HCA Conference

We would like to thank the below organizations for their donation of door prizes.

This professional development day includes three educational sessions:

Emcee

Brenda Robinson

Brenda is a speaker, trainer, writer and consultant. She is the founder and president of The Robcan Group. Her Bachelor of Arts was earned at Brandon University and her Masters of Education at Simon Fraser University. She has been addressing groups for over thirty years about communications, humour, laughter, positive working skills and wellness in general. Her workshops and presentations are in high demand. She has authored four books and created an Audio CD set to help people to develop these skills. Brenda grew up on a farm close to Minnedosa, Manitoba and continues to stay connected to her family there. She now lives in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Brenda has five children and 6 grandchildren. Brenda believes that we are on a life-long learning journey. It should be enriching, exciting, interesting and above all, it should be fun!

Speakers

Tammy Dunnett

Tammy Dunnett is a Leadership and Communication Skills coach, organizational trainer, author, and keynote speaker. She empowers healthcare professionals to confidently, and gracefully resolve conflict and end workplace bullying while creating a career where they are respected, empowered, and appreciated.

Gracefully Address Workplace Bullying, Without Risking Your Career

Healthcare providers can provide compassionate and heart-centered care when they have a psychologically safe workplace. The reality is workplace bullying affects more than 60% of healthcare workers on a regular basis, creating toxic environments that put nursing practice and patient outcomes at risk.

This inspiring presentation will give you the tools you did not learn in school so you can stop relying on playground tactics and create real world change with real world solutions.

Gracefully Addressing Workplace Bulling is designed to inspire healthcare workers, educators, and leaders to have more courageous conversations and will provide the tools and resources needed to confidently handle difficult conversations so they can smile more at work. 

Outcomes

At the end of this keynote presentation, attendees will be able to:

• Identify the difference between bad days and bullies
• Signs and Costs of Workplace Bullying
• The GRACEFUL method to creating healthy teams at work

Family Care Givers

Darrel Gregory has over 20 years of senior leadership experience in the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining Caregivers Alberta in 2022, he was a Director with the MS Society of Canada for 15 years. His communications and strategic skills helped propel Alberta to lead the MS Society in fundraising success and program delivery for several years. Based in Calgary for the last five years of his tenure with the MS Society, Darrel led the Society’s Southern Alberta Division through a challenging economic environment. He is an innovator, a relationship builder and, above all, fiercely committed to his teams and the people he is surrounded with, both professionally and personally.

Recognizing gratitude for HCAs

A big part of the conference will also be showing recognition and expressing gratitude to HCAs. We are asking for employers and peers to please send us something that shows recognition for your colleagues and staff. We are looking for short stories, comments, photos, etc. that we can share with the audience throughout the day. If you know HCAs that deserve recognition at the conference, please email the details you would like to share to healthcareaide@norquest.ca with the subject “HCA Conference Recognition.”