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Transforming Practices Conference 2025

7:45am MDT

Breakfast & Registration Gary W. Harris - Foyer

8:45am MDT

Welcome & Land Acknowledgment Gary W. Harris - GymAndrea Thain Liptak • Linda Ophus

9:00am MDT

Keynote Session: Reclaiming Your Groove: Shifting Out of the 3+Fs Gary W. Harris - GymDawn McBride

10:30am MDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

11:00am MDT

Awaken Your Inner Butterfly: Using Expressive Arts with the Pendulation Technique to Address Burnout (1 hr) Gary W. Harris - GymDawn McBride Building Safe Spaces: The 4 and 7 Essentials of Trauma-Informed Care (1 hr) 2nd Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreLee Caine • Dean Pasiuk CACAC Counter Exploitation and Trafficking Initiative - Youth engagement and instruction (1 hr) GWH161Cindy Matheson Healing and Forgiveness: Can you have one without the other? (1 hr) GWH208Deputy Chief Tyler Pelke • Dr. Megan McElheran Motivating High Performing Teams (1 hr) GWH162Stu Henry Survivors of Sex Trafficking - Resilience and Recovery (1 hr) 2600 - RDP Main CampusAngela Morris • Kathy King • Jenn Kovachik • Juanita Murphy • Tanya Michelle What happens next? An overview of a prosecution. (1 hr.) 1500 - RDP Main CampusAnn Siford Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust Lessons on Vicarious Trauma and Resilience (1.5 hrs) 2503 - RDP Main CampusJoddie Walke Innovation in Sexual Assault Response (1.5 hrs) Third Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreRonnie Biletsky

12:00pm MDT

Complimentary Lunch (1.5 hrs) Gary W. Harris - Arena

1:00pm MDT

Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust Lessons on Vicarious Trauma and Resilience (1.5 hrs) 2503 - RDP Main CampusJoddie Walke Innovation in Sexual Assault Response (1.5 hrs) Third Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreRonnie Biletsky Nathan Chasing Horse - A Human Trafficking Case Study (1.5 hrs) 1400 Margaret Parsons Theatre - RDP Main CampusCPS Detective Mark Schwartz • Mike Cavilla Elder Support/ Smudging Room 1st Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreLinda Ophus

1:30pm MDT

Awaken Your Inner Butterfly: Using Expressive Arts with the Pendulation Technique to Address Burnout (1 hr) Gary W. Harris - GymDawn McBride CANCELED -Child Interviews from the Prosecution's Perspective. (1 hr) 1500 - RDP Main CampusAnn Siford Healing and Forgiveness: Can you have one without the other? (1 hr) GWH208Deputy Chief Tyler Pelke • Dr. Megan McElheran Motivating High Performing Teams (1 hr) GWH162Stu Henry Survivors of Sex Trafficking - Resilience and Recovery (1 hr) 2600 - RDP Main CampusAngela Morris • Kathy King • Jenn Kovachik • Tanya Michelle • Juanita Murphy

2:30pm MDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

3:00pm MDT

Keynote Session: Before Operational Stress for Social Services: Protecting those who Protect Vulnerable Children. Gary W. Harris - GymDr. Megan McElheran

4:00pm MDT

Thursday Night Mixer Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre- Four seasons Room

8:00am MDT

Registration & Breakfast Gary W. Harris - Foyer

8:45am MDT

What We Inherited and Roles We All Shall Play When It Comes To The Relationship Between Canadians and Indigenous People Gary W. Harris - GymChief Cadmus Delorme

10:00am MDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

10:30am MDT

22 Timely Topics on Caregiver Health & Wellness - Ideas I Stole from Others (1 hr) 2600 - RDP Main CampusRay Hoppins Building Safe Spaces: The 4 and 7 Essentials of Trauma-Informed Care (1 hr) 2nd Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreLee Caine • Dean Pasiuk Facility Dogs: Transforming Lives Through Canine Partnerships GWH162Piera Angotti Therapy is great, but what about the rest of the time? (1 hr.) GWH208Shantelle Szuch Commercial Sex: Empowerment or Exploitation? (1.5 hr.) 1500 - RDP Main CampusAndrea Heinz • Kathy King Innovation in Sexual Assault Response (1.5 hrs) Third Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreJulie Hansen • Ronnie Biletsky Internet Child Exploitation in Alberta (1.5 hrs) 2601 - RDP Main CampusConstable Scott Sterling • Constable Stephanie Bosch Kairos Blanket Exercise: Building Bridges Toward Reconciliation (1.5 hrs) GWH161Hayley Christen • Heather Steele

11:30am MDT

Complimentary Lunch Gary W. Harris - Arena

12:30pm MDT

Canada's Indigenous Policy: understanding its lasting effects - historical trauma in a contemporary world (1.5 hrs) 2503 - RDP Main CampusTerry Lakey • Brian St. Germain Commercial Sex: Empowerment or Exploitation? (1.5 hrs) 1500 - RDP Main CampusKathy King • Andrea Heinz Cultivating Connection: Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindfulness, Compassion, and Attunement (1.5 hrs) GWH162Dr. Anomi Bearden Internet Child Exploitation in Alberta (1.5 hrs) 2601 - RDP Main CampusConstable Stephanie Bosch • Constable Scott Sterling

1:00pm MDT

15 Helpful Things I Learned from Retiring Staff (1 hr) 2600 - RDP Main CampusRay Hoppins CACAC Multi-Disciplinary Team Discussion. (1 Hr.) Third Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreCst. Heather Parenteau • Jenni Dimos • Annette Lafferty • Ronnie Biletsky • Reyanne Spina Silent Cries: Child Abuse Trends in Alberta (1 hr.) Gary W. Harris - GymCpl. Emma Leslie • Cassandra Galenzoski • Dr. Jones Adjei • Emile Johnson Therapy is great, but what about the rest of the time? (1 hr.) GWH208Shantelle Szuch Elder Support/ Smudging Room 1st Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreLinda Ophus

2:00pm MDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

2:30pm MDT

Keynote Session: Mental Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Funny Gary W. Harris - GymJessica Holmes

3:30pm MDT

Closing Ceremony Gary W. Harris - GymLinda Ophus

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