December 9th, 2020 | 9:00 am – 12:00 MST Introduction to the basics of evaluation, including the foundations, approaches, steps, strategies, and ethical considerations of evaluation, with an application across diverse disciplines (e.g., health care, community development, government, not-for-profit). Special thanks to Rebecca Gokiert, Director, Evaluation Capacity Network, University of Alberta and Pieter de Vos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Evaluation Capacity Network, …
WORKSHOP: Evaluation in the Community Context | A Practical Workshop for Building Capacity to Conduct Community-Based Evaluation
Introduction to the basics of evaluation, including the foundations, approaches, steps, strategies, and ethical considerations of evaluation, with an application across diverse disciplines (e.g., health care, community development, government, not-for-profit). Special thanks to Rebecca Gokiert, Director, Evaluation Capacity Network, University of Alberta and Pieter de Vos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Evaluation Capacity Network, University of Alberta.
WEBINAR: Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD) Youth Mentoring Program Guide
View and Download the Resource Here The Alberta Mentoring Partnership is excited to share a new resource, the Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD) Youth Mentoring Program Guide. We are excited to share this resource with you and have secured two special guests, Amy Jeske (Mentoring Manager) and (Alexandra Jansen) Match Facilitator, Boys and Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of …
WEBINAR: Innovative Mentoring Programs: Supporting Youth Involved in the Legal System with a Mental Health Diagnosis – Mary Lee Block
Healthy habits and healthy relationships are essential for all youth, especially those with more complex needs. How does your mentoring program support wrap-around service supports, and how can you better work together with partners? The Forensic Adolescent Program is an Alberta Health Services program for adolescent youth who are involved in the legal system and have a mental health diagnosis. …
WEBINAR: Mentoring as an early intervention: A proactive approach to youth homelessness with David French, A Way Home
“Did you know that your youth mentoring program actually acts as a protective factor against youth homelessness? In addition to the multitude of other positive academic and social outcomes that a quality mentoring relationship provides, the role of a mentor in growing natural supports and resilience in a young person was identified as an important Early Intervention in the recently …
WEBINAR: Youth Workplace Mentoring Opportunity Workbook
What is Youth Workplace Mentoring? A Youth Workplace Mentoring Program (commonly referred to a Corporate Mentoring Program) is a relationship between a mentoring organization and a business that results in the creation of a Youth Workplace Mentoring Program between employees and kids. The program offers mentoring organizations the opportunity to recruit employees as volunteer mentors and gives businesses a means …
WEBINAR: Starting a mentoring program 101: Creating a Quality, Community-Based Mentoring Program
You can rewatch the Webinar below We’re excited to announce that we have revised our ‘Creating a Quality, Community Based Mentoring Program’ information toolkit. The booklet contains the key steps and related tool necessary in developing an effective, quality, community-based mentoring program. Quality mentoring is mentoring that produces significant, lasting, positive outcomes for mentees. It is responsible, ethical, effective mentoring. …
WEBINAR: PRIDE MONTH MENTORING SPECIAL FEATURE: LGBTQ2S+ Youth Facing Barriers-PRISM program. Scott Grace, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary & Area for Youth
WEBINAR Join us for a lunch and learn this PRIDE month to learn more about how you can expand and enhance your mentoring programs for LGBTQ2S+ youth. Scott Grace recently joined us at AMP Learning Day and helped challenge us with thoughtful tips and insights gained from front line service. The webinar format will provide an opportunity for you to ask questions, so …
Best Practices for Intergenerational Mentoring: A conversation with LINKages
July 10th, 10am – 11am MDT What can your mentoring program learn about Intergenerational Programming? With changing demographics and ageing populations, more and more Alberta citizens are aging, and looking for a way to create strong, thriving and age-friendly communities. What can your mentoring program learn from existing successful Intergenerational programs? How can you support your youth and senior mentors …
WEBINAR: REAL TALK WITH BROCK(U): Learnings from the Brock Healthy Youth Project
WEBINAR March 20th, 12pm – 1PM MST Adolescence often is characterized as a health paradox because it is a time of extensive increases in physical and mental capabilities, yet mortality and injury rates increase significantly from childhood to adolescence. In fact, the adolescent years may be a sensitive time for engagement in health-risk behaviours (e.g., substance use, physical inactivity, poor …