2024 Alberta Healthy Communities Symposium

Richard Van Camp is a proud Tłı̨chǫ Dene from Fort Smith. He is a graduate of the En’owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria’s Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. He is an internationally renowned storyteller and best-selling author. His novel, The Lesser Blessed, is now a movie with First Generation Films and premiered in September of 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival. He is the author of five collections of short stories, six baby books, three children’s books, five comics and much more.

Get ready to join this fun and interactive Masterclass, Creating Inclusive Programs: 101, to enhance your knowledge about creating spaces and programs for people of all abilities. Informed by the Becoming Para Ready 2.0, developed by The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement, together we will look at the 10 P’s of developing para-ready programs to provide programming and facility staff with the knowledge, confidence, and tools to be more proactive in inclusion. We will also learn more about the Calgary Adapted Hub and the collective work done across multiple recreation and sport organizations to give participants inspiration to develop inclusive programming within their communities.

Discover the grassroots “Community Cares Framework”, a community-driven solution developed through the Moving Mountains initiative in the Bow Valley. Apply the Community Cares Framework to increase the impact of your community initiatives, improve inclusivity of under-represented groups, and increase community engagement with the resources available to them. Walk away with actionable tools you can apply right away.

Identify the stories that can create impact for your organization and learn how to capture and share them with video. Bring your camera equipment or mobile phone for this hands’ on session where you will learn how to apply the essential components of storytelling to your videos, learn best practices and settings for recording video and audio, become more comfortable with your equipment, and practice preparing and filming interviews. The session will conclude with an orientation on the steps to more effectively share videos across the various social media channels.