This workplace cycling program uses 'stage of Change' to segment participants and cost-effectively tailor communications with them. By targeting information and tools specific to individual users, participants are moved along a personal journey of change. Also innovative are its use of mobile platforms like cell phones and tablets to reach the right people with the right information at the right time. Originally developed in New Zealand, this program has now been replicated in continental Europe, the UK, US and Australia. In 2015, the Love to Ride programme will be expanded further across the US, UK and into Continental Europe.

Designated a Landmark case study in 2014. Comments from the peer-selection panel: Replicability and adaptability are sky high! ... Pragmatic, focused, innovative, creative ... Builds engagement over time .... Good use of electronic media to reach many people in a tailored way without the resources needed for face-to-face ... Similar to the sophistication of online advertisers.

Presented by Thomas Stokell of Challenge for Change, on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 12 noon to 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Cost: $US 50. A limited number of free registrations are available for this webinar by contacting our Registrar.

Supporting Students with Eating Disorders on Campus

When: Wednesday January 28th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST

Want to know how to best support a student experiencing an eating disorder?

This webinar will:
- Help those who work with students identify signs & symptoms of disordered eating in this population
- Identify promising practices that are evidence based and relevant for post-secondary settings.
- Provide examples and advice on appropriate referrals to community-based resources such as Sheena’s Place.
- Give voice to lived experience: Tips to campus service providers from a student currently managing an eating disorder.

Please join us on Wednesday January 28th as we chat with:
Debbie Berlin-Romalis, BSW, MSW, RSW, Social Worker/Psychotherapist: Executive Director of Sheena’s Place
Lauren Drouillard, MSW, RSW, Social Worker: Program Manager of Sheena’s Place
Coti Maclaughlin-Grant, 2nd Year student - Child and Youth Work Program

Register Here

Ask the Experts Webinar Series is a collaboration with the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre & EENet

Niagara College’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre has partnered with a number of industry leaders to bring you several workshop opportunities. Workshop 5 is being conducted by Cimetrix Solutions, an Additive Manufacturing industry authority.

Digital Manufacturing: Shaping the Future – Today

Friday, January 30, 2015
Deadline to Register: January 26, 2015

Facilitated by: CIMETRIX
Digital Manufacturing is changing the way the world makes everything. By enabling you to produce prototypes, tools and final parts directly from CAD data, additive manufacturing creates dramatic reductions in delivery times and production costs, so you can easily respond to customer needs and market changes.

Don't get left behind. See how companies get more innovative products to market faster while reducing costs and delivering feature-rich products on time. You’ll learn how to leverage 3D Production Systems to produce the most advanced prototypes, manufacturing tools and even production quality parts.

What you will learn:
- How manufacturers are gaining a competitive advantage
- Real local customer applications & examples
- How to update your design process to benefit from the opportunities with Additive Manufacturing

We will be presenting applications, leveraging additive manufacturing for the following industries:
- Aerospace
- Automation
- Automotive
- Consumer Products
- Defence
- Medical
- Packaging
- Low Volume Injection Moulding

Learn more about the Industry Innovation Centre Workshop Series here. Event Details
Date: Friday, January 30, 2015
Time: 8:30am to 12:00pm
Networking: 12:00-1:00pm
Cost: $30
Location:Niagara College, Welland Campus,Applied Health Building AH255
300 Woodlawn Road, Welland, ON L3C 7L3

REGISTER HERE
(Space is Limited. Pre-registration is required through EventBrite.)

This workshop is being presented as part of a collaborative agreement between Niagara College and the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), known as Canada Makes. CME’s Canada Makes is a network of private, public, academic, and non-profit entities dedicated to promoting the adoption and development of additive manufacturing in Canada. Niagara College will host two workshops as part of this collaborative agreement.

The Welcoming Dads training event is for anyone working with families or interested in engaging fathers.

This can include: child welfare, children’s mental health, physicians, early years workers, school representatives, YM/WCA, probation, social services, religious communities, physicians, therapists, etc.

• assess your present practice
• learn about resources and best practices
• develop an action plan for reaching dads
• connect with other community partners

For more information & to register, contact the Early Childhood Community Development Centre at 905-646-7311 ext. 304 or eccdc@eccdc.org

Cost: Free

Osteoporosis Canada and Women’s College Hospital have collaborated on the development of an inter-professional education series, “Beyond the Break” presented via telemedicine. Targeted towards health professionals working with people living with osteoporosis, this modular series is designed to provide updates on the latest advances in recognition, diagnosis, treatment and education on osteoporosis.

Upcoming Presentation: Module 1: Applying the 2010 Osteoporosis Clinical Practice Guidelines

Online - January 30, 2015, 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Presented by Sandra Kim MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital

Learning Objectives:
1. Assess patients for osteoporotic fracture and calculate their 10 year fracture risk
2. Appreciate the consequences of osteoporotic fractures and be able to communicate this to your patients
3. Implement effective treatment and management plans to reduce risk of future fractures

Register online.

The Ontario Smart Growth Network (OSGN) invites you to an exciting free webinar on smart growth issues and trends in Ontario.

What is “Smart Growth” and why does it matter? Join this interactive discussion on how community planning can better support health and quality of life here in Ontario. Find out about upcoming opportunities to inform key planning policies including Ontario’s Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and the Green Belt Plan. Hear from experts and volunteers working in the field. Share your experience and ideas.

February 3, 2015, 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Speakers:
Moderator: Jeff Kohl - Healthy Communities Consultant
Melanie Hare - Planner and Partner, Urban Strategies Inc.
Michelle Noble - Dir. Partnerships and Consultation, Ontario Growth Secretariat, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Heidi Matthews - Volunteer with Transition Town Erin

The agenda for this webinar is as follows:
Part 1: What is "Smart Growth" and why does it matter? ~ Melanie Hare
Part 2: Update regarding Ontario's Places to Grow policy ~ Michelle Noble
Part 3: OSGN into the future ~ Heidi Mathews and Jeff Kohl
Part 4: A focus group discussion with participants

In addition, we invite you to complete our short survey on smart growth and the OSGN. The results of this survey will be shared during the webinar.

The OSGN is a project of the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition.

Register online

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport is pleased to announce the launch of the 2015-16 Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund. The OSRCF is a grant program that supports a vision of getting and keeping Ontarians active in community sport, recreation and physical activity. The fund:

o Increase opportunities for participation in sport and recreation for all Ontarians
o Implement physical literacy as the foundation for enabling lifelong physical activity and
o Strengthen the community sport and recreation sector

Eligibility Guidelines:
Who Can Apply?
Incorporated not-for-profit organizations that offer high-quality sport, recreation and physical activity programs and have operated and been incorporated for at least one year in Ontario (this includes First Nations, Local Services Boards and municipalities).

Universities/colleges are eligible to apply in the provincial stream for applied research projects that address emerging trends and priorities in the sport and recreation sector. Applied research projects must address needs identified by sport and recreation practitioners and assist in addressing barriers that hinder participation in sport and recreation. For 2015-16, OSRCF will give priority consideration to applied research projects focusing on physical literacy. Ministry-recognized PSOs and MSOs are eligible to apply for provincial projects and must submit documentation or a web link demonstrating organizational alignment with levels 1-3 and 7 of the Canadian Sport For Life (CS4L) framework in program design, development and delivery.

Application Deadline:
Local/Regional Projects
• Monday, February 2, 2015 at 5:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Provincial Projects
1. Letter of Intent (LOI) is due by Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 5:00 pm, EST.
2. By invitation only, successful LOI applicants will be contacted by Ministry staff and requested to submit a full application, due Monday, February 2, 2015 at 5:00 pm, EST.

Late applications will not be accepted.

For further information visit Grants Ontario

Niagara Injured Worker Centre invites you to learn about:

The Effects of Aging on Injured Workers

Do you experience pain from work injuries? How will aging affect your body?

Speaker: Rebecca Casey, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
McMaster University, Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging

Monday February 2, 2015
6:00 p.m.
Goodwill Stokes Community Village
36 Page Street, St. Catharines

For more information contact:
Willy Noiles @ 905-327-7868
RSVP: niagara.injured.worker.centre@gmail.com

If you are interested in making Niagara a suicide-safer community, join the Niagara Suicide Prevention Coalition at their next meeting where they will further discuss the action steps detailed in the Niagara Suicide Prevention Coalition Community Review, and at the January 14th webinar entitled "Making Niagara a Suicide-Safer Community".

If you are joining the group as a newcomer, email the NSPC for location details (nspcc@live.ca)

Be a Hero...It's Easier Thank You Think!

Keynote: Taylor Conroy, Founder, Change Heroes

WHEN: Friday, February 6, 2015
Registration and Networking 7:30 – 8 am
Breakfast 8 – 10 am

WHERE: Marriott Gateway on the Falls, (formerly the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel & Conference Centre)
6755 Fallsview Boulevard, Niagara Falls

COST: $40 per person
$480 per table of 12
(Includes full breakfast and program)

RSVP by: Friday, January 23, 2015

Register online at becniagara.ca

For further inquiries, please call 905-684-7200 ext. 1712