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Bridging Indigenous Knowledge with the Latest Information on Commercial Tobacco.
Conference
March 17-18, 2015
Registration Form
First Name_ _______________________________ Last Name__________________________________
First Nation or Tribal Council Representing_ ________________________________________________
Work Title____________________________________________________________________________
Email Address______________________________ Mailing Address______________________________
Telephone_________________________________ Fax________________________________________
Dietary Requirements and/or Allergies_____________________________________________________
Check what pertains to you:
q If you are the person receiving mileage, identify who you are
carpooling with______________________________ .
q For private accommodations @ $50 per night OR
q Staying at Viscount Gort Hotel
Please note that full attendance is mandatory to receive sponsorship. Travel
will be reimbursed during the afternoon of the last day of your attendance
(March 18 or March 19 depending if you are participating in training). If you
require a travel advance, you must make this request at the local level as per
administrative policy SERDC does not grant advances.
q I will be participating in the March 19 training.
AM training topic: Brief Intervention Tobacco Cessation facilitated by
Marsha Simmons, SERDC Health.
PM training topic: NOT – Not on Tobacco Youth Cessation Facilitator Training
facilitated by George Koch, Manitoba Lung Association.
Certificates provided to those with full attendance.
Brief Intervention Tobacco Cessation Overview: This training is geared
for those willing and able to assist individuals dependent on commercial
tobacco products to quit their tobacco misuse. Participants will be trained
on techniques including identifying a person’s readiness to quit commercial
tobacco, how to deliver brief individual interventions, assist a person in
creating a simple quit plan and information on where to refer people for more
intensive services.
NOT Not on Tobacco Cessation Overview: Training participants will be better
prepared to help teens quit commercial tobacco.
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Optional training date
March 19, 2015
NOT will cover the following topics: understanding reasons for smoking,
preparing to quit, nicotine addiction and withdrawal, accessing social support,
coping with stress and preventing relapse.
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motions.com Deadline to submit registrations is Friday, February 20, 2015.
No late registrations will be accepted after this date.
Registrations can be faxed to (204)934-0374
or via email [email protected]
For more information please feel free to contact
Marsha Simmons
Southern Manitoba First Nations Commercial Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
(204)956-7500 ext. 148 or [email protected]
Please note that 4 spots per
First Nation and 4 spots per
Tribal Council will be fully
sponsored to attend this
includes: 2 mileages per
First Nation or Tribal Council
(carpool 2 people), meals,
private accommodations
or accommodations direct
billed by this project at the
Viscount Gort Hotel and
incidentals all based on
SERDC rates.
We are kindly requesting
that 1 spot be delegated
to leadership for your
First Nation such as a
Health Portfolio Councillor
and 3 spots for Health
Programmers and/
or youth.