The ASI Online Policy Forum <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/148834256267> starts next Monday, August 23rd! There's still time to register <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/148834256267> for this fabulous event to learn about what's happening around Atlantic Canada and add your voice to the conversation on child and youth mental health promotion. We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of our children and youth. Children have been out of school, lacking support systems, and absorbing second-hand financial and social stresses from their parents and communities. Young adults have been graduating into a rapidly changing world, where everything from the economy to the health of our planet is uncertain. In this context, we have all learned a lot and found strength together. Now is the time to build on lessons learned and think forward. The annual ASI policy forum asks the question: what world do we want to create for ourselves and our children? The goal of this forum is to bring together individuals from across sectors and provinces to share their unique knowledge on the topic of building personal, community and societal resilience for our post-COVID-19 world. ASI 2021's Keynote presentation will be a conversation with Paul Born on deepening communities. Paul is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Tamarack Institute, a 25,000-member learning community, and the Founder and Director of Vibrant Communities, a Collective Impact movement: Cities Reducing Poverty and Cities Deepening Community that is now active in over 300 cities. ASI 2021 also features: An Atlantic Canadian Showcase highlighting projects and initiatives in the Atlantic region that promote or support community mental health; A Youth Leadership Program will support 20 youth from Atlantic Canada to participate in the forum; Numerous panels and workshops with leading experts in diverse fields from child psychology to education to social work; and a youth panel featuring diverse youth from all four Atlantic provinces. For more information about our program or details on our exciting speakers, visit our website: <http://www.asi-iea.ca/en/program-3/> http://www.asi-iea.ca/en/program-3/ Patsy Beattie-Huggan | Coordinator 902.894.3399 | (c) 902.303-2726 | [log in to unmask] <http://urlblockederror.aspx/> 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