The Guidance Council is a specialist group of the Alberta Teachers’ Association which advocates for school counsellors in Alberta, facilitates professional development activities and publishes current research on topics of interest and concern to school counsellors. Please check back as we work to improve this website in the coming months.
MHCC’s (Mental Health Commission of Canada) 5th Anniversary National Mental Health Awards The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has created the MHCC’s 5th Anniversary National Mental Health Awards to recognize programs, projects and initiatives across the country that are having a profound influence on our mental health system and to share these good ideas [...]
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We would like to share some fantastic information with you that could support your work as counsellors. Suicide Info This site, Centre for Suicide Prevention, offers a roster of PD training for a variety of suicide prevention workshops across Alberta. The dates are listed until December 2012, so you can plan into next year Healthy [...]
The EARLY BIRD deadline has been EXTENDED! Register by January 31, 2012 to benefit from early bird rates. http://www.ccpa-accp.ca/conference2012/registration.php
March 7, 8, 9, 2012 – A Learning Symposium, March 7th and 8th, with a recertification day for CSP Trainers March 9th, 2012. Calgary, Alberta Highlights – Hear Mr. Bill Wilkerson Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health share ideas on how to focus suicide [...]
You can access your free edition of the latest Canadian Counsellor Magazine by visiting: http://www.nxtbook.com/dawson/marketzone/csc_2012winter/
Facebook suicide prevention chat service launched The Associated Press Posted: Dec 13, 2011 9:33 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 13, 2011 10:30 AM ET The new service enables an instant chat session that experts say can make all the difference with someone seeking help. (CBC News) Facebook is making it easier for people who express [...]
MyGSA.ca Educators’ Section—We need your help and input! Give your feedback here! Earlier this year, the Egale Canada Human Rights Trust (ECHRT) reworked the Educators’ Section of MyGSA.ca in order to make it easier to find LGBTQ classroom resources, including lesson plans, books, and movies, as well as to discuss LGBTQ-inclusive education, read LGBTQ-inclusive school [...]
PD opportunity session in February for Counselors and CALM /Health Instructors.
How can we accept sadness and move forward with optimism at this most emotional time of the year? What: A professional and personal development opportunity for counsellors and anyone supporting students and families including their own, sponsored by the Edmonton Regional Guidance Council When: December 14, 2011, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Where: Bookloft (Library), Ross [...]
