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Workshops & Presentation
WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS
- Leader of 4 communication workshops for older adults in the series “Being, Belonging, Becoming”; Identifying and Expressing Feelings, Effective Listening and Responding, Dealing with Conflict, Assertive Communication, sponsored by the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens’ Organizations, Continuing Education Ryerson University and The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living, July 2002
- Invited speaker, Ontario Family Studies Co-ordinators Council Symposium, Towards the 21st Century: Getting it Right for the Next Generation, topic “Diversity in the Family”, October 18, 1996
- Lunchtime address, GREET May Works “Education and Change”, May 16, 1996
- Presentation at the GREET May Workshops, with C. McCarthy, K. Steinhouse, and B. Harris, “Integrating Different Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in a Changing World, May 16, 1996
- Workshop participant Intergenerational Conference, Talking Together – A Dialogue Between Generations “Stereotypes: The Myths and Realities for Teens and Seniors”, April 24 1996
- Workshop presentation “Women’s Issues for Women in the Process of Change”, New Directions, November 1994
- Workshop presentation, “Cultural Diversity, Empowerment and Access to Supports”, The Four Villages Community Health Centre, Seniors Determining Seniors’ Health, October 4, 1994
- Presentation at Community Services Faculty Forum, Ryerson Polytechnic University, “A Report on the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of both the Immediate and Long Term Impact of a Parent Education Program for Older Adults (65+), May 30, 1994
- Workshop presentation “Women and Sexuality”, New Directions, April 16, 1994
- Invited speaker, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, “Cultural Sensitivity in the Classroom, February 20, 1994
- Paper presented at the International Congress of Gerontology, Budapest Hungary, “Evaluation of a Parent Education Program for Older Adults”, July 7, 1993
- Workshop Presentation “Intimacy, Sexuality and Relationships”, Family Studies OAC Conference, Humber College Lake Campus, March 2, 1993
- Participant in the Health Lecture Series “Intimacy and Aging”, Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living, June 24, 1993
- Panelist “Divorce and the Lost Income: Who Pays?”, sponsored by St. Lawrence Centre Forum and New Directions, February 10, 1993
- Invited Speaker, “The Sandwich Generation: A Closer Look at the Layers” Jewish Women’s Festival: Meeting the Challenge, February 7, 1993
- Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, “A Model for Parent Education for the Older Parent”, Edmonton, Alberta, October 1992
- Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Research in Home Economics “A Report on The Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Parent Education Program for Older Adults”, Charlottown, Prince Edward Island, May 1992
- Workshop presented at Family Studies Professional Development Workshop: “Communication in the Family – An Update” sponsored by the School of Nutrition, Consumer and Family Studies, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, May 1992
- Workshop presented at New Directions, Toronto, a social agency for women dealing with life cycle changes. “Sexuality and Change”, April 1992
- Workshop presentation, “Touch and Intimacy in Later Life” Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, January 23, 1991
- Presented a paper at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association meeting at the Learned Societies meeting Quebec City “Ethnicity, Filial Responsibility an Reciprocity: A Comparative Study of Helping Behaviour in the Older Family” June 1990
- Presented a paper at the Association of Gerontology in Higher Educations 16th Annual Meeting in Kansas City March 1990. “An Innovative Model for Teaching and Learning in a Comparative Gerontology Course”
- Presented a paper at the World Congress of Gerontology, Acapulco, Mexico, June 1989, title, same as above.
- Keynote Speaker Metropolitan Toronto Separate School Board O.A.C. Family Studies Conference December 1988 and May 1989
- Workshop Leader for the Organization for Nutrition Education, Ontario. Topic “Ethnicity: Reaching Women with Culturally Appropriate Messages” November 1987
- Speaker, “Gerontology Education”, Unity and Diversity Conference, Airport Hilton, June 3, 1987
- Panelist “Coping with and Aging Society”, Tomorrow’s Needs/Today’s Challenges, McMaster University, May 14, 1987
- Keynote Speaker Grade XIII Social Science Fair, Halton Board of Education, May 7, 1987, topic “Changing Family and The Changing Roles of Man and Women”
- Workshop Leader “Computers in Gerontology”, at Computers in Community Services: A One Day Conference, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, April 1987
- Workshop leader for POINT, People and Organizations in Toronto, April 1987, “The Separated Family-Balancing the Social Needs of Parent and Child.”
- Frequently asked by Family Studies Association in Southern Ontario to conduct Professional Development seminars
- Invited speaker at the Family Life Conference at York University, April 1986
- Workshop leader at the Ontario Family Studies & Home Economics Association annual meeting October, 1985
- Chaired session on the Family at the Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association meeting, Edmonton Alberta, 1977