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12:00PM - 1:00PM |
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The Integrative Health Seminar continues with a presentation on Tuesday,
November 10, 12:00 Noon, RUH Main Mall Lecture Theatre.
The session is entitled "Horse as Healer: Equine Assisted Learning in the
Treatment of Substance Abuse" and will feature Colleen Anne Dell PhD and
Darlene Chalmers MSW.
Everybody welcome! Bring your lunch. Details below.
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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SEMINAR SERIES
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HORSE AS HEALER:
EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Tuesday, November 10, 12:00 noon, RUH Main Mall Lecture Theatre
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Define Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) and describe its relevance to
treatment of substance abuse.
2. Examine recent practice-based examples in a Canadian context.
3. Describe the significance of horses in Aboriginal culture and explore the
implications for broadening and rethinking our concepts of treatment,
intervention, and healing.
PRESENTERS
Colleen Anne Dell is Associate Professor and Research Chair in Substance
Abuse in the Department of Sociology and School of Public Health. Her
research interests include Aboriginal womenıs healing from drug addiction,
youth solvent abuse, program evaluation and Equine Assisted Learning as a
complementary approach to healing from addictions.
Darlene Chalmers, MSW, is the Field Education Coordinator with the Faculty
of Social Work, University of Regina. She is currently a PhD student at the
Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary. Her research interest is
focused on the human-animal interaction, with a specific emphasis on
equine-assisted methods for enhancing human health and wellbeing.
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The Integrative Health Seminar Series usually runs on the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, from October to May. All sessions at 12:00 noon, in
RUH Main Mall Lecture Theatre.
Everybody welcome! Bring your lunch. |
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