Learn about The Natural Supports Practice Framework! Natural Supports are mutually beneficial relationships that include close connections, such as family and friends, and broader connections such as neighbours, coaches, community organizations and local businesses. Our natural supports: contribute to our feelings of belonging within a community function as safety nets when life does not go as planned provide valuable learnings we rely on to support our development across the lifespan. The Natural Supports Practice Framework is a set of foundational constructs and principles co-developed by service providers that builds service providers capacity to support clients to rely on, and contribute to, a lifelong network of family, community, and peer relationships. Research suggests that practitioners understand the importance of natural supports but may not know how to effectively engage them. The Natural Supports Framework training: · increases practitioners’ confidence to build their own skill set to engage, find, strengthen, restore, maintain, and transition people’s natural supports networks. · results in less reliance on professional supports, and better transitions across the lifespan. About the Speaker Roseline (she/her) is a registered social worker in Calgary and has been working in the non-profit sector since 2004. She has been with the Centre for Sexuality for 13 years. She was part of the team of organizations who created the Natural Supports Practice Framework, she has been an active member of the Natural Supports Community of Practice and the Natural Supports Leadership table. She is a passionate advocate for sexual health and reproductive rights and believes all people should have access to information and tools to achieve healthy bodies, healthy relationships, and healthy communities- which includes the opportunity to build and rely on Natural Supports.

Please join our partner for a day of learning and connection focused on the critical role of natural supports in our lives and communities!

Alberta Mentoring Partnership (AMP) is bringing a Mentoring in Schools Workshop to school staff in High Prairie and surrounding communities. Participants (K-12 teachers; administrators; wellness coaches) will learn about the power of mentoring in schools, specifically how mentoring programs can improve attendance, school engagement and students' mental health. Mentoring in schools initiatives provide an opportunity to teach and reinforce healthy relationships and healthy relationships foster the development of welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments.

Mentor Canada is proud to host the Inaugural Canadian Mentoring Summit on November 13-14, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta.