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Symposium on
Heavy Alcohol Use Among Girls and Young Women
Gender-Informed Primary Prevention Approaches for BC

January 29th, 2010 – 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Summary of Symposium

Session	Presenter(s)	Topic (click for presentation slides)	Video	Duration
1a	Nancy Poole Ginny Gonneau BCCEWH	Overview of the findings from the literature search	PLAY VIDEO	20 mins
1b	Dr. Joanna Henderson CAMH	Interconnected substance use, mental health and violence concerns faced by girls at the point of entry to treatment	PLAY VIDEO	22 mins
1c	Dr. Shimi Kang BCMHAS	Reflections from practice with girls and young women	PLAY VIDEO	23 mins
2a	Dr. David Brown BCMHAS	Campus-based research on drinking and brief intervention	PLAY VIDEO	22 mins
2b	Dr. Connie Coniglio BCMHAS	Health literacy, bringing a gender lens	PLAY VIDEO	21 mins
2c	Natalie Clark TRU	Group interventions for girls, girls group manual, Aboriginal girls RESOURCE: It's a Girl Thang! A Manual on Creating Girls Groups Short films made by youth working with the Centre for Community-Based Youth Health Research (require QuickTime) #1 - "Being Your Truth" #2 - "Friendship" #3 - "One World, One Love" #4 - "What's Your Problem?"	PLAY VIDEO Play #1 Play #2 Play #3 Play #4	20 mins
3	Dan Reist CAR-BC	Current prevention work with BC youth, and some possible directions for moving forth	PLAY VIDEO	33 mins
4	Cristine Urquhart BCCEWH	World café discussions on embedding gender-informed prevention approaches for girls and young women in BC	PLAY VIDEO	120 mins

BCCEWH Presentation on Preventing Heavy Alcohol Use in Girls - April 2010			Webcast Slides

Webcast on Gendering the National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada (highlights issues, research and programming related to girls’ and women’s substance use in Canada) - March 2010			Webcast Files

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