Author: Roxane

Sex and the Law: Teachings about Consent

We are happy to announce that Cameray has successfully acquired funding for Jessica Wollen (certified sexual health educator and BC teacher) and the Burnaby School District to partner on delivering a program around the legal aspects of consent. Jessica is working with students to clarify what consent looks like, sounds like, and feels like – and the legal implications. The intention is preventing sexual assault before it occurs, and to foster healthy relationships between youth.

This Spring, Jessica is teaching in many secondary schools in Burnaby and New West. She is working collaboratively to develop a scope and sequence to support physical health education teachers in delivering the new physical and health education curriculum, which includes sexual health lessons and material.

If you are interested in this program coming to your school, contact office@shift-education.com

​Jessica is one of the leading sexual health educators in this area in the Lower Mainland. To read more about her work, please visit www.shift-education.com

Cameray’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, March 19th at 6:00pm at #102 – 5623 Imperial Street, Burnaby. The annual fee is still $3.00. Please rsvp by March 15th if you will be attending at roxane.veltkamp@cameray.ca or 604-436-9449 Ext.276

Parenting Through Anger Series – How to Foster Connection in the Home

Free 6-week workshop in New Westminster that is open to all families with children 0-5 years old! The workshops are on Tuesdays from February 6th – March 13th  10:30am – 12:30pm. Please click here for more information

Child Development Basics: A Parent’s Guide to Health, Discipline & more!

Cameray Child and Family Services is hosting 4 free workshops in New Westminster that are open to all families with children 0-5 years old!

Child Development Back to Basics

Join us for these 4 informative groups where parents will learn the basics about child development. Each week will feature a different topic of interest, where you will be provided with scientific information and practical skills to promote healthy development in children ages 0-5. There will also be time at the end of each group for parents to ask questions and chat. Parents can sign up for the entire series, or for individual groups.

Topics include:

February 22, 2018    Health and Wellness

March 1, 2018           Connection through Attachment and Play

March 8, 2018           Discipline without Damage

March 15, 2018         Stranger Safety

 

WHERE: : NLC Qayqayt Elementary School

85 Merrivale St New Westminster, BC V3L 0G2

Multipurpose Room

 

WHEN: Thursdays February 22^nd – March 15^th   9:45am – 11:45am

 

HOW TO REGISTER: Registration is required – to register please email pspgroupsignup@hotmail.com or call 604-436-9449

• Families must have at least one child under the age of 5 to qualify for registration
• FREE Childcare is provided on site – must register for child care
• FREE snacks and bus tickets are also provided at each group

In honor of World Refugee Day on June 20, 2017, we’d like to share an art piece created from a 16 year old female’s passion for learning more about the experience of a refugee.

Below are the words of this artist explaining what inspired this beautiful piece of work:

“The refugee crisis is the story of our time. How we are dealing with it is defining who we are.  I can’t not deal with it in my work.  To create is to be curious, engaged, awake, and in earnest dialogue with the unknown.  And truly, it is through dance that I have the best hope of honoring a subject I care so deeply about” –Crystal Pite

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Join us at the Healthy Kids Preschool Fair on Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 9:30am – 12:00pm at the Bonsor Recreation Complex

PARENT – CHILD FAMILY LITERACY CIRCLE And Parent Question and Answer Session from April 20, 2017 to June 22, 2017. Click here for more information

Raising Children with Character: A parent’s guide to raising courageous, generous and responsible children from April 21, 2017 to May 26, 2017. Click here for more information.