowledge; Health Promotion, Crime Prevention and Social Development through the lens of the Circle of Health.
The Institute is offering a Curriculum Framework through which to structure and guide the program this year. These are offered in three streams:
- Foundations: Concepts and Theories: For people who are new to the Institute and those who want a refresher on the links between Health Promotion and Crime Prevention through Social Development. The three workshops in this stream will provide for a deeper understanding of the fundamental concepts and theories for creating healthy and safe communities.
- Concepts and Theories Integration: Case Study Application: For people who have completed the Foundations Stream or who want to integrate their knowledge in a guided method. The three workshops in this stream will build capacity to use comprehensive frameworks to plan across Health Promotion, Crime Prevention and Social Development sectors.
- Leadership: For people who want an advanced focus on leadership, the three
workshops will develop the model and practice of shared (collaborative) leadership
among sectors and within communities with a particular emphasis on power influence and innovative problem solving.
The Foundations Stream was piloted at the 2006 Institute in English and as a result of its success will be offered as a bilingual stream this year. Concepts and Theories Integration: Case Study Application and Leadership Streams will be
piloted in English at this year’s Institute with French language support offered.
Prior to the Institute, participants will be contacted to register for one of the three streams.
Also this year the Institute is offering a certificate of participation for those who have attended three workshops in the same stream. Register online now! www.upei.ca/SI.
The 2007 Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities will be held August 21-24 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The event is sponsored by the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and supported by the Government of Canada’s National Crime Prevention Strategy. Hosts for this year’s Institute are the UPEI Centre for Life Long Learning and the PEI Health Research Institute.
Would you like more information? then please call (902)-894-3399 or email us,
asi@thequaich.pe.ca
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Plenary
Thursday August 23, 8:45-9:45am
Daniel Sansfaçon, PhD
Director, Policy, Research and Evaluation
National Crime Prevention Centre, Public Safety Canada
Caring without Marginalizing; Focussing on Youth At-Risk is Good Crime Prevention Policy
There is a strong perception that youth crime rates are growing when they remain stable.
Youth gangs constitute a significant preoccupation for the public, yet their real dimension and frequency is likely far less threatening. Overall crime rates are declining yet fear of crime augments, especially among older persons.
Whether here in Canada, or in France, the U.K or Australia, there appears to be a growing divide between youth and older adults: youth “are” a problem. Ultimately, youth are demonized, and behaviour which would have been tolerated 20 years ago is now often criminalized (witness, the antisocial behaviour orders in the U.K).
So if youth are marginalized and demonized, is there not a significant risk that a crime prevention policy focussing on youth at-risk might further contribute to stigmatizing young persons?
- Is it good public policy to focus crime prevention efforts on youth?
- What do we mean when speaking of at-risk youth?
- How can interventions be targeted without excluding?
This presentation will address some of these issues, using international and national data and knowledge. It will also explore how the issue of youth at-risk from a crime prevention perspective is relevant for other areas of public policy.
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The Preliminary Program for the 2007 Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities is now available online at www.upei.ca/SI.
This year the program will look a bit different than it has in past years, so what’s new?
- The program will begin the afternoon of August 21.
- The Institute will offer three curriculum streams:
- Foundations - piloted in 2006
- Application (case studies) - new
- Leadership - new
This curriculum builds on and bridges common ground in health promotion, crime prevention and social development.
- Atlantic Canadian Showcase will feature workshops and poster boards highlighting projects from the region that showcase innovative models, case studies, and good practices that serve to advance the health and safety of Atlantic Canada.
- Policy in the Round – a moderated discussion on the question ‘Who owns the health and safety agenda?’
As in past years, there will be simultaneous translation, informative speakers and networking opportunities.
Early bird registration ends June 29th – register early and save! Register on-line at www.upei.ca/SI or call Lisa at (902)566-0336.
The 2007 Institute – Strengthening Communities Across Generations, is sponsored by the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and is being supported under the Government of Canada’s National Crime Prevention Strategy. Hosts for this year’s Institute are the UPEI Centre for Life Long Learning and the PEI Health Research Institute.
For inquiries please contact asi@thequaich.pe.ca or the Coordinators at (902) 894-3399.
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May 16, 2007
Police Consultation Announcement
The Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities hosted an online consultation with representatives of police services in Atlantic Canada, April 24, 2007.
At past Institutes, representation from the policing and justice sectors has been lower than organizers had anticipated so a consultation was suggested. The purpose of the consultation is to gain input on the Institute’s program and what changes could be made to better respond to the learning needs of the sector.
The results of the consultation will be presented at the next advisory committee meeting and an action plan created.
Francophone Connection Project Announcement
Since the first Atlantic Summer Institute in 2004, efforts have been made to create a bilingual learning event that enables cross cultural learning in Atlantic Canada amongst many sectors that have an interest and responsibility for the health and safety of the Atlantic region. Feedback has been sought from the Francophone community on various occasions and this resulted in an increased focus on the needs of the francophone participants and recommendations were made to the Advisory Committee.
In June 2006, funding was secured through an amendment to the current Population Health Fund project to explore more effective means of cross cultural knowledge exchange. The Advisory Committee determined that the best means of reaching this objective was to allocate the resources to increase francophone representation on the Advisory Committee and to engage francophone leaders in the region in working with the Institute to increase cross cultural sharing of knowledge and francophone participation at the Institute; thus creating not just a bilingual, but a bicultural learning event. Work on the project took place in April and early May.
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Save the Date!
The Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities will be returning to Charlottetown and the University of Prince Edward Island on August 21-24, 2007. Mark this date in your calendar!
The 2007 Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities is sponsored by the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, and is being supported under the Government of Canada’s National Crime Prevention Strategy. Hosts for this year’s Institute are the UPEI Centre for Life-Long Learning and the PEI Health Research Institute.
The program and materials from last year’s Institute are in the Archives Section at the following link: 2006 Archive. Watch this website for more information on the 2007 Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities, and reserve August 21-24 on your calendar.
Please pass this along to anyone you know who might like to join us this year.
For inquiries please contact asi@thequaich.pe.ca or (902) 894-3399.
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April 2007
Did you know the Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities has a bursary/subsidy fund?
A limited number of subsidies are available to participants to help defray the cost of travel, accommodations, and registration at the Institute. To apply for a subsidy, please contact Megan at (902)894-3399 or email megan@thequaich.pe.ca for a subsidy application form. Subsidy applications will remain confidential.
The deadline to apply for subsidy is June 29, 2007!
Early bird registration ends June 29th – register early and save! Register on-line at www.upei.ca/SI.
The Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities is striving to create a learning environment inclusive of both of Canada's official languages. There will be some plenary activities and workshops delivered in each language and simultaneous translation services will be available.
The 2007 Institute – Strengthening Communities Across Generations, is sponsored by the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. Hosts for this year’s Institute are the UPEI Centre for Life Long Learning and the PEI Health Research Institute.
For inquiries please contact asi@thequaich.pe.ca or the Coordinator Patsy Beattie-Huggan or the Assistant Coordinator Megan MacLean at (902) 894-3399.
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February 2007
ASIHSC Promotion - Limited Edition Prints
Are you looking for a great gift idea for your most dedicated volunteers,  employees or a thank you gift for a retiring employee or guest speaker?
The Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities has produced limited edition prints of a painting by Prince Edward Island artist Maurice Bernard that was created for the especially for the Institute. Proceeds of the sale of limited editions prints are added to the Institute’s subsidy fund. The subsidy fund provides bursaries to Institute participants who would otherwise not be able to attend.
To purchase a print please visit The Quaich’s catalogue at http://www.thequaich.pe.ca/catalogue.asp. Or contact The Quaich at (902) 894-3399 or asi@thequaich.pe.ca.
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October 12, 2006
The Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities holds a membership in Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic (CHPNA). 
Why? Because we hold the common goal to build healthy and safe communities. While the Institute may help make initial connections, CHPNA’s interactive networking tools can help participants stay connected and supported, from day to day.
Explore the website, including the special forum for Institute participants:
http://www.chpna.ca
Institute participants are invited to sign up for the discussion forum. To register, visit http://www.chpna.ca/si/register_here.php and complete the form
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ASIHSC
c/o Centre for Life-Long-Learning
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE
Canada C1A 4P3
902 566-0336 telephone
902 566-0451 fax
asi@thequaich.pe.ca
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National Crime Prevention Strategy
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This page was last revised
on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Copyright University of
Prince Edward Island © 2007
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