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CPO Speaker Series-"Boys will be boys: But why are they failing at school?
CPO Speaker Series
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Keynote speaker:
Dr. H. Bruce Ferguson, Director of the Community Health Services Resource Group at the Hospital for Sick Children (presentation)
Panellists:
Dr. Jennifer Adams, Director of Education, Chief Education Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Julian Hanlon, Director of Education and Secretary Treasurer, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Chair:
Barbara MacKinnon, Executive Director, Children’s Aid Society
Summary: With research showing that fewer boys than girls are graduating from high school and getting a post-secondary education, the implications for our children’s futures—and society—are serious. Are we failing our boys? Join Dr. H. Bruce Ferguson as he explores the growing gap between boys and girls, and what it means to the men they will become. The importance of our boys’ success will be discussed in the context of our fast-changing and poorly understood world, from the impact of globalization to how conservatism and fundamentalism are shaping our boys. This speaker series event is an ideal opportunity for parents, teachers, community groups and educational and law enforcement leaders to come together to talk about this complex issue.
Details:
The event will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Andrew Haydon Hall (Main Floor). Join us at 7:30 a.m. for coffee and muffins. The presentation runs from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Panellists’ remarks will be in English only.
Questions will be encouraged in both official languages.
Dr. H. Bruce Ferguson biography:
Dr. Ferguson is the Director of the Community Health Services Resource Group at The Hospital for Sick Children. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ferguson taught psychology at Carleton University and then moved to leadership positions in the health care system at the Royal Ottawa Hospital and the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry.
Dr. Ferguson founded the Community Health Systems Resource Group (CHSRG). The purpose of the CHSRG is to create and implement systemic models for children’s success by transferring knowledge to all who can influence healthy outcomes for children. Its goals are to: improve services for children and youth at the community level; build community commitment to children and youth; and advocate for strong policies at all levels of government that support children, youth and their families.
Dr. Ferguson has been involved with the children’s mental health measurement project on the Ministry of Children and Youth Services since 1999. The CHSRG continues to lead the implementation and analysis of the outcome measure in that project. In 2004-2005, Dr. Ferguson led a team which carried out the early School Leavers study for the Ontario Ministry of Education. Since then he has worked with the Ministry on the Learning to 18 and Student Success programs. Currently, his team has just completed a study on the transition from grade 8 through grades 9 and 10 and is studying the implementation of changes in classroom instruction to foster academic success in students.
Dr. Ferguson has a strong record as a program developer and leader. He has retained a focus on developing effective, efficient and integrated services as a way to improve child and youth life outcomes and sits on a wide array of policy and program working groups.
R.S.V.P. to Francine Demers, Crime Prevention Ottawa at
francine.demers@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 ext. 22454
*Please note that space is limited.*
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