2009 Conference Program

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Monday, May 11, 2009

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Time	Event	Presenter
7:30 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	NEDIC and DOVE welcome addresses	Merryl Bear Dove
8:45 am	Keynote Presentation Enhancing embodied agency and caring self-body connections in girls and women: a key to well being	Niva Piran
10:15 am	Morning Break
10:30 am	Parallel Session 1 Exploring intersections: Girls Action Foundation	Tatiana Fraser
10:30 am	Parallel Session 2 Body image and disordered eating in female intercollegiate athletes: coaches’ perspectives	Gretchen Kerr
10:30 am	Parallel Session 3 Strategies for parents of children with eating disorders	Ahmed Boachie Seena Grewal
10:30 am	Parallel Session 4 Reflections of Me: ETFO’s body image project - an overview	Heather Jessop Helen Vlachoyannacos
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Plenary Session Re-imaging / Re-imagining manhood	Michael Kaufman
2:45 pm	Afternoon Break
3:00 pm	Parallel Session 5 Understanding and addressing bullying based on body issues	Debra J. Pepler M. Catherine Cappadocia
3:00 pm	Parallel Session 6 Making a difference with the boys and young men in our lives	Michael Kaufman
3:00 pm	Parallel Session 7 Don’t believe the hype! Exposing the myths of dieting	Randi E. McCabe Traci McFarlane
4:30 pm	Networking Reception
6:30 to 8:30 pm	Community Event Eating in a weight-obsessed world: helping your child have a healthy body image and a healthy weight.	Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Time	Event	Presenter
7:45 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 am	Keynote Presentation Weight-related problems in adolescents: What? Why? and how can we help?	Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
10:15 am	Morning Break
10:30 am	Parallel Session 8 Enhancing self-esteem and healthy eating attitudes through sport participation: implementing an athlete-centred sport system	Gretchen Kerr Lisanne Cruz Ashley E. Stirling
10:30 am	Parallel Session 9 Promoting healthy lifestyles in obese individuals: one approach does not fit all	Rachel Colley
10:30 am	Parallel Session 10 What should you believe? Using research to be informed	Cheryl Arratoon
10:30 am	Parallel Session 11 Reflections of Me: ETFO’s body image project - implementation in schools	Heather Jessop Helen Vlachoyannacos
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Parallel Session 12 Youth, self-representation and indentity on social networking sites	Leslie Shade
1:15 pm	Parallel Session 13 Fat is a feeling: using emotion-focused therapy to understand and heal body image despair	Joanne Dolhanty
1:15 pm	Parallel Session 14 Youth engagement and resiliency– moving away from the “at risk" paradigm	Shaila Krishna
1:15 pm	Parallel Session 15 Act like a girl! – how restrictions on mental and physical freedom limit girls’ experiences of positive embodiment	Robyn Legge Sachiko Nagasawa
2:45 pm	Afternoon Break
3:00 pm	Closing Presentation Our Media Our Selves? New media and the possibilities of re-presentation	Shari Graydon

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