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Pathways to Resilience IV: Global South Perspectives

Please note that there are two different conference venues:
June 14/15 - Century City Conference Centre
June 16 - Kirstenbosch Conference Centre (transportation available)

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Ashleigh LoVette

Brown University School of Public Health
Providence, Rhode Island Area

07:30

Conference Registration Century City Conference Centre

08:45

Opening Ceremonies and Performance by Ikamva Marimba Band Hall A/B

09:00

Welcome from Michael Ungar and Linda Theron Hall A/B

09:30

Opening Keynote by Dr. Relebohile Moletsane "Nurturing Feminist Remembering and Building Resilience Among Young People in the Context of Structural Violence" Hall A/B

10:45

Plenary Hot Topic Debate Panel "Is Resilience Futile? Adaptation in Contexts of Structural and Social Disadvantage" - Amarnath Amarasingam, Sarah Thomas de Benitez, Lane Benjamin, Sandy Lazarus Hall A/B

13:00

Invited Symposium: Psycho-educational Risk and Resilience Factors of Children At-Risk - Jace Pillay, Nontsikelelo Rajuili-Masilo, Trishana Devi Soni, Charnee Beddy Room 11

14:30

Pathways to Psychological Resilience - Nabeelah Bemath, Antonia Werner, Jiniya Afroze Room 06 The Neurobiology of Transgenerational Trauma Transmission: Decolonizing research, the mind, and our schools for First Nations people of North America - Tammy H. Scheidegger, Lea Denny, Carrie King Room 09

16:30

Invited Symposium: Family resilience in theory and practice - Kristin Hadfield, Awie Greeff, Louise Yorke, Gilles Tremblay, Joshua Brisson and Igor Pekelny Room 10

18:00

Poster Presentation, Lite Dinner, Wine Tasting, and Local Bazaar Century City Conference Centre Building resilience through the healthcare system: healthcare practitioner and HIV positive adolescent user’s perspectives - Nataly Woollett Century City Conference Centre Children shaping their world: an international network of child participatory research projects - Lisa Gibbs Century City Conference Centre Conceptual models of resilience. A systematic review - Maria Llistosella-Piñero Century City Conference Centre Reclaiming community resilience toward a more effective approach to aid - Kathy Duryee Century City Conference Centre We are SISU! Teachers promoting social-ecological resilience of first graders in rural South Africa when starting school - Carlien Kahl Century City Conference Centre

09:30

Invited Symposium: Supporting Resilience Among Youth in Communities facing Ecological Challenges in the United States, Canada, and South Africa - Joy D. Osofsky, Howard J. Osofsky, Michael Ungar, Mark Tomlinso... Hall C

11:00

Break Century City Conference Centre

11:30

Keynote by Dr. Michael Ungar and Dr. Linda Theron "Innovations in Resilience" Hall A/B

12:30

Lunch Century City Conference Centre

13:30

Reconceptualizing Narratives of Trauma and Healing - Lisa Richardson, Diana Canant, JoAnne Seviour Room 10 Supporting Family Resilience - Elias Kourkoutas, Lizette Berry, Kim Foster Room 04

15:00

Informal Break Century City Conference Centre Researching Resilience - Andrea Breen, Barbara Hanfstingl Room 04 Invited Symposium: The neurobiology of resilience and gene-environment mechanisms - Justine Gatt, Michael Pluess, Alan Emond, Robert Paul Room 11

16:30

Pathways to resilience in adolescent migrant youth: An international project - Justine Gatt, Linda Theron, Qiaobing Wu, Kristin Hadfield Hall C