Parent Education
Throughout the year, the Parent Education Committee arranges topical speakers and panels for the parent community. For questions regarding Parent Education or if you are interested in becoming involved, please contact a Parent Education Coordinator (view here)
or our Vice Principal, Chriss Bogert (chriss.bogert@utoronto.ca)
Parent Ed Events
Upcoming Events
No events scheduled
Check back here for future Parent Education events
Past Events
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Supporting Your Child's Relationship with Food
Date: Thursday, April 11th
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: The Social Lives of Children — How to Support Your Child Through the Ups and Downs of Friendship
Date: February 8th, 2024
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Parenting in the Digital Age — Supporting Your Relationship with Your Child and Their Tech
Date: December 14th, 2023
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Supporting the Development of Empathy & Perspective Taking
Date: October 26, 2023
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: JICS Approach to Supporting Children's Behaviour
Date: May 30, 2023
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Supporting Your Child through Transitions – Strategies to avoid meltdowns
Date: April 18, 2023
JICS Research Night 2023 with Dr. Eunice Jang
Promoting Your Child’s Self-Organized Learning and Development
Date: March 1, 2023
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6th Annual Parent2Parent Conference: "Hold on Tight"
Keynote: Jan Stewart – One Mother's Journey Parenting Two Exceptional Children
Date: February 15, 2023
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Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: The Pursuit of Perfect – When Perfectionism Has a Hold on Your Child
Date: January 31, 2023
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: A Deficit of Rest – The mental health benefits of creating space for calm and rest
Date: November 22nd, 2022
Connected Parenting and Anxiety Workshop
The Importance of Connection, How to Build a Meaningful Relationship with your Child, and How to Help them Manage Feelings of Anxiety
Date: November 9th, 2022
Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Helping Kids Manage Disappointment and Suffering
Date: October 4th, 2022
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Dr. Mary Reid
Dismantling Anti-Asian Racism: Beyond Performativity, Checklists, and Hashtags
Date: May 30th, 2022, 6:30-8:30pm
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Lunch & Learn with Denia
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Pathways to Positive Masculinity - Raising Boys with a Healthy Understanding of Masculinity
Date: March 31st, 2022
Event recording
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Dr. Charles Tator
The Importance of Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Concussions in our Children
Date: February 24, 2022
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Author of book, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance
A fireside Q&A with Jesse Wente.
Date: February 3, 2022
Purchase Jesse's book to receive the recording of this event
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Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Riding the Waves - A review of recent literature on predictors of parental resilience and burnout during the pandemic
Date: January 27, 2022
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Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: What I need from you: Emotion coaching through a developmental lens
Date: December 2nd, 2021
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Rabia Khokar
Building Inclusive and Equitable 'Bookshelves'
Date: November 23rd, 2021
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PFLAG Toronto
The first JICS PA Parent Education event of 2021-2022 took place via Zoom on October 14th from 7:00-8:00 pm. This workshop by PFLAG Toronto, focused on inclusive parenting and how to create an affirming environment for your child, and children in general, on topics related to gender identity and sexual orientation.
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Lunch & Learn with Ellie
JICS Parenting Workshop Series
Topic: Social Media and Protecting Your Child's Sense of Self
Date: October 21st
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Past Parent Education Events
The Ripple Effect: Sleep, Eat, Move and Think Better with Dr. Greg Wells
April 09, 2019
Imagine if school was a place where you went to get healthier and perform to your potential...
There are problems standing in the way of making that dream a reality. The world is faced with 4 inter-related epidemics – sleeplessness, obesity, inactivity and mental illness. Fortunately, the scientific answers to these problems are available today. Sleep soundly. Eat Smarter. Move More. Think Clearly.
In this presentation, Dr. Wells presented scientific solutions to the challenges of sleeplessness, obesity, inactivity and mental illness. Using stories, research and simple tactics, Dr. Wells clearly outlined how to improve children’s health, supercharge their lives and help them to ultimately reach their full potential.
This presentation was based on Dr. Wells’ new book The Ripple Effect.
The Kids We Lose: Dr. Ross Greene Documentary
December 05, 2018
Influential child psychologist, Dr. Ross Greene, returned to JICS to screen his new documentary, The Kids We Lose. The screening was followed by a Q & A with Dr. Ross Greene.
The Kids We Lose is a 90-minute documentary film about the human side of having a child or student with behavioral challenges, and the struggles faced by parents, educators, staff in facilities, mental health clinicians, and law enforcement professionals in trying to ensure that these kids receive the help they need. The Kids We Lose also exposes the often brutal, inhumane ways in which our kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges are treated in schools, inpatient psychiatry units, residential facilities, and prisons.
How to Talk to Your Children About the Holocaust
November 05, 2018
Part of Holocaust Education Week, How to Talk to Your Child about the Holocaust looked at this topic through a wider lens, examining how and when is the right time to engage children in conversations about the Holocaust and other difficult world events. We encourage our community to join us for an engaging parent evening and an exciting collaboration of like-minded institutions.
The program began with a talk from noted psychologist, Dr. Dona Matthews, and concluded with facilitated discussions in groups of parents with similarly-aged children.
The Future of Education - Panel Discussion
October 29, 2018
This parent education event featured an interactive panel discussion with leading experts on the future of Indigenous education, social and emotional learning, mental health and artificial intelligence.
The panel featured:
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Dr. Jeffery Ansloos, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Mental Health and Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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Dr. Rumeet Billan, Chief Learning Architect
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Richard Messina, Principal, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study
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Dr. Michael Salvatori, CEO and Registrar, Ontario College of Teachers
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Ami Shah, Co-founder and CEO, Peekapak
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions for Parents with Dr. Ross W. Greene
April 27, 2018
This parent education event focused on scenarios that are relevant to parents with children who have behavioural challenges along with the challenges that are typical with all children. The seminar was followed by a short Q&A.
Please follow the link below to visit the website, Lives in the Balance, which provides resources supporting Dr. Greene's approach.
Understanding Misbehaviour with Alyson Schafer
October 24, 2017
Our first parent education night of the year! Alyson Schafer is a family counsellor, author and internationally acclaimed parenting expert who empowers families by sharing her principles, rules and tools for raising happy and healthy kids. Our first parent education night of the year! Alyson Schafer is a family counsellor, author and internationally acclaimed parenting expert who empowers families by sharing her principles, rules and tools for raising happy and healthy kids.
Body, Boundaries & Gender
May 01, 2017
Jennifer Katz, a registered nurse and sexual health promotor with the City of Toronto spoke about how to speak with children about their bodies and sexuality and how this is an important and proven way to help keep them safe. She also covered topics such as gender identity and how to deal with the stereotypes coming from pop culture.
Children and Sleep
April 18, 2016
Dr. Gruber is a researcher and Clinical Child Psychologist at the Douglas Institute Department of Psychiatry, McGill University. Dr. Gruber's research focuses on the consequences of quantity and quality of sleep on health and daytime functioning in children. Dr. Gruber will speak to the JICS community about the importance of sleep, the impact of sleep on the brain, her own studies on prevention and intervention as well as providing strategies to promote healthy sleeping habits.
