Webinar Registration – The YCRH Series: Coping with COVID-19 as a Family

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Taking place Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 6 pm EST/7 pm AST, join the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health in an interactive AND active webinar on coping with the COVID-19 pandemic through physical activity and healthy eating. Learn about mindfulness, participate in at-home exercises, develop your own action plan for healthy living during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more! Join on your own, or bring your family! This webinar series is made possible by the generous support of TELUS.

We will be having some great speakers from the following organizations:

  • ParticipACTION

  • Nourish Nova Scotia

  • Kids Run Club

  • Uplift Nova Scotia

  • Dalhousie University School of Health and Human Performance

The webinar will be moderated by:

KAYLA BERNARD

Kayla is a Mi’kmaq woman from the community of Sipekne’katik First Nation. She currently works as a Youth Engagement Specialist in Halifax Nova Scotia. While completing her degree in Therapeutic Recreation at Dalhousie University. She is a mental health advocate, especially with regards to prevention of youth suicide. In January 2019, Kayla founded HeART, a resiliency-based art program as a response to the youth mental health crisis currently happening in Halifax, Nova Scotia. HeART is for youth by youth prevention program. HeART utilizes art as a platform for connecting youth to their community, building supportive environments, learn mindfulness and other coping skills.

SHAYLA STONECHILD

As an Nehiyaw Iskwew (Plains Cree Womxn) from Muscowpetung First Nations, Shayla Stonechild, has always been a catalyst towards Indigenous youth and womxn unlocking their full potential. By reclaiming their voices, bodies and spirits that have been silenced and stolen throughout history. There is a shift happening in humanity right now and she believes the arts, meditation, movement and reclaiming an indigenous worldview is a part of amplifying that shift. Shayla is an award-winning TV Host of APTN’s “Red Earth Uncovered”, Yoga Instructor at “CMMN GRND” and Wellness Advocate making waves across Turtle Island. She is the founder of the “Matriarch Movement'' a meditation and movement platform dedicated to bringing awareness to the “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womxn and Girls” crisis. (#MMIWGT2S+). She most recently partnered with Saje Wellness and RBC as a content creator.

This webinar will be recorded and have live captioning. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at uyogalingam@sandboxproject.ca.

Click here to register: https://bit.ly/34dv0VX