This webinar will explore how technology has changed the gambling market, the blurred lines between gambling and gaming, the increased risks and how to stay safe if one chooses to engage in gaming and gambling activities.

Content is designed for parents/guardians, teachers, counselors, college/university students and adults involved in young people’s lives.

Key objectives of this webinar:

• Discuss impacts of excessive use of technology and affects of parents’ technology use on children (parent version)
• Explore underage gambling opportunities: E-sports, Fantasy Sports, In-game ‘gambling’, Skins Betting, etc. and other impacts of technology in gaming and gambling
• Question the blurred lines between gaming and gambling
• Notice warning signs of problematic behaviors (video gaming, excessive technology use, social gaming and gambling)
• Provide support resources and harm reduction strategies
• Make informed decisions with regards to gambling and gaming

This webinar is hosted by the YMCA of Greater Toronto.

Presented by: Elisha Dekort, Interim Manager of Community Psychiatry Services and the Concurrent Disorders Capacity Building Team

This presentation will provide an overview of the different evidence based practices for working with clients who use substances and how to utilize those practices to build engagement.

Attend on August 21st or 22nd in-person or remotely via webcast.

These sessions are hosted by the Concurrent Disorders Capacity Building Team.

This one hour webinar explores three available online health data sharing websites:

• Public Health Ontario Snapshots
• Public Health Ontario Social Determinants of Health Mapper
• Niagara Region Public Health & Emergency Services Niagara’s Village of 100

Improving the health of everyone in the Niagara community requires collaboration between public health and community partners. Access to community demographics as well as behavioural and health outcome data is important for better understanding the needs of the Niagara community.

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

• Better understand priority populations in the Niagara community
• Inform programs and services that address the community’s needs
• Support funding proposals

This webinar is hosted by Niagara Region Public Health.

Presented by: Elisha Dekort, Interim Manager of Community Psychiatry Services and the Concurrent Disorders Capacity Building Team

This presentation will provide an overview of the different evidence based practices for working with clients who use substances and how to utilize those practices to build engagement.

Attend on August 21st or 22nd in-person or remotely via webcast.

These sessions are hosted by the Concurrent Disorders Capacity Building Team.

The question of what qualifies as “healthy” food is highly contested in healthcare and beyond.

This webinar will bring together varying perspectives of dietitians, a chef and an Indigenous speaker for a rich discussion around how hospitals and health care facilities can lead the charge in expanding the definition of healthy food related to how it is produced, prepared and consumed which generates impacts on patient, population, and planetary health.

Join panelists: Joshna Maharaj, Take Back the Tray; Dr Janice Sorensen, Langara College; Diane Imrie, University of Vermont Medical Centre; and an Indigenous speaker (TBC); to explore ways to better connect food and health through the patient meal experience, food service operations, food environments, and making connections from health care settings into community.

This webinar is hosted by Nourish.

Building and maintaining your professional network is akin to planting the seeds of career success. Equally as important is developing a networking strategy and refining your targeted communication for different touchpoints. Your personal brand is the impression you leave with people. All of your interactions serve to reinforce this brand, so why not be thoughtful and deliberate about the impression you are leaving behind?

Skill Level: Intermediate. This session will go beyond a simple introduction to networking and will be useful to mid-career professionals.

Key learning points include:

• Understand the various approaches to networking, and the circumstances when each is most effective
• Understand your current brand, or the impression you leave behind
• How to tell your unique career story
• How to define, then articulate your value proposition
• Practical exercises to get ready and confident to “get out there” and grow your network

This webinar is hosted by CharityVillage.

Opening Reception for Niagara Shores Artists show and sale. Meet the artists! Complimentary refreshments and live entertainment by the Figure Four.

Niagara Shores Artists also invite you to join their closing reception on December 13, from 5:00 to 9:00pm. Cory Cruise will be performing and refreshments will be available.

This event is hosted by Niagara Shores Artists.