2014 CONFERENCES
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The Ninth North American Conference on Spirituality and Social Work
“Cultivating Mindful Practice: Integrating the Personal and Professional for Effective Practice” JUNE 27 – 28, 2014 - Pre-Conference Workshop and Retreat JUNE 25 – 26, 2014 - St. Thomas University - Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada co-sponsored by THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL WORK and THE SOCIETY FOR SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL WORK (USA) |
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This international conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and students to discuss and explore the nature of mindfulness as a personal /spiritual practice and its relevance for professional practice, teaching and research. The workshop and conference will offer professional development through the cultivation of attention, awareness, and attitudes beneficial for beginning to experienced practitioners. Scientific developments on neurobiology concerning the impacts and outcomes of mindfulness practice will be discussed.
The pre-conference workshop, Cultivating Mindfulness Practice for Professional Effectiveness and keynote address will be led by Elana Rosebaum and Bill Cook. Elana is a social worker, author, and founder of Mindful Living. She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a highly regarded workshop facilitator and therapist (www.mindfuliving.com). Bill has led many mindfulness programs, and is a medical doctor and ethicist with expertise in MindBody medicine (www.iriscenter.ca).
This international conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and students to discuss and explore the nature of mindfulness as a personal/spiritual practice and its relevance for professional practice, teaching and research. The workshop and conference will offer professional development through the cultivation of attention, awareness, and attitudes beneficial for beginning to experienced practitioners. The keynote address and attention to scientific developments on neurobiology concerning the impacts and outcomes of mindfulness practice will be discussed.
The pre-conference workshop, held June 25-26, titled ‘Cultivating Mindfulness Practice for Professional Effectiveness’ and keynote address and will be led by Elana Rosebaum and Bill Cook. Elana is a social worker, author, and founder of Mindful Living. She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a highly regarded workshop facilitator and therapist. Bill has led many mindfulness programs, and is a medical doctor and ethicist with expertise in MindBody medicine.
Papers and Presentations submitted:
Mindful Prayer: Creating personal prayer through mindfulness – an experiential workshop
Naava Zohar-Sykes, JDC Ashalim, Israel
Using Mindfulness in the Classroom with Undergraduate Future Social Worker
Annie Devault, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Social Work, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Hull Gatineau, Québec
Mindfulness Practice as a tool for Promoting Positive Health, Psycho-social Well-Being and Professional Compentence in Health Social Work: Implications for Social Workers in Health Care
J.K. Mojoyninola, Ph.D., Department of Social Work, Faculty of Educaiton, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Rumi’s Spiritual Discourses: Mindfulness at Workplace
Nasir Ahmad, Envisions Institute of Development, B-1/47, First Floor, New Ashok Nagar, Delhi -110096
Mindfulness Practive and Coping with Physical Injury: Implications for Social Workers in Health Care
I.M. Ojedokun, Ph.D, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Igadan, Nigeria
Sexual Trauma and Spirituality: Experiences of the Therapist
Melissa Pickett, Master's |Thesis, University of British Columbia
Engaging the Soul in Social Work Practice
Alyson Quinn, MSW
Mindfulness on the Cancer Unit: Acknowledging our Fears and Allowing God to Work
Judith Anne Desjardins, LCSW,.BCD, MSWAC
Presentations and Workshops:
The Conference Schedule which lists all the presentations and workshops for the 2014 Conference, as well as a short abstract of each, is contained in this PDF - 2014 Presentations and Workshops
Registration form
Request for accommodation
Conference brochure
Conference at a glance
Workshop overview
This international conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and students to discuss and explore the nature of mindfulness as a personal /spiritual practice and its relevance for professional practice, teaching and research. The workshop and conference will offer professional development through the cultivation of attention, awareness, and attitudes beneficial for beginning to experienced practitioners. Scientific developments on neurobiology concerning the impacts and outcomes of mindfulness practice will be discussed.
The pre-conference workshop, Cultivating Mindfulness Practice for Professional Effectiveness and keynote address will be led by Elana Rosebaum and Bill Cook. Elana is a social worker, author, and founder of Mindful Living. She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a highly regarded workshop facilitator and therapist (www.mindfuliving.com). Bill has led many mindfulness programs, and is a medical doctor and ethicist with expertise in MindBody medicine (www.iriscenter.ca).
This international conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and students to discuss and explore the nature of mindfulness as a personal/spiritual practice and its relevance for professional practice, teaching and research. The workshop and conference will offer professional development through the cultivation of attention, awareness, and attitudes beneficial for beginning to experienced practitioners. The keynote address and attention to scientific developments on neurobiology concerning the impacts and outcomes of mindfulness practice will be discussed.
The pre-conference workshop, held June 25-26, titled ‘Cultivating Mindfulness Practice for Professional Effectiveness’ and keynote address and will be led by Elana Rosebaum and Bill Cook. Elana is a social worker, author, and founder of Mindful Living. She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a highly regarded workshop facilitator and therapist. Bill has led many mindfulness programs, and is a medical doctor and ethicist with expertise in MindBody medicine.
Papers and Presentations submitted:
Mindful Prayer: Creating personal prayer through mindfulness – an experiential workshop
Naava Zohar-Sykes, JDC Ashalim, Israel
Using Mindfulness in the Classroom with Undergraduate Future Social Worker
Annie Devault, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Social Work, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Hull Gatineau, Québec
Mindfulness Practice as a tool for Promoting Positive Health, Psycho-social Well-Being and Professional Compentence in Health Social Work: Implications for Social Workers in Health Care
J.K. Mojoyninola, Ph.D., Department of Social Work, Faculty of Educaiton, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Rumi’s Spiritual Discourses: Mindfulness at Workplace
Nasir Ahmad, Envisions Institute of Development, B-1/47, First Floor, New Ashok Nagar, Delhi -110096
Mindfulness Practive and Coping with Physical Injury: Implications for Social Workers in Health Care
I.M. Ojedokun, Ph.D, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Igadan, Nigeria
Sexual Trauma and Spirituality: Experiences of the Therapist
Melissa Pickett, Master's |Thesis, University of British Columbia
Engaging the Soul in Social Work Practice
Alyson Quinn, MSW
Mindfulness on the Cancer Unit: Acknowledging our Fears and Allowing God to Work
Judith Anne Desjardins, LCSW,.BCD, MSWAC
Presentations and Workshops:
The Conference Schedule which lists all the presentations and workshops for the 2014 Conference, as well as a short abstract of each, is contained in this PDF - 2014 Presentations and Workshops
