1st Annual Community Safety & Well-Being Forum 2022


About the Event: Join us to learn more about Thunder Bay’s Community Safety & Well-Being Plan, and how we can work together to address some of our community’s most pressing safety and well-being challenges.


Register early!

Space is limited. 

Registration closes Friday, October 21 at 4:30 pm.

Where

Prince Arthur Waterfront
Hotel & Suites

17 Cumberland St N
Thunder Bay, ON 

Driving Directions

Event Contact

Marianne Bortolin
Podium Events & Consulting
info@podium-events.com


Day 1:
Friday, October 28, 2022

Time: 8:30am–4:30pm
Who should attend: Service Providers and Community Partners

Why:
 To tackle our community’s greatest safety and well-being challenges, we need to deepen our understanding of how structural barriers cause inequity and harm in our community, and learn how we can work together upstream for greater collective impact on safety and well-being.


Fee to attend:
$35.00 (Lunch will be provided)


Keynote and other Presentations by:
David Siladi (Keynote), PhD Candidate, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
The Role of Upstream Determinants and Approaches in Fostering Community Well-Being

Sylvia Cheuy, Consulting Director of Collective Impact with the Tamarack Institute’s Learning Centre
Collective Impact: A Framework for Advancing Community Safety and Well-Being Together


Panel Discussion of Local Service Providers
Shedding Light on Structural Barriers and Moving Towards Equity for Greater Safety & Well-Being

Panelists: 
Lindsay Martin, Operations Director & Systemic Advocate, Elizabeth Fry Society NWO
https://www.elizabethfrynwo.org/

John Dixon, Director of Integrated Services, Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
https://www.dilico.com/

Colleen Peters, Residential Services Manager, John Howard Society
https://johnhoward.on.ca/thunderbay/

Jase Watford, Systems Navigator for Lakehead University's Department of Education Humanities 101 Program & PWLE
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/other-programs/humanities101

To register for Friday, October 28: please click here.

Day 2: Saturday, October 29, 2022
Time: 10:00am–3:00pm
Who should attend: Members of the Public

Why: This day is focused on community learning and engagement. We all have an important part to play in community safety and well-being. We need the wisdom and expertise of our community members to help guide us towards a safer, healthier and more equitable community. Please join us to share your ideas for improving safety and well-being in Thunder Bay. 

FREE to attend (Lunch will be provided)

To register for Saturday, October 29: please click here.

Space is limited. Registration closes Friday, October 21 at 4:30 pm.

To learn more about Thunder Bay’s Community Safety & Well-Being Plan, visit: www.thunderbay.ca/cswb