This video highlights the activities of the Children’s Program for the 2015 Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities’ Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health. The Children’s Program paralleled the adult program: “Investing in Child and Youth Mental Health – Mobilizing Atlantic Canadians for a Positive Future”. The Institute believes in inclusion and reducing […]

The Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities (ASI) focuses on building regional capacity for healthy and safe communities by addressing the linkages between the determinants of health and the root causes of crime and victimization. It is a focal point in Atlantic Canada for learning and training; intersectoral networking and collaboration; a facilitator […]

In 2015, the Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities held a 2-day summer Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health. The goal of the Symposium was to build on evidence to influence and mobilize decision makers from grassroots to government to improve the mental health and well-being of Atlantic Canadian children and youth, and […]

Learn about the origins of the Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities, which started in 2004, and has expanded to include year-round programming today! In August 2004, 164 people from Atlantic Canada, other provinces, and the United States came together to share knowledge, meet like-minded people, plan projects and work collaboratively to create […]