Events
Formally known as the "London Story Slam" make way for the new: the story swim meet is here.
inaugural theme: broken furniture. Join Paula to talk about the new format, share stories and be well. see you there!
for more info: funisfreepress@gmail.com
Creating and maintaining
fulfilling relationships with children is often a top priority for
parents and caregivers, but this isnt always easy. This presentation
focuses on the attachment relationships between children and important
people in their lives, and how these bonds can impact social and
emotional development throughout childhood and adolescence.7 pm
Join us for an evening of music dance and drama as we celebrate Black
History, showcasing our talented young people and their developing
careers, featuring current students and recent graduates of University
of Western Ontario. Young people from the Black community aspire to
careers beyond the familiar or traditional ones of their parents'
generation. This program will present examples of the new career
choices through dramatization, performances that will entertain as well
as inform.Performers include Janis Mark and Marque Smith.7pm, free
Participants will be offered a brief
introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, including background
information, core principles and potential benefits. Different forms of
Mindfulness Meditation will be practiced during the talk. One more
session will be on Saturday, Febuary 13 at 1pm.
Managing diabetes is like a full time job (that you didnt ask for!) and
it can be very demanding. We know that its important to eat a healthy
diet and be active but actually doing these things is really difficult.
This presentation will focus on why healthy choices are so challenging
for all of us, and strategies for how you can make changes to your
habits to help make healthy choices become part of your lifestyle.
Stop Killer Coke Film
KillerCoke.org is telling the world about the gruesome cycle of murders, kidnappings and tourture of union leaders and organizers involved in daily life-and-death stuggles at CocaCola bottling plants in Columbia.
Admission is FREE. All are welcome!
For more information on other guest speakers and social justice events, please check out our events calender on our website at www.kingscollege.net/cfsc
Discovering that your child has a learning disability (LD) can often be
scary, both for parents and children. But it doesnt have to be. This
talk will introduce you to the concept of LDs and provide some
background information on how LDs affect children. We'll discuss tools
and strategies for children with LDs, and the people that support them.
This talk is appropriate for parents, children, and teachers.
Learning skills are an often overlooked component of academic success.
Whether in school, university, or acquiring new skills for the work
place, knowing how to learn efficiently is important. Come explore some
of the theory behind effective learning, and pick-up some useful
techniques. Find out what active learning means and why changing your
approach to education could help you succeed. Learn motivational and
time management techniques to help you get things done. Take home some
tools and ideas to help your children achieve more academically. All
This talk is aimed at understanding and addressing motivational,
emotional, and behavioural barriers to implementing good learning
strategies and good habits generally. Our coping patterns for stress
and the way we reward ourselves can act for or against us in the long
run. Often, refining our sense of identity and clarifying our
motivations can help us get started on what will ultimately be the most
rewarding use of our time.
Are you concerned that your loved one, friend, or coworker is having
problems with addiction? Addictions come in many forms, not just
involving drugs and alcohol, but also food, gambling, sex, and a whole
host of others. Even if he or she is already seeking help, addictions
can place a huge stress on the family, friends, or workplace of the
addict. Join us to in a discussion of strategies for identifying
addiction issues, taking care of yourself, and providing a supportive
environment for the addict to heal, whether he or she is in or out of
recovery.
This talk will explore what stress is, how our bodies respond to it,
and why it happens. Practical techniques on how to manage stress will
be discussed, including relaxation exercises, coping strategies, and
self-care. A discussion period will follow the talk, allowing everyone
to share their own success stories of coping with stress and to provide
an opportunity for further questions to be answered.
This lecture examines the work of Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss academic and
Islamic scholar who has been referred to as today’s “Muslim Martin Luther.”
From an interfaith perspective and drawing several parallels between Islamic
and Catholic encounters with modernity, Baum compares the debates in the
two traditions. He argues that reform and renewal are compatible with the
substance of both Catholic and Muslim traditions.
Many children display challenging behaviours. When a child becomes
consistently frustrated with displaying certain skills a different type
of parenting approach may be beneficial. In this presentation,
participants will learn the basic principles of collaborative problem
solving, how to identify situations which are most appropriate for
collaborative problem solving techniques, and its benefits for both
children and parents.
We are very concerned, in todays society, with the way we look. How we
dress, how much we eat, how we perceive parts of our bodies, we all pay
attention to our body image. This presentation will discuss why body
image is so important to us, uncover some common myths about how men
and women perceive each other, look at some of the disorders of body
image, and give tips on how to maintain a healthy view of yourself.
OCD is often portrayed in the media as a disorder that involves bizarre
routines and a comical need for precision and order. But OCD is far
more complex. It involves both observable behaviours, such as rituals
and routines, as well as an underlying anxiety, and often leads to
significant impairment. We'll look at the common features of OCD, in
both adults and children, debunk some of the myths, and talk about
common strategies for coping with OCD.
Find out with Cheryl Richardson how to create an abundance in four important areas of your life: energy, time, passion, and money.
Come and enjoy this screening of another inspirational film.
Free No registration required
