Conference Information
2023 COYO Conference
Registration for 2023 Conference is now closed.
2023 Registration Fees:
Full Conference: $435 (HST included)
Student Full Conference $200 (HST included - must show valid student ID and be 19+ as alcohol is served)
Payment options: credit card or cheques are accepted. Payment details are available when you register. You do not need a paypal account to pay via credit card.
Included in registration fee:
Wednesday, February 22nd - Wine and Cheese
Thursday, February 23rd - Light Breakfast, Buffet Lunch, Networking Reception (drinks and snacks provided)
Friday, February 24th - Full Buffet Breakfast, Refreshments and Snacks
No Refunds Available
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly-Anne Dugas at kdugas@drps.ca
2023 Keynotes
Jeff Martin - Reignite the why?
Trecia McLennon - Culturally responsive approaches to youth engagement
Trecia McLennon - Culturally responsive approaches to youth engagement
When we've been doing something for so long, sometimes we forget the importance of why we're doing it. We lose focus, motivation and even our purpose of why we even began in the first place. In the presentation, Jeff A.D. Martin is going to take you back to when that fire was first lit inside of you and how you can reignite that flame to burn brighter than ever before. As a fellow officer, Jeff will share his own experience of how he too lost his flame, but how the reframing of his repurpose reignited him to make an impact that goes well beyond his policing borders and jurisdiction. With his career and life experiences, coupled with his benevolence and passion to inspire, Jeff A.D. Martin shares his gift of purpose in efforts to help others find their true potential.
Trecia McLennon - Culturally responsive approaches to youth engagement
Trecia McLennon - Culturally responsive approaches to youth engagement
Trecia McLennon - Culturally responsive approaches to youth engagement
When engaging with youth, we are often encouraged to use common sense approaches. When mentoring youth, they are often encouraged to use their common sense as well. But what if common sense doesn’t really exist? What if it’s really cultural sense? Similarly, our systems encourage us to treat everyone the same and guard against differential treatment. We strive for equality. And what if treating people differently resulted in more positive outcomes for the most marginalized youth? This talk will examine the secret sauce that will make your equity, diversity and inclusion approaches go from trendy and ineffective, to transformational and meaningful with maximum effectiveness for the most marginalized youth.
Camillia Layne - Trends in online victimization
Camillia Layne - Trends in online victimization
Camillia Layne - Trends in online victimization
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a national charity dedicated to the protection of all children. The Canadian Centre operates Cybertip.ca, Canada’s tipline for the reporting of online child sexual exploitation. This presentation will explore the issue of online sexual violence and unwanted sexual actions and behaviours directed towards youth online, as seen through the lens of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Over the past year, Cybertip.ca has seen increasing online victimization and intensifying control tactics of offenders. This underscores the critical need to teach youth skills that help them navigate online situations safely and the information on where to go for help if someone is harming them online. The presentation will include discussion on how to the Canadian Centre supports youth and families and works to minimize the circulation of the image/videos.
Orlando Bowen - One Voice, one team
Camillia Layne - Trends in online victimization
Camillia Layne - Trends in online victimization
Orlando Bowen is a keynote speaker focused on equipping people to get off the sidelines and become difference-makers on their teams and in the lives of those around them. He is a highly sought after speaker and trainer who works with corporations, small businesses and non-profits. When it comes to building teams, creating momentum and employing winning strategies, Orlando is the real deal. He is also passionate about youth leadership. As a result of that passion, he founded One Voice One Team Youth Leadership Organization to inspire and to teach resilience, leadership and teamwork to youth.
Empowering people to overcome adversity, find their passion and to use their gifts to serve is the reason Orlando breathes. This gift has placed Orlando on hundreds of stages, boardrooms and in presentations across North and South America and has garnered him numerous awards.