The Resilience Research Centre has held two international conferences. This page includes conference information and links to presentations, pictures, and videos.
2010 - Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience
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| RRC International Partners at the 2010 Conference (click to enlarge). |
Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience, was held in Halifax, NS, on June 7th through 10th, 2010. With speakers and delegates from all over the world, the conference was a resounding success and an inspiration to all of us that attended. You can download the full conference program, and the select conference papers and Powerpoint presentations are also available for download.
Conference highlights included keynote speaker Sir Michael Rutter, who spoke of causal pathways and social ecology as they relate to resilience, and featured speaker Jo Boyden, who is the director of the Young Lives Research Centre at Oxford University. A special appearance was made by local b–boy group Concrete Roots, who opened for the Polling for Justice Project, NYC. Polling for Justice presented young people’s desires, dreams, frustrations, and experiences to a captivated audience. The conference wrapped up with a gala dinner at Pier 21, where Jude Simpson presented her personal story of resilience to conference delegates.
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2005 - Pathways to Resilience: An International Conference
Our first conference, Pathways to Resilience: An International Conference, was also held in Halifax, June 15 - 17, 2005.
It was a unique gathering, representing a change in focus for scholars, policy-makers, and on-the-ground service providers. The presentations brought to the forefront the importance of context in children’s lives and the understanding that resilience can have many different meanings. There was an overwhelming sense of purpose throughout the conference, to move beyond the conventional to infuse resilience research, theory, and practice with this new perspective. It was this enthusiasm and renewed drive to create change that participants voiced as what they were taking away from the conference.
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International Resilience Project Team at the 2005 Conference (click to enlarge). |
Another highlight was the positive response received from conference delegates regarding the keynote and invited speakers. Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitksan Nation and the Executive Director of the Caring for First Nations Children Society in British Columbia, moved the crowd to tears with her presentation on how to address the structural barriers associated with First Nations child maltreatment. Conference delegates spoke of the immense impact of Dr. James Garbarino’s presentation on the impact of violence and trauma in the family, the community, and on child and youth development. Hamilton and Laurie McCubbin’s keynote address was also met with great enthusiasm. Finally, Zahava Solomon’s talk on stress, coping, protective factors, and resilience across the lifespan provided a uniting bridge to the conference proceedings of the previous three days.
