Welcome from the Board of Directors Incorporated in 2008

Pleased to partner and co-hostworkshop with Girls Action Foundation

Beginnings 2003:

Health promotion summer institutes had proven successful in other regions

Recent research had provided a comprehensive health profile of Atlantic Canada

Increasing evidence of need for intersectoralpartnerships to address common problems

Since 2004 – a focal point for learning and training in Atlantic Canada; intersectoralnetworking and collaboration; a facilitator of research; a promoter of healthy and sustainable policies; and a catalyst for social justice and equity.

Focus - 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.

80% of participants are women

ASI saw an opportunity to focus on leadership for women and girls

December 2010 received funding from SWC to develop a model of community engagement for building leadership capacity of women and girls in Atlantic Canada

Building Leadership Capacity Among

Women and Girls in Atlantic Canada

Développer les capacités en leadership

des

femmes et des filles du Canada atlantique

Regional WorkshopAtelier régional

Looking to the future –

The 2014 Atlantic Summer Instituteon Healthy and Safe Communities

Renewing Democracy Through Social Justice: Adding New Voices

Charlottetown, August 19-22

Inquiries: asi@thequaich.pe.ca

www.asi-iea.ca