We hope you will mark your calendar and make a plan to join us on Friday, November 8, 2024!

*We are requesting all members to pre-register by  Friday, August 16th  so we can reserve appropriate venue space and/or accommodate those members participating virtually.* LINK BELOW

The BCTRA Education Day and AGM will be here before we know it!

Here are the details:
Friday, November 8, 2024
9am to 5pm
In-person at SFU Harbour Centre (555 W Hastings St, Vancouver) OR virtually via Zoom

Schedule for the Day
9:00am – Welcome

9:15am – Key Note Address: Jessie Jones on Private Practice
Jessie Jones of Jessie Jones Recreation Therapy based in Ontario will be providing a keynote on the success and challenges she has faced in establishing her private practice. Being the first brick and mortar recreation therapy private practice within Canada, Jessie hopes to inspire fellow recreation therapists and encourage them to keep advocating and keep pushing for growth in our profession.

10:30am – Conversations 101: A VCH Student Internship Project Presentation on the Value of Recreation Therapy Collaborating with Psychiatry to Better Manage Social Anxiety Among Community MHSU Team Clients. Presented by Emina Bajric.
Collaborating with Psychiatry to Better Manage Social Anxiety Among Community MHSU Team Clients. Presented by Emina Bajric.
While completing recreation therapy assessments with clients on the Vancouver Coastal Health Grandview-Woodlands community MHSU team, it was determined a number of clients demonstrated a need for psychosocial education on what anxiety is and how it can impact one’s social connections and sense of belonging. The program Conversations 101 was developed from a recreation therapy perspective in collaboration with psychiatry to address this gap in knowledge. Completed as an internship service learning project for her supervisor Courtney Steen, CTRS, Emina Bajric, CTRS will review the development and implementation of Conversations 101, the pros and cons of collaborating with a psychiatrist for program development/delivery and highlight client successes.

Noon – Lunch Break & Networking

1:00pm – Regulation of Recreation Therapy in BC: An Update. Presented by Courtney Steen
The passing of Bill 36 – The Health Professions and Occupations Act represents a significant change in how health professions will be regulated in BC. This session will speak to the importance of regulation and some of the implications of Bill 36 for recreation therapy in BC and the work of BCTRA’s regulations committee. In this session, members of the BCTRA regulations committee will provide an update on the current census project which is gathering data on the education / work environments of professionals in the field of recreation therapy working in LTC settings across BC. This session will also include a student presentation summarizing the results of her environmental scan of approaches for documenting risk of harm in the USA.

3:00pm – AGM & Awards
The BCTRA Board of Directors will be presenting some important information at the AGM, including:
Joint Membership Agreement with CTRA
Hiring of an Executive Director (click the link to read an important message from the President of BCTRA)