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Join us at the Banff Centre in Alberta this March where practitioners, policymakers, educators, investigators, volunteers and others involved with children and youth, will present evidence-based knowledge and tools to prevent bullying by promoting healthy relationships.

At its core, bullying is a destructive relationship problem that requires relationship solutions. The healthy development of children depends primarily on the quality of relationships in which they grow up – at home, at school, with friends, in the neighbourhood, and in the electronic world. Cutting-edge research indicates quality of a child’s relationships shapes gene expression, DNA, brain architecture, brain functioning, behaviour, emotions, health, and daily functioning. Simply put – without healthy relationships, children cannot develop in healthy ways.

If we promote the development of children’s healthy relationships, it is possible to prevent bullying and promote wellbeing. Adults must help young people learn to maintain strong, healthy relationships so that they will be prepared to be the partners, parents, employees, and leaders of tomorrow.

Promoting healthy relationships must be viewed as a critical public health issue - as important as healthy eating and healthy active living.

The 46th Banff International Conference on Behavioural Science is co-sponsored by PREVNet and the Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence (Simon Fraser University).

Learn more [PDF] about the conference’s keynote addresses and workshops.

 

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