ACIFA Conference 2010
Overview/Programme
click here for the full conference timetable (Excel doc), also please see end section for list of concurrent sessions
The NAIT Academic Staff Association
is hosting the 2010 conference.
CONFERENCE THEME strands:
COME LEARN *creativity *motivation *growth
GO TEACH *best practices *diversity awareness *technology
THINK GREEN *at home *at work *within yourself
Sunday May 16
5:00 pm Registration Desk opens
Lobby
7:30 – 10:30 pm Welcome Reception
Mary Schaffer Ballroom
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Monday May 17
7:30 -8:45 am Breakfast
Beauvert A room
8:45 – 9:30 am keynote speaker
Beauvert A room
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Keynote Speaker:Ben Gadd |
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Naturalist and Author
Icefield Bunnies, Gullible Bees and Why the Biggest Mountain in the Rockies is Not the Highest
Ben Gadd on the Quirky Natural History of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Rockhounds, flower-fanciers, wildlife-watchers and bird nuts: you will love this light-hearted and stimulating talk. From little-known facts about grizzly bears and half-grabens to the amazing relationship between the calypso orchid and the golden northern bumblebee, prepare for an eye-opening presentation. Bring your questions, too.
Biography:
Ben Gadd, 64, is one of Canada's better-known naturalists and Rockies writers. Author of the ground-breaking Handbook of the Canadian Rockies, Ben has written eight other books and contributed to several more. His novel Raven's End has become an award-winning Canadian best-seller. His latest books are The Canadian Hiker's and Backpacker's Handbook and Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours, both of which came out in 2008.
Educated as a geologist, Ben has pursued a career mainly in natural history, including a stint as a Parks Canada naturalist. He has also taught writing at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and Grant MacEwan. These days he works in the summer as a freelance interpretive guide - a job he describes as "rent-a-naturalist" - and in the winter as a writer and sought-after lecturer on Rockies topics. He also produces interpretive signs for national and provincial parks.
Heard frequently on CBC radio, Ben has also appeared in many television items and several documentaries on the Rockies. He supports various conservation groups in promoting wilderness protection. After thirty years in Jasper, Ben and his wife Cia recently moved to Canmore to be Grandpa and Grandma just across the yard from three-year-old Marie.
11:45 am -12:30 pm Monday Lunch
Beauvert A room
Monday AND Tuesday afternoon
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm activities and concurrent activity sessions
Participants convene at Registration Desk prior to activity.
Activities include:
Participants must pre-register for these events. Please click here for the Activities registration form.
Concurrent Activitity Sessions include:
Participants must pre-register for these events. Please click here for the Concurrent Activity Sessions sign-up form
Monday evening
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm dinner banquet
Beauvert A room
Activities include:
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Banquet Performer: Wayne Lee |
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LIVE the laughter: a comedic hypnosis show
What does it mean to Live the Laughter? With Wayne Lee it means a rollicking, highly interactive hypnosis show as unique as it is hilarious. It means gut-splitting laughter and improbable scenes acted out by audience members no longer inhibited by their fears. More than a hypnotist, more than a speaker, Wayne Lee delivers premium entertainment with a message of empowerment that stays with participants long after the laughter fades.
A perfect tonic to enhance the spirit of one's approach to life, this presentation will have delegates:
*witness mind-blowing "walk-around magic" before the performance
*survive unforgettable, side-splitting laughter
*dance outrageously, act out their dreams, and even become celebrities!
*discover the mind's power to focus on achieving their goals
*break through their fears and inhibitions to fill their lives with joy
*learn visualization techniques that reduce stress and increase relaxation
*connect with their colleagues while feeling energized, inspired, and empowered
Biography:
Wayne Lee was a former five-time Canadian amateur wrestling champion and school teacher who had an unrelenting passion for entertaining and empowering people. He took a childhood interest in magic and a fascination with visualization and transformed himself from classroom instructor into comedic hypnotist and mind-power expert.
Over the years Wayne has used hypnosis to excite, entertain, and mesmerize thousands of audiences across North America. He has performed over 2,500 shows, hypnotizing over 25,000 people to dance outrageously, act like celebrities, and help them explore the limits of their imagination. Wayne has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs and was recognized as Entertainer of the Year for 2008 at the Canadian Events Industry Awards.
As well as his hypnosis show, Wayne Lee educates and empowers audiences with his empowerment presentations. Wayne teaches individuals and organizations the mental side of success, helping them to use the power of their mind to get what they want. To help spread his message Wayne has authored two books and created a variety of self hypnosis learning programs.
A feature length documentary, The Deeper You Go was created to document Wayne's career. It aired across Canada on The Documentary Channel and received the Best Direction Award at the Golden Gate Fiction and Documentary Festival in San Francisco.
In 2008 Wayne had a very successful year as he delivered over 75 comedy hypnosis shows for various corporations, associations and organizations in Canada and the United States, as well as an event in Australia. Wayne is very excited to be working on another book as well as a TV program which will reveal the secrets of hypnosis and inspire people to wake up the power of their mind and use their full potential.
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Tuesday May 18
morning keynote address: 8:45 to 9:45 am
Beauvert A room
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Keynote Speaker: Wayne Lee |
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Educator, Empowerment Expert, and Author
Ignite the MAGIC Within
5 on-the-spot ways to reprogram yourself for ultimate sucess
In Wayne Lee's hands, magic and hypnosis release astonishing power - to focus through distractions, to channel emotions, to create opportunities and dissolve barriers. Sounds like hard work, but it's not. It's MAGIC - Motivation, Awareness, Goals, Imagination, and Choices - and it draws the very best out of everyone it touches! It's mind over ... well, just about anything.
In the blink of an eye you will master success strategies you can put to work immediately, yet will last a lifetime. This riveting presentation reveals the limitless potential of a life transformed by the power of the mind.
Delegates will learn to:
*visualize achieving goals - and then take action
*overcome fear and eliminated self-doubt
*perform at peak levels of productivity and effectiveness - alone or in teams
*reap the many benefits of deep relaxation and reduced stress
*master emotional states and not take things personally
*replace bad habits with successful behaviors
*bring their best to the table at work and at home
1:15 -2:15 pm Lunch
Beauvert A room
1:45 pm Lunch speaker TBA
Beauvert A room
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Greetings from: TBA |
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Tuesday afternoon
2:30 – 4:30 pm ACIFA Annual General Meeting
Beauvert B room
4:00 – 6:30 pm Activity Time
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Tuesday EVENING
6:30 pm BARBEQUE
At the beautiful Trefoil Lake on Jasper Park Lodge grounds...
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Evening Performance: The Laurence Boys back at JPL in the Beauvert A room 8:30 p.m. |
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H O S P I T A L I T Y S U I T E S
On both Monday and Tuesday night there will be an opportunity to visit with your colleagues during the hospitality suites, starting at 10:00 p.m. and located in Ballroom C.
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reminder!
... about items for the Silent Auction @ the ACIFA 2010 Conference in Jasper, AB, May 16-19.
Since 2000, silent auctions have been held at the ACIFA Annual Spring Conference to raise funds for the Alberta Public Post-Secondary Education Trust Fund. In operation since 1995, the Trust Fund provides funding to provincial award programs and a range of PD activities.
Each year faculty associations, the ACIFA Professional Affairs Committee, and ACIFA members collect and generously donate items to support the silent auction.
The silent auction takes place at the conference during the hospitality suites on Monday and Tuesday evening. Thank you for your continuing support of the Alberta Public Post-secondary Education Trust Fund.
Programme – sessions
· All concurrent sessions will take place at the Jasper Park Lodge, and are scheduled for Monday morning and afternoon, and Tuesday morning.
· There are transition breaks between each session.
“Peer Mentorship: Establishing and Encouraging Effective Mentorship”
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