ASI 2020 - Atlantic Policy Forum on Mental Health Promotion Upstream Investment in Mental Health Promotion: The Answer to the Mental Health Crisis August 24-26, 2020 ~ online ** Group rates available until July 31. Register 3, get one free! ** The COVID-19 pandemic has limited our ability to gather in large groups spanning provincial borders, but it has also increased public awareness about mental health and wellness, and the need for upstream action. To engage participants from Atlantic Canada and beyond, ASI 2020 will be offered on a robust online conference platform as an Atlantic Policy Forum on infant, child and youth mental health promotion. With the theme 'Upstream investment in Mental Health Promotion - The Answer to the Mental Health Crisis', the Forum will consider the state of mental health of children and youth before the pandemic and as an aftermath of the pandemic and explore means by which mental health promoting policies can be sustained and/or developed. ASI 2020 will be of interest to: politicians, public servants, health practitioners, private sector, academics, educators, social agencies, community organizations, Indigenous leaders, youth leaders and the general public. The online Forum will include prominent national and regional speakers, panelists, workshops, small group discussions, social and networking opportunities, the Atlantic Showcase, and our Youth Leadership Program. In the context of the pandemic, the program will explore: . Best practice of upstream policy action in Atlantic Canada . Defining policy and its power in promoting the mental health of Canadians . Evidence for upstream policies that promote the health of infants, children and youth . Two-Eyed Seeing - integrating indigenous ways of knowing . Impacts of politics and economics on policies and inclusion . Challenges and influencers for upstream policy development . Links with the Sustainable Development Goals . Skill development for influencing and implementing policy . The opportunity mid-pandemic to call for transformative change . Perspectives from youth leaders Learn more and view the preliminary program on the website of the Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities: www.asi-iea.ca <http://www.asi-iea.ca> Registration for the online forum: $325 Group rates available until July 31 Reserve seats now for groups of 3 or more and get one additional registration free! This offer ends on July 31. Contact us at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> to request an invoice or arrange for online payment. Patsy Beattie-Huggan | Coordinator 902.894.3399 | (c) 902.303-2726 | <http://urlblockederror.aspx/> [log in to unmask] To manage subscriptions/passwords, or view archives, go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html . [log in to unmask] is run in collaboration with Health Nexus: http://www.healthnexus.ca/index_eng.php