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MHWFA hosts regular guest speakers, all mental health professionals who are speaking to topics relevant to wilderness or remote areas. These online live events are an awesome way to network with others in the industry as well as access and learn directly from a variety of experts in the mental health field.

Views expressed are the guest speakers' own and may or may not reflect the views of MHWFA.

Joel Pippus, BRS, CYC Cert
Push to Heal Team lead, and Pathways to Prevention: A Centre for Childhood Trauma Training facilitator 
​25 November 2024

Skateboarding and Trauma Healing

Tracy Moulaison, Counsellor & Cultural Wellness Worker
28 October 2024

Sundance, ceremony, and reconnecting to your heart

Jes Logher, M.Ed.
23 SEPTEMBER 2024

Attachment theory and nature connection

Renée Dumas, M.A., C.C.C.
Canadian Certified Counsellor
27 June 2024

Nature's Resilience Boost: Tools for Rewiring Your Brain through Outdoor Adventure​

Michael "Doc" Crawford
Slipstream Wilderness First Aid chief instructor
25 April 2024

Medications in Mental Health & Wilderness Contexts

Laura Whiddon
Masters in Counselling Candidate
26 March 2024

Gardening Therapy

Sean J Stevens
Meditation & Mindfulness Instructor
November 16, 2023

Mindfulness for outdoor contexts

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CHRIS MUSHUMANSKI, MA & GREG MILLER, MA
​B.C. SEARCH & RESCUE Association

October 24, 2023
Critical Incident Stress Management & Debriefing

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Aaron Lyons
MA, Conflict Transformation; Restorative Justice Facilitator

September 27, 2023
De-escalation tools for field Settings

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Catherine Allen
​Somatic Experiencing Therapist, Mountaineer

June 12, 2023
Trauma, Healing, and the Mountains

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Rich Parlee
​Pastor, Elder, and storyteller -- Ucluelet, B.C.
May 9, 2023

Talking to God in the wilderness: 
​spirituality and mental health

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Jess Cumming, M.A., C.C.C.
​Clinical counsellor, eating disorders specialist
APRIL 27, 2023

Supporting clients with disordered eating In the Field

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Judy North, M.A.
Remote area crisis & suicide intervention specialist
February 21, 2023

Suicide intervention training, hope for remote areas: a brief overview

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Sarah Coulter
Admissions Coordinator, Outward Bound Canada
February 8, 2023

ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS: WHY WE SHOULD INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH DURING PRE-TRIP SCREENING 

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Kennedy Lewis, M.A., C.C.C.
September 12, 2022

What do we mean by "self-care", anyway?  The neurology of "self-care" for frontline workers, from a trauma counsellor

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Kate Pinsonneault, M.A., R.C.C.
Tuesday, May 17 2022

MANAGING DUAL RELATIONSHIPS
​IN SMALL COMMUNITIES AND WORK CAMPS

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Tara Souch, M.A., R.C.C., C.C.C.
Thursday, April 21 2022

ACCESSING NATURE & natural cycles
​AS HEALING PARTNERs in outdoor practice

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Jeremy Addleman, M.A., C.C.C.
March 30 2022

​RESILIENCE & RECOVERY:  THE POWER OF NATURE ​TO AID IN HEALING TRAUMA
FROM A SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY PERSPECTIVE

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Mental Health & Resilience After the Marshall Fire
by Daye cooper hagel
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Sunday, March 6th, 2022 4pm-6pm Mountain Time (​3pm-5pm pacific)

Click image to view more event information & resources -- for those affected by the Colorado Marshall Fire.

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Joelle Prevost, M.C.P., R.C.C.
sunday, february 13th, 2022

​The conversation guide

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​Sarah Hagar, M.Ed., R.C.C.
​November 3, 2021

The Neuroanatomy of Trauma and Healing in Outdoor Pursuits

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​Michael McCarthy,
​counsellor & cultural wellness worker
​October 6, 2021

Reclaiming ancestral knowledge in modern times